Keeping your prayer life alive depends on having the right foundation. And Jesus gave us that foundation in his last conversation with the disciples on the night before his crucifixion.
Six times in that teaching, Jesus used the phrase "in my name" as the basis for their prayers.
While we often use that phrase "in Jesus' name" to end our prayers, he never meant it to be merely a closing phrase, but a way of life.
"In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete." (John 16:23-24 NIV)
Listen and learn how to experience this new level of effective praying through Jesus' teachings.