Q. Is prayer then a part of the worship of God?—A. Yes; a great part of it.
Q. How do you prove that?—A. 'O come let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker' (Psa 95:6).
Q. Is there another scripture proves it?—A. Yes; 'Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me' (Matt 15:25).
Q. What is prayer?—A. A sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the soul to God in the name of Christ for what God hath promised (Prov 15:8; Jer 31:18,19; Psa 42:2-5; John 14:13,14; 1 John 5:14).
Q. Doth not every body pray?—A. No; 'The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts' (Psa 10:4).
Q. What will become of them that do not pray?—A. They do not worship God, and he will destroy them; 'Pour out thy fury [said the prophet] upon the heathen,—and upon the families that call not on thy name' (Jer 10:25; Psa 79:6).
Q. But seeing God knoweth what we want, why doth he not give us what we need, without praying?—A. His counsel and wisdom leadeth him otherwise. 'Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them' (Eze 36:37).
Q. Why will God have us pray?—A. Because he would be acknowledged by thee, that he is above thee, and therefore would have thee come to him as the mean come to the mighty. Thus Abraham came unto him (Gen 18:27,30).
Q. Is there another reason why I should pray?—A. Yes. For by prayer thou acknowledgest, that help is not in thine own power (2 Chron 20:6,12).
Q. What reason else have you why I should pray?—A. By prayer thou confessest that help is only in him (Psa 62:1).