When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul.  Jeremiah 29:12-13 NET

The purpose of prayer is the relationship, again a daily conversation, with God amid conditions which are not always ideal but are always real. 

Prayer is the vital breath of Christians; not the thing that makes us alive, but the evidence that we are alive. 

Keep praying no matter what

Luke 18:1 NET Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

Yes! Thank You Lord! This verse is a reminder that no matter what, we have to keep praying. I can think back on a time when I was deeply worried about a person, I prayed and finally decided I had enough, so I simply stopped praying about them.

Yet God tells us to Keep praying. 

And sure enough Holy Spirit made it quite clear to continue to pray about the person. And his family. I prayed. A few months later I ran into them at Walmart and they had a new steady job, an apartment, a big change from the 3 months prior. Praise be to God! 

It will turn around. I am here to tell you things will and can turn around.