What the Bible Says about Prayer (1)

Worship without pray becomes an empty and hollow occasion... The sacraments of baptism and holy communion become sterile rituals without pray... Also without pray, the Bible is only an ancient and obscure text which puzzles and troubles but does not enlighten or guide us... "The element which connects worship, sacrament and scripture with reality of human life is prayer." (James R.Mitchell)
Through prayer we address God and God address us... Without prayer, faith suffocates and dies...
Take for example the text on 1 Kings 3:5-9 (KJV at www.biblegateway.com):
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5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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Is the message crystal clear? "ASK WHAT I SHALL GIVE THEE".