Prayer
The interactive conversation with God about what we are doing together.
Prayer is, first and always, listening to God; seeking to grasp what his will is in any given circumstance. In listening and perceiving God’s will, the pray-er is inevitably a participant of change, within oneself and those circumstances and lives for which we pray. Prayer is a process of lifelong learning as we seek to approach our Father with openness, honesty, and trust as his child.
Our prayer is to be like a reflex action to God’s prior initiative upon the heart.
~ Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline