We should pray much. We need to pray much. Jesus prayed much. If He needed to pray much, how much more should we pray? Secret prayer is the breath of the soul, yet many of us are weak and easily overcome by sin because we do not pray much. We will never enter into the fullness of communion with God, understand His Word, or have the power to relieve the woes of sin and Satan all around us, nor will we will make it into God's kingdom, if we do not, "watch and pray" (Mark 13:33).
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According to a 2008 "Adventist Review" article, “Still ‘People of the Book’?,” many Adventists are not doing so great in the area of personal Bible study. The article cites a 2001 world survey which found that “less than half of Adventist church members around the world are involved in daily Bible study and prayer." I doubt that there has been any serious improvement in the past decade.
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