When we pray we are not trying to get the attention of some distant deity who ignores us until we really put on a show. No, when we pray we are talking to our Father who sees us in secret and already knows what we need before we ask Him.
What will it look like for us as a church to give ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word in 2020 and beyond?
As a church, we have a mission. This passage calls us to line up our praying with that mission.
Prayer, according to the Bible, is asking God to do what He has already promised to do. But if that's true, then why should we pray in the first place?