The most universally practiced yet least understood of human experiences, prayer is one of the great mysteries of the Messianic / Christian faith. Its simplest definition is communication with YHVH. Yet so often we approach prayer like a one-way telephone conversation, forgetting that YHVH also wants to speak to us. And how do we pray-on our knees or standing; silently or out loud; alone or with others; by rote or spontaneously? And does prayer really induce our Father to manipulate events or otherwise act on our behalf? Although the Bible does not take up these and other questions directly, prayer appears on nearly every page as the very essence of a faith relationship with the living Creator. Simple enough for a child to understand and yet so profound we spend a lifetime plumbing its depths, prayer assumes that it is possible for us to have an intimate relationship with a Great God who hears, cares and is able to act.