When you're stuck on what to pray, worship first. The speaker says doubt, fear, and distraction are the real obstacles to prayer, not external forces. Worship shifts your focus from yourself to Jesus, which naturally opens the way into deeper prayer.
The greatest threat to your prayer life isn't the devil. It's not even ungodly outside influences. The biggest threat to your prayer life is you. Doubt, fear, distraction, laziness, all of these stem from self. This is why worship is so vital to going deeper in prayer. Worship moves your attention from self to Jesus, and looking unto Jesus, everything fades into the background. Worship makes you more aware of God's presence and less aware of yourself. Worship is the of the troubles of this life. Worship ignites the fire of your love for God, which causes prayer to go from being a discipline to becoming a delight. Worship raptures your heart and elevates it to a heavenly realm. And from that place, prayer becomes as natural as breathing. When you don't know what to pray, just worship.
