This course is a practical and anointed set of lectures on the purpose and power of prayer, The class examines the questions: Why pray if God loves us and already knows our needs? Why pray aloud? Why be much in prayer? Why pray in other tongues? Why pray in English? What type of prayers are and are not answered, and why? And what do these terms mean: prevailing prayer, travailing prayer, intercessory prayer? The instructor explains pitfalls to avoid, principles to live and pray by, and explains many Bible perspectives. The students read the prayers of men and women of the Bible and analyze the situation, the prayers, and the results. The instructor presents portions of the biographies of men in recent times who had power with God through prayer.