True prayer is, of course, the activity of a child talking to his/her father. There is a real person listening, who bears a real relationship to the one speaking to Him. Knowing God personally, then, is an indispensable element of true worship and prayer (this was the deficiency that Jesus identified in the worship of the SamaritansJohn 4:22). But even those who really know God can only claim to know Him in part” (1 Cor.13:12), meaning we know Him imperfectly, and may not all perceive Him with equal clarity.
–Steve Gregg, thenarrowpath.com
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