Power of Prayer?

Tonight, I have the opportunity to share with our college/singles prayer meeting. I've been attending this prayer meeting for a few weeks now, and I'm still trying to figure out how to articulate what is on my heart regarding prayer itself. I noticed after the first week or two a sense of dissatisfaction as I left the meeting, but I had such a difficult time putting my finger on what the problem was. Last week, as I left, it came to me. I was bored! Bored. I was in a room full of other believers, joined to petition the King of kings for the needs and desires of my heart, and I was bored. There was no sense of power in the room as we moved down the list of prayer requests listed by our fellow class members on Sunday morning. As I listened to the words and voices of the others in my prayer circle, I wasn't sure any of us truly believed Anyone was listening as we prayed. I would dare say, none of us brought anything to that room that we were desperate about. We were not desperate to meet God or sense His presence, and we were not convinced that coming to him with any of those requests was going to make any difference in the situations mentioned. Oh, how sad He must be by such times. How I long to challenge that attitude and encourage my brothers and sisters to prayer fervently, patiently, to pray believing. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God, but he who comes to Him must believe that He is and that He is a Rewarder of those who seek Him diligently." I want this group to be a faithful group of people God delights to Reward by giving of Himself! There is nothing boring about being in His presence. How I pray we will repent of that attitude and rejoice afresh in Him! Acts 3:19 says, "Repent, then, and turn to God that your sins may be wiped out and that times of refreshing may come from the presence of God." What more could we ask for?!