GBC prayer: rest, confess, and communicate

The GodBlogCon prayer blog has brought out some of the essential characteristics of true prayer during the past few days.

John speaks of approaching "the breast of God" with an attitude of rest and quiet.

He also emphasizes the need for confession and repentance when approaching God in prayer, as well as the fact that prayer is two-way communication. Do we go through a laundry list when we pray, and leave it at that? Or do we take time to listen as well?

Let us all approach, rest, trust, find strength, confess, repent, speak, and listen when we pray.