We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.

...no worship is better than apathetic worship.

A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.

The enemy just hates our prayers.

A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be "humble enough," and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known (Mt 5:16).

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.