Amy Carmichael's principles for prayer: (1) We don't need to explain to our Father things that are known to him. (2) We don't need to press him, as if we had to deal with an unwilling God. (3) We don't need to suggest to him what to do, for he himself knows what to do. If all of us took these principles to heart, think of the religious speeches that would be silenced in many prayer meetings.