Prayer is the most essential component to our relationship with the Almighty. Through Jesus we are allowed the opportunity to speak directly to God himself. Prayer is our life line for forgiveness, hope, mercy and grace. God made prayer extremely simple for us. It can be done anywhere, anytime with anyone yet we allow ourselves to become distracted with this silly world and sometimes forget to set aside time to pray. Over in Matthew, Christ calls out the church leaders as he strategically tends to do. He tells them they are like the whitewashed tombs scattered across the countryside. They appear beautiful when really they are nothing more than a…