>”In personal relationships, if we attempt to fake emotional intensity and put on an outward show of emotion that is not consistent with the feelings of our hearts, others involved will usually sense our hypocrisy at once and be put off by it. How much more is this true of God, who fully knows our hearts? Therefore, intensity and depth of emotional involvement in prayer should never be faked: we cannot fool God. Yet if we truly begin to see situations as God sees them, if we begin to see the needs of a hurting and dying world as they really are, then it will be natural to pray with some intense emotional involvement, and to expect God as a merciful Father, to respond to heartfelt prayer.” ~Wayne Grudem