Cynicism is my biggest struggle in prayer. It is a quiet, cold rationalism that dulls the soul and just kills your walk with God. It is hard to even identify or name our cynicism because it just feels like being realistic. It says things like, "What good does it [prayer] do?" or "I prayed and nothing has happened anyway."
I think without a doubt that the principal cure for cynicism is to become a little child and learn to cry out for help – to realize that I am a lost coin, a lost sheep, and a lost son.
One other cure for cynicism is purity of life. Any time there is a miss between how we present ourselves as Christians and what we are really like when no one is watching, that opens up a door for cynicism. So a lifestyle of repentance and confession goes a long way to cure cynicism.
Is your prayer a cerebral expression or a heart-cry?
Paul Miller
Author/Bible Teacher/Missionary
© Paul Miller
Changi Chapel 
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