Never be bothered by prayer again

I ran across a site today that proves that just because something is technologically possible, it does not make it right.

At InformationAgePrayer.com you can avoid wasting all of that time you spend daily in prayer by subscribing to their automated service for as low as $1.95 per month.

As if that were not enough, you can actually sign up under someone else's name and have prayers offered on their behalf.

I feel such pity for the poor, clueless people who will fall for this scam. Prayer is not a duty forced upon us by a hateful God who wishes to hear us beg. Prayer is a gracious privilege offered to us by a loving God who so desires a relationship with us that He sent His only Son as way to bridge the gap of our sin.

Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, laid down His life and died on the Cross in our place for our sins, was buried, on the third day, rose bodily from the grave, and after 40 days ascended to the right hand of the Father to both make intercession for us and to prepare a place for us to reside with Him in glory forever. ( 1st Corinthians 15 )

Jesus did all of this, so that those who call upon and trust Him as their Lord and Savior might be able to through Him enter into fellowship with God. God desires our heart-felt prayers and sends the Holy Spirit to aid us (Romans 8:26-27).

Perhaps this analogy would help better - I can, with minimal programing - write a program to send an e-mail to my wife every morning at 8:00 AM telling her "I Love you, you are beautiful, have a good day." What is my marriage going to look like if that is the only communication I have with her all day?