What do you do when men don't pray? That question is not prompted with any chauvinistic overtones, but arises on the heels of a men's retreat I was involved in organizing for the men of my church. The topic this year was prayer. The retreat itself was extraordinary, made so by the working of God's Spirit through our speaker, T. M. Moore, who exposed us to prayer as participation in the unseen things of Hebrews 11:1, inviting us to a deeper, richer relationship with Jesus Christ, fuller participation in the heavenly realities that are ours in Him and involvement in His kingdom. I am convinced this was just what we needed to hear. My prayer is that the direction and momentum established at the retreat would flow out in changed lives, changed homes, a changed church and changed community. But that's not the way it usually works with retreats, is it? We get fired up but the demands of real life smother the budding flame, depriving it of oxygen. But where does the oxygen come from? It comes from the Holy Spirit. So as men lisp prayers of help from God, He gives His Spirit to fan the flame. We need to cry out to our God in frustration and dissatisfaction with our prayer lives pleading with Him to do as He promised in Zechariah 12:10, to pour out upon us a spirit of grace and supplication. May He incite us to pray and inflame our hearts for the passionate pursuit of knowing Him.