2. Use The Bible When You Pray by learning about God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit – it increases the power of our prayers because it tells us about the truths about God. The kind of truths needed for effective prayer require knowledge of the Bible as a whole, not just bits and pieces taken out of context. Using the Bible transforms prayers into an ongoing conversation between ourselves and our God whom we know, love, trust and depend on. That’s why Christian churches and groups read and study the Bible together and glean its meaning and compare it to other teachings in the Bible.