Perhaps you are curious about the stone wall pictured on the cover of this book, and you might be wondering what the wall has to do with prayer. For those of you who have not yet made a pilgrimage to Israel, the ancient stones comprise the Western Wall, previously known as the Wailing Wall to the Jewish people. The wall was the place where the subjugated people wailed for what once was, prior to the devastating destruction of the Temple and the city of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD. Now that the chosen people of God have returned once again to the Land of the Covenant, hope has been restored to them. You will learn in this study that hope empowers prayer, and prayer empowers hope