Dave's teaching on prayer is powerfully encouraging and warmly pastoral. He challenges us with a question- What do you ask God for- Then he points out that too often we pray shallow, self-serving prayers that deny God's glory. From 2 Thessalonians 1, Dave teaches that prayer that truly honors God and glorifies him is -1- motivated by his grace, -2- shaped by Jesus's soon return, and -3- focused on what matters most.