Praying bold, specific & consistent prayers out loud is something God has been teaching me lately.
In 1 Kings 18, Elijah comes against the prophets of Baal & challenges them to show the power of their god, and he would show the power of his God. After the prophets of Baal fail, Elijah prays to God (vs 36-37). There's no "if you want" or "only if it be your will" in that prayer. Rather Elijah has complete faith in God that He will do it.
How many times when asking God to heal another, or to bring our friends & family to Him, do we add in that "if it be your will" simply because we don't have the faith to believe He will actually do it? This isn't some prosperity gospel where you just have to believe hard enough & you'll get a brand new car. Maybe if more of us truly believed God would do what we pray for Him to do, then we might have a few more miracles and a few less lost friends in our lives, not for our glory, but His.
-Andrew
