Daily Prayer

I grew up learning to give thanks at meal time. I had a memorized prayer that we sometimes called “grace”. It went like this: “God is Good. God is Great. Let us thank Him for our food – Amen”.  I also remember my nighttime prayer that went something like this: “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee Lord my soul to keep. If is should die before I wake, I pray Thee Lord my soul to take. Amen”. I value these little prayers that I remember clearly to this day. My prayers are way different now than back then. My prayers are not memorized these days and they are much more personal and even desperate. The sons of Korah penned a pretty desperate daily prayer, but it starts off with a tone of declaration of Who God is. Check this out…

¹ Lord, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
² May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry. (Psalm 88:1-2 NIV)

I don’t have any magic formula for my daily prayer. I’ve just learned to talk to the Lord about everything and everybody. He certainly has the capacity to hear the prayers of His kids. He listens to the prayers of His kids and I believe that prayer calls upon the resources of heaven to intervene or intercede on behalf of those in need.  I don’t believe in unanswered prayers, but I do believe in prayers that I don’t like the answer that I received. The Lord sees things that I can’t see when He answers my prayers. Much like my parents protected me from dumb choices or bad decisions; the Lord knows what is best even if I don’t like it right now. I’m still learning that when I don’t understand, I still trust His heart.  I try hard to pray about everything and worry about nothing.

Pressing On!

Dwayne