It is Time to Pray

This past week has been a tough one in many ways.

My heart is hurting for those who are going through really hard times in life. I find myself constantly thinking of friends who are in need of peace and direction, friends who are in desperate need of a job, friends who are struggling in relationships, friends who need God’s healing hands, friends who are completely broken.

My eyes have been opened to a world that is in need of a savior – and this world is all around me.

Sometimes I come to God not really knowing what to pray for or how to pray. My head is a whirlwind and I come to him in complete humbleness, knowing that I alone have no power, nothing to offer.

I come to him pleading for his mercy.
I come to him asking for wisdom.
I come to him begging for strength.

This is the state of my heart today.

Today I am very aware of my need for a savior and I am thankful for Jesus.

Psalm 27

The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?

When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh,
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.

Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confident.

One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.

For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock.

Then my head will be exalted
above the enemies who surround me;
at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make music to the LORD.

Hear my voice when I call, O LORD;
be merciful to me and answer me.

My heart says of you, "Seek his face!"
Your face, LORD, I will seek.

Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.

Though my father and mother forsake me,
the LORD will receive me.

Teach me your way, O LORD;
lead me in a straight path
because of my oppressors.

Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing out violence.

I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.

Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.