I say my prayers, but I do I ever really pray? I pray for my lost loved ones, friends, co-workers, customers, false converts at my old church, false converts at my current church, my friend’s lost loved ones, for those who need healing, those who need financial help, those who are suffering from the death of a loved one and brothers and sisters in Christ around the world who are suffering persecution.
But am I just giving God a list of prayer concerns? Do I ever really commune with God? Do I ever really spend time with God where I’m not asking Him for something? Leonard Ravenhill used to say “God answers desperate prayers.” I desperately want God to save my unsaved loved ones, especially my own children. But do I really pray desperately for them? Perhaps sometimes, but not like I should and not every prayer.
Lord, thank You for saving me. Thank you for opening my blind spiritual eyes when I thought I was already saved but really I was barreling head first down the broad road to destruction. Thank you for your mercy and grace. May You show this same mercy and grace to countless others by showing them that they are sinners and that You are Holy. Please show them that they are headed for Hell unless they repent by turning from their sins and put their faith in Jesus Christ – the One who never sinned, the One who paid the sin debt anyway, for those who repent and believe the Gospel. Oh Lord, help me pray as I should. Help me pray desperately and fervently to You. And then help me to be still and know that You are Lord. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.