If we do not pray with purpose, we can become a wandering generalization. Prayer should not be a blanket thrown over everything each time, like a mass produced cure all. As a child of God we have the honor and privilege of standing before Him at any time, day or night, and having His undivided attention if we choose to.

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The other day I was feeling a little down. Just the things of life weighed on me I guess. I was trying to pray about it all but getting nowhere it seemed. I was praying in general, for nothing and everything all at the same time. I really thought that maybe I was just going to have to trust God and deal with it the best I could. You see in my mind, I thought maybe it was just me being weak hearted, or maybe it was my own fault I was feeling that way. I will admit I almost felt sorry for myself and alone in my situation.

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In that moment, the Lord stopped me. In my spirit I felt Him ask, “What's the real problem?” I took a minute to think, and with honest words of pure openness, I felt a little childish, but with my head bowed I simply said, “Lord my heart hurts.” No sooner had the words left my mouth, the presence of God overshadowed me and immediately I felt Him start to heal the things deep inside of me that I didn’t know what or how to pray about.

His desire all along was to deal with the core of the issues. I just sat there weeping in His presence, not having to say another word as He brought comfort and peace and healing to my broken heart. I realized in that beautiful moment, that it only takes a few honest words in a simple prayer, ones of absolute vulnerability, to allow God to do what He desires to do in us in the first place.  

Jerome Curran

TPOW Prayer Director