Most Loving Lord, I want to thank You for being available every time I want to talk with You in prayer. Time spent with You is my refuge from the worries of everyday life. In talking with You, I never feel forlorn or experience the emptiness of defeat. Your words are calming and never condemning. I believe that You listen carefully to what I have to say and the wisdom of Your response is always meaningful to me. I’m sorry that I usually come to You when I have a need, but I do try to take every opportunity I can to thank You for Your help and constant friendship. I know that “your door is always open” to me whenever I feel a need to talk with You. In Your presence, I feel safe because I know that You love me and want to meet my needs. You are always there whenever I have something to share with You … I wish I was as available to You when You have something to say to me.
Being able to share things with You brings joy to my heart. I’m filled with joy because speaking with You gives me hope and an opportunity to unload my pain, concerns and worries. In Your faithfulness, I am assured that I will be heard and have access to the best solutions for my problems. In the joy I experience from being with You, I gain the strength I need to overcome whatever I face. I’ve come to understand that my long-term well-being resides with You alone. Things cannot take Your place nor people who will fail me at some point in the future. The enriching part of my prayers to You come from knowing You care and want to intervene to bring good into my life. Please forgive the times when I become preoccupied with my life and neglect time with You. I am realizing that in those times … they are the ones I could use Your advice the most.
Prayer should be a time to withdraw from the world and get face to face with you. It’s a time that will allow me to become one with You in singleness of mind. In Your presence, all my cares melt away and I can feel the warmth of Your love and concern. In making a decision to pray, I am actually surrendering my time for our time. In times spent with You, I can plead my case and receive the counsel of Your vast wisdom. When I am speechless due to pain and sorrow, You take me into Your bosom and console my aching heart. You are infinitely good and Your blessings fill my life with grace that lifts my burdens and meet my needs. For all of Your blessings, I need to give You thanks. Your desire is that I do not become anxious about anything but by prayer and petition make my requests known to You. My desire is not to give You lip service but express myself with heart-felt prayers. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present Your requests to God.