Be Bold In Your Prayer

Dear Beloveds,

Have you ever prayed for something for a long time?

Has there been something or someone you have prayed over for weeks, months, or years? Many of us can understand this question. Many of us have prayed for healing, prayed for a loved one, or prayed for an answer that we need so badly.

Perhaps you are not so bold as to call it a prayer. Perhaps to you it is a wish, a desire, or a longing. I sincerely believe that these thoughts, when we point them in the direction of God, are considered prayer.

I encourage you to be bold in your prayers, to be bold in the things that you ask of God, and to know in confidence that God is hearing all the longing, worry, and hopes in your heart.

We are called if we seek God in our lives to be in constant communication with God, recognizing that all things begin and end with our Creator and Redeemer. The book of Lamentations tells us “…pour out your heart like water before God…” (2:19)

I hope that you can engage in the act of pouring out your heart to God, to see that God is there, waiting, wanting to be in communication with the one God loves---you. If we can try to engage in the daily act of communication and connecting with God, we can then build a closeness and intimacy with someone who desires so much to be in conversation with us.

Our conversations may be pleading, complaining, times in which we seek grace and forgiveness, or even just relief. But whatever it is that we need, God can provide.

There is no special language, posture, or eloquence that is needed to talk to God. There is no special state of heart or mind where we must enter. Only the simple desire to connect.

If you have not been in the habit of talking to God, at first, it may seem awkward, like a first date, or an interview.

That’s ok.

Just talk.

Because God is listening.

With great love for you,

Pastor Grace