Thursday, May 4, 2023

Psalm 6:1-3

Psalm 6:1-3
  I often don't know how to pray.  Do you ever feel that way?  You don't know the words to say, and you can't gather your thoughts, or perhaps don't feel like they're worthy of presenting to God.  Maybe you feel rushed or stressed or in turmoil, so you put it off, and promise you'll get around to it later.
  The Psalms are the prayers for us.

  Ever feel like you've let God down?  The Psalms teach us language to pray to God for that.
  Ever feel like you're troubled to your very bones?  The Psalms give us language to take that to God.
  Ever feel stressed emotionally?  The Psalms can help us offer that to God.
  Ever wonder if your problems will ever end?  The Psalms give us permission to offer that to God.

  Oh... and that's just in the first 3 verses of one Psalm.
  This book is a treasure that will instruct us over the course of our entire lives, if we let it.  It will teach us about ourselves and about God and show us how to grow in faith and give us words to pray when we don't even have the language to bring ourselves before God.

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