Are you desperate? Psalm 34.

 I heard a preacher speaking of a godly man who  prayed a wonderful prayer ,the preacher spoke of the desperation in his  prayer,many of you I'm sure have in desperation, prayed to God. Such a prayer has no frills in it,when bold Peter  who walked like our Saviour on the water ( Matthew 14 v 25 -31 ),lost faith,and began to sink, he cried out to the Lord to save him,it was a desperate prayer.One translation puts it like this,'he was terrified and began to sink, 'Save me Lord!' he shouted.One reads of many people being healed by our Lord,they were desperate, and out of that desperation they cried  to the Lord,and the Lord answered.Let me say this again desperate prayer,is not about the niceties,it comes from the heart, often  from a broken heart .In Psalm 34 v 18 , we read,'The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit', Desperate prayers get to the point,God is not impressed by empty words that go on and on, spoken as if to impress God,we can't impress God, nor should we try. In our desperation we need to get to the point ,desperate prayers come from the heart,the center of our being,our inner self, not our intellect CP Proverbs 3 v 5.Desperate prayers come from the poor in spirit,our poverty of being,Psalm 34 v 6 reads 'This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles'.

                                            'I call out at the top of my lungs,

                                            ''God!Answer! I'll do whatever 

                                             you say.'  ( The Message)

 

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