Sometimes we don’t know what we should pray and how we should say it. God doesn’t put any special requirements on prayer, He just wants us to come. We have little problem speaking our minds to other people, but when it comes to speaking of our needs to God we hesitate. God gives us a relationship with Himself and just like any other relationship, He wants to hear from us frequently. What we say in prayer and how we say it, means little in comparison to coming often to God and expressing our needs and acknowledging His goodness.
The prayer of the psalmist in Psalm 28:2 says, “Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.” The psalmist gives us three essentials for prayer; that is confession of our sins, asking for God’s favor, and recognizing who God is through praising Him.
Reluctant Retiree 