Yes, I Need to Pray More

Scripture:
These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray;
when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts
we’ll be on high ground, untouched.
Psalm 32:6

Observation: This psalm is all about prayer, and the fact we simply need to be praying to God, laying out our lives before him. When we do this, we will remain in his grace. When hardships come, he will be by our side. We will find joy daily. Every day - every time we pray - we get a fresh start, with our lives wiped clean of all problems and sorrows and guilt and mistakes. In Yahweh, and by prayer to him and relationship with him, we find all the remedies for the ailments of life.

Application: I have said this many times, including yesterday, that my prayer life is terrible. I do not pray enough, and I actively turn away from the Lord in my mind and commit sins and struggle with life. And yes, these two things are very related.

I need to pray more, and I need a better overall relationship with the Lord. I must stop holding back, for of course he knows my heart and mind anyway. I hold back from everyone, and it's a lonely existence. I must at the very least be open with the Lord, speaking to him regularly, sharing my life with him, and finding the peace, joy, hope, forgiveness, understanding, and love that he provides. It is always great when I do turn to him, and I need to do it more and more often.

Prayer: Yes, Lord, I desire to be closer to you, and I know you are not the one who ever pulls away. I will seek you. I desire to move toward you in both word and action, beginning with a better prayer life. Again I say, please forgive my sins, and help me expel evil from my life and my mind and my heart, so I can hear your spirit within me. Amen.