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Prayer to the Lord

“Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.  The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands. 
Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.  Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.  Redeem me from the oppression of men, that I may obey your precepts.  Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your decrees.  Steams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.” Psalm 119:129-136 (NIV)

I love it when I open the Bible and a verse or a section just pops out…  Smacks you in the face.  It is like God knows that it is exactly what you needed to hear that day.  I want to pant and long for the commands of the Lord.  I want to cry over the Lord’s commands being broken.  I want His face to shine on me and for Him to teach me all His decrees.  I want Him to direct my footsteps.  I long for this.  I want this kind of relationship with God.  I want the kind of relationship where all I do is to seek Him and His ways in life.  I want the balance of God, family and reality all together while still seeking Him. 

This is an amazing prayer.  Can you imagine if everyone prayed this prayer and meant it? 

“Redeem me from the oppression of men..” Who cares what they think, let me obey Your words!!!

“I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.”  I seek you first, I don’t want to seek the world first, or ask everyone before I ask you, I look to you and long for you to lead me and guide me.

“Make your face shine upon your servant…” Let the light from your face shine so brightly that it reflects in my eyes.  My face be the shining example of yours. 

The Lord’s prayer is a section of verses in the Bible that teaches us to pray.  The prayers to the Lord however, are all over the Bible.  There is most likely a prayer for every situation that you are in.  Prayer is simply talking to God.  All we have to do is to take a prayer and make it our own.  It is easy to memorize things like the “Lord’s Prayer”, but until we make it our own and personalize it, and speak it from the heart does it matter.   

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