My prayers of gratitude and praise should be as frequent , intense and lengthy as my prayers of need and request.
- Short prayers:
- Thank you
- Help
- I will
- I’m sorry
- I won’t
- I love you
- Forgive me
- Use me
- Protect me
Dear God, don’t let my lack of understanding about you lead to an absence of faith in you, a reduction of love for you, an unwillingness to obey you, hesitancy to share you, and fear to praise you.
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When Samuel said “Speak, for your servant hears” he was not referring only to physical hearing, but also to a willingness to obey whatever he might hear. Too often my reaction is “Speak, and your servant will consider hearing.” But when that is my attitude I’m really not being a servant, am I?