Specifics

"Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live."

Psalm 116:2

Yesterday I prayed specifically, and God answered my prayer specifically.  My heart is over-flowing with Thanksgiving towards my Lord.  I am humbled to think how the God of the Universe, Creator God, will listen to my prayers and answer them.

Why does He do that?

Because He loves us, and He reaffirms His love toward us by answering our prayers.

Do I always know how to pray specifically?  No.  Sometimes I can't even find the words to pray what I need; I only know that I need my Lord.  But God takes care of that as well.

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." Romans 8:26-27

I was recently talking with a friend of mine, and she had asked me to pray for her son.  Before she got into the specifics of how to pray for her son, we were interrupted, and we did not get the opportunity to finish that conversation.  Did not knowing what to specifically pray for, cause me not to pray for her son?  No.

The beauty of prayer is not always needing to know the details.  The power of prayer is not the prayer itself.  Prayer is speaking to The One Who alone can answer that prayer.

The power behind prayer is the Lord Jesus Christ.

When we can pray specifically, then pray specifically...

    When we have no words, let the Holy Spirit of God make intercession for us...

        And when we don't know all the details, remember, God does, and He can take care of it...

            But that's just me!

"Prayer is the admission that without Christ we can do nothing. Prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need." John Piper