Urgent Prayer
 

Urgent Prayer
I'm in over my head.
Psalm 69:1 TM

A woman driving through Texas saw a tornado approaching, so she hid behind her car and watched as it demolished a little house nearby. Running over to what was now just a hole in the ground, she saw a man with his eyes closed. "Are you okay? Is anybody down there with you?" she asked. "No," he replied, "Just me and God… having an urgent conversation!"

Nothing fuels prayer like real need. In crisis even professed unbelievers will try to pray. Despite our accomplishments we all need God. There are some issues we simply can't resolve on our own. The Psalmist wrote: "At night You give me a song as my prayer to You" (Psalm 42:8 CEV); "When I am in trouble, I pray, knowing You… listen" (Psalm 86:7 CEV). Sometimes your prayers, whether sung or shouted, are midnight cries for divine assistance meant only for God's ears. When you're out of options your faith develops fast, and emergencies become opportunities to experience God's power in a greater way.

So, if you're "in over your head" today, here's a prayer just for you: "Father, it feels like I'm in an impossible situation with no way out. I need to feel Your presence, the encouragement of Your Spirit, and to be reminded that with You all things are possible. Bring the answers of Heaven to my earthly situation. Touch it with Your grace. On the outside things look hopeless, but You're the God who created the earth from nothing and rolled back the Red Sea so Your children could cross over safely. You make the blind see, the lame walk, and the deaf hear. Today I thank You that You're my God, and with You nothing is impossible."
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