How desperate are you to see God answer your prayers? Would you even ask a stranger to intercede for you, to enter into your burdens?
While seated at the Emory Hospital surgery waiting area in Atlanta, a dear lady approached my wife and me with small sheets of note paper in her hand. With a smile and an outstretched arm, she said, “I overheard your conversation, and I’ve written some prayer needs on these papers. Would join me in prayer?”
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The final congregational song last night at church was requested by someone who is going through a series of trials; heartbreaking, mind searching, body aching trials. Wonder why this song is so dear to this person? Click the link to read the lyrics and listen to Jesus Draw Me Ever Nearer.
Jesus draw me ever nearer
As I labor through the storm.
You have called me to this passage,
and I’ll follow, though I’m worn.May this journey bring a blessing,
May I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing,
With Your likeness let me wake.Jesus guide me through the tempest;
Keep my spirit staid and sure.
When the midnight meets the morning,
Let me love You even more.Let the treasures of the trial
Form within me as I go –
And at the end of this long passage,
Let me leave them at Your throne.
This song speaks volumes to that someone because they are desperate. They have come to the end of themselves. They have come to a place where answers seem few. They have come to endure great contradiction from others. They have come to experience loneliness in its deep forms. They have come to the end of their own strength. They have come to pray such a song from their heart because they are desperate. They need Jesus.
How desperate are you this morning in prayer for Jesus? How desperate in prayer are you for your Shepherd to lead you? How desperate in prayer are you today to rise on wings of faith? How desperate are you?
I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? (Psalm 118:5-6)
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:15-16)
For further study: The Power of Desperate Prayer
From A Pastor's Heart 