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I often feel like I never have the right words when I pray. I say the same things over and over; Nothing I say is new. So, often, I just don't pray. That, my friends, is one of the worst things you can ever do. Don't stop praying. Prayer is pivotal to a healthy personal relationship with our Lord and Savior. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, "Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." Our dialog with the Lord should never end. As his bride, we should be in constant communication with him. It doesn't matter if you repeat yourself a million times. Your bridegroom wants to hear from you.

Pray continually. That is God's will for us. Regardless of whether you are eloquent or bad with words, God understands you. In fact, according to the Bible, the Holy Spirit helps us when we pray. He takes our unedited sentence fragments and transforms them into expressive poetry. Romans 8:26 says, "For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words" (ESV). Therefore, none of our prayers bounce off of God. James even says that the prayers of the righteous are "powerful and effective" (James 5:16).

During my recent doldrums, however, my prayers have felt far from "powerful and effective." Instead of consisting of "groanings to deep for words," my prayers have often felt more like nonsense babble. I have run out of words to say to my Lord. However, instead of giving up and being silent, I have decided to make a few changes in my prayer life. One of these changes involves a choice to start "praying" the psalms to him by reading about one a day and writing a poem or short prayer based on that psalm. What better way to pray than to use words that God himself has already given directly to us in his Word? The posts on this blog contain those prayers and poems – largely unedited and unpolished. I share them with you in the hopes that they will become your prayer as well or that they will inspire you to take a new and innovative step in your prayer life.