“O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help! Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. (Psalm 141:1-2 NLT)”
We have all prayed this prayer before!
Lord I am desperate. Lord, I am calling out. Do you hear me? Please listen to my cry for help. Please answer my prayers. I will do whatever you want. I will never do these horrible things. I will never make these mistakes again. If you will just rescue me. If you will just deliver me. If you will just remove the consequences of this current bad choice.
“Take control of what I say, O LORD, and guard my lips. Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong. (Psalms 141:3-4 NLT)”
We don’t often pray the next couple verses!
Take control of my words. WHAT
Guard my lips. WHAT
Don’t let me drift towards evil, or continue to do those things we know we shouldn’t be doing. WHAT
We are really great at asking the Lord to rescue. We are not really great asking Him to help us stay out of the place where we need to be rescued.
My prayer today is to change the front end, knowing the back end will resolve itself.
“Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need, and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one. (Matthew 6:9-13 NLT)”
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