Pray, Pray, Pray

September 6, 2012

Prior to the Lord giving me this song on prayer, he gave me three songs in a row on the subject of love, mainly on loving other people. Whenever I study the Scriptures on the subject of loving others, I am reminded of how much I still need to learn and to practice in this area of loving others as Christ loves me and showed his love by giving himself for me.

And the love that this is speaking of is agape love, which prefers what God prefers, which is all that is holy, godly, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his New Covenant Commands. So when we love God with this love we prefer to live through Christ, to choose his choices, and to obey them in his power.

So when we love other humans with this love, we will love them as God loves us, and we will do for them and say to them what will benefit them spiritually and what is for their good, as God defines good. We will be concerned about meeting their legitimate needs, and we will pray for direction in how to do that, and we will not sin against them willfully.

And the second most convicting subject for me is this subject of prayer. My prayer life can always stand improvement, especially in the area of praying consistently for others’ needs and requests. So, as I share this with you, I also sing it to myself and pray God will continue to teach me to love as he loves and to be more diligent to pray for others’ needs and requests.

Pray, Pray, Pray

An Original Work / September 6, 2012
Based off Various Scriptures

Pray that eyes may enlightened be,
So they may know Christ.
Pray that they may Him better know,
Strengthened by His pow’r.
Pray that they may grasp
How wide and long
And high and deep
Is Christ’s love.
Pray that they may be filled
To the fullness of God’s love.
Pray with thanksgiving.

Pray for an open door for me,
So I may share Christ.
Pray when the gospel is proclaimed –
Shared with clarity.
Pray words are given me so
I declare the gospel fearlessly.
I pray for you to be active
Sharing your faith, too.
Pray continually.

We oft not know for what to pray,
So we ask for help.
The Spirit intercedes for us –
Words cannot express.
Just keep on praying for the saints
With all kinds of requests to God.
Pray they may have faith to
Please their God in ev’ry way.
Pray with joyfulness.