My sisters and brothers, today our podcast is about the Power on inner prayer. Our podcast song is, Help Me To Remember Lord. Speaking of remembering, I remember the first time I heard teachings on the Power of inner prayer. It was the year of 1978, Father Bill and Sister Bernadette were giving teachings on the Power of inner prayer, the many ways to hear God speaking to us, daily readings from the Bible, praying the scriptures, the importance of keeping a spiritual journal, God speaking in our thoughts, and having a personal relationship with Jesus! This touched me deeply; these were simple yet powerful teachings I could not live without. The more I received, the more I needed to receive.” And I so much desired this. At that time I was just a ‘baby Christian, and of course I wanted all of these, now. I was in a hurry to learn as much as I could and as quickly as I could, like maybe, just leaping over, and jumping right into the depths of this Inner prayer?
Well, this is the story of how our song, ‘Help Me To Remember Lord’ was actually created. You see, I needed to remember that with a true heart commitment, I should not be skipping prayer time, but I thought I had no time to pray, after all, I needed to get to the prayer meeting. Right? Right! Or, being so much in a hurry to hear teachings on Jesus, yet, thinking I had no time to sit and talk with Jesus in my own prayer time? Wow, A little ironic, yes. Praise God He understands us, and He understood me more then even I understood myself.
My song was written more as a wake up call. You see, if your life gets clutter as mine was, then yes, you will miss God speaking to you, not because Jesus won’t speak to you, but because, you won’t hear His soft WHISpers through all the clutter. I needed a more simpler way of life. Alone at home one day, I was pondering these words to my Lord. “Help me to remember Lord, when I have no time to pray that’s when I have no time not to pray. Help me to remember Lord, when I have no time to sit and talk with You that’s when I have no time not to”. After crying out to the Lord these words that became my prayer, our song, ‘Help Me To Remember Lord’, the Lord heard my cry, and He did help me to remember. He gently rescued me from myself, and brought me to Himself. I had to slow down so that I could get to where the Lord was leading me. He slowed me down. Strangely enough, slowing down actually gave me more time to do all I needed to do. I had more prayer times, and most importantly, more times to sit and talk with Jesus. Yes, I was living a simpler life, the Lord was scrapping away the clutter, and in its place was His over flowing Peace inside me.
