But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. Psalms 70:5
With the end of 2023 just around the corner, I know I'm trying to set goals and plans for improving my life both physically and spiritually. As a result, it's important to get a little insight into payer and praying...
As an athlete, I emulated those who were better than me. I wanted to be like and better than them, so I studied how they worked out, their attitudes and approach to races. As a Christian, it's key to look at those who are given to us as examples. David is one such example and he's a man that knows how to pray!
Spurgeon says of David's prayer life:
"Men have paid large premiums that their sons may be apprenticed or articled to those who best understood their trades or professions; now, if any of us would learn the sacred art and mystery of prayer, it is well for us to study the productions of the greatest masters of that science. I am unable to point out one who understood it better than did the psalmist David. So well did he know how to praise, that his psalms have become the language of good men in all ages; and so well did he understand how to pray, that if we catch his spirit, and follow his mode of prayer, we shall have learned to plead with God after the most prevalent sort. Place before you, first of all, David’s Son and David’s Lord, that most mighty of all intercessors, and, next to Him, you shall find David to be one of the most admirable models for your imitation."
Join me in reading Psalm 70 and be encouraged in your prayer life!
