The Power
of Prayer
Wordless Prayer
Pray without words. You don’t always have
to have something to say in order to be with God. I know this
may seem odd to some, but sometimes it’s perfectly all right “to
be still and know that [He is] God” (Psalm 46:10).
Don’t be afraid of silence. In our
culture, we drown out silence every chance we get. Learn to “be
still and know.” Quiet can be profound.
And don’t feel like you “fail” if words
escape you occasionally when you pray. Remember, there are times
when “we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit,
because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with
God’s will” (Romans 8:26-27).
Source: Randy Maxwell. If My
People Pray: An Eleventh-Hour Call to Prayer and Revival.
Pacific Press Publishing
Association, Boise, Idaho, 1995. 187 pp.