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Simple Prayers

“Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, teach us to pray…'"
Luke 11:1

When we pray, it is not about the length of the prayer or about the repetition that counts. God wants simple prayer; He wants reverent prayer. Do you know, even the angels veil their faces in the presence of God?

The Lord wants unselfish prayer, and that is why I love intercessors so very much. My wife is one of them. We have a large team of intercessors all over the world who are praying for you and me.

You see, they are unselfish people. It is not a case of 'give me, give me, give me'... It's a case of praying for others, and we need to pray the prayer of faith.

Mark 11:24, the Lord says clearly:

“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.”

And then, lastly, we have to have a simple prayer, okay? It's not about the length of the prayer; it's about the heart of the prayer. When we pray, we have to get real, and we have to pray literally for our daily bread.

Now one of my favourite prayers is the old farmer's prayer... I am sure you have heard it before, but I want to read it to you again this morning because it always touches my heart. It goes like this (Written by Jim Wilson):

While resting one evening by the side of the road,
I saw an old farmer in a field he’d just hoed.
His face was all brown and wrinkled by the wind,
And he was talking to the Lord just like you’d talk to a friend.

“Well, Sir,” he said in a voice both calm and quiet,
“Them corn tassels need sackin’, but, uh, I got no string to tie ‘em.
Hadn’t rained in so long, that the fields are mighty dusty,
And it’s been so unbearable hot that the kids are even getting fussy.

Now that grass down in the pasture should be knee high,
If we could just have a little shower, Lord, it might keep the cow from going dry.
Oh, but listen to me talkin’, you’d think I wasn’t grateful,
Why if you didn’t know me so well, Lord, you’d think I was downright hateful.

You’d think I forgot about the calf that you sent,
And the money in the mail that took care of the rent.
Ma’s cold’s better and Johnny’s home from the Navy,
And that good Sunday dinner of chicken, dumplings, and gravy.
That new preacher you sent us, Lord, he sure is a fine young man,
Why he’s just convertin’ them sinners to beat the band.

Well, guess I’ll mosey along, Lord. Won’t take no more of your time.
Guess there’s plenty of folks herebouts waitin to ring your line.
Evenin’ to you Lord and watch over us tonight.
But don’t you worry about us none Lord, cause everything’s going to be alright.”

We need to pray simple prayers.