"Cry out to Him"…the beginning of a journey

Prayer.

I almost feel like I can't talk or think or do anything that doesn't come back to prayer. Whether its a book I end up reading that I have had for years, or a podcast that I stumble on… its like prayer is eveerrryyyy wheeeerreee...

I don't know about anyone else, but I sometimes run out of things to pray. Does anyone else struggle with that? For people. For myself. For my life. I just run out of things to say. I go around the same mountain over and over and over again.

This week, I have been asking God to teach me "how" to pray… not a formula, not a mix of christian jargon, but from the depths of my heart. I have been asking Him to show me how to "cry out" to Him… how to dig deep and allow my spirit to latch on to a promise outside of the realm of "possible" and go for it!

On this journey of prayer…I have started to see a glimpse of what I was really created to do and be. I was created to commune and connect with my father… and that IS what prayer really is. Its the mingling of me and Him. Its our own private, intimate time. Its touching eternity.

Yesterday, I went on a hike and started to sense the Lord pulling me away to worship Him. As I stepped off the trail and into a side area with my headphones on, I got a text from a friend and my heart started to break. Immediately I began to cry just sensing the pain in her text. I started to pray the normal stuff, and then stopped. "Lord, what do I pray?". I could sense Him coming close, empowering and filling me with His spirit. Then, the music that played in my ears started to stir my heart…and I began to dance before the Lord… I can't explain it, but I just danced. And as I did, the Lord whispered to me "…this is what it feels like to cry out to me…". And then, a flood of tears, words, singing and adoration poured from my mouth over the next several minutes.

He was praying through me and I was simply going on a journey with Him! I started to pray that God would ruin me for the appetites of this world and for revival in my heart and across this nation… I prayed that God would touch our school classrooms and for supernatural debt cancellation. I prayed for restful sleep patterns and transcendent peace to fill the hearts of friends and family.  I prayed for my future family and children…and I experienced Heaven on earth!

I am realizing that prayer can be more than just talking to God. It can be heavenly and empowering and life-changing.

I am realizing that there is a place in prayer that we can get to that is more about drawing near to Him than it is about what we say or pray.

And, I am realizing that it is not just for seemingly "big" things. Prayer is for everything. 

You see, prayer is not the least we can do, or the last resort… it is the MOST we can do. Lets go deeper… lets venture out of the boat and set aside time to pray out the Father's heart! Lets touch heaven as we cry out to Him… we will be changed in the process!