Question 38


What is prayer?

Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

Prayer

Lord, increase our faith. You are our refuge. Help us to trust in you at all times. We pour out our hearts to you, God, knowing that you are the God of truth and that all you promise will come to pass. And so we pray… [continue in prayer]. Amen.

Derived and adapted from John Charles Ryle in Luke by J. C. Ryle, series editor Alister E. McGrath (Wheaton: Crossway, 1997), 24.

What is prayer?

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