PRAY ALWAYS

"AND WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK THE FATHER IN MY NAME, WHICH IS RIGHT, BELIEVING THAT YE SHALL RECEIVE IT, BEHOLD IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU." (3 Nephi 18:20)

Sometime the words of a song says it best:

"PRAYER IS THE SOUL'S SINCERE DESIRE" (Hymns, page 145)

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.

Prayer is a burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.

Prayer is a simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gates of death,
He enters heav'n with prayer.

Prayer is a contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice
and cry, "Behold, he prays!"

The Saints in prayer appear as one
In word and deed and mind,
While with the Father and the Son
Their fellowship they find.

Nor prayer is made on earth alone:
The Holy Spirit pleads,
And Jesus at the Father's throne
For sinners intercedes.

O thou by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way!
The path of prayer thyself hast trod;
Lord, teach us how to pray.

"ERE YOU LEFT YOUR ROOM THIS MORNING, DID YOU THINK TO PRAY?" (Hymns, page 140)

Love, Kathi