The words to the first verse and chorus came to me right when I woke up this morning, and as I was in the shower... Then I finished up the second verse at work.
"I’ve got things roaming my head that I can’t defeat
There’s sickness all around me and the world’s unclean
I’m no better, I’ve got the same disease
Selfishness and greed wrapped in apathy
But I can sense a freedom somewhere near
Lord break these chains ‘cause they’re not of You
They just drag me down and conceal the truth
I want something more that is real
I don’t need this world, I don’t need this grief
I just need You, I need Your arms around me.
There are things I should do and words I should speak
But I feel so useless, Lord I feel so damn weak
What can I possibly do to compete
With a world that’s full of such agony
I need Your strength to set me free"
EDIT: the video
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
i suck at praying.
I have never felt like I have a very good prayer life. I do it, but not consistently. When someone asks for prayer for something, I tend to hesitate before agreeing; not because I don't want to pray for them, but out of the concern that I will forget or push it aside or something... I don't want to commit to something important like that, and then not even do it. Sooo that's something I am still dealing with.
Anyways, something that I have found myself doing recently is limiting my prayers. Today I was praying in the shower for a couple of things (yeah, I pray in the shower; I have found it's a place I am not distracted by media, electronics, etcetera for a brief period of time). One of the prayer items was a friend's relationship with their father, which has had a ton of struggles in the last couple of years. Another prayer was for a friend who has an opportunity to go on a missions trip to Ethiopia, but only if a seat opens up on the return flight that is currently fully booked.
I began to pray, and started to pray for both of these things... But as I did, I realized that I was praying very specifically, and not very hopefully. I was praying for the first friend that they would be able to interact well with their dad, and that they would possibly be able to see each other and have a positive experience. The other prayer was for my friend to find a seat on the currently full flight. Both solid, acceptable prayers, right?
But why should I stop there? If I really believe that God can do ANYTHING, then why am I asking Him for relatively "small" things? And so, I approached the prayer a little differently after this realization. I prayed for my friend not to just have a good interaction with their dad, but to actually have reconciliation, and for healing for the dad's relationship with the rest of the family. For my other friend, I prayed that not only were they able to go on the trip, but that it would be a life-changing experience for them, and that they would cause great things to happen in God's name while they were there.
I mean, if you're going to pray... Why not pray extravagantly?
Anyways, something that I have found myself doing recently is limiting my prayers. Today I was praying in the shower for a couple of things (yeah, I pray in the shower; I have found it's a place I am not distracted by media, electronics, etcetera for a brief period of time). One of the prayer items was a friend's relationship with their father, which has had a ton of struggles in the last couple of years. Another prayer was for a friend who has an opportunity to go on a missions trip to Ethiopia, but only if a seat opens up on the return flight that is currently fully booked.
I began to pray, and started to pray for both of these things... But as I did, I realized that I was praying very specifically, and not very hopefully. I was praying for the first friend that they would be able to interact well with their dad, and that they would possibly be able to see each other and have a positive experience. The other prayer was for my friend to find a seat on the currently full flight. Both solid, acceptable prayers, right?
But why should I stop there? If I really believe that God can do ANYTHING, then why am I asking Him for relatively "small" things? And so, I approached the prayer a little differently after this realization. I prayed for my friend not to just have a good interaction with their dad, but to actually have reconciliation, and for healing for the dad's relationship with the rest of the family. For my other friend, I prayed that not only were they able to go on the trip, but that it would be a life-changing experience for them, and that they would cause great things to happen in God's name while they were there.
I mean, if you're going to pray... Why not pray extravagantly?
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