In 1855 Joseph Scriven wrote the Hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". In the first verse we find these words: "Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needles pain we bear, all because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer."
Today I want to talk about just that, I want to discuss prayer. So often prayer is either totally disregarded because we don't believe it works, or it is misunderstood, as something formal or formulaic. I hope that this message will give us all a fresh understanding and appreciation for the power of prayer, especially as it relates to our times of sorrow, weariness, or great pain.
