Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A Prayer from a Barstool
The Psalmist was in desperate straights. His prayer was more of a pleading really – “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!” This guy was at the bottom of the pit.
I heard a testimony from one of the men who has been on Wheeler’s long-term addiction recovery program for several months. He told about his desperate prayer – “Lord, please deliver me from this misery.” It was a prayer prayed from a barstool one night when he realized he could fall no further into the pit.
Now, he testifies to others that “God hears that little prayer you pray from that barstool.” Yes, God does hear every prayer, every pleading, and this man has made incredible progress toward a life of sobriety.
I am incredibly thankful that no matter where we are, how deep into the pit we have descended – God hears our prayers.
Rick
I heard a testimony from one of the men who has been on Wheeler’s long-term addiction recovery program for several months. He told about his desperate prayer – “Lord, please deliver me from this misery.” It was a prayer prayed from a barstool one night when he realized he could fall no further into the pit.
Now, he testifies to others that “God hears that little prayer you pray from that barstool.” Yes, God does hear every prayer, every pleading, and this man has made incredible progress toward a life of sobriety.
I am incredibly thankful that no matter where we are, how deep into the pit we have descended – God hears our prayers.
Rick
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