Magnificent Prayer #39
Magnificent Prayer #39
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalm 3:4 KJV
Silent prayers are often true prayers, but there are times, in extreme suffering, when it’s helpful to give vocal expression to our soul’s agony.
I know some friends who can never pray to their own comfort unless they can hear their own voices; and I believe that it’s a good thing for most of us to retire to some private place where we cannot be heard by men, and where we can therefore freely use our voices in prayer.
Very often, the use of the voice helps to keep the thoughts from wandering, and also gives intensity to the desires. You notice that David particularly mentions here that he cried unto the Lord with his voice. No doubt many of his prayers ascended to God from his heart without the medium of his voice; but here, the cry with voice went with the desires of his heart.
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
Pray About It: Silent prayers are fine. Sometimes because of where we are, they’re the only appropriate prayers to offer. However, in our daily time with God, when we’re apart from anyone else, we should speak our prayers audibly. As David did, we should cry aloud with our voice.
Today, pray aloud. He will hear out of His holy hill.
Use me, Lord Jesus, for whatever purpose and in whatever way You desire. Here is my poor heart—an empty vessel—fill it with Your grace. Here is my sinful and troubled soul—quicken it and refresh it with Your love. Take my heart and use it for Your dwelling place. Use my mouth to spread the glory of Your name. Use my love and all my powers for the edifying of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Never allow the confidence of my faith to slacken, so that at all times I can truly say: “Jesus needs me, and I need Him.”
DWIGHT L. MOODY
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