Listen to your children praying

Lord, listen to Your children praying,

Lord, send Your spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace!

Something's gonna happen
Like the world has never known
When the people of the Lord
Get down to pray.
A door's gonna swing open,
And the walls come atumblin' down,
When the people of the Lord
Get down to pray.

Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Lord, send Your spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace!

And He's gonna take over,
And He's gonna take control,
He's gonna move the mountains,
Make the waters roll,
When the people of the Lord
Get down to pray.

Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Lord, send Your spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to Your children praying,
Send us love, send us pow'r, send us grace!

You're gonna know it

When the Lord stretches out His hand

And the people of the Lord get down to pray

There's gonna be a brand new song

Of victory in this land

When the people of the Lord get down to pray

Lord listen to Your children praying

Lord send Your Spirit in this place

Lord listen to Your children praying

Send us love send us power send us grace *

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4QT8auk6u0&feature=related

I will save you from the stories of why I'm wrestling with this now, but I will say a couple of things. First, I am "ongoingly" convicted by the call to be an imitator of Christ. And second, I have been challenged recently about the strength of my relationship with God, especially as it has to do with what has been termed a "prayer life." So, I start with a song almost as old as me, but definitely worth hearing again, then move to examples of this Christ we profess to follow, then move to prayer....

... Now it was in those days that Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. ... (Luke 6:12)

... About eight days after he had said this, Jesus took Peter, John,
and James with him and went up a mountain to pray. ... (Luke 9:28)

... Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, "Sit here while I go over there to pray." ... (Mt.26:36)

... Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. ... (Mark 1:35) ... But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. ... But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer. ... (Luke 5:16)

Imitate me as I imitate Christ. (1 Cor. 11:1 GW)

Lord, listen to your children praying, send us love, power, and grace. Give us not just the knowledge that it's important to pray, but a heart that wants to spend time with you, and a will that makes it happen. Make us more like Jesus we pray....Amen.

* "Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying" by Ken Medema (c) 1973 Hope Publ.