Why are the desperate people the only ones praying powerful prayers?
Helplessness stares me in the face when I am desperate. It’s like reaching into an empty pocket for the last dime and coming up with nothing but lint. And the cashier sure doesn’t want trade the #3 Combo Meal for my lint. Its uncomfortable, but such desperation is a key to powerful prayer. Only the desperate recognize their utter helplessness. They are empty of themselves. They are ready to cling to the promises of God. And all of those things are necessary for powerful prayer. “We are to be nothing, and the less we are and the weaker we are, the better; for the the less we have of self the more room there is for Christ’s divine grace…He asks nothing of you but that you will be nothing, and that He may be all in all to you.” – Charles Spurgeon David gives us a God-inspired model for desperate prayer. Desperate prayer is modeled for us by David in Psalm 86:1-7: Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trus
