Prayer: Insights- Jesus Prayed in My Behalf

Imagine hearing the Lord
Saying your name as one adored
While speaking to Father of your needs
I did... and fell gratefully to my knees

With warmth and emotion I then cried
And offered what words I could find
Displaying my life and thoughts to discuss
I prayed to God, humbly, through Jesus

Truly thanking Him for all I have received
I thought of my sins and mournfully grieved
Wanting more to serve Him than any thing in life
I sought for love and sensed warmth and light

Determining to do better, I vowed to pray always
And nightly pursue the lessons of each day
Thus, linking the weeks, months, and years
As the things of the Spirit, to my mind, more appears

Verse 1] Imagine hearing the Lord say my name As one adored, I bowed in His claim Speaking to Father of all that I need I fell gratefully down to my knees [Pre-Chorus] With warmth in my chest, I started to cry And offered Him words I could find I laid out my life, my heart, and my mind Prayed to God through Jesus, humble and wide [Chorus] I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received I knelt there, I knelt there And mourned the sins in me I want to serve Him more Than anything I need I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received [Verse 2] I thought of my faults and felt the weight The grieved-up shame of a wandering day Still I sensed His love, so warm and near Like morning light breaking through my fear [Pre-Chorus] I vowed to pray, to pray always Night after night, through changing days To learn each lesson His mercy gives And let my whole life be His [Chorus] I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received I knelt there, I knelt there And mourned the sins in me I want to serve Him more Than anything I need I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received [Bridge] Weeks turned to months, and months to years Still the Spirit keeps drawing near The more I listen, the more I see His hand at work inside of me [Chorus] I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received I knelt there, I knelt there And mourned the sins in me I want to serve Him more Than anything I need I thanked Him, I thanked Him For all I have received

Elder David A. Bednar
Pray Always
Ensign, November 2008

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