Permission to Pray

Permission to Pray is an unedited prayer-poem I wrote in just five minutes. I hope this prayer-poem inspires you today.

Today’s post is based on the prompt for Five Minute Friday. Today’s prompt is “Permission,” and here is my prayer/poem.

Permission to Pray

Father God,

You are so gracious

to give me permission to pray

in any way necessary.

 

Through the veil torn

from top to bottom

you forever opened that door

to the holy place

through Jesus’ sacrifice

and I am ever grateful.

 

Like Abraham

asking again and again

for people to be spared

I can petition you

over and over.

 

Like Moses

I can boldly ask

you to show me

your glory.

 

Like Hannah

I can cry out

to you

for my deepest

desires to be filled.

 

Like David

I can praise your name

call for vengeance

and pour out my heart

all in the same prayer.

 

Like Gideon

I can ask for confirmation

of your will

when my faith wavers.

 

Like Job

I can lament my woes

and even curse the day

I was born

in my crushing grief

yet still affirm you

as my redeemer.

 

Like Paul

I can fervently pray

peace and favor

on my brothers and sisters

in Christ.

 

Oh Lord

teach me to pray

more like these saints

with strong faith

passionate fervor

wild emotion

unbridled honesty

and evergreen hope.

 

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