How grateful I am for affliction, troubles and the trials sent from God! You will never guess that I learned that in the most emotional way from the Psalms. 

In every prayer, lengthy prayer in the Bible, we find Confession, Worship, Thanksgiving and Intercession, and or supplication. Find the definitions of each element, and some beginning insights into implementing them in your daily prayers.

Two prayers asking for the exact same thing, and answered in the exact same way. When we are open and honest before God, 3 are as good as 60.

And you can take that to the bank, or better yet, take it to your heavenly Father.

Critical to our well being here one earth is the knowledge that we can take everything to God in prayer. 

We know we come to God in prayer with all reverence and awe. We also have the freedom to call out from our hearts, with faith, in sincerity and humility as we are lead. Will God answer that type of prayer? David and Peter teach us the answer. 

Bowing before God, is born from humility, and is a privilege for us. We have complete access to the throne room of heaven. With these things being true, we approach God with the respect due His name. 

Touching base with some direction for the next few episodes, and a devotional on a prayer partner you may not know you have. 

We take select passages from various Psalms to break the ice in our process of learning how much the Psalms teach us about our most personal occupation, praying to Father, Son and Holy Spirit in communion with Him. 

As children of God, we hear over and over again how much God loves us. The depth of that love is seen in our prayers of confession, and the wonderful forgiveness that He freely bestows on the beloved. Psalm 51 is our guide in learning to confess before Almighty God. 

We jump into the Psalms in Psalm 33 to see our call to worship, and learn how His attributes, His actions, and His omniscience, and omnipotence cause to come to Him in prayer as our help and shield.