Big Idea: Say your prayers.

Let's be honest, we treat prayer as a last resort.  We go to the Lord with the "big things" or in the "hard times."  If prayer isn't our last resort it is a negelected discipline that we approach with as much excitement as we did when we  recited our multiplication tables in elementary school.  But the Bible presents prayer as a powerful miracle.  How amazing is it that the God of the universe would listen to our prayers and then act on our behalf?! In these verses we learn what happens when God's people neglect their prayers and what happens when they run to the Lord in prayer.  Here we learn that we must seek the Lord in uncertainty, honor the Lord despite our failure, and trust the Lord no matter what.