What does prayer mean to you? The words of the following song, sum up perfectly what prayer means to me:
Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire
Uttered or unexpressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
Prayers is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
The majesty on high.
Prayer is the contrite sinner’s voice
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice
And cry: Behold, he prays!
Prayer is the Christian‘s vital breath,
The Christian’s native air,
His watchword at the gates of death;
He enters Heaven with prayer.
O thou by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way!
The path of prayer thyself hast trod:
Lord, teach us how to pray!
James Montgomery
The Distinct Dot 