Read: Psalm 32:1-7
Whenever my two years younger brother and I were with my paternal grandmother as kids, she would pray for us at bedtime. Also my mother filled in when we weren't living with my grandmother. As I grew older, I learned that God was always more ready to listen than I was to pray. Then as an adult, praying morning and evening became an essential part of my life.
It's clear the psalmist speaks as an adult but he/she didn't get there without some instruction from others more mature in prayer. Psalm 32 is one such mature source. Verses 1-2 tell that one reason to pray is to seek forgiveness for our sins. Verses 3-4 show the consequences of not seeking forgiveness in prayer. Then verse 5 shows God's response to seeking forgiveness and verses 6-7 tells us how we grow closer to God.
Jim Langworthy
Whenever my two years younger brother and I were with my paternal grandmother as kids, she would pray for us at bedtime. Also my mother filled in when we weren't living with my grandmother. As I grew older, I learned that God was always more ready to listen than I was to pray. Then as an adult, praying morning and evening became an essential part of my life.
It's clear the psalmist speaks as an adult but he/she didn't get there without some instruction from others more mature in prayer. Psalm 32 is one such mature source. Verses 1-2 tell that one reason to pray is to seek forgiveness for our sins. Verses 3-4 show the consequences of not seeking forgiveness in prayer. Then verse 5 shows God's response to seeking forgiveness and verses 6-7 tells us how we grow closer to God.
Jim Langworthy