“Trying to manage on our own is insanity!”

Never weary in prayer. When one day you see how unexpectedly your prayer has been answered, then you will deeply regret that you have prayed so little. Prayer changes things; practice praying until your trust in God has become strong. And then pray on, because it has become so much a habit that you need it daily. Continue praying until prayer seems to become true communion with God. That is the note on which true times of prayer should end.

In Hebrew, the word for prayer is tefilah; one translation means "to judge." But to judge what? Our main problem is that we are two entities, us and God. We need to be united as One. When we daven, Tefilah remedies the problem and opens connection with the One. Tefilah is a time of self-evaluation, self-judgment & introspection. We take time to focus on ourselves; to go within to see what it is that we truly need. We ask what it is that we are all about; for the ability to see what both our faults & qualities are. We ask what is it that we need, and to be truly united in God.

"He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings." The first part, "He brought me up out of a horrible pit," means that by turning to God and putting my problems in His hands, I’m able to overcome my sins and temptations. "He set my feet upon a rock" means that when I trust God in all things, I have true security. "He established my goings" means that if I honestly try to live the way God wants me to live, I will have God's guidance in my daily living. Prayer for the Day I pray that my feet may be set upon a rock. I pray that I may rely on God to guide my comings and goings.