"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving..." (Col. 4:2)
This was written by a seventeenth century Frenchman by the name of Francios Fenelon: "Tell God
all that is in your heart, as one unloads one's heart, its pleasures and its pains, to a dear friend. Tell
Him your troubles, that He may comfort you; tell Him your joys, that He may sober them; tell
Him your longings, that He may purify them; tell Him your dislikes, that He may help you to
conquer them; talk to Him of your temptations, that He may shield you from them; show Him the
wounds of your heart, that He may heal them; lay bare your indifference to good, your depraved
tastes for evil, your instability. Tell Him how self-love makes you unjust to others, how vanity
tempts you to be insincere, how pride disguises you to yourself and to others. If you thus pour out
all your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will never be any lack of what to say." (From
Strengthening Your Grip, by Charles Swindoll).
Truly, if we pour out all our weaknesses, needs, and troubles to God, we will never lack anything to say.