This is a song by Casting Crowns, called “What If His People Prayed?”:

What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captives free
And not let satan have one more

What if the church, for heaven’s sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God’s promise
And stormed hell’s rusty gates

What if His people prayed
And all who bare His name
Would humbly seek His face
And Turn from their own way

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

He said that they would hear
His promise has been made
He’ll answer loud and clear
If only we would pray

If My people called by My name
If they’ll humble themselves and pray
If My people called by My name
If they’ll humble themselves and pray

I don’t know about you, but I don’t pray very much. It’s not something that I have much discipline in. My local church community that I am part of has a great heart for prayer, which I love, but it’s something I find quite difficult. And yet, prayer is an important discipline if we’re going to move with God. Jesus prayed for God’s will to be done when He was in the garden of Gethsemane. He taught the disciples to pray too:

“This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’”

(Matthew 6:9-13, New International Version [NIV])

How often do I pray the Lord’s prayer? Not as much as is good for me, that I know for sure. Maybe I should go through it when I wake up every morning. I’ll try it – and if anything exciting happens, maybe I’ll just write about it!