How to Pray in a Pandemic

Intro

Feelings of anxiety, loneliness, pain

Readings this week: Luke 11 + Psalms

Luke 11:1, Psalm 77:2 — they’d rather pray

Psalm 77:3-9, 71:9 — feeling the distress

How do we pray right now? Honestly + hopefully

1. Praise God for who he is (Luke 11:2, 4)

hallowed be your name

forgive me (we recognize our smallness)

2. Thank him for his faithfulness (Psalm 77:10, 20)

Psalm 71:6

make a list of every good thing

1 Sam. 7:12 // raise your Ebenezer

3. Ask him for help again (Psalm 71:1-3, 9, 12, 18)

Luke 11:3

verses in Ps. 71 (expectation of help, v. 19-21)

“thy kingdom come” can go with Rom. 8:28

4. Look to the cross (Psalm 73:16-17, 26-28)

we may not know why we suffer, but we can know the one who suffered for us

We pray honestly and hopefully because he cares for us.