Yea, I know lately it seems like I’ve been all up in my feelings, well that’s because I have. See, I don’t know about you but I’m waiting on my change to come and I need it like yesterday and as I was sitting in church my uncle said that we need to be specific in our prayers and that really caught my attention. Now, I’m thinking how much more specific can I get if I’m crying that I need you Lord, right now? Then it dawned on me that God needs me to break this thang down for Him. Yea, I know you’re saying “but God knows my heart,” and yes why that may be true; He doesn’t understand your request especially when you start mumbling and your words start running together. See, we pray for God to come and see about us and when He comes and look (because we did say see), we start feeling like He isn’t answering our prayers. When we tell God we need some help in our finances, He gives you the strength to work a little overtime because you did say some help. When we tell God we need healing, He allows that headache to go away because you didn’t say what you needed to be healed. When we ask God to remove our enemies, He does just that because we didn’t ask Him to heal their spirit (which just may have made them a great friend). So, on today I am being specific in my prayer.
Our Father in Heaven,
As I petition your throne, I must first thank you. Thank you God for waking me up this morning with a mind that was still the same as it was when I laid down last night. Thank you that my eyes could see, my mouth could speak, my legs & arms worked and all my organs, muscles & veins are working together. Thank you for the warm water I had, the heat that is working in my home, for the food that I have in the refrigerator, for the clothes & shoes I had to choose from, for my car being where I parked it last night, for all of family & friends to be alive and well because I didn’t get a phone call, for my job that I still have because I could have been unemployed and for things being as well as they are. God, I thank you because even though I sometimes forget to thank you, you never forget about me. Now, God I come to you for healing; specific healing of migraine headaches, high blood pressure, heart disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, strokes, heart attacks, lupus, sickle cell, kidney disease, liver disease, sinus problems, flu, broken hearts, broken spirits and broken self-esteem. God, I come specifically asking for a financial increase and debt forgiveness to pay off student loans, car loans, title loans, check advances, bank loans, mortgages and personal loans. God, I come asking for personal healing for the person who finds joy in being a bully and hurting others with their hands and words. God, I ask that you remove the past mistakes from the heart of that husband who beats his wife and heal his spirit and heart so that he’ll never hit her again. For that wife who belittles her husband for the things he used to do, I ask that you heal her heart so that she can forgive and love again. For that child who was molested, heal their spirit so that they may trust again and then open their eyes to see evil before it reaches them. For that person who is struggling with the addiction to cocaine, heroin, marijuana, prescription pain pills, cigarettes and alcohol; God remove the taste from their tongue so that they never want it again. For that person whose hope is almost gone because they can’t seem to rise above the hell they’ve been in for a while now, God I ask that you refill their hope, right now! For the grieving families, I ask that you comfort them on those nights they are crying themselves to sleep and wipe the tears that fall in the midst of their day. For that young woman or man struggling to provide for their family, God I ask that you send the means they need to provide love, food, shelter and clothes. For me God, I ask that you cease my storm, strengthen my eyes, hands and legs so that I can work harder for you, intensify my gift so it opens doors for me, increase my book sales, erase debts, dry my tears, strengthen my family, heal arthritis and high blood pressure for my husband, remove the obstacles that keep my children from being who they could be, and make me more like you. God I need you to hear the specific pleas of those reading this and do it for them now. Do it like only you can as I humbly submit this prayer to you. Amen.
Lakisha, the Author 
Thank you.