Praying or Prying?

Praying for the Middle East

I just typed the tittle to begin writing what is in my heart about praying for the M.E. and left out the  "a" in prayer... it became "Prying for the Middle East" which is what a lot of current prayer for the Middle East sounds like to me. Prying is having excessive interest in something or someone or to attempt to force something apart. Primarily used in negative sense to examine apart from relational care or love.

Prayer on the other hand is to take all those thoughts, questions, observations and direct them to the Lord who has the answers and can speak truth to us about His heart for the Middle East and provoke our hearts to come into line with His heart.

As I pray I become aware of my heart and bring those things in my heart to Him, as I read His Word and speak it out, my heart becomes even more award of His heart. Slowly my words change, my affections transform... what I feared, what I hated... hopelessness is infused with hope as His light seeps into my darkness.

May we pray (not pry) for this land.