What a Friend!

  "What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear.
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
   O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear;
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer!

   Have we trials and temptations?  Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged, take it to the Lord in prayer.
   Can we find a Friend so faithful?  Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer."

   "Often while in meditation on His love so free,
Comes a message from my Father spoken just to me,
   Or it may be I have struggled through some trial sore;
When my struggling turns to trusting --- lo, the trial is o'er.
   Or perchance while I am waiting still on bended knee,
Comes a quiet revelation of His love for me.
   At my work or in my closet --- almost anywhere
If in quietness I listen, I find Jesus there.
   In life's quiet hours I find Him waiting for my call,
It is there He meets me, greets me, holds me lest I fall."

   "Jesus, I thank Thee for the blessed privilege of prayer.  How wonderful to know that Your ear is always open to my cry!  I pray that Thou wilt keep my heart tender, and my faith grounded and settled in Thy blessed Book -- the eternal, steadfast, and unchanging Word of God!"