When we are in desperate need, prayer springs naturally from our lips and from the deepest level of our hearts. When we are frightened, when we are pushed beyond our limits, when we are pulled out of our comfort zones, when our well being is challenged and endangered, we reflexively resort to prayer. Help Lord, is our cry. “The language of prayer is forged in the crucible of trouble,” (Eugene Peterson). When we cannot help ourselves and call for help, when we do not like where we are and want to get out, when we do not like who we are and want a change, we resort to prayer, by crying out to God. Prayer begins in trouble and it continues, because we are always in need, in one way or another. Prayer requires no special preparation, no precise vocabulary, no appropriate posture, it springs from us in the face of necessity and in time, becomes our habitual response to every thing—good and bad—we face in this life. What a privilege it is to carry everything to God in prayer! –Philippians 4:6