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 and involuntarily resort to prayer. “Help, Lord" is our natural cry. "The language of prayer is forged in the crucible of trouble." When we cannot help ourselves, 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 use primal language, and this language becomes our language of prayer. Prayer begins in trouble and it continues, because we are always in trouble at one level or the other. Prayer requires no special preparation, no precise vocabulary, and no specific posture. It springs from us in the face of necessity and in time, it should become our habitual response to every issue/situation we face. What a privilege it is to carry everything to God in prayer! — Philippians 4:6