1 King 8:30:  “Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place.  Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.”

My greatest and most desperate need in my life is to be in a right relationship with the Father. How many times do I honestly pray for that kind of request when I come before the Lord? This is something that is often lacking in my own prayer life. I am only reminded to do so when we pray together in groups or perhaps right before heading to bed. Oh, that my heart would be changed, that I would continue to grow to know and become more sensitive to asking for forgiveness in not caring or being considerate of the Father's  heart or our relationship. Let me not forget or take for granted His unconditional grace and love, and His desire for me to know Him-for who else is like our God? He is worthy to be praised, and worth so much more than my affections.

Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.-Psalm 103: 2-12