DO YOU EVER DESPAIR? 

WHEN IT SEEMS GOD DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR PRAYER?

DO YOU EVER PRAY EARNESTLY FOR GOD TO MEET A NEED IN YOUR LIFE,

AND YOU PRAY FERVENTLY TO OVERCOME ALL HINDRANCES AND STRIFE?

WHEN YOU HAVE FINANCIAL NEEDS AND THE HEAVEN SEEMS TO BE BRASS,

AND IT SEEMS GOD ANSWERS ALL OTHERS PRAYERS BUT OURS HE SEEMS TO PASS.

HAVE YOU PRAYED AND PRAYED AND DONE YOUR BEST TO PRAY THRU,
WHEN YOU HAVE CONFESSED ALL SIN AND DONE ALL THAT YOU KNOW TO DO.
WHEN YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THE BIBLE SAYS IN TRYING TO PRAY,
WHEN YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED YOUR RESOURCES AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

DO YOU EVER COME TO THE POINT OF SEEMINGLY UTTER DESPAIR,

WHEN YOU PRAY AND GOD DOESN'T SEEM TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER?

DO YOU THINK GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU AND LEFT YOU TO FEND ALONE,

OR DO YOU BELIEVE GOD IS STILL ALIVE AND STILL SITTING ON HIS THRONE?

YES GOD IS ALIVE AND HE STILL HEARS ANSWERS WHEN WE PRAY,
HE ALWAYS ANSWERS BUT NOT EVERY TIME ACCORDING TO OUR WAY.
GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT MAN'S WAYS, NOR HIS THOUGHTS LIKE OURS TODAY,
SO WE MUST LEARN TO WAIT ON GOD AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

HE ALWAYS ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS BUT SOMETIMES HE HAS TO SAY NO!

HE KNOWS THAT IF HE ANSWERED IT THE WAY WE PRAY, HIS WILL WE WOULD NOT KNOW.

GOD GIVES TO US HIS VERY BEST, HE KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW MAY HOLD,

AND SOME DAY WE SHALL KNOW WHEN ALL THE STORY OF LIFE IS TOLD.

GOD LOVES US TOO MUCH TO GIVE US THINGS THAT OUR LIVES WOULD HARM,
HE HAS PROMISED TO KEEP US AND PROTECT US FROM ALL SIN AND ALARM.

HE WANTS US TO LEARN TO TRUST HIM FOR THINGS WE CANNOT NOW SEE,
AND WHEN IT IS ALL OVER WHAT HE DOES HAS BEEN THE BEST THING FOR ME.

FORGIVE US LORD, HOW ANXIOUS AND TROUBLED WE SOMETIMES GET HERE BELOW,
TEACH US THY PERFECT WILL AND HELP US THY PEACEFUL PRESENCE TO REALLY KNOW.

HELP US TO REST IN THE ETERNAL PROMISES OF AN ETERNAL GOD OF HOPE,
FOR HE IS THE ONE WE CAN COME TO AND REST WHEN WE COME TO END OF OUR ROPE.

Written by Newell C. McMahan

Created by 

SuzyB