You can identify with these prayers. In simple, everyday English, yet with reverence, I have tried to express many of the heartfelt and inner cries of God's people.

I know that prayer is hard. Some neglect it altogether because it is. That is a tragic mistake. Instead, one of the best ways to begin praying is to write your own, as I have done here. If you have had trouble with prayer, turn to the prayer on prayer and make it your own (note: it mentions your own written petitions).

May he bless you in the use of this little book, as I have been blessed in preparing it. Every prayer in it grew out of actual experience.

Jay E Adams