I have written something which I decided not to publish (for now) and with my duties for this week, I am offering the following short admonition on prayer from Matthew Henry:

“Though Christ knows all our wants, he will know them from us (Luk 18:41): ‘What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?’ By spreading our case before God, with a particular representation of our wants and burdens, we teach ourselves to value the mercy we are in pursuit of; and it is necessary that we should, else we are not fit to receive it. This man poured out his soul before Christ, when he said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight.’ Thus particular should we be in prayer, upon particular occasions.”