THE SIMPLICITY OF A RICH PRAYER LIFE

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Time with God is key in the life of a believer. Our prayers are simply conversations with our Lord. He just wants us to talk with Him… to spend time with Him. He looks not to the words but to the heart. Be inspired through this song to daily converse with the One who accepts you, treasures you… and will always be there for you.

 

Talking to Jesus

Brandon Lake (Dove, BBMA, Grammy Award winner)

Thomas Rhett (Dove, BBMA, ACM, CMT Award winner)

LIVE from the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville

Grandma used to pray out loud
By her bed every night
To me it sounded like mumbling
Like she was out of mind
She said, “Boy, this kind of praying
Is what saved my life
You ought to try it sometime”
And now I know she was right

She was talking to Jesus
She was talking to Jesus
She’d been talking to Jesus
For all of her life

Mama used to drag me to church
Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights
Khaki pants and a polo shirt
Y’all know I put up a fight
She said, “Son, one day you’ll thank me
For having God in your life
Yeah, I know she was right
Yeah, my mama was right

‘Cause now I’m talking to Jesus
She got me talking to Jesus
She got me talking to Jesus
Yeah, my mama was right
‘Cause now I’m talking to Jesus
Yeah, I love talking to Jesus
And I’ll be talking to Jesus
For the rest of my life

What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…

I’ve got three of my own now
Trying to raise them up right
My oldest is fifteen
I remember what that was like
Trying to deal with the drama
Trying to figure out the questions in life
And I’ve been looking for a way to show him
How to make it alright

Then he walked in my room
While I was saying my prayers the other night
He said, “I’ll come back later
I can tell you’ve got a lot on your mind”
I said, “It’s not an interruption, no no
You couldn’t have picked a better time
‘Cause I was just talking to Jesus
Come over and give it a try”

We started talking to Jesus
We started talking to Jesus
We started talking to Jesus
Oh…

And now he’s talking to Jesus
Thank God he’s talking to Jesus
I hope he’s talking to Jesus
For the rest of his life

What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…

There’s no wrong way to do it
Not a bad place to start
It ain’t got to sound pretty
Just tell Him what’s on your heart
Cause it’s not a religion, no no
No, it’s more like a friendship
So just talk to your Father
Like you are His kid

Just start talking to Jesus
Just start talking to Jesus
You can talk to Jesus
Whenever you like

Just start talking to Jesus
Just start talking to Jesus
Just keep talking to Jesus
For the rest of your life

Now we’re sitting at the Ryman
An ordinary Sunday night
These past few weeks have been heavy
Been hard to put on this smile
And I know that life feels crazy
But the darker the day, the brighter the light
So just keep talking to Jesus
The only way, the truth and the life

What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…

What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
What a friend we have in Jesus
Oh…

Writers:  Brandon Lake, Thomas Rhett, Steven Furtick, Chris Brown