RCCG Hymn 500
Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication." - Eph 6:18
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire; Uttered or unexpressed: The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech, That infant lips can try: Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.
Prayer is the Christian's Vital breath; The Christian's native air: His watchword at the gates of death, He enters heaven with prayer.
The saints in prayer appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind; While with the Father and the Son, Sweet fellowship they find.
O Thou by Whom we come to God, The life, the Truth, the Way! The path of prayer Thyself hast trod, Lord, teach us how to pray!
From The Redeemed Hymnal (4th edition) of The Redeemed Christian Church of God.