Your heart is smothering under your small ambitions.
Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.
The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?
Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.
In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.