How can I help you?

Yesterday I attended the monthly gathering of our Emmaus Community. Each worship service ends with communion.

As I knelt to pray, I thought about my commitment to lead worship in my church on Sunday, so I began my prayer with, "Lord, help me." I stopped. "Help me" seemed kind of selfish. There are times in prayer, I think, to be silent. So I was for a moment, and my prayer changed. "Lord, how can I help you?"

And then, "Help me to be a help to you."

It was a good time in prayer.