Just as children eagerly reach for chicken nuggets—those universally beloved, bite-sized morsels that rarely disappoint—I’ve discovered similar delight in the compact prayers scattered throughout the Psalms. Like a child who has never met a chicken nugget they didn’t love, I’ve never encountered prayer nuggets in the Psalms that didn’t satisfy my spiritual hunger.
These concentrated expressions of faith come in various flavors: praise, lament, thanksgiving, and petition. Each one delivers spiritual nourishment in just a few satisfying bites of sacred text. Among them are, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me,” “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts,” and “Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth.”
Each of these brief prayers, and many others, captures a profound spiritual need making them perfect “prayer nuggets” that can be easily recalled throughout the day.
What makes these prayer nuggets so irresistible? Perhaps it’s their ability to express our deepest needs in just a handful of words. Like the perfect chicken nugget for a child, these prayers require no elaborate preparation to enjoy—they’re ready to consume whenever spiritual hunger strikes.
Tomorrow we begin a series that will explore these delectable morsels of prayer found throughout the Psalms. Join me as we savor these nuggets of prayer—each one is a perfect bite of spiritual nourishment.
We start tomorrow with the prayer found in Psalms 6:2. – “Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.”
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.