Lyrics
I used to think that prayer was
Just a list of things to say
A few hopes for tomorrow
A few worries for today
I’d send my words toward heaven
Then I’d quickly move along
Never stopping long enough
To hear if He’d respond
The conversation
Goes both ways
A prayer is only where it starts
He still speaks today
Through His words
Through His Spirit
Through the quiet of the heart
The conversation
Goes both ways
Sometimes through the holy scriptures
Sometimes through a gentle friend
Sometimes through a sudden feeling
That won’t leave me till I bend
Sometimes in a peaceful whisper
Sometimes in a flash of light
Sometimes in the smallest prompting
That quietly says, “This is right”
The conversation
Goes both ways
A prayer is only where it starts
He still speaks today
Through His words
Through His Spirit
Through the quiet of the heart
The conversation
Goes both ways
The world’s a noisy place these days
Everybody’s got advice
Everybody’s got an answer
Everybody’s got a price
But the voice I’ve come to trust the most
Is gentle, clear, and true
And when I finally learned to listen
I discovered He was listening too
The conversation
Goes both ways
A prayer is only where it starts
He still speaks today
Through His words
Through His Spirit
Through the quiet of the heart
The conversation
Goes both ways
So I’ll keep talking
And I’ll keep listening
One day at a time
The conversation
Goes both ways