Pour out your complaints to God

In Psalm 142:2 (NLT), David says

I pour out my complaints before him

and tell him all my troubles.

In our day-to-day interactions, we likely try to avoid doing this to other people. After all, who wants to hear our constant complaining?

But God does not become annoyed with us the same way other people might. In fact, pouring out our complaints to God is a useful way to ensure that we are praying in "truth and spirit," and not just rattling over elegant sounding pray-like sentences.

And if we pour out our complaints to God, he will guide us. As David says in Psalm 142:3 (NLT),

When I am overwhelmed,

you alone know the way I should turn.