You’re permitted to call on “Our Father, who art in heaven” at all hours of the day and night with whatever you like.
Here is the true story, the one worth remembering: You are a gift.
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 32, 52.

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At its heart, this is what Deacon King Kong is all about: the paradox of Jesus carving his victory out of the last thing we expect, not our triumphs but our defeats.
It is in your lows where Christ has hidden his highest high, eternal life itself.
One could reason that God might, at least, give the church a little worldly power.
The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
When it comes to God’s word, our help only obscures his power and grace.