What To Pray For

One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. - Psalm 27:4-5

Pray for a happy life - seek after the presence of the Lord

“And what should you pray for? With a bit of a smile (I think), he answers that you should pray for what everyone else prays for: “Pray for a happy life.” What, however, will bring you a happy life? If you have embraced Augustine’s first principle of prayer, you have realized that comforts and rewards and pleasures in themselves give only fleeting excitement and that, if you rest your heart in them, they will bring you less enduring happiness. He turns to Psalm 27:4 and points to the psalmist’s great prayer: “One thing have I desired of the Lord, one thing will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord to behold the beauty of the Lord.” This is the fundamental prayer for happiness from a mind that the Spirit has cleared of illusions.” Prayer - Tim Keller