The Cry When is it appropriate to start crying to the Lord for help? Crying is an utterance of a loud voice; throughout generations believers have always cried to the Lord in times of our distress. It can take several years of praying to create a single cry which causes deliverance to happen (Psalms 56:9). When we cry out to the Lord, it is an act of despair and supplication; it is an expression of our faith and trust in God. -Stephen Miller, excerpt from chapter 3