There are times we may tell someone that we will pray for them, but do we forget, or do we follow through until that request is granted according to God’s will? I find that with so many of you that receive my daily devotions and ask for prayers, that I have to write them down in a journal or I will forget. It helps me to just pause for a moment when a request comes and send up a dart prayer right then. Afterwards I can write it down and refer to it in my daily prayers. The list that Al and I pray together for each morning is quite long and we also each have our own list that we remember in our individual times with the Lord.
For some of you it may be most helpful for you to put requests on your mobile phone or your computer or calendar but do whatever works best for you, that will remind you to pray. We are to bear one another’s burdens and praying and interceding for others is powerful. I think we will find it changes us as well, when we lift others in prayer.
We are told to pray without ceasing, and to also give thanks. Paul tells Timothy in I Tim 2:1 (God’s Word) “First of all, I encourage you to make petitions prayers, intercessions, and prayers of thanks for all people.” That means even our enemies. Jesus made time for prayer and often went away by himself to pray. How much more do we need to take time to pray.
I think it is so uplifting when someone tells me they are praying for me and a specific need. I have to say that there are times I can actually sense the prayers of others as I know I would not be as calm in a difficult situation without them. There is a peace and comfort that I know comes from Him through the prayers of others.
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