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Who are you praying for?

James 5:16 NLT
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

From time to time you stand in one of those places where you don’t know what to say or how to respond.  Last night I had one of those.  I had just shared the vision of “why we do what we do” with a local church, and with all I have in me asked the church to do the most with prayer.  At the end of the event a mild mannered gentleman, one who I have met a few times, was asked to pray our closing prayer.  He walked over to me, placed his hand on my shoulder and told the story of how a US veteran friend of his prayed for him and how that prayer and friend gave him so much peace.

He prayed. I was honored, encouraged, touched and inspired to keep on.  A smile came over my face as my heart was lifted.  It was late in the day, and it was a very full day.

That brings me to a few more personal points.  It is an honor to pray for people, and some of those prayers are in very tough places.  So I share the following with you and ask that you pray for each of these friends.

A pastor friend in Texas has been standing by his wife through her cancer treatments.  I was reminded yesterday of the power of prayer and of my commitment to ask others to pray.  Pray for Ginny as she has a very important scan today and will get the results on Thursday of this week.  Thank you for praying for my pastor friend and his wife, Ginny.

The phone rang late last evening, and on the other end was my assistant from church, Gloria. She is spending some time, and difficult time, with her mom and dad.  Her mom is Vera, and she is on hospice care and not doing well.  Please pray for Vera and her family.  These hours and days are very difficult, as her battle grows more difficult.  Thank you for praying.

Yesterday afternoon I found myself back at the side of my friend Jason who is in the hospital, also on hospice care while nearing the end of his difficult battle with cancer. Jason has fought hard for several years and fought harder than most people I have known.  Please pray for Jason, his wife Sondra and their children. His story pulls at my heart.  

God calls us to pray for others.  Don’t just say you are praying.  Really pray. Stop and pray when you see a need or when asked to pray.

Colossians 4:2 NLT
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.

2 Corinthians 9:14  NLT
And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you.

Who are you praying for?
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