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who are you praying for?

 


Luke 22:32  NASB  

but I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

 

Who are you praying for?  That is a good question because many people are non my mind.


Do you ever wake up and aren’t able to go back to sleep?  When that happens to me, I begin to pray for whoever is on my mind.  At times there is a reason I learn later.  Sometimes there isn’t.  But pray!

 

How can I pray for you?

 

Stop and pray for those who come across your mind.  in the middle of the night or in the middle of the day… those are great times to pray.  When someone is on your mind, stop and pray for them.  Someone drives by you on the road or you see them down the aisle at the grocery story.  Pray for them.

 

Honestly I believe that God is asking His children to be spiritually sensitive to pray for others.  Be a person of prayer!

 

I am praying for many people:

 

my family

our church family

people I know who are far from God

ministry friends and partners, here and in Cuba

Those who have lost loved ones

Homeless friends and those battling addiction or mental health

Friends battling sickness

My children and their families

so many others

 

And the list doesn’t stop there, but you don’t stop.  Who are you praying for?  


Prayer connects us to God.  Prayer helps us remember to trust and lean on God.  Prayer keeps us sensitive to what God is doing now and in the future.

 

Be a person of prayer!

 

James 5:16  NASB  

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A prayer of a righteous person, when it is brought about, can accomplish much.

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