When U Pray

“As one piece of iron sharpens another, so friends keep each other sharp.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭27‬:‭17‬ ‭ERV‬
Proverbs 27:17

Has someone asked you to pray for them, and you ended up in the Bible, studying the Word so you could add power to the prayer? Yeah, me too. What I have learned is that we all need prayer. We need people who are willing to pray with us, believe with us, and pray for us when we are unable or unwilling.

I say unwilling because there have been times in my life when I was rebellious, angry, or just tired and didn’t go to God with my concerns, problems, or issues. There have been times when I was so frustrated that all I could do was pick up the phone or grab a friend and utter those three powerful words—not “I love you,” but “Pray for me!”

I understand that everyone goes through struggles, and for some, it strengthens their faith. For others, it defeats them. But in both situations, knowing someone is willing to go to God for you can be life-changing.

It takes a love of Christ to be willing to go to Him and believe with someone that God can do what He said He would do—to believe that God is with them, even when they can’t feel Him. To believe enough to sacrifice your own needs to pray for them. That’s what activated means.

When someone asks you to pray, they are activating your faith! So pray—you don’t know what it took for them to ask you or how your prayer could change their life.

These scriptures came to mind:

“Some people brought a paralyzed man to see Him. He was being carried by four of them. But they could not get the man inside to Jesus because the house was so full of people. So they went to the roof above Jesus and made a hole in it. Then they lowered the mat with the paralyzed man on it. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, He said to the paralyzed man, ‘Young man, your sins are forgiven.’”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭ERV‬
Mark 2:3-5

I’ll leave you with this:

“We pray that our God and Father and our Lord Jesus will prepare the way for us to come to you. We pray that the Lord will make your love grow. We pray that He will give you more and more love for each other and for all people. We pray that you will love everyone in the same way we love you. This will strengthen your desire to do what is right, and you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all His holy people.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭13‬ ‭ERV‬
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13