PM#0109 God's Call to Us to Pray for Others

PM#0109

God’s Call to Us to Pray for Others  

Do you ever get the feeling something is urgent?  You may not know why, but you have a strong feeling that it is?

There are indeed times when we sense a need to pray for someone and we may not understand why we sense the need.  Often when that happens, God is asking us to intercede for a particular person or situation.  We may never know or hear of what the need was, but because we prayed, God was able to work in that person's life or in that situation.  Sometimes Lord later on, makes it clear why He asked us to pray.

When we pray for others it releases the power of God in their lives on their behalf.

Father, help us to recognize your call to pray for others, and to obey.  In Jesus’ name, amen.

Reflection:

When God gives us a name in our thoughts, might it be an invite to pray for them?

Have you ever sensed a situation where a name came to you and you did not know why?  Perhaps later you learned of something that happened that prayer may have made a change concerning the person whose name came to your thoughts. 

There are other times that a name comes to our thoughts, but we never learn of a need—when those times happen—wouldn’t it be better if we pray for that person? 

Perhaps you may want to share how you saw God work through bringing a name to you, and you prayed for them.