As I was washing laundry early one morning, I started thinking about how many times people would ask me to pray for them and I would say no problem. However, it was a problem as I would become so consumed with my own life and with the things that I was doing that I totally forgot to pray for that person's situation. The truth is all too often we are so busy with our own day to day operations that we may forget to pray for someone else who may be in need. When you make a promise to pray for someone you are committing yourself to agreeing with that person that the Creator will change that person's situations. Well if you do not know what to pray for then how can you pray for that person?
Generic prayers are cute and dandy as they cover the surface of a person's needs. Yet when you take the time out to find out what the person needs prayer for you are able to pray specifically to the Creator on how to intervene on that person's behalf. What good is it to pray a generic prayer for a person to have financial blessings when that person does not have a job? Rather than asking the Creator to provide that person with financial blessings, pray that the Creator will provide the person with a job that will fit the person's individual skills, will have the right interviewer who will see the person beyond the resume, pay all of the bills on time, and always have money left in the bank account to help someone else. You see when you pray and come into agreement with the person who asked you to pray for them or with them, the Creator specifically knows that when there are two or more individuals coming together in agreement those changes can be made as there is unity in communal prayer.
It is so awesome to know that your prayers for someone else can make a difference not only in that person's life but your own as well as when you take the time to pray for one person that person will take the time to pray for you. One strategy I am learning to use when people ask me to pray for them is to ask them if they have time right now for prayer. That way the need is still fresh in my mind and it is less difficult for me to forget about praying if the person is on the phone or right there in front of me. You would be surprised how many times that I have prayed for a situation for someone and the next day or following week the Creator intervened within that person's life far beyond what either parties would have ever imagined. The best prayers are the on time prayers!
So the next time someone asks you to pray for them make sure you have a firm grasp for the need. Then take a few minutes just to say a prayer for them. You do not have to say a 10 hour prayer to be heard by the Creator. I have personally found that the best prayers are short, sweet, and to the point. Why you might ask? Your focus is on the other person's needs and not on your own. Make the time today to commit to yourself that when someone asks you to pray for them you will do it TODAY and not wait till tomorrow or forget about it completely as if you wait, your prayers may be too late.
Sister April Lisbon-Peoples, I thank you so much for opening my eyes to better praying commitment in my everyday prayers.
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sister April Lisbon-Peoples is a growth and development coach who enjoys inspiring her clients to find their life's purpose through becoming visionaries. She is the founder and CEO of Running Your Race, a coaching practice designed for individuals who are ready to awaken their visions and create their destiny.
April has written various articles focusing on elevating and motivating people as they aim towards reaching their highest potential. She aspires to help her clients live their dreams while gaining and maintaining a level of healthy success. So if you are ready to fly like the eagles and see your vision come to past, then visit her at [http://www.creatingmyvision.com] or e-mail her at creatingvision@gmail.com
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- J.A. Vazquez
- I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.
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