The Blessing of Prayer

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19 Sep 2008 09:59 PM

How wonderful to know others are praying for you! One of the great things about family and friends is they way they jump on board when I am doing something. Like this morning I was the speaker at our ladies breakfast. As of Wednesday night I had no idea want I was going to talk about. The only thing I had written was in my opinion a disaster. I was starting to panic.

At bible study I raised it as a prayer point. The next day I was still no further advanced and resolved to go and play tennis and just forget about it for a while. Somewhere while I bashed the ball around, a few ideas started to float to the surface.

When I came home I sat down and wrote the talk and virtually polished it yesterday. Meanwhile a friend had emailed to let me know she was praying for me and to encourage me, my son had rung to say the same and to make sure I as well again. My daughter sent me a card letting me know she was praying for me. I had to smile when I read the card .

The verses she had written in the card were from Psalm 139. One of the two psalms I had chosen to include in my talk, which had to do with how well God knows us and how he has a plan for our lives.

I texted my daughter back to tell her about the seeing co-incidence with the verses.'That is so God' she said and I had to agree.

It was also for me, God's confirmation that I was on the right track regarding the talk and that my prayers and those of family and friends had indeed been answered.

This morning I prayed before I went to the breakfast. After all, I had plenty of time as I was up early, unable to sleep because of nervousness about the coming talk.

Even as I spoke this morning I was conscious of the prayers of others for me. What a blessing that is! Sometimes I think we can tend to underestimate the value of being able to pray for others and//or knowing others are praying for us when we come to do things we don't find easy.

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Julie Gentry (5915) 09 Oct 2008 10:42 AM

It really is important! I'm so thankful for the prayer warriors in my life.

Got this in my email this morning: https://www.tefilot.org -- it's actually paying people to pray for you. What do you think about that?

Dale Harcombe (10333) 09 Oct 2008 01:39 PM

I actually think it's very sad, Julie to have to resort to paying people to pray. And it makes me question the genuineness. But I certainly value those who choose to uphold me in prayer, simpley because they care about me. And there's also great blessing in praying for others and seeing God work in their lives.