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Actually pray!
Do you take prayer and praying for others seriously? Also, are you a person of your word?
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When it come to prayer it's met with a varied response by people. Some say they'll "pray" and you know you can truly count on them to pray for you. Then there are others that say they'll "pray" but they don't really intent to pray.
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It's one thing to occasionally forget but we need to be people of our word and make an effort to take prayer seriously and write it down, add it to your calendar or prayer list so you don't forget.
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In the Church this phrase "I'll pray for you" has almost become to some like the casual in passing "How are you doing?" question that most often the person asking it doesn't really intend to hear the answer.
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To be fair, there's a time and place for everything and you can't always pause to hear a full story but, you can certainly loop back with that person and check in on them and pray for them then.
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When it comes to prayer we ought to want to hear the needs and then in turn spend time interceding for the people and their needs. When we say, "I'll pray for you", the reassurance is nice and very encouraging but God wants us to pray for one another and make it a priority so we ought to make sure it's not an empty phrase.
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If we say we'll pray, we need to honor others and actually pray.
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May we pray for one another that we will be faithful in prayer and anything else God calls us to do in Jesus name!
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Read: Philippians 2:3-4, Ephesians 6:18-20, Hebrews 13:18-19, James 5:14-16, and 1 Timothy 2:1-2 (to name a few) for encouragement from God's Word.
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#prayer #pray #faith #hope #truth #wisdom #life #encourage #encouragement #Jesus #HolySpirit #bible #scripture #GodsWord #heart #mind #soul #strength #christian #Christianity #christfollower #ashepherdsheart
Actually pray!
Do you take prayer and praying for others seriously? Also, are you a person of your word?
_
When it come to prayer it's met with a varied response by people. Some say they'll "pray" and you know you can truly count on them to pray for you. Then there are others that say they'll "pray" but they don't really intent to pray.
_
It's one thing to occasionally forget but we need to be people of our word and make an effort to take prayer seriously and write it down, add it to your calendar or prayer list so you don't forget.
_
In the Church this phrase "I'll pray for you" has almost become to some like the casual in passing "How are you doing?" question that most often the person asking it doesn't really intend to hear the answer.
_
To be fair, there's a time and place for everything and you can't always pause to hear a full story but, you can certainly loop back with that person and check in on them and pray for them then.
_
When it comes to prayer we ought to want to hear the needs and then in turn spend time interceding for the people and their needs. When we say, "I'll pray for you", the reassurance is nice and very encouraging but God wants us to pray for one another and make it a priority so we ought to make sure it's not an empty phrase.
_
If we say we'll pray, we need to honor others and actually pray.
_
May we pray for one another that we will be faithful in prayer and anything else God calls us to do in Jesus name!
_
Read: Philippians 2:3-4, Ephesians 6:18-20, Hebrews 13:18-19, James 5:14-16, and 1 Timothy 2:1-2 (to name a few) for encouragement from God's Word.
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#prayer #pray #faith #hope #truth #wisdom #life #encourage #encouragement #Jesus #HolySpirit #bible #scripture #GodsWord #heart #mind #soul #strength #christian #Christianity #christfollower #ashepherdsheart