Did You Pray?

I was encouraged by this the other day:

"I wish you could know how much I

have struggled in prayer 

for you and for Laodicea,

and for my many other friends

who have never known me

personally.

This is what I have asked God for you:

that you will be encouraged

and knit together by strong 

ties of love,

and that you will have the

rich experience of knowing Christ

with real certainty and

clear understanding.

For God's secret plan,

now at last made known,

is Christ Himself.

In Him lie hidden all the

mighty, untapped treasures

of wisdom and knowledge."

Col. 2:1-4

I was encouraged.

When I was at Youth Bible School

this fall, I felt the call to come

higher with God in prayer...

Ever since I was born again,

I have valued prayer as the

vital breath of my life to

communicate with my 

Father...

but we go through experiences

to change us from glory to glory,

and God has taught me in

the past few years how to

travail in my soul for those

loved ones who are placed upon my heart.

To help me to go deeper in this

'struggling in prayer' for loved ones,

I set the alarm on my phone to

remind me to stop and pray specifically

for people and situations that God

puts on my heart.

It's been good.

It keeps me in a constant state of 

dependence of God

as the solver of problems,

the Healer of healers,

and the Miracle worker...

when we are weak

(unable to control situations

or even make them right),

then He is strong.

I recommend it to any 

who are willing

to be 'inconvenienced' 

for the sake

of the Kingdom.

Only eternity will truly reveal

the full harvest of our

'struggling in prayer'

for loved ones.

The reason we do it?

Col. 2:4

"I am saying this 

because I am afraid

that someone may fool you 

with smooth talk..."

The enemy of souls is very busy.

It is imperative that we face

every day prayed up and

on our guard.

Others need Him too.

PRAY.

Did You Think to Pray?