Teach Your Children to Pray for Others

Prayer

Live It – Romans 1:8-10

“First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember youin my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.”

Romans 1:8-10, NIV

Paul had never been to Rome but he prayed for the Christians there “constantly” and “at all times.”

Get the address of a missionary family your church helps to support. Write and ask them to send you letters about their work. When you pray at bedtime, pray for that missionary family as well as for your won family and friends.

Live It – Praying For Others

Head to Bible Gateway to read the passage: Genesis 18:16-33.

This is an important story about praying for others. Now try to answer the following three questions. If you need help, discuss the questions with a friend or one of your parents.

How do I know that God cares for the people I pray for?

Who else should I pray for besides the people I know and like?

How does this story show that God will answer my prayers for other people?

Make a list of people to pray for and things to ask God to do for them, and then use the list when you pray each day.

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Florene Sneed

2015-10-22 11:50:55

Thank you so much for this write up about prayer it was jut what I needed to hear because of my faith in prayer I’m always fine it exciting to read about prayer.I got introduced to prayer very early in my life because of sercomstances but later I found an open door to pray not only for my self but others my faith was not where I wanted it to be but I held on too the little that I had and now God has truly blessed me with greater faith where I just want to trust him with my whole life I love spending time with him so much until when I’m drawn away not being able to just shut off with him I yearn for that precious moment I’ve found the Answer I’ve learn to pray for what ever the need is not that he answers right away but one thing I know that he is listening and he has given us all a open door and I will continue to go to him as many times as the need is there thank you Lord??

Shimeles

2015-10-22 10:12:18

Thank you for the valuable message/encouragement. I suggest a kind of sequel to this one be presented wherein real challenges to a fruitful prayer life be discussed. Of course such discussion will be interesting if honest and practical enough. Of course I thank God for The HOLY SPIRIT Who “helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” Romans‬ ‭8:26‬
God bless you all.

Penny O.

2015-10-22 08:18:56

I find it hard to reconcile all these exhortations in the bible to pray, pray, pray & the direction to not pray in public & in such a way as to draw attention to the speaker vs. the prayer need. I am not one to do public prayers but the trend is such that it seems to be “expected” by others that all people add to public prayer. I realize that I may be reading people incorrectly in this but I have also been the one person in a group of people praying who has not spoken public prayer & the “pregnant pause,” as in the group waiting for me to add my prayer too, is awkward. Again, that may not be the groups intention & just my own discomfort, but I feel it none the less. Just because I do not add to public prayer does not mean that I do not pray either. Are there any others out there who experience this same feeling sometimes?

Caleb Reese

2015-10-22 05:40:22

I do find myself at times worshipping, praising, and praying to God when situations seem well and when things don’t seem to go the way I would like for them to. I have a habit of doing this consitantly, and then just slowly do it less, and then end up not praying at all. I’m not sure if at times I sit and wait for a response from God, but it does indeed get discouraging. I enjoy my prayer life when I am indeed FULLY intuned with it

Ephrem Hagos

2015-10-22 03:01:53

Making fallible David’s wishful thinking (Ps. 55:17) a model of infallible prayer by itemized obedience, as summarized, is self-deception. (Matt. 6: 9-13, 33)

Kathy

2015-10-22 01:35:41

Thank you so much for this message, I haven’t been making prayer my priority. But with this reminder, will be down on my knees regularly.

Yolanda Booker

2015-10-21 21:59:00

Thank you for this timely message.

Nicola

2015-10-21 19:41:00

Making prayer priority?should come first morning and noon.

Diane Ricciardi Stewart

2015-10-21 19:05:46

I spend anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 or 3 hours in prayer — reading and meditating on scripture and devotional booklets. I began doing this about one year ago. Up until then, I had just said nightly prayers before going to sleep. This has made a tremendous impact on my life — for the better!! I find myself talking to the Lord anywhere, everywhere — and as often as possible!! Prayers and praising has truly made a difference in my life for the better, and I will NEVER go without it EVER AGAIN!!!!!!! ♥♥♥

Dr Tony Tumbosh

2015-10-21 17:14:08

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