Prayer

I am the pastor of our senior adult group at church. This Sunday morning one of my senior adults called me. He has had cancer and has been suffering from significant pain. He was in significant pain this morning and asked me to pray for him. After I opened up the church I went out to his house and prayed with him for a little while. Then during the church service he called me to let me know that his pain was completely gone. What a blessing it was for me and for him to have a time of prayer together.
I often pray with my church members. Sometimes it is over the phone. In fact probably most of the time it is over the phone as I travel down the roads of our little town. Even though the prayer time may be short it is a blessing for them and for me to have this time together. And I certainly do not close my eyes while praying and driving!
Praying for others is a blessing. Even if you cannot pray WITH them, you can pray for them. One of the greatest blessings is to let them know that they are being prayed for. Sometimes I will let church members know that I am praying for them either by text or perhaps by a card.
I know that when I am in meetings and others pray for me it gives me a very blessed feeling to hear someone lift my prayer request up to God.
I would encourage each person who reads this to lift others up to God in prayer. In doing so you are a blessing to them and by doing this you will be blessed as well!