05/03/2024
Hang with me for a second. I want to offer some prayer support.
I often see posts asking folks to pray for someone but with no detail and no perspective. And I'm sure several folks pray, "God be with this person... in whatever it is they are needing."
And I have no doubt that is helpful.
But...
I would rather 5 Godly people who know what I'm facing and know what attacks I'm under pray for me than 100 who only know that I need prayer.
My concern is that we are saying to someone... "I want you to pray for me... but I don't trust you enough to tell you what you are praying about."
Doesn't quite produce the kind of fervent prayer that the Bible is talking about.
Check this out... Notice how sharing the details of what you are facing and why you are facing it is PART OF THE PRAYER PROCESS.
'Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. '
James 5:13-16
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him wit