Sometimes it can be hard to know how to pray for others, sometimes because we don't know exactly what they are going through but know they need prayer, sometimes because we don't really know the people we are praying for and sometimes because we have to acknowledge that even if we know the person well and we know their situation well, we don't know what is best for them because only God really knows that. In times like these I like to pray a prayer that Paul wrote in his letter to the Church in Colossae, its in COLOSSIANS 1: 9-14.

Dear Father,

(Call out the name of the person you are praying for) Fill them with the fullness of Your will with all spiritual wisdom and understanding. Teach them how to walk in a manner worthy of the Christ for who they profess. Place within their heart a desire to please You in everything. So work in their life that they will bear fruit in every good work. So create a desire in their heart for You that they will be continually increasing in their knowledge and understanding of Your ways. Strengthen them with all power and might according to your glorious supernatural power, so that steadfastly and with patience they will be able to endure all kinds of trials and testing and let the motivation of their life be joyous thanksgiving for the work of grace that they are a part of Your inheritance. Translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Redeemed by Your precious blood forgiven of their sins.

AMEN

I LOVE this prayer! It's so powerful when you call on the name of the Father for His will in the lives of others. Think of how His will and His mercy have impacted your life and imagine if you knew someone was praying for you to have such a gift. I personally think praying for others is one of the greatest and most powerful jobs that The Lords gives us and it just blesses my heart in a way I can't express when I see those prayers working in the lives of others.

I have a very dear friend who has been praying for a baby for a number of years. She has always dreamed of being a mother and when her and her husband met they could not wait to start their family. However it was an uphill battle for them and there were many many times she lost hope and thought this would never happen for her ( how many times have we all been there?! Some of us still are lol) and I knew how much they were praying for this baby and I joined them in those prayers. There were times I'd be at work and God would put her on my heart in a way I had to stop what I was doing and cry out to Him for His will in their lives. She called me a couple weeks ago to tell me God had answered their prayers BIG TIME... she was pregnant with triplets!! Its in those moments especially that I am humbled by His grace and at the fact that He calls upon us, his children, to pray for His other children. If that isn't a perfect example of His love then I just don't know what is.

Be blessed, and be kind to one another

~Brandi

“Therefore confess yours sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective”

James 5:16