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How Can We Pray?
Monday, July 7, 2014 11:36
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With this month's newsletter VOM invited readers to adopt a front-line worker by agreeing to pray regularly for that person for a minimum of one year. (If you didn't receive the newsletter, you can sign up for a worker here.)
We know “the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much,” (James 5:16), but sometimes it is hard to know how to pray. What should we ask God to do for these workers ministering on the front lines in hostile and restricted nations?
Here are ten ideas to help you pray effectively for your front-line worker:
- Pray that the Lord provides opportunities for your worker to share the gospel.
- Pray that the Lord prepares the hearts of those who will hear the gospel.
- Ask for favor among those to whom your worker is ministering.
- Ask that ministry activities will remain unseen by potential persecutors.
- Pray that your worker will be refreshed and strengthened in God’s Word daily.
- Pray for peace in your worker’s heart when traveling to especially difficult areas.
- Pray for boldness and courage as your worker carries out kingdom work.
- Pray for your worker’s family members, as they often face long periods of separation.
- Pray that your worker will be encouraged, knowing that you are praying for him or her.
- Pray that your worker will have a real sense of the presence of God.
YOUR TURN: What would you add to this list? In the comments to this post, share your additional ideas of ways to pray for Christian workers in hostile and restricted nations.
Source: http://www.persecutionblog.com/2014/07/how-can-we-pray.html
Praying makes no difference, praying was carried out as an experiment in hospitals, a great many of them over an extended period of time. It was found that praying had the opposite effect on peoples health, they became less proactive in their own healing when other people prayed and they prayed for an imaginary third party cure.
What does work is meditating, mentally picturing yourself as being cured, mentally picturing your antibodies attacking the disease. It’s worth at least half of the cure. People who do this heal 50% faster than those who don’t but are passive in their own healing.