Prayer

I keep sensing God telling me to pray for others every time I pray for myself. I think, "Sure, I'll do that today and only pray for others". You know what happens? 15 minutes later I'm praying, Lord, provide for me...

So, today I read in Colossians 1 and again God says pray for others. Not only that, he reminds me how to pray for others in Paul & Timothy's example.

Check it out..."For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

Wow! Imagine how powerful this prayer can be. Imagine God's response as we take time to pray this for our brothers and sisters in the Lord. Not only this, but imagine how we just might start changing how we prayer for ourselves. Maybe, just maybe, we'll stop praying for our physical/material needs and spend all our time praying for our spiritual needs. After all, we can't be very healthy physically if we're not healthy spiritually. So, take time today to pray this for your brothers and sisters in Christ, then, and only then, pray it for yourself and see if God doesn't move in your life.