Sharing The Blessing By Praying For Others

God tells us to pray for one another, so what does that look like? 

Are we supposed to tell God what to do?  How do we even know what others really need?  We don’t know, but God does.  We don’t know what the best plans are for a person, but God has already prepared a way forward for those we love and are praying for. 

Our task in prayer is to ask God for His love and wisdom and pray for open doors for Him to work in the lives of our family, friends, and even our enemies. 

That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to help you live the good way he wanted when he chose you. The goodness you have makes you want to do good. And the faith you have makes you work. We pray that with his power God will help you do these things more and more. 

2 Thessalonians 1:11

God has a good purpose for every day of our lives that is particularly suited to our personality and situation. We pray for individuals to recognize this purpose – maybe only little by little, but certainly more and more as they do what they believe God has given them to do today.

God wants us to know His goodness and be blessed by His goodness so much that we will see it spill over into the lives of others.  The more goodness we have the more good we will do.  This is why we pray.

We also want to endure patiently when troubles come.  These are things that grow in us as we pray.

The Bible is filled with prayers of blessing we can use to pray for others.  We can insert the person’s name in the prayer or just hold them in our thoughts as we pray these words over them.  God is faithful to His word, so when we use His own words to bless others, we can be sure that they will experience something of great benefit.  Here’s a great one for us to pray today.

We pray that God will make you completely sure of what he wants by giving you all the wisdom and spiritual understanding you need;

that this will help you live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way;

that your life will produce good works of every kind and that you will grow in your knowledge of God;

that God will strengthen you with his own great power, so that you will be patient and not give up when troubles come.

Colossians 1:9-12

Whether family or friends or just people we encounter briefly today, lets send lots of prayers to God on their behalf.