I Will Always Pray For You
“Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way.”
I Samuel 12:23
A former coworker called me this morning. In a few days, she and her husband were going to be traveling out west to visit her daughter who is in the military. She said she couldn’t shake the feeling that she should call me and ask me to pray for their journey. It wasn’t a matter of being scared, she said, but for some reason she felt led to call and ask for prayer.
Samuel was old. The Israelites had made it abundantly clear that they
wanted a king, not his sons ruling over them. Instead of pouting, Samuel stayed on the job.
No retirement for him!
He felt it would be a sin for him to not pray for his people, and to instruct them in “the good and right way.”
It’s a privilege to pray for each other. James tells us:
“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”
James 5:16
I remember a prayer warrior friend of mine, who was getting more feeble, not able to do the things he used to do. He told me: “There’s one thing that I can do better than I have before and that is to pray!”
