Intro: Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. This week we are talking about the one another’s of the New Testament and how we can experience authentic relationships. This week’s one another is, praying for one another. It is near and dear to my heart, because I love to pray! I know God hears and answers and prayer changes things on this earth. What a better time than now, to focus our heart toward God in prayer. I encourage you to pray the Word, for one another, for our fellow citizens, and for our leaders regularly! Here is your daily eword.
James 5:16 is such a great scripture. It tells us to pray for one another, that we will be healed. What I love about prayer is that it not only changes the circumstances of the other one another’s we may be praying for, but it can change us in the process. This verse speaks to me that I don’t have to be 100% well to pray for someone who needs healing. In fact it says that they will be healed, and the one praying will be healed! When I got that revelation a few decades ago, is when I got turned on to prayer in a significant way. God can use me, when I open up my heart in prayer for someone else. When we take our heart’s concerns to the Lord in prayer, God’s power and ability, his wisdom and instruction can be released into our life. We get to grow by praying, and at the same time, the ones we are praying for get to see changes in their life too. I have a plaque in my home that says prayer changes things. It does, but it also changes people. It starts when we open our heart up to God, and He begins working in us. At the same time, He is working on the situation, or the people involved and things can begin to change from that moment. You’ve heard me say this before. If it’s not good yet, it’s not done yet. Keep standing in prayer. Things are going to get better. Don’t loose hope. Hang in there and keep on praying. Not to spoil the ending, but everything is going to be ok!