A patient prayed for me this week!
I know all too well medicine can only do so much, so, whenever I feel a patient would be open to it, I offer to pray for them. Rarely do they turn me down, but the other day was the first time a patient prayed for me. I was blown away!
I’d seen this person once before. He’d been going through some difficult challenges, so I’d offered to pray with him, which he readily accepted. Well, apparently that stuck in his head, because at the end of last week’s visit he said to me, “I want you to know I’m so glad it was you who saw me today. The last time I was here you prayed with me and that meant so much.”
Naturally, of course, I offered to pray with him again, but this time was different. When I finished, he took right up where I left off and prayed a beautiful prayer, thanking God for my care and asking Him to continue to bless and guide me. I was shocked! No patient had ever done that! His words buoyed my spirits the rest of that day and I’ve thought of them often throughout this week. He gave me a wonderful gift, one I’m eager to pass on to someone else.
Pray in the Spirit
Ephesians 6:18 tells us to “pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”
We need to be lifting each other up in prayer far more often than we do. We need to be looking for opportunities to pray with someone “on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.”
We hesitate to do this, afraid to offend, but, more often than not, people would welcome it. We all face challenges and it makes such a difference when someone is willing to help us lift our burdens before the Lord.
Keep on Praying
This Sabbath, and throughout this coming week, let’s “be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” Especially pray for those who serve, the ministers, doctors, nurses, first responders, and military. They give so much of themselves each day and ask so little in return. Offering to pray with them may be just the encouragement they need to make it through another day.
God bless, have a Happy Sabbath and remember, I’m praying for you!
BTW:
If you need prayers about something, please let me know. Galatians 6:2 tells us to “Carry each other’s burdens…” and I would be honored if you’d let me help you carry your burden today. At the same time please “Pray also for me, that…words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel…Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.” (Ephesians 6:19, 20).