Prayer

I have been convicted in this area of my spiritual life a lot lately.

How often do we say “I’ll be praying for you” and then turn around and go about our business like nothing happened? Do we truly pray for the people we tell “I’ll be praying for you” or do we just let it sit in the back of our minds thinking oh, I’ll pray later? And then later comes and you never once prayed for their situation, which is more than likely now over. What is stopping us from praying as soon as we tell someone, “I’ll be praying for you?”

I am guilty of this in my own prayer life. I often tell people that I will be praying for them and I might never once actually intentionally pray for them. I might think about what they are going through but that is not the same as actually praying to God. I want to make my prayer life better. I want to be more intentional when I tell someone that I’m praying for them. I want to right then and there actually lift up a prayer for them.

Pray that I will seek to be more intentional in this area. And if anyone has any prayer tips feel free to share them! I want to truly live what 1 Thessalonians 5:17 states, “Pray without ceasing.” (KJV)