“We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
” I want us to catch the spirit of Paul in his prayer reminder to the Colossian Church. I made a prayer covenant with a good friend of mine this morning, and I thought that it would be good idea for you to share the idea of making a prayer covenant with a trusted friend, trusted group, or your church.. What is a prayer covenant? Actually, it could be whatever you want it to be, but I want to share with you my idea. A prayer covenant is made between two, or more, Christians to pray for some particular need in your church, in your life, in your family, etc. To make a prayer covenant, you contact a friend, or a group of friends, and covenant to pray for the need that you feel led of God to share. You and your prayer covenant partner(s), will covenant to pray for that need daily. In Paul’s letters to churches, he usually mentioned that he was praying for them, and asking them to pray for him. Throughout the Bible, the importance of prayer is emphasized. I think of Nehemiah when he heard of the condition of Jerusalem after the Jews has been allowed to return to their home. He was told that the wall was torn down and that the place was in total disarray. Here is his response: “When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven…” When the opposition to their rebuilding project was met with great opposition here was the response: “But we prayed to our God, and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.” Nehemiah called his fellow workers to prayer in order to meet the need. The result was that they rebuilt the wall in fifty two days. Dwight L. Moody once wrote: “Every great movement of God began with a man on his knees.” But the great movement took place because the one man rose from his knees and involved other people in prayer. You just don’t know what can happen when you covenant to pray for some need in your life, your church, your family, etc. I imagine that you have been burdened about something that you felt was impossible to solve. You need to remember that “with God all things are possible.” When I have prayed in covenant with individuals and churches, I have seen God answering our prayers in ways that we did not imagine. God will do far more than we ask when we covenant to pray with each other. Give it a try!!! Bro. Joe
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