tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416472510902493911.post8833304355857814953..comments2024-03-27T20:07:48.638-04:00Comments on Life Away From The Office Chair: Do People Really Pray?Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03109633602729593188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416472510902493911.post-66119201806163733922012-11-01T22:41:27.214-04:002012-11-01T22:41:27.214-04:00I found your post wondering the very same thing. I...I found your post wondering the very same thing. I've gotten to a place in my life where I'm realizing that I do not live what I believe and talk about. This includes my prayer life. I have found that I have been doing a lot more worrying and thinking (leaning on my own understanding) and feeling bad for others and myself about things but not really taking the matters to God like I know I should because when I "have" before He's always heard and answered my prayers. I really can't think of a single time when I've prayed that I did not see good things and changes take place in a person's life or circumstance including my own. I've been praying and asking God to make me a person of prayer and to give me compassion for other people the way He has compassion on them. I've gone through some heavy guilt trips over not praying for people when I said I would. I try not to say that any more and just keep it between me and God. When I pray, He hears me and sees me and that's all that matters. People need the prayers more than they need to hear someone say they are praying for them I believe. But I do need to pray more. One thing I like to do better than asking people to just pray is to ask them to agree with me in the name of Jesus on whatever I'm believing God for. That just seems more real to me. And what you wrote about stopping what you're doing and saying a quick prayer I think is a good idea and I try to always pray immediately after I've left the person or gotten off the phone with someone if I've told them I will pray for them. I usually don't tell someone I will pray for them first though. It's usually them asking for prayer and me saying ok, I will pray for you. Which a lot of times I feel like it's better to pray for them right then and there and not necessarily just "for" them but "with" them. Thanks for posting this. Great topic :)humbleheart72https://www.blogger.com/profile/06424996140900273141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416472510902493911.post-31560139767432682232012-08-07T11:43:25.329-04:002012-08-07T11:43:25.329-04:00I understand your skepticism. It is easy to say. B...I understand your skepticism. It is easy to say. But do people do it. I think the POWER of PRAYERS is unmeasurable. It helps to heal and bring comfort to so many. I include my internet buddies in need, in my daily prayers. I would hope they do the same for me.TARYTERREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620999913159718018noreply@blogger.com