A prayer-filled friend is a powerful foe—not to the befriended—but to the father of lies, the deceiver, the sly one.
I
recently met with Kay, a godly mentor of twenty years. I’d not seen her in awhile but during an extended time of prayer the week before, I sensed God prompting me to ask her to meet me. I’d been on a roller coaster ride for six months, and trust me, there were no Mickey ears in sight.
I knew from the moment our meeting was penned on her calendar Kay would begin praying, but I was especially humbled to learn how on that morning, she covered us in prayer from 5:00-6:15 a.m.
After returning home, I phoned another friend who was aware of my meeting with Kay. Before I could share all God had accomplished, she said God woke her up at 4:30 a.m. to begin praying.
An unspeakable appreciation swelled in my spirit as I thanked God for these friends, and those like them who I know would drop everything, wake up early, or stay up late to pray on behalf of others.
God used my prayer-filled friends to wield the weapon of truth in the face of my enemy that morning and life took a different direction as a result. Prayer-filled friends are incredibly powerful foes, which is why we so desperately need each other in the battle. I plan to share more about my non-Mickey roller coaster ride in the near future, but until then, please know this:
Prayer-filled people are not perfect people. They are, however, people who know who they are in Christ, have a clear understanding of Who they are praying to, and have faith that God has the power to accomplish His desires for those being lifted before His throne of grace. Prayer-filled people also tend to repent quickly and find deep abiding joy in their community with other Christ-followers.
Is there any doubt why James tells us that their prayers – those who are “right” before God – are powerful and effective?
Let us appreciate our prayer-filled friends — but may we also seek to be one ourselves.
“Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is
simply picking up the pieces.” S.D. Gordon
“I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to
preach.” Charles Spurgeon
Cathy–thank you for your beautiful post on the reminder on how PRAYER is it! The last few weeks, I have been doing a study by Beth Moore on prayer along with reading The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson…my I am learning so much! Praying for you…
Thanks for sharing Kim. God used The Circle Maker to transform my prayer life. Wow!
I've not done Beth's study but I'm sure it's great.
Praying for you too, my friend. 🙂
"…but may we also seek to be one ourselves." Amen to that. Thanks Cathy, for this reminder. Your writing is beautiful.
Thank you for sharing, Debra. 🙂
To God be the glory!
"Prayer-filled people are not perfect people." Amen to that, but that intimacy with the Father gives them a special glow. I'm so grateful for my praying friends, especially YOU.
Thank you, Susan. And I am so incredibly thankful for YOU.
Truly. 🙂
I just found you through comments on Susan's site. So glad I did.
I agree – prayer-filled people are not perfect in fact far from it, but they know how to turn to the One who is perfect . . . perfect love, perfect peace, perfect hope, perfect direction. Oh, we are so blessed!
Welcome, Deb! I'm so glad you stopped by. Would you believe that Susan and I became friends via Vonda Skelton's blog a couple of years ago?
I look forward to visiting your site. 🙂
Thank you for sharing…good stuff!
Deb, if you're reading this please let me know your blog address. I'd love to visit! I went back to Susan's site b/c an error came up when I tried to connect here. It also came up with an error.
Thanks!!!