Bearing one another's burden through prayer

                                                  

“But encourage one another daily as long as it is called’ Today’ so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness..”Hebrews3:13.

My last two weeks have been what I call a ‘dry patch’. I had so much going on in my mind and my surrounding environment. This affected be both psychological and spiritually. I could not pray or even make any decisions. All that I managed to say in my prayer sessions was “God protect me and may you’re your will be done.” I felt as though the presence of God and departed from my life. There was so much fear of the unknown in me. I felt weak and unable to talk. When I came out of that state all that I thought of doing was to repent. I kept praying that God my forgive and restore His spirit and presence in my life though I could not remember of anything I had done wrong(don’t get me wrong, I am not a saint).

In all these however, I thank God for my girlfriends, they were always there. They were praying all the time. It is not that I was praying for them myself but they took much time to pray for me. I hadn’t told them what to pray for but they allowed the spirit to use them in praying for them. I remember one of them telling me how the spirit had woken her up at night, causing her so much trembling and sweating and she was directed to pray for me. She prayed for so long and by the time she was done praying for me, there was calmness in her heart. All this time I had been going through so much emotional discomfort.  But after that night things changed. I woke up feeling free and joy in my heart.

Why am I sharing this? The bible says that we are a family, the church, one body in Christ. Ephesians 6:18 says;”And 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 the entire Lord’s people”. We ought to live as a family and always pray for each other. We can’t do without one another. In the book of Hebrews when God speaks to us that we need to encourage each other on a daily basis, it’s because he knows that we can’t do it on our own. There are so many examples in the bible where God used people yet they needed someone to always encourage them and pray for them. Jesus prayed for Peter in Luke 22:32, he saw it right to pray for him to prevent the devil from taking control of him. Although Jesus intercedes for us, he sent the Holy Spirit who reminds us to pray for others. That is why we should always pray for others and especially when the spirit leads us to because they could be in suffering. My girlfriend’s prayers restored my peace and kept me safe. Your prayers too will save someone today.

God bless you.