FOR YOU I AM PRAYING

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;" Psalm 103:2-3.

Today, someone close to you, or maybe yourself, needs a healing touch from the Lord. Know that someone is praying for you. 

If you are praying on behalf of someone, remember these instructions. 

1.    We should be extremely careful in all your prayers to speak the needs of the heart and to say only what you mean.

2.   All the flowery words at your command are not equivalent to one holy desire. The most eloquent prayers are but vain repetitions if they do not express the true sentiments of the heart.

3.   Prayer that comes from an earnest heart, when the simple wants of the soul are expressed just as you would ask an earthly friend for a favor, expecting that it would be granted—this is the prayer of faith. The Bible says the publican who went up to the temple to pray is a good example of a sincere, devoted worshipper. He felt that he was a sinner, and his great need led to an outburst of passionate desire, “God be merciful to me a sinner.”  

To those who pray in faith. The word of the Lord to you is, “Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it (YOU); I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.” Jeremiah 33:6.

 

When the poor paralytic was brought to the house where Jesus was teaching, a dense crowd surrounded the door, barring every way of access to the Saviour. But faith and hope had been kindled in the heart of the poor sufferer, and he proposed that his friends take him to the rear of the house, break up the roof, and let him down into the presence of Christ. 

The suggestion was acted upon; as the afflicted one lay at the feet of the mighty Healer, all that man could do for his restoration had been done. Jesus knew that the sufferer had been tortured with a sense of his sins, and that he must first find relief from this burden. With a look of tenderest compassion, the Saviour addressed him, not as a stranger, or even a friend, but as one who had even then been received into the family of God: “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” 

"Many are suffering from maladies of the soul far more than from diseases of the body, and they will find no relief until they shall come to God, the wellspring of life. Complaints of weariness, loneliness, and dissatisfaction will then cease. Satisfying joys will give vigor to the mind and health and vital energy to the body."

Thanks be to God, we can all say, “For you, I am praying,
For you, I am praying,
For you, I am praying,
I’m praying for you.”

Today God is feeling the woes of every sufferer.... He knows how to speak the word, “Be whole,” and bid the sufferer, “Go, and sin no more.”

By GARDEN MINISTRY