First of all, I don’t mean to make something completely unintentional out to be a lie, but if done repeatedly it becomes a serious lie that should not be overlooked. That lie is agreeing/promising to pray for someone and not being faithful to doing it.
Have you ever done it? Any of us that have agreed to pray for someone else has probably done it. If it’s done once and corrected, it’s a great lesson learned. If it’s done repeatedly, it’s a terrible shame.
I know that your intentions are always good when you agree to pray for others, but we must take prayer more seriously and be committed to praying when we say we will.
Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to the Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delight.
How can we “deal faithfully” when our schedules are so busy and we get so many requests for prayer? It’s so simple your gonna take your open hand and smack it to your forehead and wonder why you haven’t done this already :) One of the things I learned during my time serving at my first church was a nugget of wisdom from my senior pastor a the time, Dale Borgen. In a leadership meeting he told us that the best thing to do was to simply take a minute and pray on-the-spot with the person requesting prayer. Not only would it allow us to keep our word and pray for that person, but at the same time they can get some immediate comfort by being there during our prayer for them.
Don’t be a person that agrees to pray and then doesn’t do it. There is no better time than the present. Take them aside and pray for them immediately. You, and they, will feel must better for doing so!
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Tags: prayer, proverbs 12:22
Eww, guilty, guilty, guilty. When I tell someone on Twitter or Fb that I’ll pray for them, I try to do it right then and there. Otherwise, I am wa-ay guilty of saying it and not doing it. And as for when someone asks me in person, I’m going to start taking your advice the very next time it happens. What a great source of reassurance for the person, and a good testimony of faith to boot.
That’s what I’ve always said and practiced. Your right! It’s so simple!
That was going to be my suggestion.