Today is Monday, May 23rd, 2005; Karen's Korner #551

Seems like today there are lots of "help" books which tell people a new idea to add to their personal lives. Positive thoughts. Christian "how to" drills. Pretty hard to do them all or to remember much of them very long.
 
Thumbing through my Bible yesterday, looking at Colossians, getting some things ready for Sunday School. I found a "check list" on How to Pray for Other Christians.
 
I am going to list the seven points below. Might want to pray for yourself, thinking through the check list and maybe another person or two. Might hang on to it for tomorrow and do it again. Probably pretty much impossible to add it to all the other "how tos" you might be aware of!
 
"praying for others":
 
* be thankful for them, their faith, and their changed lives;
* ask God to help them know what He wants them to do;
* ask God to give them deep spiritual understanding;
* ask God to help them live for Him;
* ask God to give them more knowledge of Himself;
* ask God to give them strength for endurance;
* ask God to fill them joy, strength, and thankfulness.
 
The list is found in the text while reading Colossians 1:3 - 12.
 
I have heard it said, "Prayer does't need proof. It needs practice"; "God is more interested in the spiritual realm, while people are more interested in our physical world"; or "when we get to heaven, we wll be saddened, not how much we 'did', but now little we 'prayed'."

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