Saturday, October 14, 2017

Does your family need prayer?

In previous blog posts I wrote about starting Prayer for the Nations in our town as well as prayer for our region. Well, there is more....

About two years ago, when my brother-in-law became very ill and passed away much too young, we started up a family prayer group. Now, this is not a new phenomenon as far as my in-laws are concerned; my mother-in-law and her siblings prayed for many, many years for their children and grand children. We decided our turn had finally come to take over (thank you Lord!).

We come together with the (younger) believers in our family to pray for each other, for the children and grandchildren, our nephews and nieces and for the older generation that went before us and prayed fervently that we would live a life for God! We are very thankful for the parents and grandparents that did not give up on us when we were walking away from God and his Word.

I would like to encourage you... if you have family members who need prayer (and who hasn't?), please start a group and come together regularly to pray, to thank, to bless. Two is enough to start! Prayer changes things, I am living proof!

8 comments:

  1. A good reminder, Marja!

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  2. A good message for these troubled times.

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  3. What a wonderful legacy to give your children and a gift to those older than you! We do not live near our families, but my husband and I pray together every day.

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    1. Like I wrote, two is enough to get started :)

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  4. Glad to offer some inspiration Sandi :)

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  5. This is a great idea, Marja. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Karen. We really enjoy our family prayer nights in our house, it brings us closer together and we always get encouraged.

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