Power of Prayer

I feel like everywhere I turn, people have been telling me to pray for others. I feel like I'm hearing about so many horrible things happening and wondering what this world is coming to. Do I hear more about the crazy happenings from the media or are more unusual things just taking place? Does technology allow us to know more about diagnosing random conditions and/or creating new ones to diagnose, or have they always existed. Has the world always had such a need for prayer and concern, or are we just more aware of it because of Facebook, blogs and Twitter? I suppose only God knows the answer to this question...So therefore, why not lift all these people up to God; place their wounds, pains, addictions, hurts, wants, etc. into His hands.

I feel like I constantly tell people I will pray for them and their families and/or friends, and then lay in my bed at night speechless. I wonder sometimes if just talking about praying for someone mean's that you're acknowledging it to God without having to say a prayer in that moment. I cannot seem to find the words sometimes to ask God to heal those who are suffering, comfort those who have lost, provide for those who have nothing and lead those who feel alone. I feel selfish and greedy that I haven't suffered like some of them have. I long to have the prayerful hearts that they have gained from experiencing such low moments. I ask God to guide my mind in prayer and be able to share with others those who mean so much as well as those who I have promised a prayer for. God we thank you for all that you do for us and know that you ultimately have a plan for all of our lives...may it be guided in prayer, with thanksgiving, knowing that you are holding our hands throughout the entire journey.

My personal list of prayers...

1. Callie Dunaway - brain tumor
2. Katherine Arnold Wolf - AVM rupture
3. Ben Crain - tank attack in Afghanistan
4. Jennifer Wilkes - Good Pasture's Syndrome
5. Derek Tremble - Hodgkin's Lymphoma
6. Gary Cooney's son - drug addition
7. Ben Leathers - brain tumor
8. Kristin Seidensticker - year long mission trip around the world
9. Liz Simmons - month trip to Africia
10. Friends losing jobs
11. More friends looking for jobs
12. Numerous friends getting married
13. Even more friends having babies

14. And all those unmentioned prayers that sometimes get over looked