"I'm Praying For You"

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LightningClap0002

LightningClap0002

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Feb 10, 2008
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Hopefully just a simple question.

Does anyone have biblical support for telling someone that you are, or will, pray for them?

I do it, so I'm not trying to condemn it, just looking for others' guidance here. When I was younger it really bothered me that people would say it. It seemed much more like a self-fulfilling prophecy. That it took God out of the equation, or at least minimized Him. That just knowing that someone else was praying was enough to make things seem better for the person. Encouragement is certainly a good thing, but is it right to replace Godly intervention with human encouragement? I don't know that I ever really got past those thoughts.
 
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NukePooch

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I don't believe you're 'replacing Godly intervention with human encouragement', but rather supplementing the former with the latter...unless the pray-er is saying something to the effect of "I'll pray for you, God listens to me. When I pray for you, things happen..." If that's the case, I'm not so sure that any of the pray-er's prayers are getting through. That seems more like Moses striking the rock twice to get the water out...Moses took God out of the equation.

I once heard a sermon about this topic. The preacher said that we shouldn't tell people "I'll pray for you", but rather we should just ask "May I pray for you right now?" then actually pray for them, right now. The preacher said there was a disconnect between saying we were going to pray and actually praying... Why put it off? Just do it.

I know there's the scripture about if two or more agree about something in Jesus' name, He will do it. So, why not agree to pray for healing (for instance) together?
 
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