Praying for others

Have you ever found yourself waiting on God? God's timing is incredible, but the waiting can get tiresome and discouraging. We often forget that God does not need our help in bringing us the answers to our prayers or providing what we need. In my experience, He has always come through, at the right time, never leaving me and my family in need or abandoned. When it seems like it's taking a long time for God to get back with us on something we have been believing Him for, we often get so focused on our need, our wants, our desires, and we forget about what we are supposed to do as faith believers. I love writing in my journal, and many of my journal entries have turned into prayers or I may even write down a prayer at the end of a journal to seal it in faith. About a year ago, I started a different type of journaling. Instead of only 

writing down my thoughts or the things that happened to me, I began prayer journaling for the ones around me. One day, during my quiet time, I was asking the Lord to show me how to help others. I needed different ideas because at that time blessing others through monetary means was not an option, but I didn't want to sit there like a bump on a log and do nothing. I had a desire to  bless the ones around me. I asked God to show me and direct me to different ways of helping other, and He simply responded with, "Pray for them." 
It felt so small and, honestly, insignificant! I didn't like that answer very much, but as I began to do just what He said, I discovered something that I want to share with you now; something that I believe will make your waiting time a lot less difficult and a lot more encouraging. ​

As believers, we have all needed something from God, and it's promised to us that He will provide everything we need. Some of us need something that seems so big and out of reach; nearly impossible. For others, our needs may seem rather small, yet very important to our lives. We should keep in mind that our way of viewing situations where we call on the name of the Lord, is different than how God views them. Nothing is impossible for Him. Nothing! No matter how big or small our problems seem, He doesn't see them the way we do, and they are not surprising to Him like they may be to us. We have to keep this in mind WHILE we believe. There is something else we can do WHILE we are waiting that will take the bigness and urgency off of our problems while God does His thing. We can simply pray for others. Why? That's the question I asked God when He moved me to pray for other while I waited, and I received the answer by obeying. 

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