Are You Praying For Others? Life Is Too Short To live Self-Centered

19/03/25

Gospel Corner

JOEL OSTEEN MINISTRIES
Today’s Word

Today’s Scripture
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
1 Timothy 2:1, NLT

Pray for All People
When you believe for favor on others, when you ask God to work in their lives, heaven comes to attention. They may not have the faith, and they may not be living right, but because you’re honoring God and asking on their behalf, God will bless them for your sake. Maybe you’re the one who God’s counting on to stand in the gap for someone who’s way off course. Maybe nobody is praying for that person. Maybe your faith is going to cause that young lady at work to change her life. Instead of talking about her, instead of criticizing everything she’s doing wrong, why don’t you pray for her? Talking about her isn’t going to help her improve, but prayer will break the chains that are holding her back. Make it your mission to pray for her. Take a moment every morning and go to God on her behalf.

Are you praying for others? Life is too short to live self-centered, only thinking about our needs, our goals, our dreams. Use your gift. Stand in the gap. Ask God to bless them.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can stand in the gap for the people in my life who are making poor choices and off course. Thank You that I can cover them in prayer and ask You to be merciful to them. I will make it my mission to pray for them every day and see them reach their destiny. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

God has made it so easy for us in the new covenant to be directed by His wisdom and love. We no longer have to run to prophets to find out His will for us. He Himself leads us!

For those of you who want to serve the Lord, but don’t know where to start, just ask yourself what is in your heart. If you have a desire to work among children, then do so. As a new covenant believer, that’s how your Father leads you. He puts His laws in your mind and writes them on your heart!

Perhaps you feel a prompting to bless someone financially, even though the person looks prosperous. Follow that prompting because today, God speaks to you directly and He has made it easy for you to know His will through His promptings in your heart.

We all know how looks can be deceiving. For example, many con artists believe that church folks are gullible. Therefore, they dress down with a well-rehearsed sob story so as to move you to give to them.

On the other hand, there are noble people who dress up on Sundays to honor the occasion, but they may be in dire straits financially. Hence, we need to follow the promptings of our hearts and not the sight of our eyes.

So when you feel a desire to do something good for someone, do it, knowing that you have a brand-new heart that hears God, and that it is God who works in you both the willingness and the ability to do it!