Pray For Those Around Us
When I first began, earnestly, praying and was taught about prayer one of the first things I was taught was that whatever was important to me and my life I should pray that for my enemy to receive whatever it was I needed / wanted in my life. It was confusing then and somehow still a little unsettling for me today. 21 days of prayer was the instruction, I was to pray for others 21 days in a row without fail, without missing a day. I didn’t know at the time but have since learned, it takes 21 days to break or develop a habit. Praying 21 days in a row was not some kind of “goal” that would have an impact on the prayer, it was to teach me to pray every day, all the time.
We are taught to pray for everything in our lives, not just the little things but the giant, enormous things in life that impact entire neighborhoods, communities, states and nations. We are to pray for all. This is what we are taught through the teachings of Jesus Christ. Paul reminds us of this very important aspect of prayer life.
1 Timothy 2 NKJV
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1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,
2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sigh of God our Savior
4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
