Praying together for Rubye!

As you know a lot of prayers have been prayed recently on the behalf of Rubye Mae Loy, especially in Amy's family. We've prayed for good reports and for her to grow, grow, grow. And each time she receives a good report we pause and pray together thanking God for His blessings upon Rubye.

If you look at the Lord’s Prayer, you’ll see that it reflects praying together: “Our Father . . . give us . . . our daily bread . . . forgive us our debts . . . as we also have forgiven our debtors . . . lead us not into temptation . . . deliver us . . . (Matthew 6:9-13, emphasis mine).

I personally believe many of us miss out on so much because we only pray by ourselves. Yet, when Jesus gave us an outline for prayer, He spoke about praying together. There is power in group prayer.

If you’re not praying with other believers, then you’re not getting the support you need. You’re missing out on one of the major benefits of being a Christian. Jesus says “whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them" (Matthew 18:19-20). That’s the power of praying with other people.

If you’ve never prayed with other people, start by praying aloud when you’re alone. I do most of my praying, more than any other place, when I'm driving. I'll be driving down the road and talking aloud to the Lord, “Lord, here are some things I want to talk with you about today.”

Another suggestion is to pray at meals. Our family holds hands; and we just talk to God. You see, praying together is another form of worshipping God and I believe it's something God wants us to do.

Now obviously God wants us to pray, whether that is individually or in a group. But I hope we will never think that prayer is something we only do when we're alone. To me, there is a great joy to hold the hand of someone I care about and say a prayer that I feel like bonds together with a faith so strong that it makes the devil tremble.

Now go, find someone you care about and make the devil tremble!

-Gregg