IBS-Constant Prayer

August 8, 2011

Acts 12:5

"Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church."

Constant prayer for a brother in need. That's what the church offered, as the church does today. But how often does the statement, "I'll be praying for you" actually get fulfilled? Is one constantly in prayer for the one who is suffering, or do we merely say a short "God help this person" and then go on spilling our own trials to Him? I know that the latter is usually what occurs for me, and I acknowledge this, and desire to change it.

I need to actually follow through with my promised prayer. I should't tell someone I will be praying for them unless I know I will remember to put aside my own thoughts and offer that person and their trials up to God. This, I know, goes hand in hand with leaving myself behind, and putting others before me, my goal in living life, doing as Christ would do.