Romans 8:26 - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
After a day spent at the hospital praying for a man recently made a paralytic by a unintended bullet and praying with his mother who is deeply saddened and troubled, I began to really understand what it meant to bear another's burdens and intercede.
If we truly love our neighbor as we love ourselves, then we absolutely must pray for each other and be there for each other. We must learn to trouble ourselves for someone else; make a sacrifice. Take time from you day and pray for someone you know who needs it. Your prayers make a difference in the lives of others -even if they never know you prayed for them.As the Spirit of the Lord makes intercessory prayer for us, we must do the same for one another as best we can. Get to know your neighbor, co-worker, or anyone as the Spirit leads you and learn something about them that you can petition the Lord for help and deliverance.
Your groanings, words, and faith will make the difference in someone's life. Also know that even the way you live your life represents all that you are. Are you a child of God? Do you love God? Do you believe that somehow, some way, He can make a way? Let's act like it and encourage each other as believers and pray with or for non-believers that they will experience the awesome presence of God and learn to intercede for someone too.
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