Do you realize the profound impact for good that you can have on your brothers and sisters in Christ? Do you realize the profound impact you can have upon the life and health of the church as a whole? Do you realize that there is something you can be doing that will directly affect the ability of your brethren to stand firm in their battle against the evil one? Do you know there is something you can do to help others to grow in love, spiritual wisdom, and strength? How is it that we can have such a profound impact? By praying spiritually-minded prayers!
We desperately need to be praying for one another. God works powerfully through prayer! Prayer changes things! The apostle Paul knew this. Paul was constantly in prayer for the churches. Even though he was a man who was extremely busy, always traveling, and always preaching and teaching, he was a man who took the time to pray fervently for the church. Why is that? Because Paul knew what impact prayer could have. For Paul, prayer wasn’t just some empty exercise in spiritual discipline—he knew it made a difference in the lives of people!
There are many prayers of Paul recorded in the New Testament, but let us look at one example to see the kind of things Paul prayed for. In Ephesians chapter 1 he prays, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.” (Ephesians 1:17-19, NASB) What a beautiful, powerful prayer! These are the kinds of things that are according to the will of the Lord. These are the kinds of things that the Father is pleased to give. These are the kinds of things that we need to be asking for one another.
Let us continue to ask God for the physical blessings and physical healing that we all need. This is good and right. But may we all, with renewed fervency and urgency, come before our Father to ask for spiritual blessings for our brethren. There is nothing greater that we can be doing for each other. Will you bow your head and ask God to impact those around you?
—Scott Colvin
Posted by Scott Colvin 
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