https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/ on Life and Love Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:05:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330070 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:05:22 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330070 Oh my gosh yes. This is so true.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330064 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:00:07 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330064 This is convicting, Lisa! I try not to tell people I’ll pray for them unless I actually plan to do so. What you’ve said digs down deeper, and makes me think about what else I can do, along with praying. As you said, sometimes prayer is enough, but not always.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330063 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 01:27:57 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330063 Amen! Great post Lisa.
Blessings,
Jennifer

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330059 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 21:18:03 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330059 Great post Lisa! Working with hurting people I have learned the value of prayer, but also that saying “I’ll be praying for you” can be the easy way out too. Love your suggestions at being more in tune with the pain of others and having a willingness to enter into that pain in a more concrete way.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330055 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:06:59 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330055 A wonderful reminder to be sensitive to God about praying and acting. Sometimes He uses us and sometimes He uses others, but the reminder to be “alert” and “sensitive” to God and our family member or friend is greatly appreciated during this season.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330049 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 20:29:05 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330049 This is a great insight, Lisa! I agree, praying for people is good but we do need to stay open to how God wants to use us to meet the need or even just to think about whether there is a way we can help practically in addition to prayer.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330046 Thu, 07 Apr 2022 03:06:20 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330046 I like your insight here. How many times do we quickly post on social media we are praying for someone? Thanks for the gentle reminder.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330042 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:57:35 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330042 Ooh, ouch!
I wonder how often “I’ll pray for you” ends up being a throw away line, punctuation to end a conversation…

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330040 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:15:11 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330040 This is kind of the spiritual or emotional equivalent of saying “Be warmed and filled” without doing anything to help. I tend to want to just pray about it because I don’t know what to do and because God can handle it better than I can. But He does work through people, and I need to be available and seek His guidance for ways He wants to use me.

]]> https://lisanotes.com/ill-be-praying-for-you-but/#comment-330039 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:48:36 +0000 https://lisanotes.com/?p=31200#comment-330039 Great perspective. We should evaluate whether that is just a learned response or if that’s what Holy Spirit is leading us to do.

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