I’m Praying For You

“I’M PRAYING FOR YOU”


The words seemed empty.
Empty because they had been used so many times.
The heartache my friend carried was too hard to comprehend.
Blow after blow had hit her.
How much can a human being handle before they break?
And yet,
I continued to say~
“I’m praying for you.”

The loss of a child~
“I’m praying for you”
The loss of a spouse~
“I’m praying for you”
A cancer diagnosis~
“I’m praying for you”
Surgery, divorce, job loss, a wayward child, a distant husband, a terminal illness~

“I’m praying for you...”

But, are you?

Are we really praying, or is that just our pet answer to a hopeless situation?

Once we have walked in those same shoes and lived the horrors this life can throw at us, our souls understand how important prayer is.

If our hearts truly hold empathy and compassion, if we truly are going to God on their behalf, if we are begging God to comfort and heal~

Then our God~
Who is full of mercy and compassion~
will do just that.

And those simple words won’t be empty words. They become words full of power and hope. They are words to cling to. They are a lifeline for a soul that is breaking.

Don’t allow “I’m praying for you” to become an empty promise to the problems others face. Fall on your knees and go to God for that person. Hold them, cry with them and pray with them.

Let God be real to them in that moment and ask for His comfort and peace to wash over them. The comfort and peace that only He can give. Ask Him to cradle that dear person in His arms.

That person who doesn’t know if they can take much more.

And then,
when you say the words~

”I’m praying for you”

they will feel those words come alive.




**“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:2‬ ‭

**“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
‭‭James‬ ‭5:16‬ ‭

**“But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭86:15‬ ‭

**Psalm 116:1-9