Right there in front of the church, they started to pray loudly for this. Still they proceeded to say they were going to pray for me to become better. While I was pretty young at the time, I tried not to let it offend me, as they definitely knew the other person better. Afterwards several members came to discuss about the mission we were going on, and a couple of them told me how I didn’t preach as well as the mutual friend who set up the engagement. Make sure they feel they can say no.īack when my wife and I used to raise financial support, I was asked to speak at a church service. You never want to pressure anyone to receive prayer from you. There are many reasons they may not feel safe praying with you, and it may have nothing to do with you. They don’t feel safe.īoth of the other reasons can also fall under this one, but I think it is good to keep this in mind. It wasn’t that God could hear his prayer or wouldn’t use it to heal me, but we didn’t have the relationship of trust, and it made me feel weird. I was already in a lot of pain and didn’t understand what he was doing, so I actually told him to stop. He started speaking to my back and commanding it to do things. I had a hard time getting off the floor, and I had someone tell me he would pray with me. There was a time when I was experiencing terrible back pain. Some people are event adverse to closing their eyes or just praying in public. You may just need to build some trust before comfortably praying in a way different than what the other person is used to. This is not a statement about what kinds of prayers are effective. You may pray in King James or talk to the Holy Spirit. You may find it effective to pray in the spirit, but if the other person does not have that same background, don’t be surprised if they pull away from you. There are many different ways we can pray, but not everyone is on the same page with you. It was hard for me to share anything personal with that person afterwards and also hard for me to ask them for prayer. The prayer was more trying to correct my sin then a reminder of what God wanted for me. I knew it was wrong that was why I confessed it. The prayer sometimes would turn to Bible verses on how wrong the sin was. I remember times confessing sin to friends and them offering to pray with me. While that is weird enough in our personal prayers, don’t be surprised if that person doesn’t want you to pray those prayer with them. Prayer is suppose to be communication with God and not some weird dialogue to God about how wrong the person you are praying for is. Some people use prayer as a not-so-subtle way to preach. One of the reasons I have not wanted people to pray for me is because I could tell they wanted to correct me through their prayers. Here are the three reasons people may not want you to pray with them. I tried to think more about those times to help come up with some tips to help you pray for more people. I know I have felt weird at times having someone else pray for me, and I believe in the power of prayer.

While this is generally the case, there are times when the other person doesn’t want your prayers. Most of the times it becomes a nice exchange between people, and for those of us who believe in prayer, we give others an opportunity to experience a touch from God. To them, it shows that you care and want something good for them. Offering to pray with them shows them that you believe God is real and prayer is effective. Most people may not believe in prayer, but they still think it is a nice gesture. Amen.In the past I have written about how praying for others is a great way to introduce people to the love of Jesus. Come reign in my heart, fill me with your love and your life, and help me to become a person who is truly loving-a person like you. I receive your forgiveness and ask you to take your rightful place in my life as my Savior and Lord. I choose now to turn from my sins, my self-centeredness, and every part of my life that does not please you. Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me to the Father. Here is a simple prayer if you have not yet given your life to Jesus and invited him into yours: Choosing to believe that he is who he claimed to be-the Son of God and the only way to salvation-and receiving him by faith as your Lord and Savior is the most vital act anyone will ever do.

The most important relationship for every one of us is our relationship with Jesus Christ.

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