Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves.”
Isaiah 62:6
Recently I was given an opportunity through which the Lord reminded me about aspects of intercessory prayer which I had forgotten. Perhaps you have been in the place I was and can identify. I admit I am a slow learner when it comes to spiritual matters and need repeated instruction to get it to “sink in.”
My spirit was unsettled about a sister in Christ and I was prompted to pray for her. Nothing appeared to be wrong. I was not notified of any pressing need for prayer. In fact, the thoughts that came to my mind were those such as, “there’s nothing wrong”, “there are plenty of ‘real’ things to pray about, so don’t go looking for problems where there are none”, and mainly, “it’s probably just your imagination”.
Whenever someone comes to mind in this way, I usually get past these objections by rationalizing, “Well, it never hurts to pray for...