Prayer for Friends

What do you do when you are having a difficult day? Whenever I think I’m having an especially tough time, I read Job. I find some measure of comfort in the fact that whatever my circumstances, Job had it worse. If you stay with Job to the end, you’ll find an amazing fact. One of the things I love about the Bible is that you find some of the most profound truth in some of the most obscure places. Just seven verses from the end of the book, these words appear: “The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. (Job 42:10)” Since Job’s “losses” included almost everything, this was no small replacement. And were these the same friends who assured Job that his “losses” were a result of sin in his life? How do you pray for friends like that? While I’m not sure exactly how significant Job’s losses were and thus how amazing the replacement was I do take from this verse the importance of praying for “friends” – good friends and not-so-good friends. In fact, there is a hint of a promise here that praying for “friends” may improve our own situation. I believe I can think of a few “friends” I need to pray for this week. How about you?

Join me in prayer for . . .
• Missionaries in Krakow, Poland as they try to learn a very difficult language.
• A church starter and his family who are having to return to the U.S. from Norway.

This week’s link . . . www.usprayercenter.org