Friday - Daily Lectionary's - Logos
March 20: We Don’t (Really) Mean It Numbers 23:1–30; 1 Corinthians 6:12–7:16; Psalm 20:1–9 “I’ll pray for you.” We say it often, but how many times do we actually remember to do it? Our biggest downfall might not be a lack of compassion—it’s probably just not taking time to write down the request and not having a model of praying for others. Some of us might feel like we’ve mastered the art of the task list, but it can still be difficult to keep up with praying for our friends. It’s easy to think, “ God knows their needs, so it’s fine.” But that’s not the New Testament view of prayer : we’re meant to pray always ( Luke 18:1; 1 Thess 5:16 ). And Paul himself regularly asks for prayers . If they weren’t important, he wouldn’t ask ( Col 4:3 ). For this reason, it would be helpful to develop a system to track what people need prayer for, like a prayer journal. But what about the model? When I pray for God’s will in my life, I’ve found that using the Lord’s Prayer work...