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By: Today’s the big day! : Conversion Diary

Today’s the big day! : Conversion Diary — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:09:40 +0000

[...] would like to ask for your prayers. With my last birth I learned just how powerful prayer really is, so please do pray for me again! I need [...]

By: “What does God want me to pray for?” | Conversion Diary

“What does God want me to pray for?” | Conversion Diary — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:02:51 +0000

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By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:40:55 +0000

Gotta read "A Praying Life." I think its by Paul Miller. Hands down, the best book on prayer I've ever seen.

By: Lenetta @ Nettacow

Lenetta @ Nettacow — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:47:55 +0000

Wow. Wow. Wow. I know I've felt comforted by prayers, and I bring other people's intentions before God in my own, but you really nailed it! I linked to this on my weekly roundup. Thanks, and happy Thanksgiving!!

By: monica_divineoffice.org

monica_divineoffice.org — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:29:27 +0000

To have only one person praying for you is a gift from God!

Liturgy of the Hours

By: KimP

KimP — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:30 +0000

Jen, thanks for this post. I've recently been going through a spiritual dry spell, (REAL dry, by the way) and as a result of your post, I've been asking people to pray for me. Well, people that I know, anyway. Your post inspired me to ask for spiritual help by prayer. I'm hoping it works.

By: ~ Judy ~

~ Judy ~ — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:54 +0000

This is a beautiful post which I thank you for sharing…I am prone to VERRRRRRRY long labors (and am also very high risk)…but with my Benjamin, who is number 10…after having labors of 27+ hours for MOST of my children's births…He (Ben) came in a mere 5-7 hours from start to finish…SUCH grace was SO tangible in the room…MUCH like you describe here…only later did I find out how many many many people were praying during those hours…and one sweet friend who had been watching her own father die, was offering each and every tear drop of mourning for my QUICK and JOYFUL delivery!!!!!
So…YES…prayer is powerful. I think that your post touches upon what the TRUE purpose of prayer is:
as you wrote: "to give someone a closer glimpse of GOD".
Thanks so much for this beautiful story!

By: This Heavenly Life

This Heavenly Life — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:40:28 +0000

What a wonderful post! I've been thinking alot about prayer lately and (pretty grumpily) wondering why it even matters if God already knows how everything's going to work out. Why should we even pray about the way things happen?

This post is one amazing reason (of many, I'm sure). Prayer can change the way people live through their circumstances. Maybe the circumstances won't change, but the prayers add a layer of peace and joy as needed.

I think

By: Loretta S.

Loretta S. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +0000

Jen – I just recently have begun to understand why I should pray for other people. (Interestingly enough, the insight came DURING prayer…hmmm…) I know that I receive consolation during prayer. I feel more at peace, able to handle the chaos of the house and the need to get everything done perfectly (which I now know I can't – thanks REWP!). So I started to ask God to take the consolation He was going to grace me with and give it to someone else, whoever I was praying for. Then, suddenly, the image of a candle at Holy Saturday Easter Vigil came to mind. Just like when we share our candle light it does not diminish our own but just lights someone else's, so can the consolation of prayer be shared. It does not diminish our own, it simply lights someone else's path. So now I pray more confidently for others' intentions.

By: Karen in FL

Karen in FL — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:07 +0000

What a beautiful story! It sounds like you had no CHOICE but to name her JOY!!!! Prayer makes such a difference, and we seldom appreciate its benefits.