Do you mean it? I will pray for you?
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “I’ll pray for you.” We say it often, but how many times do we actually remember to do it? 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? Psalm 20 contains such a model, and the psalmist offers some beautiful words for others: “May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.… May he send you help … May he remember all your offerings … May he give to you your heart’s desire … May we shout for you over your victory” (Psa 20:1–5). And then the psalmist goes on to proclaim God’s goodness and that He will answer (Psa 20:6). And this is the line I think I l