Today's Daily Bread
Surrounded By Prayer
My friend Melissa’s 9-year-old daughter Sydnie was in the hospital
for chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant when I had a dream about
her. I dreamed she was staying in a central room at the hospital with
her parents. Surrounding her room was a block of other rooms where
family and friends were staying and continually praying for her during
her times of treatment.
In real life, Sydnie wasn’t physically surrounded by family and
friends in adjacent rooms. But spiritually speaking, she was and is
surrounded by prayer and love.
The apostle Paul seemed to have a desire to be surrounded by prayer.
In most of his letters to churches, he requested to be remembered in
prayer to the Lord (2 Cor. 1:11; Eph. 6:18-20; Col. 4:2-4; Philem.
1:22). To the believers in Rome, he wrote, “Now I beg you, brethren, . .
. that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me” (Rom.
15:30). He knew that he could not be effective in his service for God
without His power.
The Bible tells us that Jesus also prays for us (John 17:20; Heb.
7:25), as does the Holy Spirit, whose prayers are according to the will
of God (Rom. 8:27). What a comfort to be surrounded by prayer!
We give to those we hold most dear
No greater help and care
Than when we give them to the Lord,
Surrounding them with prayer. —D. De Haan
No greater help and care
Than when we give them to the Lord,
Surrounding them with prayer. —D. De Haan
Prayer prompted by the Holy Spirit is powerful.
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