Last month was rough!

Life was life-ing, work was busier than usual—I was attending court more frequently, dealing with a sick child, and also not feeling well. I was also waking up at 6:00 AM to pray, working out four times a week, podcasting, writing, editing, blogging, while still trying to be a great wife, mom, and friend.  

It didn’t take long before I broke down and disappeared from social media.  

Then my friends came searching for me.  

With every message or call, one thing stood out: “I am praying for you.”

You know how people say, “I’ll be praying for you” but they never pray? Not these friends. When they called, they prayed. Some left voice notes praying for me and others met to intercede on my behalf.

I have friends I call and simply cry. While I do the crying, they do the praying. (Very dramatic, I know.)  

The Bible is filled with examples of people praying for their friends:  

– In Acts 12:5-17, the church prayed for Peter when Herod arrested and put him in prison. The Bible says, The church earnestly prayed to God for him and while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, an angel appeared and led him out of prison.  

– In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus prayed for Peter: “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

– In Esther 4:15-16, before approaching the king to save her people, Esther asked her community to fast and pray for her. Their intercession played a part in the deliverance of the Jewish people, and we see the answer in Esther 7, when the king ordered Haman to be impaled on the pole he had set for Mordecai.  

In life, you need friends who will pray for you—when you are too weak to pray, down, grieving, or overwhelmed. You need friends who will intercede on your behalf like it’s a matter of life and death.  

Look around your circle and ask yourself, Do I have friends who pray for me?

If you don’t, be that friend who prays for others and ask God to bring friends into your life who will do the same for you.