Are you judging people for where they are or are you praying for them to be where God wants them to be? So often people judge another persons life without looking at their own lives. They fail to recognize that they didn’t just get to the point of trusting, believing, and waiting on God overnight. They didn’t just wake up saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost. That’s not saying to agree with another persons lifestyle if they are wrong. That’s saying pray for the person to get it right. Pray that they not only hear God’s voice but pray that they obey it. Pray that they have the knowledge to make the right decisions and the strength to do it.
God is a good God and He is a faithful Father and friend. He is loving, merciful, and kind. He forgives us and we have to understand the fact that not everyone’s sin is the same. Sin is just that, sin. Sin comes in many forms but it is still sin. So just as we pray for ourselves, we need to also make sure we are praying for others. People tend to pray for themselves and once they are delivered, they then judge others. Don’t allow your prayers to stop at just you and your household.
We have to understand life happens. We don’t know the full story of why others live and act the way they do but we do know the One who can help them. God knows their story. He knows everything about their past, present, and future. So our job is to talk to God in prayer about those whom we know and love instead of gossiping to others about them. As we talk to God in prayer, we have to trust Him to help bring healing and deliverance to the lives of those whom He has placed in our lives.
Remember, miracles happen if you just believe. So as you pray, believe not only for yourself but believe that those whom you pray for will be healed, strengthened, and delivered.
SCRIPTURE MEDITATION
James 5:16
King James Version (KJV)
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much
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