Comments on: The Unfancy Power of Prayer https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/ all our little stories Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jody Evans https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-494 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:54:42 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-494 In reply to Jeanette Henneberry.

Thank you, my friend. I really needed to hear this today. Just a lot of unavoidable things getting in the way of “my” writing time this week. I was entertaining thoughts that maybe it’s not all that important to try to fit writing into my life at all. Like maybe I was making too big a deal out of this writing work I’ve been trying to do for so long.

I love your words on prayer, too, and I wasn’t sure when VBS was going to be for you, but I did lift it in prayer last week (so clearly, God knew : )

]]> By: Jeanette Henneberry https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-493 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:25:41 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-493 Jody- your blog is so very timely. I have been experiencing much of the same conflicts in my people world. More than average, or so it would seem.

Prayer is a mystery, but I love what you said about how it is a way for us to enter the story of others and to gain perspective. We never get the whole picture, only what we see and experience, which is often so limited. But God can show us more of what we need to know. The rest we just have to trust Him for.
I have to remind myself of that a lot!

I love the prayer you shared. Even though we know God is with us- He delights in our coming to Him and humbly asking for whatever it is that we are in need of. (Like compassion for the one who I am having a really hard time loving!!)

Sometimes it’s focused, like during our recent Vacation Bible School week. Our team prayed for inspiration, energy and many other things. It never would have happened otherwise!

Sometimes prayer is organized, planned and well thought out. But often prayer is an unfancy, raw, spontaneous, desperate response to crisis! However or whenever it is done, it is our lifeline.

Count me in your circle of prayer people to lift you up as a writer and influencer!

Thank you for your determination to keep writing! It is truly a gift!

]]> By: Jody https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-492 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:32:34 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-492 In reply to Michelle Akman.

That’s awesome, Michelle! Thank you for sharing this. I love Moms in Prayer and have prayed with the group in Idyllwild. I’m so glad to hear about your experience with them. Especially about how starting with praise and focusing on an attribute of God serves as a foundation that has enriched your personal prayer time as well. I love that!

]]> By: Michelle Akman https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-491 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:30:18 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-491 I have been part of a Prayer Team of women who have been meeting Wednesday mornings for about 1 hour for about the last 1.5 years. We have about 5 to 6 regulrs with about 10 members we regularly communicate with. It is such an important part of my life and has changed the way I pray. I really try not to miss it. We have a format we use that is based on the format from Moms in Prayer- an international organization. (momsinprayer.org/) We have modified it to fit our circumstances. The idea is for each person to keep their prayer utterances short so as not to monopolize the prayer time. We are to add onto and expand what others are saying. We are truly united in prayer. It requires full engagement and agreement with what we are asking. It starts with Praise, usually based on the character of God. This has been the trickiest part to learn for me because we don’t generally praise God during prayer times unless we are singing during worship. We usually just spend some time thanking Him and jump to asking for things. It really gets you into the presence of God as you acknowledge who He is and recognize your own failings. The next part is easy to do because of this time well spent. We have a short minute or so of silent Confession. After, we move onto Thanksgiving. We have so many things to be thankful for besides seeing all the times He has answered our prayers. The last part we focus on Intercession, which changes as the world, our communities, family, and friends go through changes. Let me know and if interested, and I can email you a sample of this week’s Prayer sheet we used. Prayer is really spending time in communion with our God. When done regularly and with purpose I believe it is preparing us for the eternity we will spend with Him. There is no greater joy than spending quality time in His presence with others of like mind. It is so comforting to know that He hears us and always has a plan. We aren’t always privy to all He has planned but He knows best and that’s enough for me to just leave even the most difficult things in His hands.

]]> By: Jody https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-490 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 18:46:35 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-490 Thank you, Carol! Just curious, do you have a group of people praying for you and your work?

]]> By: Carol R Nicolet Loewen https://jodyevans.com/the-unfancy-power-of-prayer/#comment-489 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:12:10 +0000 https://jodyevans.com/?p=6610#comment-489 Jody, what a wonderful post and reminder of the power and need for prayer. I like the prayer you included above. Thank you. I trust you’ll gather a committed prayer group around you as you write. We do have an enemy and need to hold each other up for God’s power to overcome the enemy’s wiles. Thank you for this post.

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