Day 21

A friend and I were recently talking through some struggles she was going through in her life. I asked her, "What have you stopped praying for?" Interestingly, as we dug deeper she realized the root of the problem was the very thing she stopped praying about. It was not related directly but all intertwined spiritually.


This reminded me of my journey and how I was and "am" in fact a product of prayer. I was raised in a Jewish home where prayer was more of an afterthought. We prayed fastidiously on the High Holidays. I "prayed" but was not relational with God. I prayed because I was told to, not because it was authentic. It was not manifested in my heart. Thankfully for five years many, many souls were lifting my name up daily to God asking Him to soften my heart, change my thought process, help me "see" Him, and most importantly accept Him as my Lord and Savior. I have often wondered where I would be if any of these individuals had "stopped" praying for me because they did not see the fruit in a timely manner. Five years is a desert land to some. At the time, it was what I needed. I realized that prayer does not have a timeline. It starts and continues but it is never finished. Yes our prayers are answered...but we are not to be stagnant in our expectations of what the Lord can do.


1,825 days of prayer was what my heart needed to be repaired to see the glory of God in a new way. In a lifetime of countless days it doesn't seem like a lot of time. Is there someone, a situation, a problem, a thorn in your life that you have "stopped" praying about? Be mindful that God has the perfect time frame to answer your prayer. Start praying daily again. God is not on the clock.


I am so thankful that those faithful friends did not give up on me. Their prayers were relentless and unwaivered. May we all approach the throne with our prayers that never cease to end.

Day 21
The Ministry of Intercessory Prayer by Andrew Murray

What to Pray: For God's Spirit on the Jews

"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son" (Zechariah 12:10).
"Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved" (Romans 10:1).

Pray for the Jews. Their return to the God of their fathers stands connected in a way we cannot understand, with wonderful blessing to the church and with the coming of our Lord Jesus. It is tempting to think that God has foreordained all this and that we cannot hasten it. But in a divine and mysterious way God has connected the fulfillment of His promises with our prayers. His Spirit's intercession in in us is God's forerunner of blessing. Pray for Israel and for work being done among her people. We can also pray, "Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!"

How to Pray: With the Intercession of the Holy Spirit

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express" (Romans 8:26).
Even when you lack knowledge or feel weak and ineffective, the Holy Spirit indwells you and intercedes through you. Yield yourself to His leading. Make a habit of it. He will help your inadequacies in prayer. Plead the promises of God even when you do not see how they are to be fulfilled or where they fit in. God knows the mind of the Spirit; He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. Pray with the simplicity of a child; pray with the holy awe and reverence of one in whom God's Spirit dwells and prays.

Your Own Prayer Requests:

~In your journal write down the names of those people you can pray for. Ask God to soften his or her heart that he or she may come to know Him as Lord and Savior.


Robin Johnson