Title
Pray With Me
Scripture
Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.
(Romans 15:30)
Devotional
Notice that the apostle did not say, “pray for me,” but “pray with me.” He understood that prayer is the battle. It was not, “pray for me, while I work,” but, “work with me in prayer.” We would not ask someone to work for us and not work ourselves, neither should we ask someone to pray for us if we are not praying. Asking someone to pray for you should not be a trivial thing. You are asking someone to sacrifice their time and their very being. Prayer is a weighty matter. God takes it very seriously; and so should we. The apostle Paul realized the significance of prayer. His request for prayer was a prayer itself, “I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit.” Do you see the gravity? When we ask someone to pray for us, let us realize what we are asking. Let us by all means ask, but let us not ask as if we were asking a small thing. Instead of, “pray for me,” let it be “pray with me.”
Thought For The Night
“Any revitalization of faith in this country will have to start with prayer, in which we gain a sense of the living presence of God.” George H. Gallup
Evening Text
Romans 15:30: Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.
Looking for Answers
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Are we to pray with God as well as to Him?
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With whom do you pray?
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Who is praying with you for you?
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Strive,” in itself is neither good nor bad “To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard; applicable to exertions of body or mind. A workman strives to perform his task before another; a student strives to excel his fellows in improvement,” Webster’s 1828 Dictionary.
Referencing: “Remind them… not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers,” 2 Timothy 2:14.
Applying: Strive in prayer and for righteousness. Do not strive for notice or for the sake of argument.