Billy Coffey
Billy Coffey

Lesser Prayers

March 22, 2010  

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If there is anything people need these days more than a stable job and money to pay the bills, it’s prayer. Things are tough out there, tough for just about everyone, and it seems we’re all in need of something.

This is usually made most evident in the period of time just after our Sunday school class at church and just before the worship service begins, when our class huddles together to see for whom and what we should spend our week in prayer over. It’s usually quite a list, filled with troubles spiritual, emotional, and physical. People are hurting, and in more ways than one.

I’ve often wondered if God places a greater amount of importance on some prayers rather than others. Not according to the righteousness of the petitioner maybe, but maybe the depth of the problem. Are some troubles more important and have a greater immediacy for His attention?

One prayer request that was never uttered last Sunday answered that question for me, and the story is over at katdish’s blog today. I invite you over there to read it. Let me know if I’m on to something…

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  • http://bethinnc.blogspot.com/ Beth

    Coming back later to read when I have some time.

  • http://www.pridelandsmommy.blogspot.com *~Michelle~*

    Great post…..and reminder that God is interested in everything that is important to us. Reminds me of this:

    O LORD, you have searched me
    and you know me.

    You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.

    You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.

    Before a word is on my tongue
    you know it completely, O LORD.

    You hem me in—behind and before;
    you have laid your hand upon me.

    Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too lofty for me to attain. ~Psalm 139:1-6

    Hope all is well in your world, Billy….

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  • http://www.faithbarista.com Bonnie | FaithBarista

    Just dropped a comment over at Katdish’s — but, wanted to say, nope — every prayer is as priority as any other. Otherwise, I think I’d be in real trouble. ;)

    ————————–

    I kept thinking about how Jesus noticed the widow who dropped two “mites” into the offering box.

    He values what we give, but He also values what He’s given to us, too.

    Just like the necklace He gave to this woman, through her son.

    Thanks, Billy!

  • Steve

    Please stop by my blog today to pick up a prayer button for my wife Kat at Heart to Heart. She is having surgery in Thursday.

    Thank you and God Bless,

    Steve

  • http://godsheart-heart2heart.blogspot.com Kat

    Billy,

    May we all take heart from this wise woman’s words and never think that anything is beyond the power of asking God for help! I am sure He was more than touched by her thoughts and her desire for prayer. I am hoping that God leads her to her wonderful necklace.

    Love and Hugs ~ Kat