Perhaps the most pathetic platitude unleashed in the church is, “Our prayers are with you.” It is a shame to turn a weapon of warfare into a cliche. Don't just say it. Pray it.
My greatest failure in personal prayer has been my unwillingness to take the time to respond immediately, and positively to a person’s request, “Will you pray for me?”
It is not my agreeing to pray, but my forgetting to pray that is my failure. Can I get a witness? When someone asks you to pray for them, start praying. There is power in what you pray, not in what you say.
NOTE TO SELF: Saying you will pray releases a platitude. It is pleasant and powerless. Praying unleashes the power of Jesus Christ. People don't need what you say to them. They need you to pray for them.
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!