{"id":20961,"date":"2014-07-29T00:20:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T04:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20961"},"modified":"2014-07-28T11:54:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:54:30","slug":"power-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/29\/power-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My heart, O God, is steadfast,
\nmy heart is steadfast;
\nI will sing and make music.
\nAwake, my soul!
\nAwake, harp and lyre!
\nI will awaken the dawn.
\nI will praise You, Lord, among the nations;
\nI will sing of You among the peoples.
\nFor great is Your love, reaching to the heavens;
\nYour faithfulness reaches to the skies.
\nBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;
\nlet Your glory be over all the earth.
\nPsalms 57:7-11<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When times are tough, who do you<\/strong><\/em> turn to? \u00a0Do you cry on someone\u2019s shoulder? \u00a0Do you go looking for your own solution? \u00a0All of us should have someone who will stand with us when we need them to. \u00a0With today\u2019s world crumbling around us, we all are going to need someone to lean our heads on sooner or later.<\/p>\n

We have had some health and other issues come up in our home and in our family. \u00a0We also have friends who are suffering from health issues, and other issues, as well. \u00a0But the first thing we do when these issues appear is to pray and to ask for prayers. \u00a0There is power in prayer\u2014healing, reassurance, love, answers, and much much more. \u00a0Through prayer, we can offer our brothers and sisters in Christ a shoulder to lean on and the knowledge to know that they are not alone.<\/p>\n

Through this power of prayer and love, our hearts are steadfast in God. \u00a0We have a solid foundation in which to get up from our struggles and move forward. \u00a0Our souls awaken when we talk to God or pray for others. \u00a0Through prayer, we praise God and reach out to those who need Him most. \u00a0When people know you are praying for them, it makes them feel loved and helps to strengthen their walk their God.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s love is for everyone. \u00a0He is with us all no matter what we believe. \u00a0It is through this love that we will spend eternity with Him. \u00a0We will praise and worship Him when we live with Him in Heaven. \u00a0What a wonderful promise to exalt and praise through song.<\/p>\n

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Dear Heavenly Father: \u00a0Thank You for listening to us and being our Rock. \u00a0Thank You for Your wonderful love. \u00a0We share this love through praise, prayer, and service to others. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise You, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of You among the peoples. For great is Your love, reaching to the heavens; Your faithfulness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3367,1287,425,3211,6909,6908,6891,3174,6907],"class_list":["post-20961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-not-alone","tag-praying-for-one-another","tag-psalms-577-11","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-the-power-of-prayer","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5s5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20963,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20961\/revisions\/20963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}