Today is Part One of my conversation with Brandy Traylor, and we are talking all about prayer.

Have you ever wondered that if prayer is one of the greatest tools given to us, why don't we use it more when it comes to our friendships? We know that prayer moves the heart of God, but it is something that most of us don't practice regularly in our friendships. We may throw out an occasional "I will pray for you" in passing, or on a Facebook post, but are you really? Are you really praying for that friend? No judgment here my friend, I am the first to admit my guilt over saying I would pray for someone, and then never following through on my good intention to pray for the friend.

In my conversation with Brandy, we chat about the importance of prayer, and why for many of us it can be hard to go to our friends and ask them to pray for us. Sometimes our need for prayer can make us feel venerable. We all like to portray that we have it all together even though if we are honest with ourselves, we don't. Sharing with our friends our struggles or issues that we need prayer on can sometimes expose areas in our life that we would like to keep hidden from others. We know we were not designed to walk through our struggles alone, and one of the greatest gifts we have been given is the ability to bring our struggles and concerns to our Heavenly Father. We also talk about how it can also feel awkward initially to reach out to a friend and ask if we can pray for them. For most if this is not something regularly practiced, we can struggle with this feeling awkward and uncomfortable. The good news is the more we reach out to pray for our friends, the easier asking to pray for them becomes.

Whether it's praying together, praying for your friend in your own prayer time, or asking a friend to pray for you, prayer is a powerful way to strengthen our faith, and a great way to be there for your friends.

I pray that this conversation leaves you encouraged by the power of prayer and the power of coming alongside friends and regularly praying for each other. My challenge for you after you listen to this episode is two things: First, reach out to a friend and find out how you can pray for them today and second, reach out to a friend and share something that you are carrying and to ask them to lift it up in prayer for you. Please let me know how it goes!

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