Exactly this, over many years!!! It truly is a blessing when the prayer is given and received in agreement! She sent me the photo and told me this: My readers are saying things like “I constantly feel on the outside of my relationships” or “I see other women connecting sincerely with each other, but I don’t have that kind of relationship with my friends.” I think prayer is a powerful way we connect intimately with each other. Prayer doesn’t have to be some have big fancy words. It's easy to be better than that. "I'm praying for you" is a potentially awkward thing for even devout people to say, depending on who they're trying to console.

that is one of the things that i've seriously struggled with. And in keeping with convention I’ll say yes with good intentions. Thanks, all. I intend to be more intentional about this with anyone who needs prayer.

At work (for a florist, natch) I type out a ton of card messages. Lead us. Then, of course, by all means offer practical help if appropriate/possible. So "thinking of you and hoping for the best" would work out pretty well.

Just breathe in & say one word or two. There is no alternative way...either you're going to say a prayer or not going to say a prayer. Lord, I lift up Gena and David to you right now, joining Janine with her beautiful pray. If you think it will help, I appreciate the thought. You can’t see God in the photo, but according to His promise, He was among us. - @dukeslee at @incourage: Author Jennifer Dukes Lee and her husband live on the family farm, raising crops, pigs, and two humans. Please pray for my fiance David who is in Afghanistan special forces trying to get US Drs who are bring held hostage out.

This is what walking out our faith in the body looks like. Lead us.

The answer probably won't be "sit quietly and mumble to yourself".

Let me be Jesus to those always around me.

With more casual friends I've heard "sending you good vibes" or the like. We pray peace, protection, strength for each day. As you read this, I want you to know that I'm praying for YOU too...Praying that every person who lays eyes on this article is blessed and comforted. I have a habit of signing things "xoxo" or "hugs" but that doesn't sound like something a real adult person does. Invite the Holy Spirit to move among you. My loved ones are trapped without food or proper drinking water. Let’s stop & pray right here & now. Challenged by this far more than expected! Again, probably a personal thing that I just need to get over.

And you ask if I’ll be praying for you please.

probably just easier to say 'thank you' and let it go. Lead us.

Since I'm in the south, all of the other section leaders are reaching out to them and saying stuff like "I'm praying for you" and stuff like that. With more casual friends I've heard "sending you good vibes" or the like. in that same regard, if they are intentionally trying to make you feel bad or offend you, discontinue the friendship. God is so great. Please guide the surgeons eyes, hands and mind to remove all the damaged tissue. I am so very sorry for your loss/to have heard the news/etc... My thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Please pray for the mission to be successful and the safe return of his troops, the hostages and himself so he can also come home when this mission is complete. The nonreligious seem fine with "You are in my thoughts.". It doesn't change God- it changes me. Please sooth all the anxious hearts, especially Lisa’s, with your peace and remind them that you are at work and in control even now. Allow Lisa’s family to get through this storm safely and in the process move closer in relationship with you. Invite Jesus right into the heart of it all, right there, in the moment.

When someone says they will pray for me in a passive aggressive tone, I return the favor and say right back, I'll pray for you too. Protect them and keep them safe and most of all let them feel Your Prescence. I’m going to start doing that for sure! New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. I like "wishing you and yours the best but that sounds like something to write in a card but not say. Thank you is always appropriate when good wishes are extended.

This is session one of the Moving Mountains small group/personal Bible study curriculum, Pray Now!

I don't want to offend them (well maybe a little, as they're offending me, knowing my dis-beliefs). This is what it means to need each other, to be better together. In Jesus’ name we pray.

(Yes, I'm atheist.). I know how intimidating that can be, but we don’t have to speak in the King James version.

Please our dearest and most beloved God, power of all, be with Michelle at her time of need, hear her concerns, give her Your healing hand.

or sometimes "Or they could do something USEFUL." I pray because I'm helpless.

Jennifer, I just love this.

Not as much with the children as adults. "You're in my thoughts" is the standard non-religious "you're in my prayers". It may sound odd, but some of the sweetest prayers I’ve prayed over people have been via email or text. Stop praying later & do it now! I'm just wondering what I should say instead cause saying that wouldn't exactly be true. When it first happened, I thought maybe I shouldn’t ask anymore, but the Lord continues to take this fragile heart of mine and strengthen it by His Spirit to keep asking, gently.

But pray now too — because you don’t know that you will get to it later. If I had, say, a Wiccan friend, who offered to perform a blessing for me, should I get offended because that's not my belief? i was having a cancer attack and was in racked pain, and the one man in the church i loved and trusted the most gave an elders blessing and the pain physically stopped. Let’s stop saying, “I’ll pray for you,” and start saying, “Let me pray for you now.”. John is the author of numerous books, including Wild at Heart, Epic: The Story God is Telling, Walking with God, Fathered by God, Waking the Dead, Desire, and Love & War (with his wife Stasi). In Your name I pray.I really needed to come up with a response, because as a non-believer it felt so uncomfortable. The thing with "keeping you in my thoughts" is that often when a person is going through a rough time, they feel very lonely and abandoned. This tends to happen with people who didn’t grow up in church, are new believers or perhaps not believers yet.

At this very moment , my homeland Kerala , India is being severely battered under torrential rains and massive floods. the (gr)attitude that defines one's life? You make a fairly strong point and they leave the conversation – and, in their parting words, they say, “I’ll pray for you” but it feels like “Fuck You.” Possible Responses I simply know that despite my good intentions — and these promises are almost always spoken with good intent — I know that nine times out of ten I just don’t remember to follow through. "All the best to you in this trying time. point and case! My motto “don’t just say it… pray it!” Thx for the powerful reminder. That is an awesome article. Amen.

And may people see and give you honor for who you are, the true rescuer and redeemer! That would make a great note to stick on the fridge, or car dashboard, or desk. So glad these words spoke to you. Bring Gena and David together and bless their upcoming marriage, and the union that they are creating together, with you in the middle. … Should we send our daughter to Catholic school.

My response: You are wasting your time.It is just a response, and means very little, regardless of how they take it.

I am so pleased to say the year actually ended with smiles and pleasantries beyond belief. Those relationships can begin with prayer. I do meditate, which is like prayer in a lot of ways, I guess. Thank you for this! A simple "thank you for thinking of me" is often the best response.

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