Prayer has power.  Do we understand what can really happen when we sincerely pray for one another?  It’s through prayers that miracles happen.  Prayers bring us together as we share one purpose.  Prayer strengthens those who offer it as well as those who receive it.

We have a prayer roll in the temple.  We pray over individuals as well as groups of people.  I especially love to hear us pray for the youth and the missionaries of the church, who will lead us into the next phase of this great plan.

We should all have our own prayer roll.  Our loved ones, our home teaching/visiting teaching families, those who are sad, hurt, suffering, poor in spirit, should all be our concern.  Can you imagine the power that could flow down from heaven?  Do you believe it?

I know not all prayers are answered in the way we would like.  In fact, a lot of anger happens when they’re not.  It’s easy to place blame.  It’s easy to feel hurt.  It’s easy to give up hope, when we place our hope so high.  It’s a scary thing to contemplate, because we second guess with the what ifs all the time. 

The answer is in our personal relationship with the Lord.  Whatever the answer ends up being, our faith must rest on the Lord who will ultimately make us whole.  If we truly believe, and it doesn’t work out to our expectation, our belief will sustain us through an accepting understanding that God’s will can preserve us and make things right…always.

We have to believe in Jesus Christ’s saving grace, if we are truly able to survive this earth life and all it comes with.  If we each have this individual conviction that our prayers are heard, and we combine this power together with others who believe, miracles will happen.

For those who need this power, don’t be afraid to ask people to pray for you.  If there is nothing friends can do for you, they can always pray.  Let their strength, faith, and testimony bear you up for this little while.  They are doing more for you, by praying, than anything else.  Think toward the ultimate victory…and believe.