Needs of Others

Good morning on this fine Friday. Every once in while, we need to stop and look around at the needs among our own group. We do have a call to pray for the unsaved world, but we also need to pray for one another. Cindy's brother has been sent to the VA hospital in Omaha. That is a long trip for her to be with him and see to his needs. Our friend Brandee faces a different sort of hospital visit this morning. One that brings all sorts of memories back for me. Celeste and Steve lost a father recently. We have specific needs among us, and then we all have needs in relationships, finance, medical issues, and many others, including the subtle stress of the corporate world. The church has needs too, and it is good for us to remember our church in prayer. Retired folks don't have any needs and the self-employed must have it made, after all neither has to put up with a job, right? I think we all know better than that. Even if the needs are not voiced as complaints or prayer requests, we all have needs to bring before the Lord.

Sharing our needs among the group of believers allows us to think of others before ourselves. We can set aside the pressing issues in our own life and lift up the needs of others before God. In the darkness of a time in death's shadow, praying for a loved one can be a great relief. And there are certainly those times when we need some relief from the circumstance. Find some relief in praying for the needs of others.

Bucky