• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Crossroads Professional Counseling

Christian Counseling | Baton Rouge + Prairieville

Providing Professional Christian Counseling and Coaching to the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

225-341-4147
  • Home
  • Christian Counseling
    • Marriage
    • Individual
    • Family
    • Children and Teenagers
  • Life Coaching
  • Coaching Programs
    • Life by Design Program
    • Career By Design Program
  • Blog
  • About Us
    • Sue J. Miley LPC, MA, MBA
    • Suzanne K. Jones, LPC, MA
    • Cheryl Brodnax, LPC, M.A., M.B.A., M.S.
  • Contact Us

How Can We Help Those We Know are Struggling?

July 6, 2009 By Sue Miley 1 Comment

Hi! Thanks for visiting! To make life easier, you may want to subscribe free to my Email feed. !

What can we do? Job loss, financial stress, marital problems, addictions, children on the wrong path and other life changing crossroads are right in the middle of our communities today. Is today different than a year ago? Statistically I really don’t know, but it certainly is hitting our community in a very intense way. As I was having some quiet time this morning I began to journal and pray for these issues and for specific people and families I know who are struggling. I began to feel better as I prayed. It seems like we can’t do enough to help the people we care about. We may not have solutions for their problems or resources to meet their needs. But as I felt God accept my prayer I knew that He is the one that can meet their needs.

We all know that intellectually, but are we believing it and acting on it. What can we do for our community or those we care about? We can pray! We can intercede to the God of the Universe on their behalf. I thought I would put a challenge out to each and every one of us. Let us intercede for those in our community.

• Pick a person or family who has been on your heart to intercede for, or
• Choose an issue such as jobs, marriages, addiction and intercede for those impacted.

Even if you are struggling with one of these situations, pick someone else to be in prayer for too.

Intercessory Prayer – What is it?

Intercessory prayer is prayer for others. An intercessor is one who takes the place of another or pleads another’s case. One study Bible defines intercession as “holy, believing, persevering prayer whereby someone pleads with God on behalf of another or others who desperately need God’s intervention.”

Jesus was an intercessor while He was here on earth. He prayed for those who were sick and possessed by demons. He prayed for His disciples. He even prayed for you and me when He interceded for all those who would believe on Him. Jesus continued His ministry of intercession after His death and resurrection when He returned to Heaven. He now serves as our intercessor in Heaven. (1)

I particularly noticed the word “persevering” when describing this type of prayer. Let us lift up those we are interceding on behalf of each day with purpose and then persevere throughout the day as we think of them. We may not have the specific solution for our prayer but we all have the power of prayer and a faithful God to pray to. Imagine our community as each and every one of us is lifting up another daily and with “pleading” and “perseverance”. I can only think of the hope and healing that would emerge!!

(1) http://www.allaboutprayer.org/intercessory-prayer.htm

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Print

Filed Under: Christian Living Tagged With: Prayer, Suffering

About Sue Miley

Sue earned her undergraduate degree in Finance at Louisiana State University in 1986. In 1993 she completed her Masters in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing. In 2004, she earned a Masters in Education – Community Counseling.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Johnny Thorning says

    July 10, 2009 at 7:36 am

    Sue,
    I could not agree with you more.
    Thank you for reminding me the power of prayer.
    I truly believe prayer is the greatest gift God has given us to helps others.
    I accept your challange and have several in mind that I do pray for daily.
    Thank you for the inspiration and your love for our church community!

    Johnny

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I accept the Privacy Policy

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Connect With US

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Blog Categories

  • Anxiety/Depression
  • Career
  • Christian Living
  • conflict resolution
  • Emotions
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Marriage/Couples
  • Mental Health
  • Parenting/Family
  • Transitions
  • Uncategorized

Visit our Christian Business Coaching Site

Crossroads-Professional-Coaching

Where Christian Values & Good Business Converge

Footer

VISIT OUR CHRISTIAN BUSINESS COACHING WEBSITE

Crossroads-Coach-Logo-in-White

SUBSCRIBE FOR RESOURCES, UPDATES AND ARTICLES

CROSSROADS PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING

8280 YMCA Plaza Dr.
Building 10-B
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70810
(225) 341-4147

CONNECT WITH US

Facebook-Icon Google-Plus-Icon Linkedin-Icon Twitter-Icon

Copyright © 2022 · CROSSROADS PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING | Privacy Policy | Privacy Tools

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT