#893: First Responders

What’s the first thing you do when you or your child is struggling with something?

Is it to pray?

Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort.

There is power in prayer.

Stormie Omartian (stor·mee ow·maar·tee·uhn) writes this in her book The Power of a Praying Parent:

“When we pray, we bring that power to bear upon everything we are praying about, and we allow the power of God to work through our powerlessness. When we pray, we are humbling ourselves before God and saying, “I need Your presence and Your power, Lord. I can’t do this without You.” When we don’t pray, it’s like saying we have no need of anything outside of ourselves.”

Let’s be “first responders” when it comes to prayer.

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