Do You Need A Prayer Partner Today?   
By Lillian Rhoades                                                                                                                                                       

Are you feeling down today with no one to share your burdens? Does the old Negro spiritual, “Way down yonder by myself”…In the valley, A-couldn’t hear nobody pray…On my knees, A-couldn’t hear nobody pray”…express your feelings?

Finding trusted prayer partners who care without being critical, who listen without giving opinions, who take your heart’s burden as if it were their own, and who will not violate the definition of confidential can be difficult. Romans 8:34 has the answer. It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. (NKJV). Having Christ as our prayer partner meets all of the above qualifications. But we are flesh and blood and our need for a human presence to talk to and to feel the reassurance of a hug or hand clasp is not something to feel guilty about. Jesus will not stop pleading your problem, or render you faithless just because you long for an earthly prayer partner.

So why do I say that, “Jesus is the answer” when what you want is a real person to pray with …to reach out and touch…to cry with you? I can say it because the above Scripture is unalterably true. Jesus is making intercession for you, so bring Him everything that troubles you, including your desire for a prayer partner. When He comes before the Father, your request will not be overlooked. And when God answers, He will not only have just the right one for you, but the right ones because Jesus will never stop praying for you.       

Lillian Rhoades lives in upstate, New York. Find more encouragement in her book, When Youth Fades. Contact