Dear Diary:
While I was riding the subway home after a delightful dinner with a visiting friend, the young woman seated opposite me noticed my cast and asked how I injured my leg. I replied that it was my foot that was injured and that I had fractured my fifth metatarsal.
She asked if she could say a healing prayer for me. I said if she thought that would help, sure, go ahead. She then asked if I would mind if she touched my foot and said a prayer right now….
Thanks Be To God that this young women had the boldness to ask if she could pray for this man. There are a lot of skeptical folks out there who nonetheless will allow Christians to pray for them if asked.
The other side of this is that people will sometimes pray for you if you ask. I had an outpatient procedure performed a couple months ago, and I asked the anesthesiologist to pray for me just before she put me under. I had no idea if she was Christian, but I felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to ask her to pray. She took my hands and said a powerful prayer in the Name of Jesus. My impression is that she was pleased that I asked her to pray. So, in addition to being covered by prayer during the procedure, this was a witness to the others in the room.