The First Rule: Prayer fo the World

The First Rule: Prayer for the World
1Timothy 2.1-7

When did you last make a list of people you wanted to pray for? Whose were the first names you wrote down?

Most of us would start with the people we know and love best: our spouse, our children, our parents; other close relatives; friends we see frequently, who are uppermost in our minds; people facing illness or death. Prayer lists often go out in concentric circles, with ourselves in the middle – and we will be sure, no doubt, to pray for all the various concerns that hammer away at us in our own lives, our work, our responsibilities, our worries...