Through Every Prayer

1 Cor.1:18

For the [a]message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

In the past few weeks I am learning anew

the most beautiful and powerful words in the world

'I am praying for you'

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Through every trial of this life where Reason’s reach confounds

God’s goodness and mercy run rife; His providence abounds

How dearer then hope undergirds; His promises are true

How nearer He draws through these words ‘I am praying for you’

Through every up and down we bear we are never alone

God’s power flows through every prayer to comfort sorrow’s groan

For surely, He has borne love’s grief and suffered seeming loss

The price that purchased our peace, He paid upon a cross

Through every valley we pass through we follow where He trod

We trace the blood and tear-stained woo that draws us back to God

He, ever rich in mercy knows each heartache that we bear

He awes/helps us as His power flows through us, through every prayer

Through every test that trouble brings He keeps us in His care

Enfolding us beneath His wings through every earnest prayer

For nothing is too hard for He by Whom all things were made

Through every faith-anointed plea His power is displayed 

© Janet Martin

Isa.53:4

Surely He has borne our griefs 

 carried our sorrows;

 Yet we esteemed Him stricken, 

Smitten by God, 

and afflicted...

Ps.91:4

He will cover you with his feathers, 

and under his wings you will find refuge; 

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.