Getting a prayer partner is critical for whole health!
God’s way to whole health is through empowered, Spirit-filled prayers. God’s Holy Spirit is our guide to receiving every good and perfect gift God has for us. Since the Holy Spirit gives us power, love, and a sound mind, guides us into all Truth, teaches us all things, and is a wonderful Counselor, we want and need Him in the center of our prayers.
A whole health prayer partner is someone that you meet with regularly for the purpose of growth, healing, and to become whole; someone to share your hurts, problems, and concerns to be prayed over; someone trustworthy to open up your heart about real issues and know they will be kept only between the two of you.
How do you get a whole health prayer partner? Pray, asking God to give you someone that you can share your whole self with and pray together for the purpose of whole health: body, soul and spirit. It may be one of your close friends, or it may be someone that God just drops into your life.
By Diane McReynolds, my whole health prayer partner:
Let me share with you how I met Bonnie, my prayer partner. My husband and I were asked to offer prayer support at a conference. Bonnie came to us, asking for prayer, and afterward she prayed a blessing over us. I was so touched by her prayer. We talked for only a short time and immediately we both felt a strong connection to each other. She expressed what a blessing it would be to have me as a prayer partner and I agreed, also agreeing that it would be a great blessing for me to have her as my prayer partner.
We exchanged phone numbers and began a wonderful journey together in whole health prayer partnering. Meeting each other was such a God thing! As we began praying for one another weekly we began experiencing progress in all areas of our health and life. We began seeing our prayers accomplishing the desires that God had given us. In fact the Whole Health Club was birthed by our prayer times! We experienced God breaking down strongholds, releasing us from hurts, empowering us for ministry and teaching us many things.
Even though I live in Texas and Bonnie lives in Florida we were connected for His purposes. So much happens in and through us as a result of our times together. These weekly visits are precious gems and life changing moments that build us into who God created us to be in Christ.
My relationship with Bonnie is one of the greatest blessings in my life. We have prayed about our struggles, concerns, health, fears, frustrations and joys together, and the Lord has poured out His healing, blessings, power, provision, and presence through our prayer times.
When Bonnie and I get off the phone after praying together, we both feel like a new person. We are energized, spiritually uplifted, encouraged and empowered by the Spirit of God. This is our desire for each one of you.
If you do not have this kind of relationship in your life, ask God to provide a whole health prayer partner for you. Don’t stop asking (praying) for Him to give you someone until you are satisfied that He has answered your prayer.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:7-11)
“Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.” Matthew 14:7
Having a whole health prayer partner guides you towards reaching your goal of whole health: body, soul and spirit; but in addition to this you receive the marvelous blessing of a strong, growing relationship with the Lord.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit brings whole health through prayer partnering when we connect ourselves to Him and His word. So the most important part of your meeting together with your prayer partner will always be the beginning prayer to make the connection. This comes before your conversation gets started!
You can do this by starting your time together by praying something like this: Lord we are so grateful for the indescribable gift of Your Son and this wonderful, amazing place He paid for us to have in Your presence. You are our source of life, wisdom, and health. You alone know all of our needs and are able to meet them perfectly through our time today.
So we invite You Holy Spirit to come and counsel, teach, and guide us into all Truth. Speak to us through this time. Lead all our thoughts, our words, and our prayers. Use our time together in prayer and fellowship to do exceedingly, abundantly above what I can think or imagine for healing, delivering, and saving us to the uttermost. Hedge us in tightly with Your warrior angels and protect us. Give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Tell us great and mighty things we do not know to bring us to freedom and victory in Christ. Make our time together true intimate time with You Lord and with each other. In Jesus Name, Amen!
The most important thing is that the Holy Spirit is flowing His power, love and sound mind through your time together, both in fellowship and in prayer.
Prayer Time
Now that you’re connected to the Holy Spirit, ask one another for specific prayer needs and have a little notebook in which to write them down. Write down both yours and theirs. You’ll get to see how God is answering your prayers each week.
When you come together the next week share answered prayer.
Even though this is not a time of praying for the government, church, relatives etc. feel free to pray for any urgent prayer needs or burdens you may have on your heart. A whole health prayer partner is mainly for the purpose of becoming whole, so keep most of your prayers to personal needs.
Share with one another Words of God from the Bible you feel the Holy Spirit leading you to share. John 6:63 says, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”
The Words of God bring life, so listen carefully throughout your time together for His voice both to share and to receive.
Write down any Words of God you hear your prayer partner share and use them in prayer. Ephesians 6:17-18 says, “take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God and pray.” And Psalm 145:18 says, “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”
As you begin in prayer, always bless the Lord and praise Him first, giving thanks for the many blessings He has poured out to you through Jesus. You can use a Psalm to do this. Psalm 34 is a good place to start. Staying with the same Psalm for a month gives you really great meditation. Also freely expressing your gratitude and praise to the Lord is wonderful.
Praying over your prayer partner’s needs is simple yet very powerful. Take time to really cover over each one of their needs. Don’t rush through your prayers. Enjoy being together in the Lord’s presence.
As you and your prayer partner pray together, you may hear the Lord speaking to you. Write down any words you hear from the Lord through your prayer time as well. You’ll see how real the Holy Spirit is and how much He cares for you! His Words will guide you, teach you, counsel you, and make you whole.
By having a prayer partner, you will become more and more comfortable with praying aloud and will be able to pray aloud with others wherever you go, even with strangers. You’ll also become able to pray in bigger groups aloud, comfortably as well. Praying is no little thing because it activates the work of God, and becoming a praying person makes you powerful in Christ. Just having an available prayer partner during your week when needs and problems come up will bring huge blessings. While praying for each other during the week, God will give you words of Truth you may share with one another through texting or emailing. These words of blessing will bring lots of strength! Prayer partnering will prosper you in many ways, and give you good health!
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27
“Truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matt 18:19-20
“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Eccl 4:12
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Prov 27:17
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1John 1:7
