Pray for Each Sister by Name
Our love for and inspiration
concerning those we visit will increase when we humbly pray for each
sister by name.
One sister related that during a difficult period in her
life, a phone call or simple text message often came from her visiting
teachers on “particularly dark days.” They seemed to know just when she
needed a lift. She knew that they prayed for her, both during their
visits and on their own.
The scriptures share many examples of men and women who
prayed for others by name. Among the most dramatic is the father of Alma
the Younger. An angel spoke to Alma the Younger, telling him that his
father “ha[d] prayed with much faith concerning thee … ; therefore, for
this purpose have I come to convince thee of the power and authority of
God, that the prayers of his servants might be answered according to
their faith” (Mosiah 27:14).
Praying for others not only invokes Heavenly Father’s
blessings upon them but also helps us know how we can bless them too.
Elder David A. Bednar
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught, “Praying for others with
all of the energy of our souls increases our capacity to hear and to
heed the voice of the Lord.”1
“Think of our combined strength if every sister had
sincere prayer every morning and night or, better yet, prayed
unceasingly as the Lord has commanded,” said Julie B. Beck, former
General Relief Society President.2 Praying for those we visit strengthens us as individuals and as Latter-day Saint women.
President Henry B. Eyring,
then First Counselor in the First Presidency, said: “Pray for the way
to know their hearts. … You will need to know what God would have you do
to help them and to do it all, as nearly as you can, feeling God’s love
for them.”3
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