One day Beth Coppedge had her four little granddaughters at her house. The twins were seven, Abby was six, and Sadie was five. Beth shared about their meal when she taught a Titus Bible study.

Jayne had just completed preparing for her weekly Bible study when she felt a strong urge to pray. She closed her book and as she prayed, the Holy Spirit directed her to pray for her sister and family. She was moved to tears, and for thirty minutes she prayed for them and for God to meet them at their point of need. She didn’t pray for anything specific and later didn’t attach a great deal of significance to the prayer time.

A Forbes magazine had an article titled “100 Most Powerful Women.” When my husband showed it to me, I told him what I had just read that morning. Mary Queen of Scots said she feared the prayers of John Knox more than all the armies of England.

Catherine Marshall told how the Holy Spirit used a failure of hers to teach her. One night when she was alone there came a loud knocking on the door close to midnight. She asked who it was and heard the voice of an acquaintance whose sister was dying of cancer.

A missionary in Spain who traveled to Paris, France to teach a group of Christian workers on holiness shared this story about her trip.

“Many times I have tried to run from suffering,” a lady wrote. “But God seems to keep bringing the suffering my way until I learn to suffer for Him. I am learning that I can have joy, even in the midst of the suffering. He is teaching me to rest under His wing; there I find peace.”

One lady told what happened when she succumbed to temptation. “Inevitably I would begin chastising myself, replaying my failure over and over again in my mind. In those moments, the Spirit of God would gently remind me, ‘There is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. You are in Me. I don't condemn you. Just come to Me now, and remember to come to Me next time. You can't do this alone—and you don't have to! I am here. Remember? I am with you!’”

Jeanne Seaborn has four children, fourteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. In A Place of Quiet Rest by Nancy Leigh DeMoss she tells how she organizes her prayers for her family. At the beginning of each year, she asks each child and grandchild to write down their main prayer requests for the year. Then she prays for those each day.