People facing trouble do not always ask for prayers to strengthen their faith, but a helper knows that this prayer will bless them. “I know that hard things can sometimes put our confidence in Jesus at a low ebb. How are you?” “How have you been doing spiritually during this?” “I will pray for your comfort and also for the Spirit to give you eyes to see Jesus and what Jesus gives you. Do you have any ideas of what specifically I could pray that the Spirit would give you?” Though these are ordinary things to ask for, such prayers will push you toward matters we talk about too rarely.
