Intercessions

Some people say, "Why pray for others or for world situations?  God knows what is needed."  Fair enough as far as God is concerned.  But I have found that intercessory prayer, or praying on behalf of others, gets me out of thinking about me.  When I am the focus of my day, all day long, well, that is not a good place to be.  Sometimes circumstances prevent us from being helpful to the world around us.  We get sick.  We get tired.  We get cave focused.  I have found that praying for others gets me out of this and makes me feel useful when I can do nothing else.  Want topics for prayer?  Read the newspaper.  Lots of mess reported that could use some prayer.