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Q: How can I pray in a situation where someone hasn’t specifically asked for prayer? 

A: Prayer is about seeing correctly, seeing spiritually. We do this as we keep our thoughts close to God and allow this God-based, Love-based perspective to uplift our view of any situation we find ourselves in. When we’re truly conscious of God’s presence and power, that’s all we can experience—and this blesses and touches anyone we encounter. In other words, we don’t have to wait for others to ask us to pray for them in order to be helpful. Nor do we need to pray for them specifically in order to see healing. Simply bringing our own spiritualized thought to a situation is a way of praying—and it does heal.

Bringing our own spiritualized thought to a situation is a way of praying.

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