This document discusses the concept of the "ripple effect" of prayer. It provides three examples of how one prayer can positively impact multiple situations: 1) A prayer can be answered and encourage others to also pray when they hear about the answer. 2) When one person is healed through prayer, they tell others about it, increasing others' faith to also pray for healing. 3) As prayers are answered, it causes ripples of prayer as hearts are reached and people are encouraged to also pray for others. One prayer can multiply and have widespread impact.

1. They are tiny waves
The Ripple Effect called ripples. Watch
how far they go before
they disappear.
Did you know
we can make
Dad, what are ripples with
those circles our prayers?
in the water?

2. Come into
my heart,
Jesus.
Please help
the people in
Mozambique to Thank You, Jesus,
learn of You, for helping us to
Jesus. A sincere prayer can both help the know You.
situation we are praying for and also
I want to have an effect on other situations we
tell others how might not know anything about.
Jesus can help
them, too!
Jesus wants to Would you
help you have a like me to pray
happier, fuller with you?
life.
When we get to
heaven, we’re going to
be amazed to see how
far our prayers went
and who was helped
because of them. We
can call that the ripple
effect of our prayers.

3. Jim and Susan You were
“Jesus Christ said they prayed very sick.
heals you” for me, and now That’s a
(Acts 9:34). Jesus, we I’m better! wonderful
claim Your answer to
healing power prayer!
1 for Mark.
Jesus healed
me, Mom, as He
2
promises to do
in the Bible. That’s
amazing! I
Listen should share
to this! that with
MAIL Damian.
One prayer can be multiplied many times over.
For example, when others hear of an answer to
prayer, their faith is often increased to pray for
another situation.
Thank you
for telling
Damian,
me about
Jesus has the 3
that.
power to heal
you, too.
5
4 So more prayers
I’m going are prayed and then
to ask more prayers can be
Jesus to answered. This is one
heal me. way your prayers can
have a ripple effect.

4. And start
Your prayers cause a great ripple
ripples of
effect as they go out to reach hearts, prayer!
to show people Jesus’ love for them, For each rock
to encourage and comfort, and to we throw, let’s
bring God’s answers to the people you say a prayer for
pray for and to many others as well. someone.
Praying for someone is a wonderful
way to show God’s love to them! As
God answers your prayer for others,
they will experience His love in their
lives. And then they will often want to
pray for themselves and others, too.
S&S link: Christian Life and Faith: A Personal Connection with Jesus: Prayer-1g
Contributed by Christi S. Lynch, adapted from the writings of Maria Fontaine. Illustrations by Didier Martin. Design by Christia Copeland.
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