I can’t count how many people have I promised to pray for. One time I even had a notebook with a list of names that I had purposed to pray for, one by one each day. Did I ever pray for those souls? I don’t…remember…Actually no, I did not! This thing bothers my conscience so much that I have decided to bring it to the discussion table. The good question is: when we say “We will pray for you”, do we really follow up and pray or it’s something that we say for the sake of it. Having observed my own Christian habits along with those of other believers, I have discovered that the latter is true for most of us, save for a few super Christians perhaps. But why do we do this? I mean, why do we promise to pray for people while knowing very well that we are not going to do it? There are a few reasons for this bad habit. Let's talk about them… It’s an excuse for not doing the Christian duties There are a tonne of things that we are called to do. It’s not just a matter of meeting on a Sunday fo