Our five-person family bible study has had a traditional pray-at-the-end-of-the-study pattern where each person shares requests and then another participant prays those supplications.  Sometimes we all share then take turns praying; sometimes prayer is offered after each request.

At a recent meeting we switched the order a bit, inspired by Tim’s suggestion at a recent Leadership class at church.  The first person prayed their requests – no sharing with the others, just lifting them up to the LORD.  The next person prayed their requests plus whatever the first person prayed.  The other three followed suit – pray for yourself and the person before you.  And the first person prayed for the last, then closed.

This was a nice, straightforward option for covering the requests in a new way. And everyone prayed for the pregnant lady, so evidently there was no rule against praying for more than yourself and your predecessor!