Is It good to say to someone that you covet their prayers?

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Jordy Burchfield
Student of Theology Central Baptist College
Central Baptist Church-BMA Baptist
Conway AR
PO BOX 109 Conway AR, 72034

Coveting is only wrong if it is idolatrous. Coveting help from God via the prayers of others is not wrong. Look how often Paul asks for and is thankful for the prayers of the churches.

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Patrick
OPC
MDiv, RTS Jackson.

"He does well, that discourses of Christ; but he does infinitely better, that by experimental knowledge, feeds and lives on Christ." Thomas Brooks.

You aren't obliged to think of the word "covet" in a negative sense only. It has both a positive and a negative connotation. On the positive, it means:
"To desire or wish for, with eagerness; to desire earnestly to obtain or possess; in a good sense."

Paul in 1Cor 12 says, "Covet earnestly the best gifts."

In this sense, it is perfectly fine to use the expression.

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Christopher Hinton
Northland, A Church Distributed;
Altamonte Springs, FL

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole