The Importance of a Prayer Partner

The Sunday that God layed on my heart to begin this prayer campaign, it took some convincing on His part for me to take this on. One of the last arguments I threw at God was fine, I can't do this alone, it's too big for just me to pray over it, I need a prayer partner. Immediately God layed on my heart the name of a very close friend who is an amazing prayer warrior(which, if she is reading this is shaking her head and saying, 'who me?')...I couldn't argue with Him anymore. I spoke to her the next day and without batting an eye, or laughing and saying, 'yeah, right' she agreed to enter into prayer with me over this matter. As if to confirm she was the right choice, I mentioned to two other friends at different times that same week that several of my sophomores had written letters to Tebow expressing a desire to meet him. These two friends both laughed and basically said, 'dream on'. I knew God had led me to the right person.
It wasn't until tonight, though, that I fully realized just how important a prayer partner is. As I was praying, asking God for direction for my prayer he lead me to a passage my pastor had mentioned a few weeks ago. It's Matthew 18:19 which says, "Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." These are the things that God taught me about prayer and the importance of having not only a partner but also what to look for when choosing that partner. (Some of these lessons God taught me through the study portion of my Bible.)
1. The verse says it takes two..that should be self-explanatory
2. These two people need to be filled with the Holy Ghost...that is, they need to be saved.
3. Being filled with the Holy Ghost, they need to pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, this way they are more likely to pray according to God's will rather than their own selfish will.
4. They need to pray with the same goal in mind, they need to agree on what to pray and pray with the same belief that God will hear and answer.
Prayer is a powerful tool. I can go to God in confidence on my own, but why not hedge the prayer a little by adding the power of a second person praying?
As I prayed over these things, God began to once again confirm that I had made the right decision in finding a prayer partner and as I prayed He showed me something else...the last part of this verse. It says if the first requirements are met, then He'll answer the prayer.
So I made a checklist: are there two of us...yes; are we both saved...yes; are we each praying in the power of the Holy Spirit and for His will to be done...I know I am and I know her well enough to know she is, so...yes and last are we agreed in what we are praying for and how we are praying for it...yes.
So that leads me to only one conclusion folks...my kids are going to meet Tim Tebow before our school year is over!!!!