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Sometime last week, during my devotion and prayer time I became frustrated at my inability to "cover" so many people in prayer. More and more I realize how important it is to pray and yet time and time again I would forget specific people. Then I was blessed with an idea...family Fridays. On Fridays I purpose myself to pray for all of my family's extended family.
Since that time I have added
Ministry Mondays & Workplace Wednesdays
These designations help me to focus my prayers in a specific direction and I know I am able to cover a larger group of people with my prayers.
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I left my daughter in the car with her little brothers yesterday afternoon and ran in to Target to pick up the gift my husband and I had decided on for our anniversary. As I zipped past the home décor and picture frame section I noticed an end cap with ’08 graduation gifts. As I passed, a man picked up a frame and the first notes of pomp and circumstance rang in my ears and tears filled my eyes. It was a moment of unexpected joy, in that moment I was transported to my graduations and I felt such a sense of pride in the things God had helped me to accomplish. But more than that I felt pride for my daughter and all the abilities God has blessed her with. In a few short weeks she will graduate high school and in a few short months she will be off at college and I could not be more proud. I think God has these moments with us also. In a sense, I think he tears up when we do something wonderful for others, something outside of our self. Our deeds can bring Him joy and our actions can bring Him glory. What will you do to bring unexpected joy to God and others this day?
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| Society today is flooded with a multitude of ways to hear and study God’s Word and yet we as Christians suffer from spiritual anorexia. The choices are plentiful, the table is full and yet we choose not to eat. By definition, anorexia is loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease. The disease for us is sin and we have lost our appetite for God’s Word. God created us as complex and amazing vessels and we need food, God’s Word, in order to thrive. We need to eat. We need to stop waiting for someone to spoon feed us. We need to make the choice to eat and drink from God’s vast banqueting table. So sit down at the table, open your Bible and choose a verse or a chapter to feast on. Whet your appetite and indulge in all God has for you. “Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink- even if you have no money!...” Isaiah 55:1 (NLT)
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| Once again God used my youngest son to teach me about humility and to unashamedly ask for the things I need, specifically prayer. For the past few nights our littlest lamb has had a difficult time sleeping and has cried out for us. Last night he was obviously uncomfortable because he was crying in his sleep. At 3AM Daddy and I were exhausted, overwhelmed, and felt totally helpless. Nothing was working, we were out of tricks. In desperation rather than holiness, I laid my hands on his little head and began to pray. After a bit he began to settle down and I quietly stopped praying thanking God that maybe we could all sleep for a couple of hours. Then my 18 month old did something I need to do more of; he asked for prayer. His chubby cheeks uttered "pway,pway,pway" and so I prayed. And prayed and prayed. In the wee hours of the morning he fell asleep on me and I learned that the simple act of asking for prayer is not only powerful but necessary. "The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord receives my prayer." Psalm 6:9
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