Our 40 day prayer challenge has begun. We are already seeing miracles happen. 2013 is going to be an amazing year. I encourage you to share your dreams and fears here, whatever you are wanting the group to circle in prayer. We are committed to Praying for as long as it takes. Read Luke 18:1-8. There is something God honors about persistence in prayer. Our objective is to get into God’s presence. Seeking Him first – then all the rest will be added. Keep On Asking, Keep On Seeking, Keep On Knocking (Matt 7:7-12).
Know this above all things as you start this journey… “God Is FOR you”.
Doesn’t matter if you feel like it or not. He is for you. Jeremiah 29:11 says He KNOWS the plans He has for you, plans to PROSPER you and not to harm you, plans to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE. God is intensely interested in your future.
Know also, that God honors bold and specific prayer. It is an old saying that “If you aim at nothing, you are almost assured of hitting it!”
What are you aiming at?
What is your definition of success?
What are your goals? Better yet, what are your LIFE GOALS?
Are they achievable for you? If so, then I can almost promise you they are too small.
Set some BHAG’s. (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) One of the sayings on my wall is a quote from Daniel Burnham a renowned architect who was also the designer of Union Station in Washington D.C. It says, “Make No Little Plans, they have not the power to stir men’s souls”
If this is true of people, then what do you think would stir God’s heart?
Pastor Mark makes it clear that God is not a genie in a bottle… that our wish is not His command, rather His wish is our command.
This is not about getting what we want, but WHAT GOD WANTS FOR ME! And that is an AWESOME thing!
I couldnt wait to blog about todays read…maybe because it sounded like ME!! I mean as far as the crazy goes. :^) The way I see it is, these people were praying like their life depended on it, not only their life but their childrens life. They were doing crazy things so that they would be healed, set free, they needed miracles in their life, ASAP! Why not get that CRAZY about seeking God about our dreams, His desires for me and my family, pray the IMPOSSIBLE to the POSSIBLE!!! In the 40 Day Prayer Challenge today, Mark talked about the people who were going nuts just to touch the hem of His garment or climb a tree to get a glimpse of Jesus! Or what about the prostitute, who by the people in the city, wasnt even worthy of coming to the Father! She didnt care what people were saying…she knew that if she could get to Jesus, He would handle it, even though she was a prostitute! We should be so grateful that our Heavenly Father loves us so much, that He doesnt make us clean up before coming to Him, He takes us as we are and knows our desparation! All that He asks in return, is to be CRAZY in love with Him! To go out on a limb, to do something that is very uncomfortable in order for our “Miracle”. If God can answer the prayers of Noni, the Woman at the Well, the Leper (the list goes on) He can sure do for us! Lets get CRAZY! Walk on Gods wild side….let God do His thing and give HIM ALL the GLORY! Pray like your life depends on it!