April 10, 2018 Tuesday

I woke up so depressed I did not even want to get up. I came into this room where I doing my praying and journaling and there was a sense of eagerness to pray. Then I said a quick prayer in the Salvation Prayer group declaring how I turn to God and He helps. Right after I finished, my sister Shirley called and we had a great time laughing. God gives us what we need when we need it. I am not totally full of cheer now, but the fog of depression is not nearly as thick as it was.

As I read my notes from yesterday in the book reading section ... it happened yesterday and that is why I am in this funk!  In a conversation with Vicki and Mary about WINGS the enemy was trying to stick his thumb right in the middle!!! Lord let it train me and not drain me.

DAILY PRAYERS:
Prayed for 66 members of my family.
Prayed for the Salvation Praying Group to increase to 12 by the end of the year.
Prayed for the Power Hour of Prayer Group to increase to 24 by the end of the year.
Prayed for church average attendance to continue to increase to 150 by the end of the year.
Prayed for 29 prayer warriors by name
Prayed for 40 church members by name
Prayed for the 52 on our list of the lost
Prayed forgiveness of any sin I may have committed. I pray for wisdom, guidance and ears to hear.

PRAISES AND BLESSINGS:
Denise and then Shirley both invited me out to dinner/lunch on Sunday for Shirley's birthday. They always bless me by including me.

BIBLE READING:
1 Corinthians 9
Verse 24 "Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it."
I try to put 110% into following the instructions of the Lord because the prize is a lifetime with Him, with no physical or emotional pain. I want that and I want to live in love with Him.

BOOK READING:
"Listening for God" by Marilyn Hontz
We are each so individually made and how God speaks to each of us is different. We must learn to "Listen" to God in our own way, the way He made us.
Isaiah 48:17 says "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you  in the way you should go."
Psalm 32:8 says "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you  and watch over you."
God is so personal with each one of us!

MY CALL TO ACTION TODAY:
I feel led to print out my blog journal entries and reread them as they are instructions for my life. It takes awhile for things to sink in and become habit. I can not just read and retain and act on things unless I have meditated on them and that is what I am feeling I need to do. Yesterday my lesson from the book reading was tested and I missed it until I reread it today and discovered I fell into a part of the enemies trap.

Have a blessed day.