April 12. 2018 Thursday

Rainy, gloomy day outside - but tonight is Prayer night!!! I didn't always look forward to it as much as I do now. It took real consistent time with the Lord and asking him for a deeper personal relationship. But now I love my prayer times because it is a two way communication not just me going to Him.

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 43 on our list of the lost
Prayed for 4 personal requesst that have been confidentially asked of me to pray.
Prayed forgiveness of any sin I may have committed. I pray for wisdom, guidance and ears to hear.

PRAISES AND BLESSINGS:
I asked a few people if they would be interested in a class on Christianity 101 and three people have said they would come - Joe, Becca and Abby.

BIBLE READING:
1 Corinthians 11
Verses 24-26 Explains the purpose of Communion. His body the bread; His blood the wine.
This is a great reminder for me to keep my eyes focused on Jesus today.

BOOK READING:
"Listening for God" by Marilyn Hontz
During your times of "Listening for God", you might feel distractions ... like you just remembered you forgot to turn on the dishwasher - have paper and pen handy, write it down and go back to listening. A name might come to mind - jot it down and go back to listening. The suggested time according to this book and makes sense to me is to do listening time after bible reading and prayer time.

MY CALL TO ACTION TODAY:
I feel the need to continue to seek God asking Him if all the things I am doing for and at the church are things He wants me to do or are they my own actions. So far I have peace that they are from Him.
I have started setting the kitchen timer for 5 minutes once I have completed everything here and that is my LISTENING time. Doesn't seem like long enough so I may have to increase - however I was given or thought of a challenge for the prayer team tonight ... so I think the time was right for today.

Have a blessed day.