April 18, 2018 Wednesday

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 18 prayer warriors by name
Prayed for 40 church members by name
Praying for 54 of the lost in our Salvation group by name
Prayed for the (6) personal requests 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 and for feet to follow.
Pray for our church to be a house of prayer and the prayer life of the congregation to be elevated.

PRAISES AND BLESSINGS:
I feel blessed to be part of a church that truly cares about people and about those that do not know the Lord.

BIBLE READING:
 2 Corinthians 2
Verse 15 and 16 remind me that the gospel, the truth about Jesus is a sweet odor for those that believe and will live for eternity with Him. However, those that do not believe also smell a sickly sweet odor which is that of death. That is heartbreaking for me.

BOOK READING:
"Listening for God" by Marilyn Hontz
We need to ask God to silence any voices except for His when we are listening. Satan is cunning, negative and critical. He will keep trying to bring up past issues. He will condemn you and try to make you feel guilty and shameful. He will make you doubt your own worth. If you have a lot of negative self-talk, it could be the voice of the enemy that is seeking to destroy you. Seek God for help and for that voice to be silenced.

MY CALL TO ACTION TODAY/MY TIME OF SILENCE NOTES:
The thoughts that came to my mind were about Pastor asking some of us to connect with and contact Joyce, a new red haired lady that has reached out. However, many of us have and there does not seem to be the right connection. He does not want us to give up on her. Vicki says this has happened in the past as well. I just do not feel like I would be effective and I am really fighting the request to contact her. I will have to continue praying about this today and if she keeps coming to mind I will then contact her again.

Have a blessed day.