April 20, 2018 Friday

My arm is sore from weed eating the back forty! But my spirit is soaring from being able to work outside in the sunshine! Thank You Jesus for sunshine.

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 the lost in our Salvation group by name last night and again today at church.
Prayed for the (7) 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.
Pray for my dear friend Donna every day!

PRAISES AND BLESSINGS:
Breakfast with sister Shirley today at the Korner Kitchen.
Yesterday Dee Smith wrote such a nice thing about me in the Praying for Lebanon group.

BIBLE READING:
 2 Corinthians 4
We carry within our hearts the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be visible to others by the life we live.

BOOK READING:
"Listening for God" by Marilyn Hontz
Today's reading really hit home. It talked about how we are not believing God enough that when He calls us we don't think He will equip us. Five times Moses told God he wasn't good enough. One of those times hits me directly! Exodus 4:10 says that Moses pleaded with the Lord, "Oh Lord, I'm just not a good speaker. I never have been, and I'm not now, even after you have spoken to me. I'm clumsy with words." Moses even asked God to send someone else in Exodus 4:13.  I think God got mad at Moses and was saddened. We get so focused on our own self that we become self-conscious instead of God-conscious. It is awesome that God loves us more then we could ever love ourselves. I need to remember God uses very very ordinary people - like me!

MY CALL TO ACTION TODAY/MY TIME OF SILENCE NOTES:
This was a hard time. Pebbles keeps crying for me and my mind kept wandering. I may have to repeat it later today. The thought that did come to my mind was one word: TRUST so I will just wait to see if that plays a part in today.

Have a blessed day.