April 5, 2018 Thursday

April 5, 2018 Thursday

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Psalm 28:7 (KJV)

DAILY PRAYERS:
Prayed for 65 members of my family (saved and unsaved)
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 52 of the lost
Prayed forgiveness of any sin I may have committed; I pray for wisdom & guidance

PRAISES AND BLESSINGS:
Yesterday, I read about those ideas and people that God puts in your mind and then you should do something about it because it is from God. How if I listen the Lord helps me to live out my ordinary day with His extraordinary power. Here is God’s extraordinary power in action!
The day before yesterday, I was grieving and a friends son posted a comment about him sharing my grief because he lost his best friend. That young man and I have never really had a conversation. I ran into his mother and she mention him posting on my page. She said he really has a connection to me and listens intently when I post or say something. Big surprise to me!
I came home and felt such a need to pray for him, but also to let him know my prayer. So I wrote him a private prayer as a facebook message. He responded almost immediately telling me this was one of the hardest days he has ever had and my prayer gave him hope. He then told me how important he has come to realize that his church family is to him. Then he prayed for me.
If Pastor Darin had not shared that book title with me; if I had not listened to what his mother said; if I had ignored that thought to pray for him and with him … he may have struggled to find hope and my day would have remained ordinary. Many blessings not just to me! I praise God.

BIBLE READING:
1 Corinthians chapter 4
As I read and it talks about the mysteries of the Bible, I think of why must I read Leviticus? But I think it is a mystery that will be revealed one day so I need to know what it says. Jon Courson compared it to digging ditches ... they may be dry now, but one day the Lord will fill those ditches with living water - so I need to keep digging.

BOOK READING:
"Listening for God" by Marilyn Hontz
Finished Part 3, chapter 10 (pages 132-138)
This reading today just confirmed with stories how we need to be obedient to the "voice" of God available to us each day. How He does provide over and over again.
My thoughts keep going to wondering if this will happen every day ... it did yesterday, will it today? I guess we will know from my journal tomorrow.

MY CALL TO ACTION TODAY:
I was led to post on my facebook page asking people how I might pray for them.

Have a blessed day.