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For the Days When you are Bone Tired ~A Holy Experience

Praying for Big Stuff Again ~New Life Blogs

The Eve of the Journey

Tomorrow I start a month long journey in prayer. The last couple days I've been hesitant about it. Getting up early is not my strong suit to say the least, and while I need more time in prayer, I've been so out of it I almost feel guilty doing it. After two days planning this, I'm finally excited.

Prayer meeting tonight was good. Talks with friends have been encouraging. Reading The Heavenly Man has been inspiring. I know I can do hard things for a long time after the gtalk fast. Most importantly ¹³ I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
(Philippians 4:13, New King James Version)

Sometimes you have to do what you know is right, and the feeling and excitement will come in time.

I will be keeping this updated regularly over the coming month. I also plan to read a powerful book on trust, so expect posts from both books as well.

I look forward to what God will teach me over the coming month.

A Month Long Journey

I finally realized this weekend what I need to do. I need to get up every morning for the next month and pray. I need to pray for the three things I want to change the most, but can't change: my job, getting back to school, and something else. In this way I will be acknowledging that I can't do anything about them (I've failed pretty miserably so far) and acknowledging that God is the only one who can do anything about them.

One of my best friends is going to help keep me accountable to get up early, and hopefully it works. I've been asking my friends to pray for me a lot this year, but I haven't ever made it my number one priority myself. I will be keeping a personal journal, and keeping this blog updated as the month goes on. I pray God will give me the perseverance and grace to carry this out.

The journey begins July 8th.