Prayer Challenge

Good morning!

Yesterday in Bible study, our Small Group Leader suggested that we all take on the challenge of prayer this week. I don't mean, making-sure-I-get-up-on-time-to-say-hi kind of prayer. I mean the kind like Daniel presented before our Savior in Daniel 9. I would encourage you to read Daniel 9:1-18 and really look at his prayer. He first went before the Lord with fasting, sackcloth and ashes because he believed that what God had prophesied through Jeremiah was at the verge of being fulfilled. He went fervently before His God, waiting for his place in that next step in history. Are we going before the Lord even close to fervently? We all claim these times are getting harder and they are obviously part of the "end times." And what are we doing as we wait?

Daniel also recited Jeremiah's words in his own prayer. I have been trying to do this for quite some time now and it has really made a difference in my prayer life. Try reading part of the Psalms and inserting your own name or "I" into parts. You'll be amazed how the Scriptures come to life for you.

I encourage you all as well, to be a part of our prayer challenge for the week. To really make prayer time matter and to work to remember to talk with Him constantly throughout your day!

Let me get you started with this reading from Praying God's Word Day by Day by Beth Moore:

The freedom of Christ is worth the surrender of absolutely anything. Relief, not remorse, awaits the repentant.

Father, Your Word says that a person who lacks self-control is like a city whose walls are broken down (Prov. 25:28).

Sometimes I feel like there is so much rubble, I can't rebuild the wall (Neh. 4:10). But Your Word claims that You are the Repairer of Broken Walls, and the Restorer of Streets with Dwellings (Isa. 58:12). Please introduce Yourself to me by these wonderful names and rebuild the rubble in my life.

I confess to You that I am overwhelmed by the task ahead, but I am thankful that You have authority over all things. Heaven is Your throne; earth is Your footstool (Matt. 5:35). Therefore, anything over my head is under Your feet!