Day 24: thankfulness-Today I am thankful for prayer warriors. I grew up in a home with a praying grandmother. My earliest memories of her are hearing her praying in the early morning hours. I always knew if I got sick or if something was wrong, I could call and say granny pray for me and she would immediately go to prayer. My mom has that same powerful prayer walk. A few weeks ago when she got sick, my granddaughter Brittney said, pray mamaw. I am so thankful that my son and now my granddaughter has been blessed to grow up with these praying women. I so want to be like them but sometimes I feel like my prayers are so inadequate. This morning Dr. Robert Jeffress said that is you really want to develop a prayer life to just start out with 7 minutes first thing every morning. He said to use the ACTS principle...A. Adoration for our Loving Savior, Jesus; C. Confess our sins and ask forgiveness; T. Be Thankful for all our many blessings; S. Supplication...ask for our needs to be met and our prayers answered. He said when you make the commitment to pray every day, it becomes easier and before long we will be praying more than 7 minutes. I also think it is important to pray throughout the day, when trials and temptations come our way and when other request our prayers. It doesnt take long to say a few words of earnest prayer for someone in need. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16 Thank you Lord for my prayer warrior friends. I am thankful that we still have the right to openly request prayer though a social media site. I am thankful for my praying mama and that You allowed me to be raised in a praying home. Help me to be a more fervent prayer warrior. Amen.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:18:32 +0000