no.38 130607 Thank you for prayer night at my church

Too busy not to pray by Bill Hybels.

In my life group, we are starting a book called 'Too busy not to pray' by Bill Hybels. I read this book more than five years ago, so I can't really recall much. Plus, my prayer life recently hasn't been that great, so I'd say the time is right to read this book again.

I have life group this evening and afterwards, all of us are heading to the church for prayer night. This is something new to our church which started in April for the first time. It happens once every two months, so tonight's event is the second time. When I went a couple of months ago, I remember feeling guilty at the end of the night. I think it's important for every Christian to think about this. Why do you go to prayer meetings? Who do you pray for and what do you pray about?

The reason I went to an event as such was because I wanted to pray for myself. I like to pray for my life, my family, my career, my future husband, and everything else about me. Praying for myself is definitely important too, but I never considered praying for something that's outside my boundaries. For instance, I hardly ever pray for my church leaders, or the missionaries that my church sends, or even the new Christians at my church. I only prayed for my own goods when I pray at home, and I was seeking for more opportunities to pray for myself. During the event, there was no time to pray for myself. That's why I felt guilty and selfish after the event.

But I'm thankful that I attended the prayer night. God taught me that I was being selfish, and helped me learn that I should be praying for others. I'm thankful to attend tonight's prayer night, where I will be praying for the short term mission teams. Yes, I'm in it too, but I pray that God will open my heart to pray for other teams and not just mine!

Oh, and one more thing! Congrats Sunny for getting the internship! I'm thankful for the internship offer she got for the summer. Yay!!!