no.251 140106 Thank you for the prayer card

"Love one another"

Got up early in the morning for the early morning prayer. It's always so difficult to get up in the morning, but it always feels so good after you have that intimate time with God when the world is still and quiet. Seeing familiar faces at church who also pray with you is always encouraging. When I went for the first time last week, there were prayer cards on the table along with the morning prayer program. I picked up one of each. I wanted to fill it out but I was hesitant to submit my prayer card because I couldn't promise that I was going to be consistent in coming to the prayer meeting. I thought it was unfair to people who come for the most of the time since I won't get to pray for them, but they'll be praying for me. However, with a friend's encouragement, I wrote down a few prayer requests on the form and left it at church. By doing so, it kind of motivates me to go back as much as I can so that I can pray for my church. I got a chance to pray for a couple of people this morning, and I'm thankful that I got to know what's on their heart and what they want to pray for.

Just in case you're reading this post, and God places a prayerful heart in you, let me share what I wrote on my prayer card:

Please pray that:
1. I will love others with the same love I received from Jesus
2. I will deepen my relationship with God by living a prayerful life guided by the Holy Spirit
3. I will bear much fruit this year as I keep growing to be more like Christ
4. I will be obedient to God's calling - that I will be ready to be used by God when He shows his vision for me

Anyways, I had a really bad headache today. I think it might be associated with me waking up early and taking a weird nap in between breakfast time and work. It was so bad I had to take tylenol and kind of forced myself to take another nap just before dinner. Because of that, I ended up having dinner around 10PM, and that's why today's post got delayed a little bit...! Still, I thank God for healing my head! Also, I don't think I'll be going to the morning prayer tomorrow morning... but I'm hoping to go on Wednesday!