Good Morning Praying Friends! The prayer of a righteous person (those in Christ--Y-O-U!) are powerful and effective! Amen! We need your prayer! I need your prayers! God works through your prayers! The Holy Spirit will inform your prayers. Teach us to pray Lord! hear our prayers. Direct our prayers and lead us to become a house of prayer for the nations! Amen!
As seems typical lately, I endured a mostly sleepless night until around 2 and then overslept and missed my pastor's huddle this morning. Now after a semi-rushed quiet time, I find myself running behind my agenda. BUT GOD! He knows, cares, has a plan and will redeem. he is hearing and answering my/your/our prayers. Please cover me in you prayers for protection from the enemy. He may be in this sleeplessness as a way to get me sick and worn out before my vacation. It has happened in the past. Pray that Karen and I would be able to sleep and rest and stay healthy. Thanks.
I've got to get rolling to bread and prep for tonight's dinner huddle. A few devos tied together today and spoke to my heart and may inform you, your prayers and choices today as well. Check them out below as you abide, pray, prepare and walk with Jesus today. He loves you and has great plans for you today. Rejoice! Abide and follow well. I'm praying for you! keep your eyes on Jesus with a heart to surrender and follow Him. Remember that in this life, Christ is all that matters and he lives in you. How might He be molding you or wanting to redeem something for His glory! be still and know. Pray, prepare and go! he is with you always and working all things together for good. Trust Him and choose joy as you die to self, take up cross and follow today. Amen!
Keep praying for revival, connections to at least 30 new people and that we become a disciple making hub for the Lehigh Valley. Pray we don Jesus easy yoke as we die to self and crucify our wants and agendas and allow His to lead us to His new and better things! Ask God what your part is and for courage and wisdom to step into it. That's my prayer for today and for me and us to abide, rest and recharge before going to make disciples. Amen
Sarah Young
UR: My Easter Miracle
There is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, enslaved and free, but Christ is all and in all! - Colossians 3:11 (NRSVUE)
In 1971 I was 19 years old, wandering the country and trying to figure out life. One day I had hitchhiked and found myself at a rest stop along a lonely stretch of desert highway between Los Angeles, California, and Phoenix, Arizona.
I had moved out on my own at age 17, in part because of parents who seemed more confused about life than I was. That began a journey which took me 3,000 miles from home to that highway rest stop. The next morning I met a carload of young people who invited me to church for Easter worship. On an ordinary day, it would have taken a miracle to break through my fears and excuses. But with the promise of a free meal after church, I eagerly agreed to go.
Their church was different from anything I expected. Young people filled the space, singing with smiles that showed me they knew something about Easter that I did not. More importantly, for the first time I considered that God just might be real and actually care about me. I had been running away all my life; now I couldn’t run anymore. It took an amazing chain of miracles to bring me to God. But it was Easter, and on Easter miracles happen!
Today's Prayer
O God, giver of new life, we thank you for searching out those who are wandering and alone. Use us in your work of bringing the lost ones home. We want to be a part of your miracle work. Amen.
TWFYT
