What is this? An experiment. I am so busy and my time with the Lord was lacking. This is a test of spending time with the Lord faithfully for 30 days - as a test that by putting him first in my life and prioritizing time with him... he will help with the rest. I will blog daily during this test.
Wow, I have to admit I was soo tired this morning. I woke up at 6:13am (have been shooting for 6:00am). I was working on job stuff right until 10:50pm last night trying to stay caught-up. I am learning this balancing act...
Bible Passage:
Psalm 49 - this is what spoke to me in my Psalm of the day:
This Psalm was packed with meaning for me today. The first thing that was helpful was verse 5 where it said "why should I fear in the days of evil" - pretty self explanatory why that was helpful. And this Psalm also had a lot of messaging about the fact that no matter how powerful or wise a person is- we all face the wrath of our sins. It said the price of redeeming a soul is costly. Its interesting that long before the time of Christ this Psalm spoke of the idea of a costly redemption for people's souls. Let this be a lesson and reminder to me to share the light of the gospel with people so that they may be saved through faith in Christ and not share eternal destruction. We've all sinned- Jesus Christ however came to seek and to save those who were lost and couldn't help themselves.
Praise & Thanksgiving:
* Lord, thanks for helping me have these times.
* Thanks for helping the re-finance on our house to go through when, at one point, we were told it couldn't happen without a huge bunch of cash.
* Thanks for our jobs Lord.
* Thanks for our children Lord.
* Thanks for what you have provided to us.
* Thank you for leading and guiding us Lord- you are worthy of our trust.
* You are good and wise Lord and you show us all the time.
* You are interested in us intimately Lord and you care about even the tiniest prayer request of my children, my wife, or myself.
* Thank you Lord that we can laugh in the face of challenges or even problems as we consider the faithfulness, goodness, and help of God!
Meditation & Listening:
* The distracting thoughts that come in when sitting in quiet waiting and meditation before the Lord must not be a discouragement. You sit there and wait and trust in him. It is not your job to worry, fret, or micro-manage your results- trust in the Lord that as you wait - he will work.
Prayer Requests:
* Please bless our re-finance today, help it to finalize!
* Please bless my customer lunch with "T" - I have to remind them of something that will risk this deal Lord. So, as I remind them- help me not to lose the deal.
* Help me to get my focal employee reviews done today.
* Bless my Web project Lord as its having a problem right now in the groups area- help me to knock this out quickly!
* Please bless the Web project and give us usage at the end of the school year.
* Bless my kids as school wraps up- help us to learn right to the end.
* Bless this blog, speak through it, speak to me, and inspire others to test the concept of "seeking first" your kingdom and righteousness- trusting that everything else will be handled and helped by you.
* Lord, I am sticking to this- help me greatly with growing in you, shining as a light for you, in my job, my kids, my wife, my household, my job, and my Web project.
* Lord, please heal little "M" at my daughter's school of this dangerous Meningitis infection.
* Please heal Mr. "DM" of his injuries, give him hope, give him a unified and supportive family on both sides- bless his marriage-- Lord I really trust you with him and believe that you will turn this around. (not just that you can-- that you WILL)
* Lord, stop child *** trafficking around the world, what a devastating thing- and unthinkable. Lord, stop this horror.
* Lord, stop trafficking in Cambodia and open up that country to adoption from the U.S. because there are many Christians who would sweep in and save these poor girls who have been hurt so badly- Lord help! Raise up others to pray for the resumption of U.S. adoption in Cambodia.
* Also stop trafficking in the U.S. - how could this be dear Lord??? Help, save now! Hosanna!
Lord, fill me and my readers with your Holy Spirit - and let us go with your power and presence - lets GO God together! We are NOT alone - and we fight with you today!
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