Each day a new post will allow you to comment on how God is teaching you and how your focus on prayer is making a difference. Feel free to share prayer requests. If they're for another person, please have their permission before posting. And share how God is answering your prayers as well.
Let's use this daily and regularly to encourage one another!
We are your servants, the people you rescued by your great power and might. O LORD, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. - Nehemiah 1:10-11a
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40 Days Of Purpose Blog
From October 13 through November 21, 2008, Nags Head Church will be spending 40 days focused on discovering our purposes as a church.
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2008
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October
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- It's all about love
- When God Seems Distant - Day 14
- Tell Us About Your Group!
- Developing Your Friendship with God - Day 12
- Becoming Best Friends with God - Day 11
- The Heart of Worship - Day 10
- Make God Smile! - Day 9
- Planned for God's Pleasure - Day 8
- The Reason for Everything - Day 7
- Life is a Temporary Assignment - Day 6
- Life is a Test and a Trust - Day 5
- Made to Last Forever - Day 4
- What Drives Your Life? Day 3
- You are not an accident - Day 2
- Columbia!
- It all starts with God
- Are you prepared?
- New focus for our blog
- How Has Prayer Changed You?
- Day 40! - The First 40 are done today.
- Prayer Update from Robin Brooks
- Prayer Update from the Glocks!
- Day 39
- Sometimes you can't pray with knowledge
- Day 38
- Day 37
- Tricia's Back in Duke
- Turn Around Church Conference today
- Day 36
- Two to Pray for and Email
- Day 35
- Day 34
- Praying for 40 Days of Purpose
- Day 33 - One week left!
- Day 32
- Day 31 - First Wednesday tonight
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3 comments:
Some great points in my devo today about praying specifically for things. (If we pray in general terms, like "God bless all the people" how will we know the prayers will be answered?)
Also about praying for success. If we don't, what's the alternative? And a good definition of success, too was given: “Fulfilling God’s purpose for my life in faith, love, and the power of the Holy Spirit, and expecting the results from God.”
Also this quote: If you can’t ask God to make you a success at what you’re doing, you should be doing something else. God doesn’t want you to waste your life.
Question: are you enjoying your devotional time?
I do pray for success, and what I want. And I pray with my idea of what I would like God's response to be. Then I tell Him that I understand that more important than what I want is what He wants for and from me. Then, I am learning, I need to listen....closely. Sometimes that's the hardest part.
I think we often listen for what we want to hear and miss what He's telling us because it's something we don't want to hear. One of the speakers at our recent prayer conference really nailed the point that God sometimes (actually often) takes people outside (sometimes far outside) their comfort zones in order to use them for His purposes.
One of my prayers has been that I will recognize His answers to my prayers, whether or not they are what I am wanting to hear.
About 11:00 this morning, Rick responded to an emergency call as chaplain of NH Fire Department. It was our own Elaine Smith's husband, Bob, who had a heart attack and died. Please be praying for her and her family. Her friend, Barbara Carpenter, has gone to her home to be with her during this time.
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