Confession #28 Prayer Warriors

Now that the new year is here, it has already kicked off with a bang. Ended the year with some not so great news and began the year with some not so great news. It's as if I'm living in a bad dream that has some how become reality and changed my life completely.  It warms my heart to know that I am surrounded by praying warriors. When I do not have the strength to pray for myself, I'm surrounded by family and friends that can.

As I try to understand the various events that are going on around me, I remembered this verse:

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.

So instead of me questioning God's reasoning behind these events, I choose to trust God and just let him work.

James 1:1-8 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.  If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.  That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.  Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

A few months ago during a fast, I prayed for God to use me; Give me a testimony. Funny now that all these events are now happening. Be careful what you pray for. When you pray for strength, the only way for him to give you strength is to take you through a situation where you have to dig deeper than ever before to pull through. When you pray for peace, you may have to go through a season of nothing but chaos. And now that I have prayed for God to give me a testimony, he is doing just that.

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