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Pray with Purpose

This year I have had the mindset to be more purposeful with my prayer. My prayer life has had it's ups and downs as I'm sure most of us have, so I decided to get out of the mundane "Thank you God for...." and get deeper in and more in touch with God. There are a few things I am doing a little differently, and I have already seen how God is using me and blessing me through this experience.

For example, Facebook. Facebook can be a wonderful tool for connecting with family and friends. The main reason I joined several years ago was to be able to keep in touch with some dear friends of mine in Australia. It's wonderful to be able to see them and their families grow in almost real time! I miss them terribly, so it's a blessing to be able to communicate with them. But, as we all know Facebook can be very destructive. I decided that this year I will not participate in the negative aspect of Facebook, but I wanted to do more. I wanted to think of a way that I could use it for good, without being overbearing. It's funny how things hit you, but I was in the shower on New Year's day, and I came up with the idea of praying for each of my Facebook friends over the course of 2013. So, each day I take the first 2-3 names that pop up on my timeline and I pray for them. I pray for them and their walk with God. Some I know well enough to know what to pray specifically, and I am also very sad to say that I do not know what some people's convictions are. God knows, and I rely on Him and the Spirit to know their needs. It has been such a blessing to me. I have prayed for folks, sometimes not knowing they were going through a particularly rough patch in their lives such as sickness or death of a loved one, only to later find out they were struggling and prayers were so desperately needed. I shouldn't be surprised at all by this, nevertheless it is amazing and awe inspiring. The God we serve is truly awesome.

I hope this motivates some of you to stretch your prayer comfort zones a little and witness what a wonderful tool God has given us; the ability to talk to Him.

Feel free to share some of your prayer stories with me! I would love to read them.

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