January 19, 2010

40 day Mountain Moving Prayers

It's so cool how the Lord works... I especially love when He talks directly to a pastor through his own sermon prep. Chad preached this week from the book of Matthew, chapter 21:18-27. In doing so, God impressed upon his heart that we need to heed the words in Matt. 21:21-22 "And Jesus answered and said to them, 'Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'be taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen. And all things asked in prayer, believing, you will receive". So, we have decided to begin a 40 day prayer journey asking the Lord to remove the giant mountain of our 3 year wait to adopt Faith. We are at total peace if it takes 3 years, but feel the need to request this of the Lord and see what He does. We know that all things will happen in His perfect timing, and He does tell us to ask, so we will.... with absolute faith that His will is going to be done. Can't wait to report what He's done after these 40 days of prayer. What a fun challenge for all of us.... instead of the "love dare", it's the "Prayer Dare" (hahaha). We hope many of you take on this prayer journey as well... ask God to remove some giant mountains in your life. We'd love to hear from you all how He's working in your lives. :-)

3 comments:

  1. That gives new meaning to the phrase Praying for Faith!!!!
    Thanks for the update and will definitely keep you all in my prayers.
    Hugs,
    Katie

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  2. Love it! We have been on our own prayer dare since Dec. 29 when we were told our new baby would probably not make it to birth and if we wanted, termination was an option (um duh, no.) Needless to say, we have had nothing but positive news since and go tomorrow to a fetal cardiologist. I have documented the journey God has blessed us with... hammiefour.blogspot.com. We'll be praying for you!

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  3. Nice to, finally, review your updated blog on your China adoption. Now I do know how to pray better AND can relate to that MOUNTAIN prayers as we are asking God to move the mountain concerning how we can serve more in China despite this enormous house (upside-down) responsibility and the kids not, yet independent. Seems so impossible, but it is nice to know that God can move mountains!

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