Soo I've been trying to write this blog for the last hour and a half and I'm experiencing a royal brain fart. Don't you just hate that?! Forgive me ahead of time if this blog is all over the place.
Good news is training camp is UPON US!!! This weekend I'll be road-trippin' it with two of my fellow squadmates to Atlanta, GA for training camp, where I'll finally get to meet all of my D-Squaders!! (REPRESENT!!) I could not have asked for a better squad. They are a bunch of quirky, silly, rock-n-roll goofballs and I know I'm gonna fit right in! 😉
I wish I could say more about training camp, but honestly I really have no idea what to expect. Well, I take that back. I do expect to not get any sleep haha. But other than that I really don't know. And I think the AIM staff like it that way haha, I suppose that gives God room to move in His own way, since none of us really have any clear expectations.
I could use your prayers for the following:
- Pray for safe travels to and from camp.
- Pray that my heart would be receptive to receiving whatever God wants me to know/learn/experience next week (Training camp is officially Oct 16-23).
- Pray for unity among my squad. (There have been a few attempts by the devil to stir up division but he will NOT prevail)
- Pray against the attacks of the enemy; he seems to be at it full force with his outrageous lies, not just with me but also with other squadmates.
- Pray against the stress I've been feeling lately. Been feeling really overwhelmed and scatterbrained and I hate it!
- Pray that I can actually find time to spend at the feet of Jesus!
Lately, it's been pretty hard for me to concentrate. Heck who am I kidding it's been difficult actually sitting down and praying – and I mean REALLY praying – and RESTING for that matter for a long while now. Seems like every time I do, something pops up that I "need" to be doing. It's ridiculous! On top of all the hustling and bustling to get ready for training camp, my soul has been stressing over not spending quality time with God. Oh and the devil likes to come in and condemn me for my lack of a prayer life. Jerk.
Thankfully I did make some time for God today and was asking Him to make me a prayer warrior – I want to pray everyday for hours on end the way I used to like a good godly prayer warrior does….right? WRONG! That isn't a prayer warrior – that's a pharisee, or maybe a monk or a nun. As I was swinging out on the porch swing at work tonight relaxing as the breeze tugged at my hair, feeling guilty about not praying enough, I began to sense God giving me a revelation about what a so called "prayer warrior" really is…so here ya go:
A prayer warrior is not someone that prays every single day for hours and hours and never misses a moment with God. A prayer warrior is someone who, when they pray,
- Prays with the authority that Christ has given us (Luke 10:19)
- Prays in faith, choosing to believe God at His word. (John 20:27, Hebrews 11:6)
- Refuses to give up but prays like the persistent woman (Luke 18:1-6)
- Comes to God in boldness, trusting that He is FAITHFUL to hear and answer their prayers according to His good and perfect will. (Hebrews 4:16)
- Isn't afraid to ask God for forgiveness (even if it's for the same old repetitive sin) but is grateful and humbled that He freely cleanses us from ALL our sins (1 John 1:9)
- Rests in the truth that there is NO shame or condemnation for those in Christ (Romans 8:1)
I AM A PRAYER WARRIOR
