I want to share a little piece of my heart with you.Really, though, it’s a piece of my friend Anna Grace’s heart…
When I arrived in Dublin, Ireland at “The Awakening”, I met Katie Cartwright for the first time. Katie is a UGA girl who knows many of my friends back home, including Anna Grace. Katie and Anna Grace had been in Kenya at the same time recently, and at that time Anna Grace gave Katie a sweet letter to deliver to me at the Awakening. The letter touched my heart in so many ways: reminding me that there are people at home remembering me, making me feel (at least slightly) connected to my dear friends at home, and giving me sweet reminders of things that are true. My favorite part of the letter, though, was a prayer that Anna Grace wrote out for me. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I read this prayer because it so accurately portrayed the cry of my own heart. With Anna Grace’s permission, I want to share this prayer with you, primarily so that you get a glimpse into the desires of my own heart. If you are ever wondering what you can be praying for me while I am out on the field, this is it. Here is a small portion of her letter to me…
“So…here is how I am praying for you: God, I thank you for Angela. I thank you for her heart. I thank you that she desires intimacy with you. I pray that the intimacy is ever increasing. God, would you encounter Angela. Thank you for your Spirit and that where your Spirit is there is freedom and that your Spirit is with Angela. Thank you God that your word is truth. We declare the truth of your word that no weapon formed against Angela would prosper. Lord, would you silence the voice of the accuser in Angela’s life. Would she only hear YOUR voice, because your voice is truth and your voice is freedom. God, would you increase discernment in her life. Help her to know your voice. God, would you come against anything that hinders love in Ang’s life. God, would you show her how much you delight in her and love her! God, you approve of her. Would you show her how to go and be everything you have created her to be and to do. Thank you that she will bring healing to many and show your love to those who desperately need it. She was created for love- to love and to be loved…by other and by you. God, would you show her that she is worthy of your love. She doesn’t have to earn it. Thank you Lord that you will heal every place in Angela’s heart. You bring every good work to completion. Thank you, God, that you are faithful. You are faithful to Angela. Even when we are faithless, you are faithful. I ask, God, for breakthroughs: for moments of breakthrough and moments of break down. God, she can run to you and feel safe. Proverbs 18:10. God, would you strengthen her: emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Would you encourage her in hard and difficult times. I pray against sickness; strengthen her body. God, I ask for new passions and increased passions. I pray that her excitement for you is increased; that when she spends time with you she gets SO excited. Would you romance and woo her, she is building so much history with you right now. God, I pray for good and godly relationships on her team. Would you weave them together so that they are strong. Would you send your angels to encamp around them. I pray for a newness and freshness every morning. We thank you that your mercies are new each morning. I pray for a realness in Angela- that walls are broken down around her heart. I pray that you would protect her heart. Would you reveal your beauty, God. That she sees the beauty that you’ve made her. I pray for questions to be asked and questions to be answered. I pray for questions to be unanswered and that she is left satisfied in your sovereign hand. I pray for wisdom, discernment, healing. For overwhelming encounters of the Holy Spirit. For truth. I’m praying for TRUTH. God, I pray for perseverance. Would you bless Angela. I speak life and hope and abundance. Would you allow all of your goodness to pass before her. Give her a greater capacity to receive love from you. And, my favorite prayer: I ask for MORE. More of you. I love you and I thank you for Angela and I bless my sister in Jesus’ name.”
I simply share this letter with you to give you a glimpse of what I am desiring in my own life on this trip. Anna Grace articulated the cry of my heart so perfectly. So, I continue to ask for your prayers and say that if you are not sure how to pray for me, this is it. The things she prayed for me are the things I am longing for in my life: more intimacy with the Father, perseverance, discernment, wisdom, and all the rest of it.
Thank you, Anna, for remembering me and for petitioning the Father on my behalf. I send so much love to all of you back home…please know that I am also praying for you every time I think of you (which is often).
with so much love,
Angela
