Thank you for praying for me. God’s word is living and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul,
and spirit, and of joints and marrow,
and it a discerner of the thought and intents
of the heart (Hebrews 4:12), please pray His word
not only for me but also for those who He puts on your heart.
1. That I will not leave my first love,
Jesus
a. The distractions here and demands on
my time rob me of the time I spend with Him.
b. Norma, you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength (Deut
6:4, Mark 12:29)
2. I will seek Him with all my heart
a. I want to grow more and more in love
with Jesus and to seek His face
b. Lord said “Seek My face,” My heart said to
You, “Your face Lord, I will seek.”
3. That I will keep my eyes on Him
a. It is so easy for me to get distracted
by the things of this world and all the demands on me
b. But my eyes are upon You, O God the
Lord; In You I take refuge (Psalm 141:8)
4. I will be filled with the fruit of
the spirit
a. I want His love to flow through me to
others
b. But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)
5. I will TRUST Him no matter what He
leads me through
a. I don’t understand all the Lord is
doing in my life this season, but I trust that He knows best, I want to rest in
Him and not lean on my own understanding.
b. Norma, trust in the Lord with all
your heart, And lean not on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)
6. I will have a heart of Thanksgiving
and gratitude for all He has done
a. I truly want to have a heart of
gladitude and gratitude. I can be so
critical and negative at times.
b. Let us come before His presence with
thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms (Psalm 95:2)
7. I will walk worthy of Him
a. I pray to be more and more like Jesus
b. Finally brethren, we urge and exhort
in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received
from us how you ought to walk and to please God (1 Thessalonians 4:1)
8. For boldness to proclaim the gospel
a. My focus was on evangelism in Africa
and my hearts desire is that I will have that same opportunity and boldness
here in the USA
b. Meanwhile praying also for us a door
for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ…(Colossians 4:3)
9. To pray fervently for the saints and
the church
a. I had so much more time to pray in Africa, I feel like so many things demand my time right
now
b. Norma, pray without ceasing (1
Thessalonians 5:17)
10.
I
will persevere and finish the race He has set before me
a. I long to be before the Lord and hear
Him say, “well done true and faithful servant.”
b. I have fought the good fight, I have
finished the race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7)
11.
That
the word of Christ will dwell in me richly
a. I long to know Him through His word
b. Norma, let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord
(Colossians 3:16)
12.
Pray
that my sons and grandchildren will seek God with all their hearts
a. I pray that my children, grandchildren
and beloved will have this desire:
b. One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek, That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my
life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple (Psalm
27:4)
