Breakfast: God Has Plans for Us

Happy New Year! It's time for a fresh start — for all of us, including Adam. Did you establish goals for 2011? If not, you may be like me. Let's use today to seek God's will for us in 2011. Pray for Adam's healing, but also pray that God would reveal his plans for you, for this year.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

A Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, as we begin a new year, we pray that You would give us joy to fill our days, peace to fill our hearts, and love to fill our lives. Thank You for the plans You have for Adam, and for us, in 2011. We wait in anticipation to see all You will do!

Lord, we ask that you would forgive us of our sins; to make us pure and blameless in Your sight. And, as forgiven believers, we bring our requests to You. We ask that You would restore Adam. Allow him to walk, talk, laugh, and pray in 2011. Dear God, we pray for a complete restoration of Adam.

Dear God, we ask that You would provide us with the faith to continue coming to You in prayer on behalf of Adam. Bless all those who are praying for Adam. Lord, hear the prayers of your servants who are asking for Adam's healing. Find favor with our requests for his healing.

Father, as stated in the lyrics from What Life Would Be Like, below, thank you for making the lame walk, the dumb talk, and for opening blinded eyes to see. Thank you for knowing our deepest needs as we begin a new year.

Amen.



Meet you at lunch time.

Eve of Fasting: My Redeemer Lives

I Know My Redeemer Lives

It's the first week of the new year. As we make resolutions, set goals, and plan lifestyle changes, be sure to consider setting aside Wednesdays as a day of fasting and prayer. While it's true that we would love for you to unite with us in prayer for Adam's healing, it is also a day to bring other requests to God.

As we begin our first day of united prayer in 2011, let's focus on the fact that we have a living God that hears our prayers. After months of praying for Adam, and watching my Dad's life come to an end in December, it is so comforting to me that God is with us. I am at peace knowing that my Redeemer lives. And, that after my time is done here on earth, I will see God.

At my Dad's funeral, last week, my niece, Brooklynne Levasa, sang this song. It was beautiful. It was, and is, comforting. I wish that I had a recording of Brooklynne singing it, but this will have to do.



Job 19:25-26

  25 I know that my redeemer lives,
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
  26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet in my flesh I will see God;

I look forward to praying with you in the morning.

Back to Blogging This Week

Holiday events, visiting family, funerals, etc. got us out of the flow the past couple weeks. This Wednesday, January 5th, we will resume our regular blog posts for our united day of prayer and fasting.