Prayer

PRAYER...
There is power in the name of Jesus...Prayer is such a powerful tool...it is something that you can do at anytime of anyday.  It amazes me that everytime we speak, He hears us.  He desires to have relationship with us.  He desires communion and intimacy.  Prayer is a tool for us to lay our requests to the Lord.  To petition and communicate our thoughts, what is going on in our life, seeking direction, asking, seeking, etc.  It releases things.  I am beginning to understand the power in prayer.  I am beginning to have a passion and desire to pray and intercede.  To ask the Lord the things that our on his heart.  To pray and see things change in the spirit.  To see the Lord do awesome and mighty things in my life and the lives of those around me.

Love Story: I am My Beloved's and He is Mine

On Saturday, my family and I went to a wedding for a sweet friend...Jenny and Michael.  It was such a wonderful celebration...of two people who waited and found the person they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with.  It was also a testimony of not settling for less than God's best, especially when choosing a spouse.  Jenny and Michael were each seeking the Lord...they wanted his will more than their own and because of that a beautiful love story was created.  Here are a few pictures from the evening...

 With The BEAUTIFUL Bride...What a testimony of God's faithfulness and goodness!

During the night, I was reminded of God's precious and beautiful love for each one of us.  His faithfulness and constant pursuit of our heart and affections.  I was reminded of a wedding feast we will one day partake in with our bridegroom.  While we are waiting, we need to be obedient.  We need to be faithful.  We need to love the Lord with All our Heart, and Lean not on our own understanding...but acknowledge Him in every area.  Even the area of love.  I know many who are married and many who aren't married.  I have learned so much from spending time and talking with those who are married that it's not always easy.  That there are ups and there are downs, but it is that commitment that keeps you going.  No matter how you feel, no matter what the circumstances...if you resolve in your heart to stay committed that you are in this for good...you will make it through.  In my relationship with God, if I resolve in my heart to be commitment that despite how i feel or what my perspective is, I know that he is committed to me he is faithful to me and he desires the best for my life.  I can trust in him and i know he loves me.  I want my heart to pursue him with everything i am.  I want to be so focused on Christ that all other distractions and pursuits become less and less.  I want my life to bring him praise and honor.  In my relationships, in my actions, in everything that I do.

You know, a wedding brings many together.  It's this culmination of people celebrating and honoring two people for their decision to come together.  To be joined as husband and wife.  It is a celebration.  It is a place of joy and life and love.
"I am my beloveds and He is mine....His banner over me is love."  A joyous occasion...I am His and He is Mine.  He loves me and I love Him.  Jesus my sole desire.  The one that I seek...The one my soul longs for.  There is none like Him.  No one can satisfy like Him.  I am reminded to pursue Him over earthly desires.  For He is sweeter...He is pure...He will satisfy the longings of my heart.  He says, "If you seek me, you shall find me."  I will seek the one my heart does love!