We've been encouraged at True North Church during the first part of this new year to evaluate the person we think God wants us to be... and then really try to focus in and determine maybe one thing God wants to do in us during this year. We studied the words of Paul in Phil 3:10... "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection..."
We have been challenged to think about these things... 1. Know God, 2. Experience His power, 3. Grow in holiness.
After thinking forward into the new year and evaluating who I think God wants me to become in 2011 I began to focus in on a few words that I thought might motivate me throughout the year. We were challenged to narrow everything down to one thing (if possible) rather than make a bunch of useless resolutions that we'll never stick to. Many folks have jumped on this idea of one thing and some of the words for the year are "grow", "learn", "now", "give", "confidence", "discipline", "power" and the list goes on.
For me, there are several things I believe God wants to push me and challenge me with this year. Those challenges include persevering and taking care of myself, taking passionate risks for Him, practicing righteousness more and more... but the one word that stands out to me for this year is "pray". I believe God wants me to activate my faith a bit more this year by being aggressive to pray when I know I need to. I want to pray about things rather than talk about things... I want to pray about things rather than think about things... I want to pray about things rather than complain about things this year.
I want to be courageous and pray ridiculous prayers believing God for the miraculous in everyday life. If God can part the seas... if He can make the sun stand still... he certainly can help me run my business effectively... he can certainly help me lose the necessary pounds to live a better life... he can certainly help overcome temptation and live righteously... can't He?
So, pray for me as I pursue changing my life this year and dedicate myself to PRAY... and make prayer a natural, normal part of my life.
We were encouraged to post it... make my one thing for 2011 known... so there it is... my one thing - PRAY!
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