March 11, 2010

Favourite prayer resources

Posted in Prayers at 2:27 pm by Tara

I am heading off to Asia on Sunday for 6 weeks.  Maybe while I am away, I will have more time to myself so instead of one essay every 3-6 weeks, I can enter short entries every few days, hahah!

As I head off, I was thinking about the prayer resources I will bring with me.  One of my all time favourites is the Power of Praying series by Stormie O’Martian.  When I first went through the series, it really set me on track for paying for my husband and kids.  I had made an effort to include Sarah-Anne and my niece & nephew in the daily readings and prayers but now that there are 8 of them altogether, along with a whole bunch of kids that I want to be in prayer for within my community, it will be an interesting journey, learning how to pray for them individually and using God’s voice & heart instead of mine.

Miena inspired me the other day with a comment.  Instead of going through the book for both boys daily and in order, she prayed specifically each day for each boy and spent time asking God for what the boy needed prayer for, and randomly chose a chapter as a supplement. 

I think I will probably also bring my favourite book on listening prayer by Brad Jersak and maybe even “Face to Face” from Kenneth Boa.  Any other suggestions from you guys?

Considering I have about 10 books to read to catch up on for my history course, I have decided against bringing “Redeeming Love” the fictitious novel based on the book of Hosea.  Boy, was that a good read.

I am sad to be away from my church family for Easter.  This will be the first Easter away since I gave my life over.  It may or may not seem trivial to others, but the first service I ever went to was just before the Passion of the Christ was released, and that was the beginning of my journey.  Almost 2 years later, I gave my life over and shared my testimony on a Good Friday service.  I know that Easter is a time of  joy for our salvation for EVERY Christian, but for me, the meaning of victory over death, over my crowns and over my flesh is so powerful and I love the journey every spring, sharing my reflections with my community and praying over the 36 hours with my family.

I have a glimmer of hope that in China & Hong Kong, we will find a church community that Hung might be drawn to and with no language barriers, where he might hear the Spirit with clarity.  In heart, I will be praying with Southside and maybe this Easter, God will do the same for Hung that He did for me 6 years ago.

(I am laughing out loud right now because I just check the word count and this could pass for a basic 100-level paper… sigh!)

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