Fast Forward Day 9–CHANGE
Hey guys, I am just checking in to see how you are doing with the fast. This is Day 9 for Ps Joe and myself and we are right on track, feeling great and resetting some horrible habits and patterns. It is so amazing how through the days and months, we lose track of what is good and right and how God originally designed this body to function.
We have determined to turn off the news and spend more time in worship and prayer. I keep watching in hopes of some “good news” but I have been watching a long time and the news has never changed. Mostly depressing, devil lifting up, gospel putting down stories from people who don’t love God or His ways. The Lord didn’t lead us to particularly fast media but as we enjoy our time with Him more and more, it just seems to be a natural inclination.
Church yesterday was powerful. The worship was so intense and the Spirit of the Lord was ever present. Many people were touched by His power in such a tangible way. It seemed as though many were breaking through in areas of worship and I know that only time will tell what is happening as we continue to consecrate our “temples” in fasting, prayer and giving.
In my prayer time early this morning I felt the Lord speak a simple word to me. CHANGE! Now, I don’t have the complete interpretation of that as of yet, but I already feel myself changing. I know that change starts inwardly. I must decide to change, or should I say, I must decide to allow Him to make the changes in me. The older I get, the harder it seems to change. It’s easy to get in a rut, and do the same things everyday, but for me to go higher in his ways, to reach further to the lost, to take hold of “Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done,” and cause heaven to be established on the earth, I MUST CHANGE, and somehow I don’t think I am the only one!
I know that 2009 will not be without its challenges, but I look forward to this new year embracing the continual change God will make in me. I am desperate to hear His voice and walk in His ways. I must shut off the noise of the world and “tune my heart to sing His praise” in every situation.
2 Cor. 3:18 says, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
So the question is this, will you join me? It’s the only way we will move through this year, full of faith and expectation for all He has in store for us. Feel free to email me with prayer requests or praise reports. We are sharing them with our people to encourage their faith.
Till next time–Ps Becky