stop and pray

family

we didn't stop and pray last nite. It's funny cos zee, myles and I were together but we forgot.

So if you read this during the day/nite, add to my prayers...

LORD

i feel the need to draw near to you - it's why i remembered that we hadn't prayed together. it's what i love about the nite, Lord, it's like the world has gone to sleep but you and me.

i'm missing you tonite and i think it's because i saw a lot of people in need today and it reminded me how important it is to build real relationships. that even your loved ones don't know who you are, how you're feeling, how you're coping with life.

I pray for our 40days group LORD, help us to build real relationships with each other. To speak the truth in love to each other, to support each other, to encourage each other, to accept each other with all our strengths and weaknesses.

I'm still adjusting to what it means to lean on others - my brothers and sisters are the physical representations of you. It's for that reason that I need them most.

I pray for our church LORD. Teach us LORD. Help us to seek you in everything we do. Help us to build your kingdom and not our own. Help us to work on your body LORD and not just our patch. Renew our minds LORD and fill us with your spirit. Help us to learn from our mistakes so we can be better at harvesting, better at building disciples who will go out and save the multitudes.

LORD, you know i'm not big on sameness. I know you've given us such variety in our church because we need each other to strengthen our weaknesses. I pray for the leadership team LORD. Help us to lead my example - not our own but your example.

Don't let us be a church that only builds on earth LORD, help us to prepare those you have given us for your eternal purposes. What good is a large church LORD if when we get to heaven there are only a few of us? A large church on earth means nothing if it's not a large church in eternity.

LORD help us to communicate with each other. Bind us together LORD, show us how to stand in the gap for each other. Help us to meet real needs, help us to listen. Don't let us build a house on sand LORD.

All this means one thing to me LORD.

Help us to love.

To love you and all those you give us.

I stumble all the time at loving those around me...it always brings me back to you. Teach us HOW to love LORD.

In your AWESOME life changing name, my Lord and Saviour.