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Monday, August 5, 2013

Could I Ask You For Some Prayers?

Today is my first day working at our local pregnancy helpline. I am so excited and a tad bit nervous. I greatly anticipate seeing the Lord at work in the lives and hearts of the young women that come to us for help. Please pray that God will give me wisdom in my words.

This verse really stood out to me as I was in the Word this morning. Jesus is praying to His Father before He and His disciples go to the Garden of Gethsemane. John 17:26, "And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." Jesus' whole ministry on earth was teaching us to love one another as the Father loves us. As Jesus prayed this prayer,  He was preparing for the final act of love for us. When I look at Jesus' life and see how He loved, I realize that love is not a material thing. Christ's love was in the actions He took, the words He said, the time He spent, and the deep, wholehearted love and concern that He shared. His type of love was not simply a once in a while donation. It was a lifestyle of loving people.

My prayer today is that I might love like Christ. Could you please keep me in your prayers as well? I would be extremely grateful.

2 comments:

Daughter of Eve said...

You are in my prayers. =)

Hannah's Reading Room said...

Thank you so much!
Today went great. It was a slow day but that was good because it gave me a chance to figure things out and read up on all of their literature. :-)