So About Those Prayers...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about God calling me to be devoted to prayer....and this week I've been focusing on that again.


I prayed very diligently (and by that, I mean long, labored prayers of war against the Enemy) for a while, and then I didn't pray as hard anymore. Why? Part of it was busyness. Everything about my life changed and my focus pulled me everywhere but toward prayer. Part of it, though, was Satan. I'm sure of it. He's not crazy about people going to prayer-war for other people. He'll use any tactic he has to derail the project.

But this week God called me back to it, and I love the way He started it.

It began on Tuesday, when we did a show with an author named James Banks. He wrote a book called Prayers for Prodigals. Amazing book. I can't wait to buy it. It has 90 days of conversational prayers he wrote as he prayed for his two prodigal children. While I listened to his discussion with Lynne, I heard him say God has called us to be part of His search and rescue mission for lost souls.

I grabbed my journal (I've learned to take it into the studio with me because I never know when "a moment" might present itself) and scribbled down "Why did You call me for this mission?...Are You disappointed in my weakness?"

And I'll admit...I did feel like a failure. God has entrusted me with the assignment to pray for my friend, and I haven't thrown as much of myself into this as I could have...as I should have. But God wasn't done speaking on the subject:

The next morning, I was getting ready to tweet (yes, I tweet for work...still cracks me up), and I saw this from Beth Moore: "Aren't we still a little amazed at times that prayer actually works? Last night I asked God to wake me up early, rested, and ready to go, and He did. Today let's pray for something we normally wouldn't think to ask God for. Maybe alertness? opportunity? Perception? Vision? Ask, seek, knock."

Not a moment later, I saw another tweet - this time from a woman named Susie Larson. She said, "God moves on the prayers of His people. Kind of amazing when you think about it."

Not only has God called me to participate in His "search and rescue" mission, but He reminded me that He answers those prayers. He moves. The words I have prayed, even if not as numerous as possible, are not lost.

I'm thankful for that. And as I renewed my commitment to be a prayer warrior, I wrote in the journal, This is an enormous calling. Sustain me in this journey.