Hearts of Fire Prayer Warriors
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Prayer Warriors:
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Purpose: The Hearts on Fire Prayer Warriors are an intercessory Ministry that serves as a prayer support system for our St. Paul Church family, our staff, and for people throughout our city, state, nation and world.
Regular Meeting Place & Time: St. Paul Lutheran Church, fourth Monday of the month at 11:00 AM How you can help: If you have prayer request, please fill out a prayer card or contact a prayer warriors with a request. The warriors are available to pray with you after each of our services and all requests are held in confidence. |
In this second month of the calendar year in previous years, our minds would have been filled with such thoughts as these:
How to tweak our new year resolutions to be able to keep them in some fashion & still meet our goal
What cards, candy, flowers need to be purchased
When to begin to prepare our yard for spring planting (and how many plants have to be replaced)
At the risk of sounding repetitive, this year is not like any in the past. These are “uncharted waters” for which we need a pilot. God is our pilot, the One who will lead us, but ... we need to LISTEN for his guiding instructions. Note the term is LISTEN not HEAR. “Hearing” is an automatic response to sound waves vibrating our ear drums, stimulating inner ear processes resulting in the auditory nerve sending signals to the brain where we “hear”. We do nothing; it is part of God’s magnificent creation that we “hear”.
On the other hand, “listening” requires our participation. It requires concentration to process meaning from words we “hear”. To “listen” for God’s guidance in these times requires us to prayerfully read, study, & consider His Words as found in the Bible.
“Speak for your servant is listening.” I Samuel 3: 10b (NIV)
Dear Lord, As we read and study Your word, open our ears, minds, & hearts so that we LISTEN to Your words for us. In Your holy name, we ask this. Amen.
How to tweak our new year resolutions to be able to keep them in some fashion & still meet our goal
What cards, candy, flowers need to be purchased
When to begin to prepare our yard for spring planting (and how many plants have to be replaced)
At the risk of sounding repetitive, this year is not like any in the past. These are “uncharted waters” for which we need a pilot. God is our pilot, the One who will lead us, but ... we need to LISTEN for his guiding instructions. Note the term is LISTEN not HEAR. “Hearing” is an automatic response to sound waves vibrating our ear drums, stimulating inner ear processes resulting in the auditory nerve sending signals to the brain where we “hear”. We do nothing; it is part of God’s magnificent creation that we “hear”.
On the other hand, “listening” requires our participation. It requires concentration to process meaning from words we “hear”. To “listen” for God’s guidance in these times requires us to prayerfully read, study, & consider His Words as found in the Bible.
“Speak for your servant is listening.” I Samuel 3: 10b (NIV)
Dear Lord, As we read and study Your word, open our ears, minds, & hearts so that we LISTEN to Your words for us. In Your holy name, we ask this. Amen.
