Tonight seven of us met to pray for tomorrow when we wrap up the week long Daniel Fast. We prayed for people to increase their desire for God and we prayed for God to grant us freedom from sin, addictions and the past. Before we prayed we talked about our experience fasting this week.

Today a group of men met @indiancreek café, Olathe campus, at 6 am as we have been for the last 5 weeks. We’ve been on what I call a “burst” of spiritual growth. We meet on the weeks between community group semesters.

This was definitely the best day so far. My body seems to have accepted the new diet and I don't feel the cravings that I did. That doesn't mean my mind has turned off but this is much more comfortable.

Giving God the Stiff Arm I was out on a run recently using the time to think and pray. I was reflecting on some choices I made recently that didn’t turn out so great. My thoughts were part lament and part confession when God got my attention.

Today I was asked to speak a few minutes and then lead a prayer for unity in the church of KC at the Citywide Prayer. I prayed asking God to give me His words to speak. In my preparation I began to believe He was.

This is the third blog about the three prayers God asked me to pray. The first was to be humble. The second was to invite His discipline. The third thing God asked me to do was to accept His pruning. I didn't know much about pruning but I knew I didn't like prunes! And I was pretty sure that pruning meant cutting and cutting meant pain. I could guess that the things that would get cut were probably things I liked but Jesus didn't. In short, I wasn't looking forward to the process. I can't stress how much I did not want to pray these prayers!  Read on...

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The second prayer God had me pray was to invite discipline. As you can imagine I didn't want to pray this prayer any more than I wanted to ask for humility. My solace was that the scripture says in Hebrews that God disciplines everyone that He loves and it is part of how He treats us like a son. So I prayed the prayer out of obedience.

I've learned a few things since I began this prayer...

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Today I continue the series on Dangerous Prayers. This blog is full of potential landmines so let me say from the very beginning, I’m not humble and proud of it! I don’t think I’ve arrived when it comes to understanding humility. And I often fail in applying what I do know. And I’m not just being humble. Can you see the problem here?
However, since God asked me to pray for humility I’ve learned a few things. First off I’ve learned...

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Lately I’m struck by a simple but powerful truth. I’ve often heard prayers that call for God to “show up”, “come”, “be here now”, etc. In fact I’m sure I’ve offered more than my share of them. Recently I’ve been praying a better prayer and that is--for God to reveal Himself. He is here He doesn’t need to “come”. What we need is to see, feel, perceive, and believe that He is. I think that is what I’m truly requesting...

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If you've had a big prayer burden for this trip then I know why. I can't tell you online the reasons but I want you to know you aren't crazy. God is up to BIG things even miraculous things! I can't wait to share personally!

Here's one thing I can share...

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Two years ago I was on a two week mission trip. During the trip I got to know my translator, a university student well. We had lots of time to talk on the bus between stops. She was dating a young man who was not a believer and she questioned whether she should stay in the relationship. At the end of the trip our team gathered around her and prayed that she would discern God’s will. Most importantly, we prayed that the boyfriend would choose life in Christ. She felt like God told her to stay in the relationship and be a witness to her boyfriend. We supported her decision...

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I want to see us give God our first and our best in 2010. I believe this is the year where we connect the fruitful mission of our past to an even more fruitful future. It is the year of our 25^th Anniversary at Indian Creek and I can’t wait to see what great things God will do through us in the Next 25 yrs!

I’ve prayed about how to start this year with a Godward focus...to read the post click on the title.

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We are in a message series at Indian Creek, "I Need a Miracle." God is proving Faithful. This miracle comes through answered prayer. I'm withholding the name and I've changed some of the non-essential details because it is a story in progress. However, I've been encouraged to share it by the person living it to motivate others to pray. Belinda and I consider it a privilege to pray for others. What a joy to be used by God to accomplish His purposes.  

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