Tag: 21days

Busy Day

Hello, 2026! Woo hoo!

My once blank calendar is being filled with appointments. I have the mundane and also have things to look forward to.

Today is one of those days when there is a lot to do. I need to…I want to. How to fit it all into the day?

Our church begins each year with 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. During the week, service starts at 6am and on Saturday it’s at 9am. Building a habit to read scripture and to pray takes time. But it is so beautiful to see the line of cars pulling into the church so early in the morning.

It’s a great way to start the day. But if I am not careful, it will be just that one hour. I will leave the service and immediately start to think, “Ok, that’s done. What’s next?”

God doesn’t just want the first hour of my day. He wants my heart.

He doesn’t want to just be on my to-do list. He wants my heart.

As I was praying this morning, I was reminded that His Spirit lives in me. I carry Him with me throughout my day.

When I constantly surrender myself to Him, I hear His voice. He will tell me which way to go.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him….

In all your ways – everything you do, trust Him, don’t try to figure everything out. Submit to Him.

You want to stop being confused? Stop trying to figure everything out. Trust Him.

The verses from Proverbs 3 also come with a promise.

…and He will make your paths straight.

I have always wanted God to just give me the outline of the next year, month or day of my life. So I know what to expect. So I know how to prepare. Basically, so I can control.

But He wants me to trust Him. To submit, to surrender. To abandon my life – in all areas to Him.

And He promises to guide and direct me. He doesn’t leave me! He also promises an abundant life. His ways are higher and better.

Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief. Grow my faith and trust. I give You this day and my agenda. Help me to hear your voice.

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Prayer

Our church has 21 Days of Prayer in both January and August. On weekdays it starts at 6 am.

It is amazing to see a line of cars pulling into the church parking lot shortly before 6 am. I hope that never becomes too familiar that I’m not thankful for it.

This year, the first Monday of prayer was actually the first day of school for many in the area.

Still, the cars were filing into the parking lot.

There was worship, a short message and then we prayed individually for 20-25 minutes. We then regrouped about 6:45 for another time of worship and corporate prayer.

The first day of school. 6 am. And the young people were there leading the way.

Scores of teens were seeking fervently after God.

There were parents with their kids. Dressed and ready for school but starting with prayer.

Prayer is not rote. Webster defines rote as “mechanical or unthinking routine or repetition” and “the use of memory usually with little intelligence.” That is not prayer!

Prayer is a conversation with the almighty God. It is interactive. It is worshipful. It is holy. It is emotional.

I am so grateful for this reset in my prayer life. If I’m honest, most of my prayers had become rote. I repeated phrases but didn’t have any thought or intelligence to it. Certainly there was no emotion.

Watching these people drive in at 6 am, watching the young people raise their hands, watching the parents lay hands on their kids…it reminds me that God is big. He has all of the answers and wants to hear from us, His kids.

He loves us so very much.