pray 4 cbc ends in a week, but don't stop praying!

As we come into the last week of the 100 days of praying for CBC, I was scrolling thru some of my past blog entries. This has been kind of like journaling for me - I'm not a very dedicated journaler, lately it's been about 5-10 times a year, which is to say not very consistently. So this has been a kind of substitute journal. And as I read my old posts, I discovered that back in October, I wrote: I've been praying that God would grow me as a leader. Maybe I need to pray that I become a better follower . . . following Him.

And it occurs to me that God has been answering that prayer to be a better follower, and that in being a better follower, I feel better about being a leader. Last week I shared in the message about how I have felt a new level of power (and less need to rehearse), and also how I have felt greater peace to trust Him for some difficult conversations. In both cases, I haven't done anything differently, but there is a sense of more freedom to allow God to take charge, to be able to listen and not stress about what to say, to trust that He will guide my words and use them, to not take control, to not stress, to not feel responsible for things I can't control; in essense, to follow. Hmm . . . kinda neat, huh?

That's why I should get back to journaling. I don't remember praying that prayer, but since I wrote it down in the blog, I can see that God has answered in pretty significant ways. So many of my prayers are not specific and quantifiable (like that one). How many other prayers have I prayed and forgotten, and didn't recognize that He answered?


So thanks again to all of you who have been praying for me. I really hope you won't stop praying for me and for CBC. On Sunday there's going to be a little survey for you all to fill out because we want to know what God is doing in your lives as you pray. For you faithful blog readers, here's the 2 questions that I think are going to be on the questionnaire (I'm writing it, so I have the inside scoop :) but it might change before it goes to print). You can be thinking about them:

What prayers has God answered for you and/or for CBC?
In what way has praying changed you, made a difference, or revealed something to you?

And don't feel you have to write a lot or make it complicated. I'm compiling the answers, and it's a lot easier if your answers are brief, to the point . . . and legible!!!!