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Early Morning Prayer.....

When my alarm went off this morning at 5:45 I was not impressed at the thought of clambering out of warm, cozy bed to the cold, wet world facing me outside my bedroom door! However I managed to force myself into a state of consciousness and get to early morning prayer by the unearthly hour of 6:30 am. When there, my sleepy state was rudely awoken by the text that lay in front of me. "Tell God that you want to love him as he desires you to 'Let you will be done in my life Lord' ". We also focused on Hosea 6:6 'I don't want your sacrifices - I want your love; I don't want your offerings - I want you to know me' both of these statements really challenged me. Do I know God as well as I should do? Do I spend enough time in His word and in prayer to intensify and deepen that relationship with Him? My head has been buzzing from thoughts, ideas, concepts and dreams since reading this a couple of hours ago; I know that I have got a lot of things to journal, pray and discuss this week. I also know that the effort at 5:45 to get out of bed to get to early morning prayer was truly worth the energy and has set me up for the rest of the week!!!



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Hannah Douglas said…
Really encouraging blog - great to know you've joined the blogosphere! I'll definitely be stopping here regularly. Your early start was worth it - you were a big help yesterday and you are a blessing to the team at Sawyers. Go girl!

Love Hannahx
27 November 2007 at 14:46
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