A new year is off to a start.
Small group will begin imminently
and the school semester is already underway.
coming out of the ministry team meeting
on the way home my thoughts led to leading small group this year
and also wanting to start a prayer ministry at school
i dont know where this desire keeps coming from
whether it is just me wanting to seek recognition and praise
and feel like somebody important
or if it is a vision or heart God is giving to me for his purposes
but whatever i do i don't want to do it for my own glory
i need to acknowledge these motives come with serving and building up my gifts and abilities and i need to deal with it humbly.
Lord maybe it is my heart to intercede that is coming out
I want to be a woman of prayer
someone who prays for people and meets them spirit to spirit
i want to be centered and bring a presence when i am with others
perhaps this year's theme is exactly what i need to work on - stepping up.
it's time to step up and start living and being and transforming into
the woman that i am called to be, that i envision myself to be for God
it's time to cast aside all the filth and be set apart
i will no longer defile myself.
