My eyes were barely open. I was still in bed. I took a few minutes, regardless, to worship the Lord and told Him how much I love Him! The dream of yesterday's time together was still fresh on my mind.
Looking at the time, I picked up my cell and connected with my prayer pal. Might as well get the prayer line going! She showered me with bold and encouraging words! She was holding strong with her own dilemmas and added mine to her list. I wasted no time in throwing on my RED sneakers and headed out for an early prayer walk. I was eager to hear from God on the matter.
I did have an overwhelming peace.
That's a GOOD sign!
I was about a mile from my house. I had left the development and headed out into the real world to walk for a bit. For a quarter mile, I'd be on a busy road with traffic, but soon enough, I'd be back on a walking path that's more subdued. It was the perfect prayer trail!
As I stepped off the curb to quickly cross the street, BOOM! down I went. YIKES! I don't know what happened, but there I lay on the main road, my knee bleeding and my ankle twisted. Oh no! I couldn't get up for the life of me, and the traffic light had changed to green. There I was crawling to the sidewalk to get out of the way. Looking back on it now... I can laugh, but at the time, it was a little scary. I quickly assessed the situation. The wind had been knocked out of me. With that, I hobbled back to the development. Perhaps I was meant to stay closer to home for the day?
I got home just fine, but by then my ankle was black and blue and the size of a baseball. I situated myself on the lanai, by the pool, and wrapped my ankle with an ice pack. There I stayed for the rest of the day... worshipping and praying, all the same. It was a profitable time of prayer. The peace of God surrounded me.
Regarding my personal dilemma, the Lord kept saying...
"Speak it out, Gail!
Speak it into existence!"
And so, I did just that. Between words of prayer and songs of worship, I called out the promises of God - not in hope that they will happen, but as if they already are happening! I will continue in this fashion until I see it!
"...even God, who quickens the dead,
and calls those things which be not
as though they were."
Romans 4:17b KJV
My prayer pal is doing just the same. We are in one accord on this! There's no way, I'm going to let her climb to the top of God's majestic mountain alone and get the victory. How awful would that be for her to plunge in her personal flag of conquest on the mountaintop, while I retreated to the valley in despair, a loser? Yeah... there's no way I'm going to let that happen. We are in this together to WIN!
"If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Romans 8:37
"A three-fold cord is not easily broken!" Ecclesiastes 4:12
"Pray without ceasing!" 1 Thessalonians 5:17
"To Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us..." Ephesians 3:20
What's this I found in the back of my prayer closet? I do believe it's referred to as "Old Pentecostal Prayer." Man... I haven't used this in decades! I'm trusting it still works!!!
God must have something BIG in store
to pull this out of the closet!
This is a spiritual battle of great magnitude, but my friend and I are praying it down until we get the victory! Old Pentecostal Prayer is the perfect weapon of choice!
In Red Shoes,
Gail
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