Jesus prays for me? What?!?!?

Okay... so for the last few weeks, I have been jumping into the word like crazy. It's almost become an obsession of mine. I can't seem to get enough of the bible and what it has to say. Now it's not because I got nothing better to do or feel this total purpose -aka- guilt to read the bible but instead, feel this peace about me and I almost feel like that window of communication with that amazing God of ours, is getting bigger. I am understanding more and the more I understand... it seems like God says... "Okay, here one more piece of the puzzle to your divine purpose I made for you!" It's amazing!!!

Anyways... way off subject!

This week, I have been teaching myself about prayer and how important it is to pray. Now for some people, the only time they pray is right before taking a pregancy test or an exam at school but for some others... it's only when life totally roars out of control and the only one that seems to listen, is God. Okay wait... Those were my only reasons to pray. WELL, the only reasons and times I "use" to pray.

See I felt ridiculas to sit in a room and talk to someone that I didn't see and then, if someone else heard me praying... WOW! Then I would always question, how do we ever really know if God heard us?

Hello!?!?!?

In the world according to WIKIAnwsers... there are over 2.1 billion Christians in the world. Now being the bunisess math geek that I am... I have to put numbers on this whole ordeal... So let's just say, that 1% of that 2.1 billion Christians pray at once. That's 21,000,000 people praying at one time. Now being that I am female and we are gifted with this amazing talent to follow a conversation with a couple of people at once, there is no way I could follow 21 million people talking at once! Yeah, not so much!!! NOW let's say that out of the 21 million praying at once... 1% has "real" needs. Meaning family members dying, lost job or something that is really terrible happening in their life... that is 21,000. Okay... are you seeing where my problem comes in. I find it hard to believe anything going on in my life, out numbers any of those other prayers, so why would mine be heard by my God? Why would my prayer mean anything to Him? I mean God has more important things to worry about, then Christina here in little old Spokane! Well, today's lesson... really did a number on me today!

So I am going through the regular bible verses this online bible study tells me to read. Going through and basically reading the same thing over and over again, but just in different text.

First, Moses Prayed and from what I understand, Moses is considered the founder of the church body. Don't hold me to that now, because I could be way off track since I am still learning!!!! However, that is what I am getting out all the stuff I have read. So if our founder and/or leader does this, they are showing us a model of how God wants us to live. Moses wasn't above God anymore than we are, so if Moses needs to pray... we need to pray too and realize... Moses was choosen to part seas. So what quilifies us to thinking we don't need prayer in our life!

Secondly, Jesus Prayed. Okay...now this was a little hard for me to really grasp. Why would Jesus pray? This man who can heal the blind and leprosy with just His words. Am I the only one that finds this a little baffling? Then I read this bible verse... Luke 22.31-32 which is....

"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers."

Holy cow! Right there in front of my eyes, is the most amazing passage ever and totally talks to my heart and I stop and just chew on that. The whole idea that Jesus knows, "we" are sinners, we basically suck ~ in modern terms! We will be tempted by Satan and we WILL fail. God knows this, He actually expects it from us almost. However, Jesus knows and loves us so much, that He still prays for me knowing I will fail Him! I don't know if that talks to your heart but that talks wonders to mine. I think about people that just rub me the wrong way, over and over again or how about someone from my past that has really hurt me. How quick I am to banish them from my life and loose any possible link to them. I can't imagen praying over and over again for that person, knowing they will still continue to hurt me.

Our God is so amazing and everyday I am just blown away by Him more and more! Well, think that is enough for now... but pretty sure tomorrow's blog will still be on this passage because man, there is just so much in these two sentences! WOW!!! I am still in awe!!! My mind is still in over-load just trying to grasp everything in those two verses.

Prayer Requests...

1) Mara's dad had surgery yesterday... Pray for his recovery and for the family. I can't imagen all the emotions they must be going through.

2) Andy's mission trip down in Mexico. Whatever God has planned for that man, I pray it's amazing and something sensational. Also still pray for Faith and Chad's recovery too and getting thier lives back in order.

3) Mel, a girl from my church. She has a lot of things going on around her and really just needs to know that people are praying for her. SO let's send so many prayers and blessings her way, that it will be a little overwhelming for her! Plus she asked for prayer... so when someone steps out for prayer. You know they need it!!!! SO PRAY!

4) My move... pray that everything that needs to get done, gets done and whatever I think I should worry about, turns into a blessing and maybe a good laugh!

Thank you Jesus... I can't wait for more time with you tomorrow!