for a cause!

Today is the first day I have felt led to fast for a cause! I woke up early and immediately began praying - that's pretty normal - but I usually fall back to sleep - today I was really awake! I felt led to pray through our house situation and did, then I felt led to pray for this cause that someone posted on Facebook yesterday - an article I didn't even read - just saw the headline of. Here is the link...

http://www.christianpost.com/news/christians-in-nigeria-ask-for-prayers-as-187-school-girls-still-held-captive-by-suspected-boko-haram-group-118570/

So these 187 girls are being held by an extremist muslim group ... who the officials think they want to force into marriage and caring for them. The girls are from the same christian village and attended a western type school that these men attacked. Their parents must be frantic - the girls overwhelmed and terrified. I felt God wanted me to help surround them with His protection and prayer, His angels and His comfort. That he wanted them all safe and together to feel His love and care for them. I pray they do indeed feel His great love for them. I prayed for the girls who are leaders to encourage and bolster the more fearful ones and that they would all be wise and clever as they deal with their abductors. I prayed for these men to see Jesus hand in these girls lives, see His power displayed in their midst, prayed that His name would be given great glory.

I hope there is news soon - truly I hope these girls are safe. I am fasting through lunch to pray for these girls.

I prayed also for the girls in the safe houses of LOVE146 as well - prayed for their healing and comfort and for their fear to be wiped away - for the Spirit to overwhelm them with His power to make them whole again.

Even though I can't say I felt the Lord's presence per se - I did feel Him directing my prayers - I knew just what to pray - just what to ask for. It was a great experience - the kind where time stands still and moves fast all at the same time. Where you KNOW work is getting DONE!!!

The Lord gave me a direct word for Phil and for our house situation as well ... I don't want to go into the details but He asked us to dream big and expect big things .... so now I am really excited to see what He does!! He gets all the glory!!!