As I was reading a Psalm, I just got a picture of the kind of person I want to be. I want to know I am beautiful and valuable...that the world needs me. I want to be someone who is quick to offer a smile or a hug. I want to speak the truth and pray powerfully. I want to be full of joy even when the world is falling apart around me. I want to be full of faith in God.
I'm not there yet. I have very little faith. Lord, please increase my faith this semester. Please answer prayers. Please unite Intervarsity together in Christ that the world may know that Jesus is LORD. Teach us how to pray according to Your Spirit. In Jesus' name, Amen.
I've been thinking about the types of prayers we offer. A lot of mine don't sound very right...just kinda weak and without heart. So I looked to see how Jesus prays in John 17.
Jesus seems to pray a lot about unity. "I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me."
So it would appear that believers need to be unified together in Christ in order for the world to believe that Jesus is from God. That's intense, big-picture stuff. So as I brainstorm what the prayer group should pray about, I think unity is key especially since Jesus prayed about it for us thousands of years ago already.
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