A Resolution

I was really touched by a pastor friend of ours whom we have known for a very long time. I don't even remember when was the last time I saw him, probabaly a couple years ago, but he left Texas when I was probably 6 or 7 (wow, it was a long time ago, I don't even remember). But after all these years, he still keeps in contact with us, visits us whenever he's in town or just gives us a little phone call. It's amazing how out of all the people in our old church, my family is the one he remembers. But the one thing that really touched me was when he told us that every Friday, he prays specifically for my family. I find that so encouraging, that after all these years he even sets a specific day to pray for us every week.

I'm not sure if you are already doing this, but I'd like to encourage you to incorporate prayer with your Bible reading. To be more specific, I'd like us to take up this challenge...
CHALLENGE: Choose a specific person to pray for on a specific day (ex. Joe on Monday, John on Tuesday, Jeremy on Wednesday, etc. whoever your friends/family are) and pray for that person once every week.

I'm doing it. Take this challenge with me. If you feel comfortable, you can share any prayer requests you'd want the bloggers to pray for in the comment section. Happy New Year! You know, I have a good feeling about the year 2009. Something BIG is going to happen this year.

As a little extra, I'd like to share this blog by Anberlin's singer Stephen Christian that really touched me and might touch you as well:
http://modesty.blogspot.com/2008/12/reject-acceptance-accept-rejection.html

*Wow, a lot of things touched me! Sorry, I've got no other word to describe it.