Hi Everyone,

I just had to post a praise report today.   I have been really struggling the past couple of weeks with some issues.  I was watching Joel Osteen, I think it was Valentines Day, and he said the neatest thing.  To pray in advance.  Before monday rolls around and you know that those days are hard days for you, pray friday or saturday or sunday about monday.  Pray in advance so that your spirit man is covered.  You know how the verse goes "Do not worry about anything, instead pray about everything, thank God for what He has done..."  I have adapted that prayerful spirit, and I am telling you everyday I have prayed and prayed, the big stuff, the little stuff and I am seeing those prayers answered one after the other.   Praying to work harder, be in a better mood, be more helpful to those around me, praying for people that are having a hard day.  All these things and I am seeing God move all over the place.  I have watched Him change my attitude towards things, people, I have watched Him take worry from my heart and heal me.  I have watched Him literally take a bad attitude in those around me and humble them.  I am just in awe of His powerful works.   Everyday more and more I am seeing His change in my life and in the lives of those around me.  I am so thankful that He spoke to me through Joel Osteen AGAIN  and helped me to see that praying ahead of time really does make a difference, and staying in a prayerful spirit really makes a difference in everyday life.   

And, I have learned by watching my best friend Stacey (love ya Timon)  in how to hand all things over to God and allow Him to lead me.  When she came to visit me last summer, I remember sitting there listening to her talk about things and seeing how much she leaned on God for everything, it inspired me greatley.  It made me really look at my life and see that I had a lot to pray about!   I prayed that I could be like her...asking Him before I did things, making sure everything in my life was 100% covered by God.  Now she would argue with me that she isn't perfect,  that she has her times of struggle, but I know that deep in her heart, God is her EVERYTHING.  That is how I want to be.  I wanna be like Stacey when I grow up!    I cannot thank her enough for being such an inspiration to me.  It has made a ginormous difference in my life and my relationship with our Father.   

God answers prayers, He hears His children, and He loves us beyond anything we could ever imagine. 

God also healed a family friend of mine, Jan, from Cancer! 

I am so blessed to be loved by God!

God is good my friends.  Stick close to Him and pray, pray, pray!

Love you all,

Marci