I wanted to take a minute and just thank God for all of the amazing things that I have seen this year. All of the healings and manifestations of His presence that I have been priviledged to witness. It is astounding what God is doing in this Earth right now. There is so much heartache and pain and suffering around the world that we so often don't see or even hear about what God is doing. I am so grateful for this journey that He has taken me on!
He has exceeded my expectations all over the place. For starters... I have never finished a New Year's Resolution before. But beyond that, one of my dreams has always been to travel the world. I started a family when I was very young and missed out on that opportunity. Through the internet, I have been able to travel... well my words and my experiences have traveled anyway, to every continent - except Antarctica :)
I can't even begin to tell you how many people in different countries have found my blog - because Blogger only shows the top 10 - :( I am guessing it is somewhere around 30 countries, maybe more. To be honest, I am not even sure how people found it being that I only gave the web address to a few close friends. I get so excited though when I login almost every night and I see the different countries turn green on the little map. I am getting to spread the Good News that Jesus is Lord and He is Alive and He still heals and cares throughout the world without leaving my bedroom! That still astounds me!
Well Thank You, God, again, for an amazing 364 days! I cannot wait to see what You are going to do in 2012!
Love,
Cara
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Day 364 - December 31, 2011
Today is the last day of 2011. The completion of another year and this New Year's Resolution. I spent the last half hour of 2011 (and a few minutes into 2012) in prayer and just talking with the Lord.
It is amazing the wonderful things that He will share with us if we are willing to listen. His hopes, His designs, His plans. I was sharing with a young lady yesterday about how, if we are willing, God will talk with us like we talk with each other. He is that friend who is closer than a brother. I was sitting down to lunch and felt this intense bout of loneliness all by myself in this house (Something I would normally cherish!) Then I thought that there is no reason that I should eat lunch by myself. I invited the Lord to sit down and have lunch with me. His response: "It's been quite awhile."
She asked me, "Do you mean that He talks just like you and I talk." Yes. That is what I mean. He is just longing for someone to listen...
I think I just got my answer... I had been asking God, as this year and this blog have come to a close... what to do in 2012? I think I will make time each day to stop and listen to Him. I think I will continue to post it on here as a way to keep me accountable. (If I don't write for a couple of days I have some ladies that come after me! LOL) I hope that what I do is pleasing to Him. I know that this will be a great adventure in my walk with Him. I pray that everyone has an awesome adventure with God this year!
It is amazing the wonderful things that He will share with us if we are willing to listen. His hopes, His designs, His plans. I was sharing with a young lady yesterday about how, if we are willing, God will talk with us like we talk with each other. He is that friend who is closer than a brother. I was sitting down to lunch and felt this intense bout of loneliness all by myself in this house (Something I would normally cherish!) Then I thought that there is no reason that I should eat lunch by myself. I invited the Lord to sit down and have lunch with me. His response: "It's been quite awhile."
She asked me, "Do you mean that He talks just like you and I talk." Yes. That is what I mean. He is just longing for someone to listen...
I think I just got my answer... I had been asking God, as this year and this blog have come to a close... what to do in 2012? I think I will make time each day to stop and listen to Him. I think I will continue to post it on here as a way to keep me accountable. (If I don't write for a couple of days I have some ladies that come after me! LOL) I hope that what I do is pleasing to Him. I know that this will be a great adventure in my walk with Him. I pray that everyone has an awesome adventure with God this year!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Day 363 - Friday
Tonight a friend of mine sent a text message requesting prayer for her daughter in law who is pregnant with twins. The young lady has had several miscarriages and had such a hard time getting pregnant.
She began having pain and had gone to the hospital. I called Donna and we prayed together and within ten minutes of that prayer going out her pain had left. The doctors completed follow up tests to check the babies and the fluid levels were all back to normal and her placenta was where it belonged and everything was fine!
I LOVE the fact that you don't even have to be near the person needing healing for them to get healed. Jesus heals with just His word being spoken!
She began having pain and had gone to the hospital. I called Donna and we prayed together and within ten minutes of that prayer going out her pain had left. The doctors completed follow up tests to check the babies and the fluid levels were all back to normal and her placenta was where it belonged and everything was fine!
I LOVE the fact that you don't even have to be near the person needing healing for them to get healed. Jesus heals with just His word being spoken!
Day 362 - Thursday
This is pretty cool!
I was online in the morning before work just checking my email when a friend/sister in Christ from Sweden popped on to Facebook. We played catch up for a minute or so before she asked me to pray for her. She suffers from a disease like fibromyalgia where she can be in near constant and unexplainable pain. She was hurting pretty badly yesterday and having trouble walking as well as being emotionally drained.
We prayed and within just a few minutes the Lord had taken ALL of her pain away! INCREDIBLE! Fibromyalgia is one thing that I would really like to see more people getting healed from. It is such a debilitating disease. Not only is it painful but so many people feel so hopeless with it too because there is no real cure for it.
The awesome thing is... Jesus is the Cure for EVERYTHING! It says in the Word that He bore pain, suffering and death for all of our sicknesses and diseases. Jesus' Name is also the Name above every other name, including the name of those diseases for which there is no cure. He is hope to the hopeless!
I was online in the morning before work just checking my email when a friend/sister in Christ from Sweden popped on to Facebook. We played catch up for a minute or so before she asked me to pray for her. She suffers from a disease like fibromyalgia where she can be in near constant and unexplainable pain. She was hurting pretty badly yesterday and having trouble walking as well as being emotionally drained.
We prayed and within just a few minutes the Lord had taken ALL of her pain away! INCREDIBLE! Fibromyalgia is one thing that I would really like to see more people getting healed from. It is such a debilitating disease. Not only is it painful but so many people feel so hopeless with it too because there is no real cure for it.
The awesome thing is... Jesus is the Cure for EVERYTHING! It says in the Word that He bore pain, suffering and death for all of our sicknesses and diseases. Jesus' Name is also the Name above every other name, including the name of those diseases for which there is no cure. He is hope to the hopeless!
Day 361 - Wednesday
Tonight I got to teach our pre-teen group Thrive. I love working with those kids. Tonight I had Kyle, one of our youth group leaders, in there helping me teach and he was awesome! He really helped me get the kids to start asking questions about who Jesus is and the Bible. We actually had a terrific discussion going.
On top of that the kids prayed for each other again and we saw one young man who had kidney stones have all the pain leave his body when his friends prayed for him! How awesome is that!?!?!?! They got to see who Jesus was in action! I love it that I serve a living God who is still working and moving on our behalf!
On top of that the kids prayed for each other again and we saw one young man who had kidney stones have all the pain leave his body when his friends prayed for him! How awesome is that!?!?!?! They got to see who Jesus was in action! I love it that I serve a living God who is still working and moving on our behalf!
Day 360 - Tuesday
This morning at prayer, Donna and I were praying together when Holly showed up. As we began to seek God for our church His peace just descended on us and it was so calm and refreshing there. I felt in my heart that I should touch Donna's foot.
I thought, that is so weird... I am not doing that... I ignored it for several minutes.
After our individual prayer time was over we gathered together for corporate prayer. Donna said she had hurt her foot the day before on the drive home from Chicago and asked if we would pray for it. I started laughing and told her what I had felt in my heart.
We prayed and immediately she was healed! Glory!
I thought, that is so weird... I am not doing that... I ignored it for several minutes.
After our individual prayer time was over we gathered together for corporate prayer. Donna said she had hurt her foot the day before on the drive home from Chicago and asked if we would pray for it. I started laughing and told her what I had felt in my heart.
We prayed and immediately she was healed! Glory!
Day 359 - Monday
The last Monday of the year. The last Monday I will write this blog, I think?!?!!?!
I love helping her to build her faith to see miracles! I know that God has put that in her!
My beautiful daughter woke up not feeling well this morning. I went in to wake her up and she felt a little warm. Probably all of the excitement of the holidays. As I looked at her little sleeping face I said a prayer over her. She woke up a few hours later bright eyed and bushy tailed and ready to go except for a little headache. So I had her pray over herself and before long she wasn't complaining of a headache any more!
I love helping her to build her faith to see miracles! I know that God has put that in her!
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