Week of encounters.
It has been a while since my last update so first I need to discuss the week of encounters.
After the Prompting of God encounter, I was challenged later in the week to pray for healing in people I have never met and discuss the power of healing with relatives. One of the days a few of us prayed for someone that had severe pain and later we heard that the pain went away after we prayed. This always builds more faith.
On Tuesday I received another Spiritual Life Lesson. After I prayed for a friends family member, God spoke to me about “Taking every thought captive” 2 Corinthians 10:5. Normally I think of this verse when dealing with temptation, doubt and or disbelief. This day was different, when I was hearing a sorrowful story from a friend I was prompted to pray and pray immediately. Later in the day I felt as though I may have come across as unsympathetic. As I reflected on this I believe God said “take every thought captive”. When thoughts enter our heads during the day we should be taking them captive, praying about them and releasing them to Christ. I realized many times we start talking about things that grieve us, we being to lose Joy and get somewhat depressed. By taking those thoughts captive and praying about them it helps us release the depression and give God praise in all circumstances.
I would encourage you to pray for people(or yourself) that are in difficult situations and see how their countenance changes when the difficulties are truly released at the feet of Jesus.
I believe taking these thoughts captive and releasing them to Jesus will allow you to focus on God more and our current situations less.