Calling All Prayers

I'd like to ask, something I've often been loathe to do, for the help of those whose eyes and minds tread on this space. I'd like to ask for a few prayers for myself and those around me.

The singles ministry in which I serve at church, (little "c"), is going through some great new changes. I have opportunities to serve therein in leadership capacity, as do nearly 50 to 100 others who have seen the cast vision of this new environment. I also, having taken a season off from leading a small group, am leading a new weekly group of 8 guys for bible study, accountability, and prayer, or as we say "doing life together". I also have a job. A bit more than a job, really - a career opportunity wherein I have the chance to grow in my current skill set, develop a new set of skills, and allow the ebb and flow of pressure and time at God's direction, to mold me in the man He has envisioned.

I cannot do this alone.

I covet your prayers for leadership, courage, self discipline, and purity as I step into the gap that He has made visible to me. Would you pray that I would be attuned to His will, desire to know His loves and concerns, so that I can test and approve what His will is and respond as a servant leader of the Leader of leaders? Would you pray that I could stand in the face of fear, not desiring for fear to go away, but that I would press on in spite of it, because He is with me and I with Him? Would you pray that I would love my Lord not only with my words and songs, but with my actions, doing what needs to be done dutifully, yet out of respect and love for the God who has made them all possible? And last, would you pray that I could continue to be "man without mixture", pure in my heart, will, and body in respect for the righteousness I have inherited as a child of God through Christ?

For those of you that are not "followers of Christ", this may seem like a whole lot of God-speak, and it is. But, I would ask you for purposes of taking our debate and relationship to the next level that you would verbalize these thoughts, even silently, and ask them in the name of Christ. I guess I'm asking you to "try it, you'll like it" of the ancient Thinker that I believe to be the one, true, living God. This may seem a bit strange. I appreciate that, and thank you all the more for stepping out of your comfort zone.

Pray, also, for His blessing over this blog (even more wierd, huh?), that the conersations that come from He to me would continue to be loud and clear and that I may effectively communicate them in this cyberspace. Pray that my plans for updating this internet real estate would coincide with His plans and that I would create enough margin to approach it without hurry or a lack of care.

Be well, and may the love of Christ be a stone in your shoe until the truth that irritates your foot causes you to run to him for relief.

Peace.

Aarron