The power of prayer

Alright so this isn't too much of something that has happened as of late. I mean I know what the power of prayer can do.

I have been reading a book called "Touch the World Through Prayer" by Wesley Duewel, it is a book that has got me thinking more regularly about prayer. I love to be in prayer, but this book has me rethinking how and what I pray for. I love books that challenge my thinking and this is one of those. I highly recommend it even though I am not even half way through it. However I think that God is trying to teach me something through this I am not sure what though. Last night I was at my mentors home having dinner with them as we kind of celebrated my completion of my Czech language course and while there I borrowed a couple of movies. One of them was "Facing the Giants" it is a Christian movie, but it all honesty was probably the best one as far no cheese is concerned. If you haven't seen this movie it is also a recommended one from me. It is basically about a coach and his football team in a Christian high school and this team was on it's 7th year of a losing streak. In the school there was a man who walked through the halls and prayed for every individual student as he walked past their locker. The lives of all of those students was changed because of this man. Prayer is the key to everything in the Christian life. Last semester I wrote a paper on prayer and this discipline is still sitting on my heart. I know it is a key thing. I love to sit there and pray for my family and friends, which means that you as my reader get prayed for. I know there are many situations in my life that have been bathed in prayer and though areas of my life have been changed around. I believe that God knows our thoughts before they come to mind, but when we take many of those thoughts and turn them into prayer he is right there with us as well. Now that I am overseas and working with people who are so involved in ministry I see that it comes with its struggles. What is the first thing that we should do? Turn it into a prayer...God wants to be in the battlefield with us, on our side and conquering that battle alongside us and winning the battle.

All this to say, don't underestimate the power of prayer.