It's not about me.

One of my amazing friends came up with this amazing idea.... Prayer 24. For all 24 hours of the day there is someone constantly, and willingly praying. I am praying from 1pm to 2pm this afternoon. I am excited to pray for those who are hurting.... those who need help, and those that I don't even know. Even though praying for an hour straight seems like a long time, there is a lot to pray about... there is a hurting world out there you know.

I want to say, though, that I have been learning something. It's all about me. "God I need this, God I need that..." 1) Do I really need it? or do I just want it? and where's the prayer for others? That can change the world. We're taking a powerful thing and blowing it out of proportion. What has happened for praying for others? And being selfless?

Don't take this as you're never supposed to pray for yourself, because that's important, too... but sometimes I feel that's all we limit ourselves to. We always tell others we'll pray for them... do we actually follow through?
I think we need to pray for others, seek others out and make sure that they are being cared for and loved on.
That is our calling from Christ... discipleship and comforting others through Him.

I'm going to drink some tea, eat some lunch and pray for an hour : ).
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