Abbylynnec's blog

January 3, 2010

My dear Abba,

I thank you for all the wonderful people you have placed in my life to challenge me and to make sure I don't fall into the devils temptations. After being in the inner city last week for a day, I recognize that I'm living a too comfortable life; I need to simplify my life and my belongings father. I'm asking Lord that you help me do this. Thank you for allowing me to have hope in you and be able to place my trust in you, even though I sometimes fail. I lift Elizabeth, Linda, and Stephanie up to you Lord as they begin relationships! Please Lord keep me from the temptation of being jealous of the fact that they get to be in a relationship. I pray for my future spouse as he continues his journey to get to know you better. Lord please don't allow me to lose sight of your will and our personal relationship that has been strengthened during this break when I start up this next semester. Please provide me rest and peace. Please take control of my life and make your will clear to me. Father in today's world its so easy for me to get lost in the "self centered" world of today and not live the cross centered life. Please make me stronger and help me to hear you throughout the day. I want you to control my life. I know the plans you have for my life are so much better than the plan I could make for myself. And please help me remember that through the year. I want to be a role model for the girls in my life. I want the people around me to see your light through me. I know I don't have the strength to do anything except through you. Thank you for blessing me father with all the wonderful ppl and everything I have in my world and I'm trying not to complain as much and recognize how truly lucky I am.

Abby

January 2, 2010

Lord,

Right now as I've returned from Unveiled '09. I pray you continue to reveal your will to me. Especially on the summer plans whether you want me to stay here in Huntsville or to go to the Dominican Republic, or if I am 100% off on what you want me to do please make it clear to me father. I also pray for peace regarding some of my struggles here lately. I'm also praying for patience with some of the people in my life I just seem to have a really short fuse especially with some folks. I need contentment in my life with where you have leaded me to be (being single). I know this is your will and it's the best for my future spouse and me. I pray you lead him to become a spiritual leader, and just yearn for you. I pray that you'd be the center of his life. God I'm so tired of trying to take control of my life please Lord I hand it all over to you now. I lift up Sarah to you Lord please help her to be content with where you have placed her. I also pray for her roommate situation that you give her guidance. God please watch over Linda and Matt as they start their relationship together and hopefully keep you in the center of the relationship. Please give Linda clarity of your will for her and her life. Please remove any doubt that Linda might have in her life right now. Lord please watch over Lindsey it seems as though she on the verge of giving her life over to you completely. I lift Matt up and pray that is a spiritual leader for Linda in their relationship. I pray for my little sister I pray that you make it easy for her to surrender her life to you. I pray for Elizabeth and Justin and that Justin leads her spiritually. I also pray as Elizabeth and I begin to study or word together. I pray for Wayne to have wisdom in his life. I pray for Monica as she begins to disciple some of the girls. That you give her spiritual wisdom and that keep her on fire with your desires to teach us. I pray for her and Wesley's marriage. Lord please make it clear to me what I'm good at that I can use for you, because I don't feel like I'm good at anything. Also please give me clarity on whether you want me to go to Chicago with Cru or if you want me to spend the time with family. Help me to stay strong in you and rested while I start back school. In your beautiful name, Abby

Introduction

Hey everyone, I'm Abby. I'm a 20 year old college student living in Huntsville, AL. And I've decided to start blogging my prayers. Right now I'm at Christmas Conference in ATL. And while I've been here learning so much about how I truly am broken but still blessed because God still loves me after every dumb thing I have done. I'm hoping my doing this will help my pray life be more consistent. I within the last year I have really just started following God within the last year. I was once told journaling or blogging can really grow you spiritually. I truly hope to see more growth in my life. Also I feel by doing this it will help me be more real with people about my struggles and break down the walls I built before I followed the Lord truly. Feel free to comment and help me to work through my struggles if you have any advice you'd like to share. I'll probably blog for about 6 months or until I see some definite improvement in my prayer life. I feel like right now I'm just having difficulty grasping the fact that we pray to someone who can hear everything and everyone always. I feel like I need to write it out so he will hear me, so more often than not I don't pray about things that I should. I'm sure someone has struggled with either the same thing or a similar issue. I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this…….

I'm Abby a 20 year old college student. I live in Alabama. I love God more than anything, This blog will hopefully be more like a "prayer journal" for me.

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