been waking up early these past few days.
waking up to prayer requests
waking up to life's tougher questions

yesterday it was specific people, specific faces
today was specific issues in my life, in the church, in searching for a youth director for our youth at willowbrook.
today was about preparing myself for tonight and for the weekend:
praise night is tonight- still doesnt feel like we've covered it with enough prayer
JH spring camp too, where are the hearts of our junior highers, seems like more division and hearts torn in two.
Deen's wedding: a time of celebration with good friends
Get together at Mrs. Wangs to talk about a book we've been reading: Growing Healthy Asian American churches- basically how we fail to live biblical truth and chose our Chinese values instead.

starting our new English Ministry again on June 4th. We're calling that day, D-Day (its so close to the actual date of D-day). We're also planning a retreat up in Wisconsin as a group over Memorial Day Weekend. I really hope this goes well. We've had to start and stop our ministry a few times now.

On the reflective side, we tried out prayer positions this past Sunday. I hope it went well.

what is it?

prayer positions is basically finding a position that most typifies your relationship with God, such as kneeling down, standing up with hands raised, lying on the ground resting in the arms of the Father or maybe by quiet waters and green pastures. It can also be like God is speaking to you, but you dont want to hear Him so you cover your ears. The distinction is, it has to be different than everyone else participating in this activity. You also need to know why you selected that position. Finally, the position has to be distinct and very open.

Now once you get into that position, pray for yourself and thank God or confess to God why you are in this position.

After that is done, here's the fun part...you get to share it with another person. so, you're praying for this person, learning about this person and their walk with God, and experiencing their intimate time with God and you now get to experience it for yourself.

Worship is not to be kept for yourself, its to be shared