The Facebook Prayer Challenge

On June 24th, I was sitting at my father-in-law's bedside at the nursing home.  It was 10:13 pm, I had been there for hours waiting for answers.  His temperature was 103.  He was lethargic.  His breathing was labored.  He wasn't himself.  The x-rays and lab work results should have been back hours ago.  He was sleeping.  The nurses were distant and disconnected.  They didn't share my concerns.  I felt worried and alone. 

My computer beeped that I had a message.  It was my friend Barbie.  She said that she felt very strongly that I needed her prayers that night and she wanted me to know that she was praying for me.  

I hadn't told her where I was or what was going on.  She had no idea.  For all she knew, I was in bed asleep and wouldn't even get her message.  

But in fact, I wasn't.  And I did get her message.  And oh how I needed it.  This was my response to her: "Oh Barbie, bless you!  You made me cry!  I need your prayer right this minute!  I am with Harold.  He is not doing well.  Temp of 103.  Thank you so much!  You are the voice of God, saying He is with me!"   

As I was praying for my father-in-law, my friend was praying for 
ME.  

I am so thankful to know that my friends lift MY name up to the Lord.  That they take ME to Him in prayer.  What a blessing. What an honor.  

Today as I was praying for someone in particular, I felt led to share my prayer with them, just like Barbie did with me.   I felt like God wanted me to let them know that they were on my mind and that I was lifting them up to the One Who holds all the answers. 

So, I decided to send them a message on facebook.  That's when I realized that a lot of the people that I had just been praying for were my facebook friends.  Maybe I should let each of them know that I'm praying for them....   then I began to think of other facebook friends that needed prayer and.... well you see where this is going.  

So, to make a long story a little shorter.... Don't be surprised if you, my friend, receive a message from me this week saying that I'm praying for YOU.  

You see, I have 613 facebook "friends".  Some I know well.  Others... not so much.But, either way, we are connected somehow.  So, this week,  I am going to make a point to pause during my prayer time and allow God to direct my thoughts to my friends who need prayer.  And then I'm going to send them a little note to let them know- not really that I'M thinking of them, but that GOD IS.  

I'm pretty excited to see what God's going to do with this! Will you join me?   We'll call it the "Facebook Prayer Challenge".  We'll start today and end on Saturday or.... maybe we'll just keep going.  Who knows?  

Leave me a comment below if you take the Challenge and please feel free to share how God uses this in your life.