what is your prayer today?

sunday my pastor and intern pastor presented a great sermon on "prayer" and what it means to develop an authentic prayer life.   one of the points was; we need to develop a "kingdom of God" focus with our prayers!  

 "take someone flowers"
be thoughtful and cheer up someone's day - after all you have had many thoughtful people in your life

i have been reading through some of my old journals this week - i only have two journals left that haven't been painted over and used for an art journal. yesterday, i took time to read the entries before i started altering the pages.  one of the entries from 2006 was simply my prayer list for that day. 

my prayer list went as follows:

my prayer is that i will- - - -

• love God with all my heart
• learn from my mistakes
• be led by God
• love others more than i ever have; parents, daughter, granddaughter, siblings, nieces, nephew, friends, strangers
• be productive
• be kind
• be considerate
• show mercy
• show more understanding
• practice forbearance
• always be grateful

i don't know that i will ever achieve the goal to become the person i prayed i would become in that prayer in 2006.  (that is until i reach Heaven)  what i do know is that i want to pray "Kingdom prayers" and become more Christ-like everyday.

what is your prayer today?

"someone who cares"
show understanding and help someone find their way home