Prayer for Others Transforms Us, Too

"A Christian community either lives by the intercessory prayers of its members for one another, or the community will be destroyed.  I can no longer condemn or hate other Christians for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble they cause me.  In intercessory prayer the face that may have been strange and intolerable to me is transformed into the face of one for whom Christ died, the face of a pardoned sinner.  That is a blessed discovery for the Christian who is beginning to offer intercessory prayer for others.  As far as we are concerned, there is no dislike, no personal tension, no disunity or strife that cannot be overcome by intercessory prayer.  Intercessory prayer is the purifying bath into which the individual and the community must enter every day." -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Your Greatest Resource

All the money in the world, the best reputation, the most political capital, the most influence, the best personnel…none of this can replace, or even begin to replicate the Spirit of God. For everyone out there today who feels like you are grasping at air and you see no resources to accomplish the things put in your heart, know this: God is your greatest resource. The Holy Spirit and the power contained therein is the greatest force on the face of this earth. The Holy Spirit is the power of the Living God alive in you. Thus, you have the greatest resource ever known to man literally with you all the time.

Father, let us become more fully aware of Your presence. Let us not calculate resources with only logic and what our eyes see, but let us open our hearts to the unlimited possibilities of walking, lockstep, with the Holy Spirit. May our eyes and hearts be full of hope as we begin to see more as You see, and may the love of Christ drench every moment our of day and every inch of our being. In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, AMEN!!!