Prayer and fasting...

One of the last tools we're learning about is prayer and fasting. It started after dinner today. I've done the best I could given the circumstance (ibuprofen on an empty tummy = not a good thing, I think God understands a few crackers). Not surprisingly, the enemy has attacked at every turn- for days now. A few verses have stood out to me in the last week or so. Here they are:

2 Timothy 1:7
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."

Acts 10:34
"Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism..."
-This verse didn't hit me until just awhile ago. It kind of spoke to that "why me" and "why not me?" I don't fully know...it just about literally jumps off the page to me.

I'm understanding more and more the power that comes with memorizing the Word of God. He reminds me, over and over. In fact, it's that still small voice that sent me to my Bible when I was in an emotional turmoil.

John 5:44
"How can you believe if youaccept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain praise that comes from the only God?"
- Yep, I was seeking human praise and acceptance (and typically not feeling it). I lost focus. Praise the Lord His love doesn't change. I literally was flipping through, looking for something else when this jumped out at me.

I'm blessed in so many ways. But there is something so beyond cool about having the Word come alive. It makes me hungry. I'm craving this intimacy with Him.

God is so faithful. So mighty. So compassionate. So strong. Steady.

I'm ruined for anything else...