Pressing Toward the Blessing Part 1

Hosea 6:3 New International Version (NIV)

3 Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
    like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Hosea 6:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

3 Oh, that we might know the Lord!
    Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
    or the coming of rains in early spring.”

I have begun my week with a struggle...a struggle for significance, a struggle for strength, as struggle for courage.  I have asked the Lord some tough questions in my prayer time:  Lord, why me?  Lord, why now?  Lord, how? 

Maybe you are in the same place.  Really, Lord, do our prayers make any difference?  Really, Lord, will anything ever change? 

I can tell you that in my struggle, I hear the Lord saying  one thing to me over and over again: "Gina, DON'T GIVE UP!  KEEP GOING!"  This one "word" from the Lord is the thing that keeps me pressing toward the blessing.  Even when the things that the Lord asks of me don't make any sense, the words "DON'T GIVE UP!" press me forward.

The Lord led me to Hosea 6:3 in my  prayer time this morning.  The word "press" in the Hebrew is "radaph" which can be translated "chase" or "run after."  Am I willing to "press" towards the blessing even on these bleak days?  Oh, Lord, may it be so!

Prayer:  Lord, help us to keep pressing towards the blessing. When life is difficult, we know that our spiritual muscles are being strengthened.  Thank You for the difficult times that teach us to persevere.  May we give praise to You even in the hard places...

Blessings,  Gina

WyHOP updates, July 24, 2014

We need to raise the level of monthly donations from $200 per month to $500 per month in order to be able to afford to move to another location.  Would you pray about supporting WyHoP financially?  If all of us do a little, we can make it happen.  WyHoP takes Checks, cash and Paypal and automatic deductions!!  Talk to me or to Chere about this.  

Prayer leaders--I would like to meet with you on August 16, Saturday, at 10:30 to brainstorm ways to be more effective in our ministry.  We will meet at the Higher Grounds coffee shop in the Vineyard Church.  Joyce Jacobsen

______________________________

A msg from Gina:

Mighty Monday, July 28

WyHOP will be open from 12noon-7:30pm

12noon-2pm Capitol City Prayer Partners*

2-6:00pm  Open for prayer and worship

6-7:30 pm  Live worship and prayer

*REMINDER:  The Capitol City Prayer Partners will not meet in August.  This fall, we will resume our weekly meetings on Monday, September 8, 12noon-2pm

Everyone welcome.  If you have questions, call or text Gina, 307-761-0369  or email: prayer4ce@aol.com

A thought on prayer:

“Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.” 

― Corrie ten Boom

June Prayer Focus--God's Wisdom

Special Prayer Focus for June:

Please join us in prayer this month from 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%202:6-16&version=NIV

In the NIV this passage of scripture is entitled "God's Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit"

We certainly are seeking God's Wisdom for WyHOP at this time. 

Please pray for wisdom:

about God's plans and purposes for WyHOP

for our finances

for our location

in our relationship with the Church of Cheyenne

for our prayer and praise leaders

for training

for WyHOP Board of Directors

Thank you for praying with us!