a new commitment: praying in big ways only

First of all, how y'all diggin the new blog layout? *holler!* okay, it's obvious I am pretty excited about it. I was going through a stage of "bloggers block," and I realized is was mainly due to my desire to redesign my blog theme. It's crazy how once we enjoy the way our blogs look it inspires us that much more to write! (or is that just me?!) I don't know. I just know that when your really passionate about blogging like I am and many of you are, I want my page to look DANG good. You know what I'm sayin?!

I can't believe how good God is, guys! I am honestly so overwhelmed with His faithfulness, and how much He truly loves the each of us. I have never experienced such an intimate personal experience with God as a did a few days ago when He answered my prayer to find a roommate. All of my hope was gone, and I was beginning to think that God had forgotten me. But no, at the last minute, God answered my prayer. He heard my cry.

"But God did listen!
He paid attention to my prayer.
Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer
or withdraw His unfailing love from me."
Psalm 66:19-20

 It got me to thinking, just how much POWER we have through prayer as followers of Christ.

No I'm not talking become an evil super hero and take over the world type of power, I'm talking power that comes straight from Jesus and Jesus alone.  This power through prayer that we have as followers of Jesus allows for God to intercede into our lives, in BIG ways. It allows for Him to do the IMPOSSIBLE in our lives, that we could never do on own.  It allows for God to show us just how powerful, almighty, and extremely real He is.

I used to doubt prayer, and I honestly thought it was straight up weird. "Ha, praying to Jesus? He isn't listening! He's at church, not anywhere near us! Your just talking to yourself out loud, God can't hear you!" Yes, I sadly would say things like that. It's because I didn't really know Jesus at all, let alone that He desired to have a relationship with me. Now that I KNOW Him and am beginning to understand just how really extremely faithful this God of the Universe is, my prayer life is beginning to change tremendously.

I want to commit to praying BIG from here on out in my life. I want to pray every day in a way that allows God to do the impossible in my life. I'm tired of praying the weak prayers, the ones where I doubt God's power and sovereignty over my life and give Him no room to work in my life miraculously. I want to be in awe of How God responds to my BIG prayers, all the time. It's time that I commit to praying in a way that recognizes God for who He REALLY is- all powerful, ever knowing, omnipotent, awesome, etc...

What is your guys prayer life like? What do you guys find the hardest thing about praying to God and giving Him the power to work in BIG ways through your life? I'd love to hear! I'm all ears, friends! :).

Ps- if you guys could be praying that my roommate and I find a place to live that is in God's will, that would be wonderful! Also, I could use some prayers that God would help me find a summer job that's in His will for me!

Love you all!


xoxo