a mustard seed

I am working through the Beth Moore Believing God Bible Study. Though I have only finished week one, I feel God moving in new and deep ways. In Mathew 17:20, Jesus says "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to the mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move, nothing will be impossible for you." I began to think about my mountain and thought it must be Nathan's ears. No one can fix those but God. As I got a little deeper into my study (day 3), I began my time of prayer and I felt God revealing to me that my mountain is not Nathan's ears; it is the complete healing of both Nathan and Owen by summer of 2012. As I opened my book to begin the study, these are the first four scriptures God had waiting on me: Matthew 9:20-22, Matthew 9:27-30, Mathew 15:28 and Matthew 17:14-21. I really felt right then this was God confirming what I felt He was leading in my prayer time.

I have this great confirmation from God that He will do something huge in my life... I just need the faith to believe Him, faith as small as a mustard seed. I have begun praying Luke 17:5, "Lord increase my faith." Faith in God is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8). Only as we draw closer to God will our faith in Him increase. Through faith we can approach God with freedom and confidence (Ephesians 3:12). Faith is not "I think it therefore I can persuade God into blessing me." Faith is the experience of the lordship of Christ.

I am sharing my prayer life so personally with you for a few reasons. One, I would like for you to pray for me that I would be faithful to God's call on this journey and to trust in God's sovereignty. (This is a journey with lots of hard work on the family, as well as all the boys' therapists and doctors). Two, that you would pray for the COMPLETE healing of Nathan and Owen. Three, so you can be here every part of the way seeing the glory of God and His mighty works. If you desire to become a prayer warrior on this journey, shoot me an e-mail and let me know. I would like to be able to tell the boys when they are older who came alongside us in praying for their miraculous healing... once again. God is doing great and exciting things!