This morning I got to go to my birth church's prayer breakfast, for an hour, from 6 am in the morning, which is now in it's 20+ years since the idea was first seeded.It's been a little sad to remember a lot of the members who've passed as many of them were elder members of the church but they were also an inspiration to know in that a lot of their prayers were answered too.
The neat thing about it is that there are Cook Islanders, Niuean and Samoan members who regularly come together and prayer together. My father, who is in his 80s, also was a founding member and it's so neat to see him look forward to meeting together with his friends to pray together.
They also now get texts of prayer requests from different people from the church asking for prayer and that's really encouraging in that I've seen miracles happen when people join together in prayer for answers to a prayer that only God/Atua can answer.
Today, I also went to my regular 'Tikanga' (Maori customs and protocols) class that I attend each Monday and what's so neat about it is that we get to share about what's happening in our personal lives and we discuss our personal and spiritual journeys regarding how we cope with life.
Today, it was shared by our leader that often we take on things that we really don't need to worry about and that it's best to leave to our Atua/God of whom we need to trust and give all our cares and worries to because he has bigger shoulders. It was so comforting to know that despite all the cares in the world, there's a bigger and better way of solving those problems rather than trying to go in our own strength.
So, I hope that you are able to get together with your nearest prayer group, or class to share and pray together and not let life get on top of you because that wasn't the way life was meant to be. Relax, prayer and enjoy...
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