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i feel like i've posted the picture at the bottom before
on xanga at least
but oh well

a few things that have been on my heart lately:
vision- read Joel 2:28
prayer- read Isaiah 61 and 62 for starters
action

prayer > vision > prayer > action

might even put more prayer after action
prayer is pretty important
it's everything

we were looking at John 1...
The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
"Come," he replied, "and you will see."
So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).

i thought it was need that the FIRST thing Andrew did was actually to just go BE with Jesus.
that's the prayer part for us.

anyways

the hardest thing is finding the vision in the first place
the passion
the drive that praying like a madman springs from
the vision that is really quite naturally followed by action

and that is what i'm searching for.
enough passion to pay the costs that are in the way.

passion for prayer. because i realize how important and needed it is...

and passion to act.
because i want to be these people, in a way.
and i rarely feel like i am.