I've been reading through 1 and 2 samuel. dee bennett challenged me to just start reading the stories and knowing the stories from the old testament because i told her i have a hard time getting into the old testament a lot.
so, i started with these 2 books. i got to 2 samuel 7:23, "And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name - and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land - before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods?"
I was remembering my old days in Kansas City (old days meaning 4 years ago or so) when Katie, Sarah and I would get to Tuesday fasting days, make it until 4pm when the Israel prayer meeting with Todd Ganovski would start and we would dread that prayer meeting. We would always skip out and go to Panera, or go to Kate's house and eat chips and cheese sauce.. mmm.
Then we started realizing the importance of that prayer meeting and praying for Israel, especially when we moved out here to Fort Mill. We had an intense fast in 2006 where we prayed for Israel and that the Lord would give to ZHOP a heart for His people. This verse I read made me realize now 4 years later from when i despised those prayer meetings in kansas city, that now i am fascinated with the Lord's desire for Israel. It makes me love Jesus more when I think about His affection toward that land. It's funny now that Katie and I would probably rather pray for Israel in any intercession meeting now over any other topic. The Lord is funny in that way!
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