God has been challenging me in my prayer life since the beginning of the semester. This has resulted in me challenging my students in prayer. God revealed to me that the way we were praying in class was only asking God for requests instead of also praising Him and meditating on scripture. That leads us to out story today.
Today my class and I were meditating on the passage in Colossians 1 that talks about the supremacy of Christ. We were listing off details that the passage had given us: he is the firstborn of all creation, he holds all things together, he has been since the beginning, ect. This passage turned into a great conversation about Christ,heaven, and our responsibility as believers. WE could have talked all day but I did have a lesson to teach, so I explained to the kids what a popcorn prayer was and told them I would start.
God moved in these kids when they began to pray. At first it was pretty simple, but the kids kept on praying. They added in several times and I could tell the words that they spoke were staight from the heart. There was no fluff given for a grade or because I told them to do it. They meant every word they said. I wiped a couple tears from my eyes as I closed us in prayer.
This moment was one in which moments in which you move on knowing that God was blessed by. Today, I saw child-like faith in action. I am so blessed to be in this place with these students.
Please pray that moments like these become habits for my students and that they would not end when they (or I) exit the school.
Also, please pray for my wisdom as I organize teams to do service projects in the month of March.
-Peggy
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