It was a freezing -2 degrees as i walked up the road to my house that night.
I passed by a car and saw my reflection – what i saw was a school girl, carrying a backpack and clad like an Eskimo …
I shook my head as i remembered the good Ole days in Nigeria when i was a “big girl”.
I started feeling sorry for myself and was slinking into a “Na wa for this life” mood when He spoke…
“why do you always see your cup as half empty rather than half full?…at this rate you will wake up one day and find out you will never lived your life because you never stopped for once at any phase to learn what you were there for. you have what some can only dream for but you cant stop dreaming about what others have…”
It was a long scolding and at the end i was very sober…but i also had a new instruction i had to follow.
I was to embark on what i later called 15 days praise walk!
I was challenged to start my day with a 15 min prayer walk around my neighbourhood and just thank God for the different things He had done for me 1.e. one topic/area of my life(family, friends, career, relationship…etc) per day.
I was to do this for the next 15 days and not make one single prayer request!!!
…Today is DAY 12 and i must say it has been a beautiful experience.
There have been days when i have had tears stream down my face as i explored certain aspects of my life and REALISED how faithful God had been to me….
There has also been days when i would remember some other “close shaves” i have had and i couldn’t resist doing a “komole” dance style for papa God right there on the road!
Above all, its been a challenge i am glad i accepted. It has helped me take a step back and really SEE all God has done in my life
…plus i cant believe i could go 12 days without a prayer request! (hmm, on that one, i used nja sense and transferred all my requests to my friend and asked my friend to pray for me)
So friends, i “tag” you to take up this challenge. Do It!
15mins for 15 days… spread the word! encourage your family and friends to all try it!!
..and lets exit this year in a “GRAND PRAISE” STYLE !!!
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I see that GOD is still looking for intercessors to stand in the gap for others…..I really recommend praise walk…don’t be left out. I also caught this revelation last Febuary, and I took the challenge for the whole of Feb ‘07, making a list and praying for others without a single request about myself…it was very challenging as I had my own burning issues I needed Papa God to sort out….but a breakthrough came for me on the last day of Febuary…a breakthrough that history will never forget!
Profound, a very novel idea….. not with work and the constancy of getting too involved with life & forgetting to say Thank You Lord & even Praise Him for what He’s done for us.
Oh, a great way to recount so much (we can’t exhaust) He’s done for us.
I choose to get on the train of praise walk…
This is be a chanllege for me. But i am willing to do it. God has been wonderful. I will start today and end on Christmas day.. Lovely idea
This is really nice…
i join the train. God has indeed been more faithful than we give him credit for…
i will start tomorrow
By the way, you write beautifully
…I will be taking this up and joining this train, wasjust having one of those “pity parties”for one….
I have a lot to be thankful for…
will talk real soon
its good to reflect once in a while to look back and think about His faithfulness in our life.
I am on board. I love prayer. I love reminding God of who He is. I love giving thanks. I love this blog! Thanks so much for writing it. Thanks for dropping by my page. Let’s keep this blogship going. LOL!
I love the presence and feel your blog has.
Keep in touch.
KimPossible
Just saw this. I wished I saw it earlier. Thots of you flooded my heart before I visited this page. I was thinking about Us and where we were this time last year. I remembered all our abuja ‘runs’ and I was just saying thank God for everything till i read this post. Funmi…. we sure do have a lot to thank God for. He is ever faithful, at least I have seen miracles in your life and mine.
I need to take up this thanksgiving challenge too.
Thanks for reminding us.
Love and miss you lots
Just almost the same as God is dealing with us around here too. Someone shared a 15mins dance daily till the end of the year.
It is profound, Count your blessings , Name them 1 by 1 & you wll see God’s faithfulness.
He’s a good God
SO, i did this and i am really glad i did.
I just came across your blog, and it is blessing me already. I am going to start my 15/15 tomorrow, and will continually to boldly declare my beliefs.God bless you..