49th Birthday

I celebrated my 49th birthday on April 18, 2013.  It was a quiet day for me.  I took the day off from work.
I spent the afternoon in prayer.  I prayed from 1-4pm.  It was something I wanted to do for awhile.  It was good for me to do this.  An extended time with the Lord is valuable on many levels.  First it separates us from the world which we as Christians need more than we realize.  As the world becomes more dark and the evil continues to increase our walk and time with the Lord becomes increasingly important.  Our time with Him becomes extremely important in my opinion.
Second it refreshes us and renews us.  Even though I felt tired that afternoon and even so in the middle of it, my spirit really got deepened and recharged.  It focused my spirit with His and allowed me to pour out myself to Him.  He met me on several levels which was great.  I interspersed worship in amongst the prayer time.  Much of my time was spend waiting upon Him and letting Him direct my time.  My physical posture was also different.  Sometimes I sat, other times I stood.  I kneeled many times and even prostrated myself on the floor before Him.
Third it prepared my heart for the days to come.  We live in a dangerous world.  The challenge spiritually is to not give into fear and let the world, especially the media guide our thinking.  We have to be vigilent about our Christian worldview so that we can be ready to share the gospel.  When we are not afraid we are able to minister Christ's love to others who might be afraid.  Let us be ready in season and out of season to share Christ's love and His amazing story of redemption to a world which desparately needs eternal life with Christ.