You will never guess what I did today?  Well, maybe you will guess some of it.  I went to my son’s soccer game in another town this afternoon.  What I did today while I was there even surprised me a little.

This weekend Jason and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary.  It was a great weekend.  Due to a soccer rain out on Saturday we were able to take the boys to see the movie War Room on Saturday night.  Wow!  Talk about the power of prayer!  It. Will. Change. Your. Life. Period.  Yep, prayer.  Simple.

So today we went to church and Sunday School, followed by a quick lunch before heading 45 minutes away to sit in the light rain to watch my kid sit on the bench at a soccer game.  He’s not played organized soccer with real rules before.  He tried out for the team in the spring and by the grace of God, made the travel soccer team.  He thrives at practice and has the skills down.  He doesn’t know the rules of the game or the positions.  So needless to say he is not the best player on the team.  It’s not fun to watch and since he spends about 55 minutes of the game on the bench, I usually am day dreaming or playing on my phone.  Jason has complained the whole season about how much he “hates” soccer and can’t believe I let Warren play.  Oh, ok.

Well, today it hit me.  It hit me hard why God had me there.  Why God had pulled us to the soccer field.  I need to be there to pray.  Pray for the people there.  It was that simple.

Has the Holy Spirit ever spoken to you before?  It’s something you can’t ignore.  Here I am sitting in my chair-in-a-bag paying zero attention to the game (partly because I have no idea what is going on) and I felt the Holy Spirit tell me to pray.  Pray for the guy standing behind me screaming so loud I nearly jumped out of my chair, pray for the referee who was doing his job, pray for the parent who was jumping up and down screaming mean stuff at his kid, pray for the sibling who was having a meltdown because she wanted to be anywhere but here, pray for the coaches and to pray for these little kids wanting to play a sport and have fun.

Luke 11: 9-10 says “So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you.  Keep searching, and you will find.  Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

That was from my Sunday school lesson today.  We talked about the persistence of prayer in our life.  How am I just figuring this out at 40 years old?  I can do it.  I can pray and I can be persistent in prayer.  So that’s what I’m going to do.  I’m going to pray and keep a prayer journal.

I had the opportunity to see Priscilla Shirer speak last week at a local church.  Ahhh… I have never felt that feeling like the Angels were singing and we were lifting the Lord up high.  It was a powerful night.  She said so much that I needed to hear.  One thing has really stuck with me and I keep going back to my notes.  Priscilla said “You create the environment and someone will come, be it the Devil or God.”

I want to create an environment of prayer in my life.  It’s not out of my reach and it’s not something so far fetched that it’s not attainable.

Ephesians 6:4  Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

I am teaching my kids to be faithful in their walk with the Lord and to pray.  I want to shake to pom-poms at them and be a cheerleader for them in all they do.  Most of all I want to cheer them on and encourage them in their walk with the Lord.  So get out those pom-poms!

P.S.  We have 4 dogs now.  More on that later!