The Gift of Prayer

"Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart."  __Colossians 4:2


This week our study on campus was about the "Assurance of Answered prayer" and I encouraged the girls to take to God whatever is on their hearts. He wants us to ask of Him, He hears and answers our prayers. So I too am going to do just that tonight. I am going to lay before my Father's feet my heart's request: 
" Father, you are great and mighty. You are the King of kings an the Lord of lords. If I have unconfessed sin in my heart, Lord you will not answer me, so Jesus, please forgive me, cleanse me and I will be clean. I am grateful for your blood that you've shed so I could be forgiven and not condemned. Master, here is what's on my heart, I want to lift up my brother who is being deployed to Afghanistan. Would you please keep him and bring him back healthy and unharmed. Protect him from emotional and mental harm as well. I pray for him even now as he prepares to go. Please keep him in perfect peace. Please draw his heart back to you. Please keep his family. Oh Lord, we trust in you for my brother and we thank you because you love him more than we do.


"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all He has done."
 ___Philippians 4:6

All My Children

Now that you know a little bit about my kids from my last blog, I would like to introduce you to my spiritual children...
The Lord has allowed me to meet and disciple four young ladies on Bowie State University campus. I meet with them weekly for Bible studies and I am overjoyed to see them excited to get in the Word. What a blessing! Pray for me that I would continue to walk excitingly with my God, because unless I nurture myself spiritually, I would have no meaningful spiritual influence on them.
Please pray also for these beautiful women that as they grow spiritually they would in turn give of themselves to help their friends walk with Jesus. Even as I say that, I think of a quote found in A Mother's Heart, by Jean Fleming.

"We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart--Love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness....We give of ourselves when we give the gifts of words--encouragement, inspiration, guidance."

Wilfred A Peterson,  "The Art of Giving" 

A prayer I found in an old journal that describes what's on my heart tonight...

"God of faithfulness, help me to be steadfast in my commitments to these two children you have entrusted me. Help me persist in raising them to be people who will reflect your glory through ordinary days and extraordinary challenges. Please give me the gift of quiet persistence. Help me not be overwhelmed by the demands on my time, talents, and patience. Help me keep all things in proper perspective as my children and I travel together on this path of growth and development. I know my Lord, with your help, all of this is possible."

Linda Ann Olson

"Then I will always sing praises to your name as I fulfill my vows day after day."  ____Psalm 61:8

Excited To Start Blogging

This is such a helpful tool so I hope to share a few thoughts from this.  Stay tuned.

New School Year New Design

Wow! It's the start of a new school year, and I'm excited to see what the Lord will do next. Already we have started construction and are approaching the completion of a new Bowie State University Navigators Website...Hallelujah! (Thank you, Marcus, for your hard work!!!! Check him out at http://miracleworldmedia.com/) We also have lots of exciting plans like this blog, and with the help of our supporters, and the Lord's grace, scholarships for students and a summer missions trip planned!

The Lord is doing great things and is moving! So stay tuned...