Halfway Through Year 1!
- aritter218
- Dec 5, 2025
- 2 min read
Hello Prayer Team,
Speaking of prayer, I just submitted my assignments for month 6 of 12, "Growing in Prayer and Faith"! Huzzah.
This month I truly enjoyed every single reading and assignment. Like, actually. I paced myself pretty well to be present during each item. But at the end of the month, when it's time to turn it into a cohesive response paper, I panic. There's too much to cover, what's my main point, etc.... And unfortunately I'm afraid my November response paper seemed a bit manic.
Thus my comment at the end of my paper, "This Fellows Program is so hard when you battle perfectionism."
I HATE when someone texts and asks for prayer, and I give it a heart or praying hands emoji, but then the anxiety of having to then actually pray sets in. Like somehow their prayer request rests on my shoulders. And I can't just pray once for them. It has to be like every day for a whole week to make it count. (This is what my brain says). KJ said to just work on shooting up "arrow prayers". Boom! Quick arrow prayer. Which sounds great, but that doesn't follow ACTS. That's not what Tim Keller told me to do! Is that childlike? Is that surrendering?
IS THAT ALLLOWED?
I needed to back down from right and wrong, perfect and imperfect, and just focus on why we pray. The fact that Jesus prayed! What general heart and head posture should we come to God with in prayer? How can I work towards making it more relational than transactional? Etc...
That's my focus.
Prayer Requests:
Well good thing next month's theme is Humility!!
Pray for 2 minutes each morning. See where it goes.
Ask the Holy Spirit to fill me first before praying
Pray on my knees to set the posture
Pray out loud so my mind stays on track a little more
Be content with whatever I do
I mean.... God literally showed up immediately for me in multiple ways this week and I can't say my prayer was "perfect". He's so great.
Love Always,
Adrienne
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