Yay! The Lord gave me the strength to get going this morning and meet my friend for prayer. I am so much not a morning person and have found I do best having my times with the Lord either during lunch break or right after work, but today I got to thinking about the idea of starting off each day--first thing--with fellowship in His presence. What a way to start the day.

It reminds me of a story a brother shared tonight during prayer meeting, about a field leader who is so devoted to prayer and continually depends on Jesus, realizing he is nothing without him. His story is a powerful one: I may share more another night when I'm not tired. But I did want to leave you with something our brother on staff told us about how his life has changed through the leader's stay in his home: "It's not 'I need to pray more' or 'I should pray more.' Now it's 'I have to pray more.'"

Oh that we all would have, each moment, that determined desperation--that deep longing and hunger to meet with the One who created us and loves us more than we can imagine.