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Dear Lord Jesus, I am writing You today to ask for further confirmation about what I feel may be a calling for me in life: ministry and devotion to You as a clergy-member. I know that I should approach this with a lot of trepidation, and I'm not in any lack for fear about whether or not this is the right road for me. Mostly, I don't want to offend You by assuming that You have called me to something that may be is not the right path for me. All that I know is, when I look at my life through spiritual eyes, and I take a look at who I was when I first came to You in faith, I see the first 'shoots' of that faith being in ministry. I was very passionate about spreading the good news of Christ Jesus when I was born again in the body of God. Lately, I have been praying a lot in secret and here in a community of prayer about the plan You have for me, and I realize now that perhaps I have been failing to see You calling me to be a minister all this time. If that is the case, I'm sorry I have been so blind to it.
I have worries and anxieties about these things, and I know that worry and anxiety is a false idol. God already has a victory in all men and women, and there is nothing that can withstand the power of God - so if God is for me, truly I have nothing to worry about at all. Jesus, help me to understand about whether or not You are calling me to ministry. It is nothing I want to presume, or assume at all. I want to be absolutely certain before I minister to You, God, and truly since I prayed about this yesterday, I feel there have been no shortage of 'signs' or 'inklings' that this is the calling for me - but I do not want to be trying to find the profound in the mundane, and I don't want to be mistaken about the interpretation of these things because I know that sometimes the heart is very deceitful, and the mind plays tricks on us all the time.
If this is my calling, God, there are several hurdles I have to overcome. More than I'm aware of, but first there is all the debt I accrued when I attended University and then dropped out twice. Then there is finding a seminary school abroad, because that is where my spouse and I are travelling for their education - so it will be necessary for me to find a seminary school that is for me. Finally, there is a question I have for You Jesus Christ about denomination, and exactly where my faith in You 'fits' inside of the structure of all the different kinds of churches, and kinds of churches and congregations. My faith in You God has always drawn me close to any kind of Christian understanding, and it has never mattered to me, in terms of finding commonality and brotherhood, what kind of Christian someone was, just that they had faith in God was enough to have plenty to relate to. Help me to find the right place in the church, if You are calling me to minister to Your bride, Jesus. And if You are calling me to this, God, know that I am trying to accept this calling but that there are things in the world that bar debtors like me from reattending college. I know that with You, God, nothing can stand in my way at all.
These things I am asking in Jesus Christ's name, that He reveals His will to me about my future. Thank you for praying with me, and God bless and hear your prayers, and deliver answers speedily. God is a generous and good God, and I know that His answers are coming for those who pray quickly and with haste, and love. Amen.
I have worries and anxieties about these things, and I know that worry and anxiety is a false idol. God already has a victory in all men and women, and there is nothing that can withstand the power of God - so if God is for me, truly I have nothing to worry about at all. Jesus, help me to understand about whether or not You are calling me to ministry. It is nothing I want to presume, or assume at all. I want to be absolutely certain before I minister to You, God, and truly since I prayed about this yesterday, I feel there have been no shortage of 'signs' or 'inklings' that this is the calling for me - but I do not want to be trying to find the profound in the mundane, and I don't want to be mistaken about the interpretation of these things because I know that sometimes the heart is very deceitful, and the mind plays tricks on us all the time.
If this is my calling, God, there are several hurdles I have to overcome. More than I'm aware of, but first there is all the debt I accrued when I attended University and then dropped out twice. Then there is finding a seminary school abroad, because that is where my spouse and I are travelling for their education - so it will be necessary for me to find a seminary school that is for me. Finally, there is a question I have for You Jesus Christ about denomination, and exactly where my faith in You 'fits' inside of the structure of all the different kinds of churches, and kinds of churches and congregations. My faith in You God has always drawn me close to any kind of Christian understanding, and it has never mattered to me, in terms of finding commonality and brotherhood, what kind of Christian someone was, just that they had faith in God was enough to have plenty to relate to. Help me to find the right place in the church, if You are calling me to minister to Your bride, Jesus. And if You are calling me to this, God, know that I am trying to accept this calling but that there are things in the world that bar debtors like me from reattending college. I know that with You, God, nothing can stand in my way at all.
These things I am asking in Jesus Christ's name, that He reveals His will to me about my future. Thank you for praying with me, and God bless and hear your prayers, and deliver answers speedily. God is a generous and good God, and I know that His answers are coming for those who pray quickly and with haste, and love. Amen.
