My friend, Lori, and her husband Judd Wilhite pastor a church in Las Vegas, NV. Central Christian Church is a great congregation of people and the Lord is doing so much through them in the Las Vegas area. Brad had a chance to visit the church and see the team in action. I, on the other hand, keep up with the happenings of their church and life via Lori's blog. She began Leading and Loving it as resource and encouragement for other women who partner with their husband's in ministry. Her blog, in and of itself, has expanded past a resource to connect women and has turned into its own ministry. Now, Lori and several other pastor's wives from all over the US contribute to http://leadingandlovingit.com. They host virtual round table discussions and many other oh-so-cool things.
I highly, highly encourage you to check it out. There is always something great there! Plus, they are just real wives and moms who have a heart sold out to Jesus. I Love It!
Lori emailed me several weeks ago asking about posting the Take Your Man to Jesus prayers on her blog. I felt honored that she asked. If you don't know what I am talking about, in January 2009 I shared a prompting that the Lord had placed on my heart. God called me to pray intensely for my husband for ten full days. I was surprised at the response from women who wanted to join me in the journey. So for sake of ease, I posted a ten day prayer map that gave clarity and focus to the prayer time. I shared as the Lord prompted. After all was said and done, I had received emails from numerous women who asked to share the prayer map with prayer groups, Bible studies, friends and coworkers. I was never looking for a response or for any credit, but I was thankful that the Lord used them in people's lives. What blessed me most was seeing so many women love their husbands enough to sacrifice time and thought in order to see them rise up to be men of integrity. God heard my prayers during that time. I know he was faithful to hear so many others as well.
Lori is posting the Take Your Man to Jesus prayers on her blog for several days. Because I love my husband even more than I did eighteen months ago and because I count it an honor and joy to be his biggest prayer warrior, I am going to join in with her. Won't you join us? Check it out here!
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I'm thrilled that you were so gracious to let us use your posts. And I'm excited to see how the Lord will use them! Gonna be a fun ride ... again. :)
And thank you for your super sweet words! Love staying connected with you!
My pastor's wife, Tiffany Cooper, from our church here in OKC does Leading and Loving It sometimes! Awesome! I loved doing this last year, would love to do it again! Way to inspire so many other women, Ashley!
Our pastors wife does it too, Sarah. Cool! We both know cool pastor's wives. :)
Oh, I am SO glad you posted this! Random, but I was thinking yesterday about how I want to be more diligent about praying for Doug and your old posts actually popped into my mind! I printed them all out, and I'm starting today. Thank you Ashley!
Ok, I am on board. I just finished praying about day 1, and I'm feeling the Spirit already working on my heart as I pray for my hubby! What a true comfort it is to put the well-being of my man in the perfect will of our Lord! Thanks Ashley!
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