Forecast

The forecast for Monday and Tuesday is an increased stuffy nose and coughing with decreased temperatures. Wednesday should clear up a little, allowing oxygen intake once again and a complete return to the workplace and prayer room. Yes, I am working from home again. Figured my officemates wouldn't appreciate my constant nose-blowing and general germiness. Is germiness a word? I think I just made it one.

I did manage to get to the prayer room on Sunday and have some Jesus time for a few hours before my nose clogged up (oh, sweet oxygen, how I miss thee). I study the New Testament on Sundays. During my internship, my core group went through the Sermon on the Mount every Sunday. I guess I always got stuck on the Beatitudes because they are awesome. I don't think I've ever gone verse-by-verse through the whole thing. I've decided to go through the Sermon on the Mount again, this time with the goal of getting all the way through.

I really need to understand Matthew 5, 6, and 7. They are so foundational to the faith. Every time I complain, "I don't know how to do this" ("this" meaning life, intercession, fasting, or just the next few hours in the prayer room), I conveniently overlook the fact that we've got a clear roadmap of Christianity laid out in three accessible chapters. So I'm going to be reading the Sermon with the purpose of practical application. I've had plenty of study hours that basically consist of me scribbling in my journal, "I <3 Jesus!! I'm not exactly sure what poverty of spirit is, but I want it! W00tage!" Now I want to read these verses and say, "Okay, L-rd, show me how to be poor in spirit in the workplace and in serving in the prophecy rooms. How can I minister to others out of this understanding? And how can I better pray to be filled with the riches of my inheritance in You?" I am considering beginning a series of posts on what I'm learning in the Sermon. I'd study for an hour and a half in the PR, and then spend the last half hour typing up what I've learned. Having to articulate my thoughts to a wider audience might help get the Word inside me. So look for that in the future.