Progression

   Thank you all for the prayers. Yesterday, every moment that i spoke to my mom, or when she got home, it was nothing but fighting between us. So I was praying a lot last night and through the day. I prayed for God to be my patience with my mom, and for him to help me get out of falling away from him every time I lost patience with my mom. I also prayed a lot about what I mentioned yesterday. And I got to thinking. I always can imagine myself in the future living in a beautiful place, like a beach, and every morning, waking up, reading my bible, maybe listen to some worship music, and going out and walking alone with God on the beach. God then questioned me, "Why can't you do that now, where you live. It doesn't have to be a beach. You are missing out on precious time that you could be spending with me because you are planning things for the future, and not putting them into action now." So thats what I did, with faith in God to fill me with his presence and make my spirit new, I woke up at 6:30, put on Oceans by Hillsong, and prayed to God until I fully woke up. I prayed, and read 3 chapters in my bible. I still wasn't all together sure what I was going to do next, so I prayed and listened to God. I decided to follow the people in the bible that did amazing things for God. They took amazing feats for God, they took risks out of faith, they did what he asked them to do. So I realized if Moses could walk across the desert for a lifetime for God, I could get my butt out of bed and go on a walk to be alone with God, with no distractions, just me in his presence...
   It was amazing, nothing huge happened. I didn't have any revelations or fainting or even shivers from his presence, I just felt him, and purely him. And that was amazing. I will do this every morning until God lets me know otherwise. I am going to continue praying, and fasting. Through this, I have faith that my relationship will grow immensely with God.

~Alisha