Prayer of Jabez

if you don't know, now you know! a few years back in a used book store in ann arbor, i had the pleasure of stumbling across a little book about the prayer of jabez. i had no idea what it was about, but i said, "hey, 2 bucks. might as well." when i initially read it then, it did some amazing things in my life and really answered some of my deepest prayers. why i got away from it, i will never know, but i am officially back and hooked. this short, 4 line prayer is powerful beyond measure. i'm not going to go in-depth and give all the background info because i want to encourage you go and seek out this book. basically tho, it is found in 1 Chronicles 4:10, and reads: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested." summarizing, jabez asked God to bless him indeed, enlarge his territory and influence, that God may keep His hand on him and continue to guide his paths, and that God would keep him from evil, and God answered his prayer. so simple yet so powerful. i've been praying this prayer multiple times a day for about 2 months now, and my life has truly been changed. never have i had such confidence in my God, in what He can do in my life, and in what He will do in my life. God wants to bless us indeed, and He is just waiting for us to ask Him to. i encourage everyone to get on, and get this book. it's been doing some amazing things in my life like providing me a job, giving me a lot of hours, a possible contract, meeting true God-fearing people, and providing for me when the whole world saw otherwise. simply life changing. here is a link to some more info about it, but try to get the book, and maybe even pray the prayer right now--it's really works.

http://www.allaboutprayer.org/prayer-of-jabez.htm
http://www.thejabezprayer.com/

p.s i prayed this little prayer while i was writing this, and as soon as i finished, i received a phone call answering another one of my prayer requests. true stuff peoples!!

God Is Pretty Amazing

so, my life in kansas has been pretty awesome thus far. for starters, my training is freaking glorious!! i have morning lifts mon, tues, thur, fri followed by an afternoon workout, sat morning workout, and sun pool workout. holler!!!!!!! my lifting cycles have been getting me so strong. we do a lot of lunges, body squats, pull-ups galore, and other things of that sort, and for the afternoon workouts, we do so much core stuff. it's not even funny--not that core sessions are usually humorous. so, yeah...words cannot express how happy i am that i made the move to kstate. my body is transitioning very nicely. all the little aches and pains i had at michigan are light years away, and i'm stronger than ever. ohh!!! so, i love doing pool workouts! i've only had one session, and it wasn't too easy, but i love them anyway!! something about being in a pool just makes everything better. one cool thing we do is called "pool lengths". basically you try (and succeed) to swim underwater (or over) the full length of the pool (25 yards) while holding your breath the entire time. soo cool!! it hurt, but very cool. i love the mixing up of the workouts and the creativity--makes training that much more fun;)
another reason that God is pretty amazing is that He favored me once again, and it looks like i will not have to try to get a 40hr/week job in addition to training in order to survive. i won't know anything for about a month, but there is no doubt in my mind that my God will provide sweetness for me! mmmhhmmmmmm!! as of now, i work part time at a running store, Manhattan Running Company. This job is so much fun cause i get paid to talk about running all day--doesn't get much better. the owners are oklahoma state alum and so cool. yay God (and diana) for getting me this job.
hmm...what else!! so with God's blessing of having more free time, i've been getting involved in so much ministry. oh man!! i love it!! i currently attend StuMo (student mobilization) weekly meetings. it's kinda weird cause it's all college kids, but the worship and message are really good, so it's totally worth it. another freaking praise report is that i went to my first aia meeting on sun!!! omg!!! so good!! i might go on staff and get to pour into student athletes just as my aia mentors poured into me, that would be so cool. so, yeah...i'm kinda on a God high, and it is glorious.
my life has been so blessed so far, and i praise God for all He's done, is doing, and will do in my life. i know kansas state is the right place for me to do God's will, and i feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to move out here. i'm meeting new people everyday (no one has yet to top my mich peeps), and learning a lot about myself and a lot of things. one thing i will say is that i'm gaining a lot of tolerance for people different from me. while mich had some very interesting people considering it's liberalness, ksate is the opposite and quite conservative--not my ideal atmosphere. BUT God's been teaching and showing me all the good things that can come out of this situation. all is good tho. that is all for now. peace, love, and chicken grease.