"Give us clean hands, O God!"

been walking a more introspective few-weeks, asking God for a greater measure of love for His people than before. learning to listen more than talk, be patient, learning to understand more than to be understood. we love because He first loved us, of late it's been so lifechanging just to shift gears and look out more for others' heart-language than before. but of course i didn't go around attempting to do that for EVERYBODY i meet, that'd be trying to be God. but those around me, those i hang with, those i love God together with, i pray to God for His love to expand my heart and sustain my faith...He's so full of the agape love that i have not.

had Eklektos ldrship meetg two nights ago. in a nutshell: discipleship, prayer, leadership-building are non-negotiables. we took about 5 group shots at the end, this is my fave, yo! (joel, thanks for framing the group photo for our dear "you don't trust me is it?" calvin to click the shutter... it was funnier to be on the other side of the camera watching the wannabe photographer do his thang!)

this morning's prayer time rocked! i'm not addicted to praying with my youth, i'm addicted to praying with my youth in God's presence. what makes the difference? duh, the last 2 words. and God's presence was definitely with us as he led us through a time of breakthrough prayer and repentance. after awhile of praying, we sang 'rain down' and 'give us clean hands', the anointing picked up and everybody began to pray real strong...each of us began to cry out for this generation, then He wanted us to focus on these issues: suicide, pornography, sexual immorality, purposelessness, apathy.

yeah! God, You're raising up a praying army in this place, a generation that seeks
Your face O God of Jacob...of those who know You. of those who would exchange the world just to know Your presence. Lord, turn Your face to us, cause us to long after Your heart's desires above all else, that nothing matters as much as being totally with You - not even signs and wonders, not even big numbers, nothing. Let this army rise to Your trumpet call, Lord, and at the sound of Your voice do great exploits. only at the sound of Your voice.