{"id":29,"date":"2012-02-09T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/andygill.s145273.gridserver.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2012-02-09T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:00:05","slug":"prayer-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/andygill\/prayer-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Request."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So I\u2019m speaking at a few spots in California soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m currently in Panera doing some message prep for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First off, I\u2019m super stoked to be able to continue to speak, but as I continue on the path of speaking, I can\u2019t help but become more and more humbled within the process. Mainly because the more I prepare the more I realize how little control I have to change the students and leaders lives who will be hearing what I have to say.<\/p>\n

I mean I can tell an emotional story and make them cry.<\/p>\n

Ask the band to strum slowly behind me to create an emotional high.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get them amped up for a week or so (if I\u2019m lucky it\u2019ll last that long).<\/p>\n

But when it comes down to changing their lives. I have no control over that. Again, I can create a temporary emotional high<\/em> but have no ability to cause a permanent spiritual transformation<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all up to God.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thats why it\u2019s humbling\u2026 Which is why I pray. Adamantly. Which is why I\u2019m writing this right now. I\u2019m speaking at 7 different locations around southern California. Some of which are public high schools, some of which I know there will be students who, yes have heard of Jesus but do not know<\/em> Jesus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Please pray that God would move, that God would speak, and that God would continue to do great things\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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