January 16 - Amanda

Day sixteen.

Man, today hit me so hard y'all!!! AHHH!!! SO CRAZY! I just feel so strongly that the end of this year is going to be me walking in so much more faith than I have now. You know?? At some point I'll start expecting this stuff from God instead of being shocked by it. That's my prayer anyway.

Today I hadn't prayed for someone by dinner time so I left the house in search of my next assignment. No surprise, I landed at Kroger. (seriously, when I'm done Kroger is going to be so filled with the Holy Spirit!!) As I was walking up to the store, a woman got out of her truck to return her red-box movie. I knew she was the one.

I asked her name and if I could pray for something specific. Amanda. She asked for prayer for her daughter. I asked her daughter's name and she said it was Autumn.

WHAT?!?! MY. KID'S. NAME. IS. AUTUMN!!!

(Go ahead and put your judgement aside. My name is Summer, I named my kid Autumn. I've heard it all. Let's focus)

I told her that I also had a daughter named Autumn. I asked what was going on with her girl and how old she was. Her Autumn is 21 and is trapped in a life ruled by addiction. So we prayed. We asked for freedom, we spoke against the spirit of addiction, we asked God to give her a way out of that life, and we prayed for Amanda's heart toward her daughter to be renewed. By the time we finished she was crying.

I am just so blessed by what the Lord is letting me do! Another daughter named Autumn in my city who is going through what I would consider as a mother to be my worst nightmare! To think of my baby girl at 21, living a life in chains because she's given herself over to something she no longer controls. It just broke this mommy heart in two! I really felt like I was able to truly feel the Father's heart for this sweet mom.

Lesson Learned: Every person I'm praying for has the heart of the Father. Every person is someone's son or daughter. He loves every one of them the way I love my Autumn. That's powerful.

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