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by NOEL CORDOVA
(HOLLISTER, CA)

Sunday was a "great" service! Now I understand why God woke me up and spoke to me about murky waters and blocked vessels. Sunday morning I was standing in front of the mirror getting ready for church and I started to think about Israel and how my husband told me we should pray for them and how our prayers would be more blessed when we prayed for the people of Israel. I was thinking about that and I told God I wanted to hear someone preach about that and help me to have a better understanding about why we need to pray for them and what difference I could make.

Wouldn't you know pastor teaches about Israel and how they are in danger of being wiped off the face of the map thus giving me a vivid understanding of why I should pray for Israel and more specifically how to pray for them.

I write this today sitting here in amazement how personal my God is to me. What are the odds I would ask something like that and get the answer directly from God the very same day. This has been happening a lot. Then this pastor who came preaches to me about the very same thing God has been dealing with me about. Everything falls into place.

Although I know God is able to do far above all I can think or ask it is still amazing to me how He makes it so personal for me. Sometimes I look for words to describe my love and appreciation I have for the Lord and I can't even begin to tell you. There are no words to express my heart full of thankfulness of who He is to me.

He has given me an opportunity to live and tell others He is a MIGHTY HEALER, A GREAT DELIVERER, A HEART RESTORER, A SOUND MIND GIVER, AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF STRENGTH and the Endless PROVIDER of POWER! I could go on and on.

I went to the altar, and I didn't realize I was holding on to some bitterness of my own. I honestly didn't know it was there until I went up to the altar, and I asked God to search the secret places in my heart and cleanse and wash them in His blood. When the preacher laid his hands on me and prayed for God to heal me God revealed to me I was holding on to some bitterness in my past and He was healing me from it. I thank God for that.
The heart is wicked and deceitful who shall know it?

Then God asked me if I would press for Him? I didn't fully understand and he began to explain to me there are prayers of a presser that can push through the walls satan builds against things or people. I quickly said yes and God spoke again and said "Noel" don't just say yes, I am asking for a commitment from you this day. A commitment to be a presser in prayer. It takes a lot more than you think to press through. You will be pressing through for the church, the city, for My will to be done.

I thought about how sometimes I can be praying so hard and I get tired and God reminded me it would be when I am tired when he would expect me to press through. Press through the pain and the struggle. PRESS IN PRAYER. To push against the heaviness. Press until I can breakthrough.

I share this with everyone who reads my blog because I need your prayers. I need you to pray God will move my family closer to the church. I have to get to the church more if I am going to be able to make this commitment. I need your prayers because on my own I won't be able to do it. I want to do this but I need the commitment in my heart. Please pray God will help me to commit my time to Him in prayer to press through to whatever He asks of me. Please keep me in your prayers while I allow God to prepare my heart for this journey.

My husband just called me, and his boss gave Him time off to go to camp meeting!! Miracle! My boss also gave me time off. Neither one of us has vacation. I prayed for God to make a way and He did!

Why My Jesus is so very good to us I will never understand it. Every day it gets sweeter and sweeter to know Him. Lord, I love you with all my heart and soul. Help me to commit myself in prayer as you have asked of me.

Thank you for healing my heart and for making my bitter waters sweet. Let the Cordova's be a well of Your sweet living water that when they come we can offer them the water of life...

Make me the presser in prayer You want me to be. I surrender...