A lifestyle of prayer begins

I guess I should introduce myself and give a little background of who I am, since I will be writing about my life and hopefully there will be many that read our little blog.

I decided that I was meant to live a lifestyle of prayer while I was out in Kansas City in 2005. I was lying in bed in the hotel I was staying at for the Onething Conference and I was wrestling with my heart and my brain. My heart was being tugged in this new and foreign territory called a lifestyle of prayer that was all very new to me, but had awakened my heart like NEVER before and then living just a normal regular Christian life, and as I was lying there I heard the voice of the Lord very loud and very clear tell me; “The time is now!” well that did it for me, I was sold. I knew I had to pack my bags and move halfway across the country to live and breathe a life of prayer. I had no idea what I was getting into, but it was the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I met Jesus in a new way that I thought I could never have, I have this intimate relationship with Him that I never thought possible. He KNOWS me, I KNOW Him. He LOVES me, I LOVE Him, really truly. I know that deep in my core, deep in the center of my being, I know this truth and it has rooted me and grounded me and has been what has kept me going now that I am not in that community. I was in Kansas City for almost two years when I really felt Him leading me back to Buffalo. Well, I came back kicking and screaming, but long story short, I knew it was where God wanted me to be. There is a generation of young people in this area that NEED to know this truth, and they NEED to have it written upon their hearts… in such a way that they will be sold out to the Kingdom, and to loving Jesus and giving Him everything that they have. I know it’s what I want. So doing this in the world has proven difficult, after I moved back home to Buffalo I found this little group here and I loved them instantly, but life became boring, and doing the whole prayer and fasting thing got mundane and I wanted excitement. So I strayed for awhile, doing all sorts of other ministry things that were not bad in any way, shape, or form, but just not what my heart really longs to do, so again, long story short, I ended up right back where I started and I am so glad I did, and I was received with such love and affection from these wonderful people that I knew its what I was made to do.

Currently I am working full-time with infants, and also will be going back to school to pursue my master’s in early childhood education and also getting certified to teach birth-2^nd grade. I know God has it in His heart to raise up a house of prayer in this region, I don’t know how it will look, or how I will be involved, but it’s slowly turning out completely different than I expected, and I am ok with that. This is a good journey, and I have a company of people that have the same heart as I do, so I wouldn’t trade it for the world. So that’s a little about Meg, more will come as you all will see. Bless you!

- Meg