在这样的气氛中，我们开始了祷告，很喜欢今天的主题，THE GREAT I AM，开放家庭的妈妈Beth 分享了她整个早晨都在默想THE GREAT I AM, 思索上帝的伟大和全能。她自己的经验是嘴唇常常要出声赞美神，向对自己的心述说真理，让全部的心思意念降服于神。
Praise - Prasing God for Who He Is, His attributes, His name or His character.
Attribute: I AM.
诗篇46： 10 你们要休息，要知道我是神。我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
创世记 17：1 我是全能的神。你当在我面前作完全人， "I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless.
出埃及记3：14 神对摩西说，我是自有永有的。又说，你要对以色列人这样说，那自有的打发我到你们这里来。 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'“
姐妹们轮流赞美的祷告占了时间的一大半，围绕的都是“THE GREAT I AM" 的主题，使得我们的眼目提升，伤感的情绪被对上帝的敬畏代替，因为仰望救主而有盼望。祷告中纪念那些失去孩子，或在病痛挣扎的家庭。
这次再次分享读书心得《Prayer Warrior Mom: Covering Your Kids With God's Blessings 》，这一章“ Stand in the Gap" 的内容非常丰富，很难详细写出体会，这章主要讲述了母亲们祷告的重要性, 书中引用如下经文之一来鼓舞母亲们祷告的热忱。
以西结书 22：30 ”我在他们中间寻找一人重修墙垣，在我面前为这国站在破口防堵，使我不灭绝这国，却找不着一个。"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none."
书中还分享了一个令人难忘母亲和儿子的故事 Carol Kent's story. 作者由此在39页写到 ”We sometimes approach prayer as though it's all about what God can do for us. But it's really about praising God for who He is. We must be willing to accept I AM even when He doesn't do what we think He should do. We must be willing to accept the answer, "My grace is sufficient for you " (2 Cor,12:9)
这一章还用了一些篇幅写到"Take a Jericho Prayer Walk", 提到祷告上帝的心意代替我们的情感也意志，比如她写到的一个祷告
P40 During my Jericho walk, I prayed for God to replace: my fear and anger with a spirit of " power and of ove and of a sound mind" (2 Tim 1:7) my despair and depression with a spirit of hope and praise for God's help (Psalm.42:5)
p.s Carol Kent : " She entered the public eye with the story of her only son's imprisonment for murder, a journey she shared in the powerful book, When I Lay My Isaac Down. This painful experience has led Carol and her husband, Gene, down a long road of sacrifice and redemption. " http://www.amazon.com/Carol-Kent/e/B001HMTXV2
