So, after several weeks of feeling great health-wise and one day earlier this week of a short-lived migraine, I woke up this morning feeling awful in almost every part of my body, from my head to my neck to my throat to my stomach and then some. So I prayed, took some medicine, slept, and felt not much better. Some might say, “worse.”
Then I thought, the Bible says where two or more are gathered in Jesus’ name, there He’ll be in the midst of them. Why shouldn’t that include two or more gathered electronically? Jesus isn’t bound by time or space, and I doubt the power of His name is limited either. So I sent off a text message to four different people, asking them to pray. At least two people got it and wrote back, confirming their commitment to praying for me.

I didn’t receive an instant miracle, and the past several hours have been uncomfortable, to say the least, but now I feel good. Not great, but good. Significantly better enough to be giving the credit to God (and my friends for interceding).
So then I thought, what if we started a text message group of sorts? What if people exchanged numbers with other people who’d be willing to pray for them whenever a need arose? I’m not sure if all cell phones allow you to create groups of contacts (I’m not even sure if mine can do that), but knowing that you have a handful of people you can text who will stop and say a prayer for you, whatever the need may be? That’s awesome. Seriously awesome.
This is also better than a message board or even an email that people might not see as immediately as with their cell phones.

So let’s do this, so you won’t have to post your phone numbers here on TD: if you’re interested in a cell phone prayer circle (CPPC?), email me your cell phone numbers, and I’ll compile a list and then email it back out to everyone who emailed me. Good? Okay, good.

I’m thinking we could precede the texts with CPPC to alert people that it’s a prayer request and not a random message. Please note: this is best for people with unlimited texts or at least who don’t get charged for incoming messages. Also, not all cell phones allow the same amount of characters, so it’s best to keep your requests short and sweet.

Now work calls, and because my manager friend just called to see if I have an extra chocolate to bring her, I guess I’d better stop at the store first. Sometimes my friends crack me up.

Peace, love, and Jesus’ presence in text messages.