During our vacation, we decided we would have Sunday “church” by ourselves in the little lake house where we were staying. Since there are five of us in the family, my husband asked, “Which book of the Bible has 5 chapters?” So we all thought about it (and googled it) and came up with a few options, finally settling on the New Testament book of James. We would each read and comment on one chapter. So, at the end of our delicious pancake breakfast, we scuffled over which Bible version to use in the Bible app (and settled on whichever one the reader wanted) and then went around the big wooden table, taking turns reading.

What a rich and sweet time. I had the last chapter, the one that ends with some instructions about prayer. “Elijah was a man with human frailties, just like all of us, but he prayed and received supernatural answers. He actually shut the heavens over the land so there would be no rain for three and a half years! Then he prayed again and the skies opened up over the land so that the rain came again and produced the harvest.” James ‭5:17-18‬.‬‬ I am always inspired by this—“a man just like us.” No super saint. Just. Like. Us. ANYONE can pray. And big, public answers to his prayers came from a big, powerful God.

 So we finished our mini-church-service and cleaned up breakfast. Next, I went to the laundry area to throw a load in the washer. I opened the accordion door, and staring back at me from the shelf above the dryer was a cleaner bottle with the words “High Output Prayer.” I did a double take. Then I laughed. The “S” in “sprayer” was missing (or so it appeared with the turned bottle) so it looked like “prayer.” 🤣 But I still took it as a reminder to not forget what I just read (James wrote about that, too.) God is so personal and FUNNY—using an old spray bottle to remind me about the most important of things. So, even if you don’t think you are something spiritually special (although you actually are), what in your life needs some high output prayer sprayed over it? You never know how God might answer! 🙏🏼💛