Follow Up Since Fasting

I spent a week praying and fasting a couple of weeks ago to help me get further understanding of a word that was given to me and to help me let go of an addiction that was possibly holding me back from what God wanted me to do. 

Since that week, I have found myself battling only once with the temptation to fall back on my addiction. I'm not expecting that the temptation will never be there again, but I found that when it was stronger than it had been, I had the strength to say no and since then, it has been really easy and I haven't even thought about it much. I think that sometimes we just need to say no to temptation once, and it makes all the other times much easier. The more we say "no" the easier it becomes. 

As for getting further understanding about the Word and knowing where God needs me to be.... I'm still praying about that. I'm not 100% sure I know exactly what I need to do and where I need to be, but it's something that I know I can continue to pray about. There are things that are coming up in my life, things that I know can have a big affect on the things that I do within the church I call my home and it's possible God is preparing me for these changes. It's possible this is what he was calling me to do and maybe now is the time that it's going to take off. 

A lot of this probably doesn't make sense because I know right now it's not making a whole lot of sense in my head, but I'm sure that I'll eventually figure it all out. 

For now, I will continue to pray for clarity and for closer communication with God so that I know I am continuing along the right path. 

Thankful for: Answered prayer

I don't have a recent answered prayer that I am necessarily thankful for but I am thankful for answered prayer because I know there are so many out there, and that gives me faith to continue to pray for things myself.