Ronda Rousey Prayer Project Update #3!

I am all caught up on my prayers for Ronda Rousey.  I got off track on the 20th, but got my focus back and am now current.  I have been focusing on praying that she parts ways with the Diaz brothers.  If you are not familiar with Nick and Nate Diaz, just google their names and you'll find all of the reasons why I am praying for that.  I also prayed that she starts a ministry teaching judo to children when she retires from MMA.  On one interview that I saw, she mentioned that she was teaching judo before focusing on her MMA career.  She said that her mother had taken over since.  So basically, I am praying that she does the same thing after she gets saved, but uses it to reach children for Jesus.  After all, self-defense is extremely important, but it just postpones the inevitable.  We all are going to die one day, no matter how many black belts we get.  For that reason, it is important that we all get a relationship with Christ so that we can spend our eternity with Him.  Only the cross can defeat sin, and the more that I pray for Ronda Rousey, the more that I am convinced that she will find that out and accept Jesus Christ as her savior. 

Ronda Rousey Prayer Project Update #2!

I have prayed for 15 minutes for 14 consecutive times for Ronda Rousey.  During this time, I had a really crazy vision about how she would come to faith in Christ.  However, as I wrote it down in my journal, I became extremely uneasy and suspicious.  As it turns out, the "vision" was a hoax by the enemy.  This is just more proof that you should be very well grounded in God's Word as a Christian.  If you aren't, you can be tricked into believing all sorts of nonsense.  I think part of the reason why I realized that I had been hoodwinked so quickly was because I've been reading my Bible on a daily basis again.  Now, do visions occur?  Yes.  However, they are a lot rarer than people think and need to be scrutinized in light of scripture.

On a side note, Chris Weidman and his wife keep coming up in my mind as I pray for Ronda Rousey.  That's why I find it interesting that his rematch with Anderson Silva has been scheduled for the PPV that was originally headlined by Rousey vs. Tate II.  I do think that the decision to bump Rousey and Tate down to the co-main event is an unfortunate sign that women are still considered second-class citizens in the MMA world.  At the same time, I'm wondering if this slap in the face was allowed by God in order to allow Weidman and his wife to witness to Rousey.  Now, it is highly possible that I may be reading too much into current events.  Nonetheless, I will be keeping a close eye on the situation to see how events unfold.

To learn more about the rematch between Weidman and Silva, check out the following article at Sherdog.com:

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Dana-White-Chris-WeidmanAnderson-Silva-Rematch-Official-for-Dec-28-in-Las-Vegas-53893

Ronda Rousey Prayer Project Update #1!

So far, I have consistently prayed for Ronda Rousey every single day for a week.  For that reason, I got blindsided by a bizarre request earlier today which will seriously inconvenience me.  As ridiculous as the request is, I have no choice but to comply, for reasons that I will explain in my memoir about this stage of my life.  Nonetheless, I'm not going to let this stop me from praying to God.  After all, God is with me and He'll provide me with a way to resolve the situation. 

Anyway, I've been led to focus on praying that Rousey starts a ministry teaching Judo once she becomes saved.  I also felt led to pray that she meets Chris Weidman and his wife.  Now, I don't know exactly how this will play out.  However, I really got the sense that the new UFC middleweight champ's wife is the one who will lead her to Christ.  At any rate, in spite of the setback in my personal life, I will continue to lift Rousey up to God and look forward to seeing how He will work in her life. 

Grudge Match! Ronda Rousey Prayer Project II

For July, I decided to pray for Ronda Rousey's salvation again.  I already did one fifteen minute session before my Bible study tonight.  I am doing this because:

1) I got my spiritual butt kicked the first time and failed.
2) Since she is having a rematch with Miesha Tate, it seems appropriate
3) Things between her and Tate sound really bad on the set of "The Ultimate Fighter."  When Dana White says its "pure (expletive) mayhem", that's a pretty bad sign. 

So I'm praying that Rousey gives her life to Jesus Christ this month.  I will also try not to get too much guilty pleasure out of the fireworks on "The Ultimate Fighter" this September. 

For more about the filming, see this MMAWeekly article which was reposted on Yahoo!Sports:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ultimate-fighter-18-filming-ronda-023310338--mma.html

(Photo from same article)

Chael Sonnen Prayer Project Complete!

After a grueling day of supplicating before the Lord, I managed to catch up on my prayers for Chael Sonnen's salvation.  I feel way behind due to one of the worst months of my life, but rallied over the weekend and did four sessions yesterday and several marathon sessions today.  I believe that Sonnen will accept Jesus as his Savior one day, but the images that came to mind as I prayed led me to believe that it will occur much later in his life.  Basically, I kept seeing him tap to Anderson Silva late in the fifth round of their first fight over and over, and later as I prayed, Anderson Silva was replaced by Jesus Christ.  I'm no prophet or seer, but I strongly suspect that God was sending me hints that Sonnen's salvation will occur many years down the road.  Also, Vitor Belfort kept coming to mind, so I think that he will get involved somehow, although I got the feeling that his encounter with Sonnen (should it come to pass) won't be particularly amicable.  I also had the feeling that Miesha Tate will be involved as well, but again, I'm not a prophet and it may not occur the way that I envisioned it during prayer.  In fact, a lot of these images which I saw may just be my overactive imagination.  That's why I will stay rooted in God's Word, the Bible, to ensure that I stay on solid spiritual ground.  At any rate, I have faith that God will answer my prayer and that Sonnen will see Him one day in paradise.