Confused...

My prayer:

I am confused God, about a lot of things. I am confused about my feelings, the things I want and don't want. I am confused by this path we are on where I think you are trying to teach me that some things need to be done completely by you and I need to only trust and wait. Is that really what you are telling me or am I just being lazy? 

But you are not the author of confusion. You know the end from the beginning and you are never confused. God, I ask and pray for clarity tonight. Please clear the confusion and replace it with your peace, your clarity, your wisdom for my life.

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

You are confused because you are trying to reconcile what you know I am telling you now with what you have been taught in the past. Not all of the teaching you have had was bad but it was for a certain time. This time, this season needs a different level of trust. It needs a different level of understanding and obedience. 

You served me well and you served me hard. Those were days of hard work and great reward. The season we are in now is more about me helping you. It is about me healing you. It is about me redeeming and restoring you. 

I know that is hard for you. I know that you would rather give and help than be helped. But this, this is something you can't do for yourself. This is something that no one else can do for you. This is something only I can heal. This is something that I came to earth and sacrificed my life for. 

You have done all that you can do. Now it is my turn. You are not being lazy, you are being receptive. Receive what I have for you. Receive what I bought for you. I did it all for you and for this time. 

Spending time with God...

My prayer:

Thank you God for the strength and endurance to make it through the many challenges and opportunities this week. I am ready to rest with you tomorrow. Let's do something wonderful together, ok? Love you.

What God Said Tonight:

I love my time with you. Anything we do together is wonderful for me. I am your Father, creator and Lord, so anywhere we are together, I am happy. I don't need a lot of pomp and circumstance. I do not need a lot of fanfare. I just need you and me and quiet moment to meld together. 

I just need a few moments for you to clear your mind and to fill it with my thoughts. I just need a little time set aside so I can love on you. You are my heart, my love and I love spending time with you. 

You pick the spot. I will be there.

Lead me...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray and ask for more discernment and wisdom. There is a lot going on and I want to be sure that I am following your plan. I am doing my best but I just want to be sure. Life is exciting right now and I love that. You know I hate it when things are boring. But with that excitement comes some worry that I might mess it all up. Guide me, direct me, help me to be in your perfect will. 

What God Said Tonight:

I have never left you. I am the one who is opening the opportunities in front of you. I am the one who is blessing and prospering you. I am the one who is turning all things to your good. Follow my lead, follow the open doors and you will be following me. 

Your life is blessed, ordained and you are made in my image. You are my child. You will naturally follow me when you trust the inner Spirit that I have put in you to help you. 

Never lose touch with my Holy Spirit. It is truly there to help you every step of the way. My salvation covers you, but my Holy Spirit guides you and teaches you. 

I am with you always and I love you more than you will ever know.

Chains...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. Thank you for hearing my many prayers today. Some were quick pleas for help. Some were focussed and intentional. Some were questions. Some were just checking in. 

I love that you are never more than a prayer away. Whenever I need you, whenever I want you, you are always right there. I think I take that for granted sometimes but I want you to know how much I appreciate it. 

You are my lifeline, my reason that I can get through each day. You are my hope, my joy, my Lord and I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

Chains that held you down today will be broken tomorrow. Things that are holding you back are being broken off of you. We are walking into an amazing future together and you will walk into it free. 

I am your Lord, I am your hope. I am also your future. I am in you and you are in me, now and forever. We make a good team! 

God is on your side...

My prayer:

No words tonight really God but I come with a grateful heart and an open ear...

What God Said Tonight:

That is something I can work with my daughter. Grateful and willing hearts, open ears, that is an awfully good start. 

I love you, now and forever. I am completely on your side. No matter the situation, no matter who is against you, I am always on your side. I am loyal to you. I will never be against you. No matter what you do or where you go, I am always on your side. 

God of miracles...

My prayer:

Wow God. 90 minutes of sleep last night and somehow you got me through a full day of work in one piece! Now that is a miracle! 

Thank you God for the everyday miracles. I love the big flashy miracles, don't get me wrong. But tonight I want to say thank you for the sweet everyday miracles that sometimes go unnoticed. Thank you for protecting me in a world that is so crazy dangerous. Thank you for giving me the strength and stamina to face every challenge that today threw at me. Thank you for the extension on the move out deadline for my friends. Thank you for being with me all day God. And, thank you for meeting me here tonight.

I love you and can't wait for the miracle of hearing your voice...

What God Said Tonight:

Your life is a miracle. Your salvation is a miracle. Your love is a miracle. Truly, with all of the odds against you in this life, just breathing one more breath is a miracle. 

But, I am the God of miracles. They are how I move. I don't need you to conger up a miracle from me. I just need you to believe and to wait. Your miracles are all on the way. 

There really are no big miracles or small miracles. Every miracle is  big to someone. I love you daughter. Get some rest.

God's 'nevers'...

My prayer:

Awesome God, I really hope I am on the right path. I really hope I am hearing you clearly. I don't want to risk losing what we have but if there are higher levels of relationship and intimacy for us, I don't want to miss that either. 

Give me the courage and the discernment to know what to do. You may have to tell me a few times because I lose my courage off and on and start to sink. Take my hand and guide me through this, every step.

What God Said Tonight:

Turn down the static of life and hear me clearly. I will NEVER not love you. I will never stop loving you. I will never let you spend one moment separate from me. I am yours and you are mine forever. 

We are on a new journey and it will take you to new levels of love, new levels of intimacy with me, new levels of power in my Holy Spirit. It is worth it. 

I cannot and will not ever be taken from you. Walk with me in this hand in hand.

Deeply rooted hurt...

My prayer:

Thank you God for today. Thank you for tonight. Thank you for your promises. Thank you for your healing in me. I don't know how you are going to do it or what I will be like when it is done, but I trust you and know that it will all be worth it and that I will be a better person with more strength, joy, peace and love in my life when it is done. 

God, I agree to follow you on this journey, wherever it takes us. 

What God Said Tonight:

I promise I will be gentle on this one. It is a deeply rooted hurt, it will take some time to heal, but I promise I will be gentle. There will be many "aha" moments throughout. I will ease you into each new level of healing. 

It has already begun. You have been on this path of healing for years. You were just not ready to face it head on until now. Now, we can make some real progress. Now that you are looking at the issue with eyes wide open, we can start to see the truly miraculous done in your heart and in you. 

I have waited a long time for this for you and I am very excited that we are here. You are going to love the joy, the freedom and the strength on the other side of this. You are going to love the love on the other side of this. 

I am with you, now and forever, always by your side and I will never leave you . When you get scared, turn to me and I will protect you.

Hearing God's voice...

My prayer:

Friday night and our Sabbath begins. I love the Sabbath with you God. I love having a day to do nothing but enjoy you and the life you have given me. I understand the immense luxury and privilege in having a Sabbath. Thank you for teaching me about its value, thank you for spending it with me, thank you for the rest that only you can provide that restores.

What God Said Tonight:

My voice is never silent. Your ability to hear me changes but my voice is always there for you. I will guide you always. I will never leave you. These are iron clad promises that I will never, ever, turn my back on. 

I am completely committed to you. When you have those times when you don't hear me. When you talk to people who are having those times, the key is to find more ways to listen. The key is to get quiet in a very noisy world so you can hear me. The key is to literally wrap yourself in my Word so that my voice is common to you. 

You are my children and you are saved and I will never withhold from you. I promise. Keep listening and you will hear my voice, in the still small moments of your life. In the challenges and in the joy. I am here and I am speaking.

Obligation vs. responsibility...

My prayer:

Too tired to think but never too tired to listen. What i son our mind tonight God?

What God Said Tonight:

I never meant to be an obligation to you but I am a responsibility. Having a relationship takes commitment and responsibility. What it does not take is guilt, condemnation, and obligation. 

I am your Father and your saviour. I am everything you need when you need it. I am not a burden. I never meant for a relationship with me to be a burden. If you feel burdened, if you feel guilt, if you feel obligation toward me, that is not from me or of me. If you feel joy, awe, and intense gratefulness for me in your life, that is of me. 

I love you. Go rest. I will provide as always. I will love you like always. I will be everything you need as always, because I love you and I have a responsibility to you. Not because I feel an obligation or guilt toward you. Ours is a relationship of love, grace, mercy and peace. 

Smallest actions...

My prayer:

Made it through another gauntlet of a day God, thanks only to you. Thank you for the unexpected successes today and thank you for walking me through the challenges. 

I am with you Jesus. Whatever you want to do. Wherever you want to go. Whenever you want to go...I am with you. I am on your side, your team, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

I so wish you could see things as I see them. Today is a great example. There were so many things today that you barely noticed but which had great significance. 

One smile, one kind word, one choice to follow my lead, made all the difference. 

You have heard of the butterfly theory. It is very true. Sometimes it is the very smallest of actions that result in the biggest changes. 

My plans for you are woven together in perfect balance to achieve great things for the Kingdom and great things for you. Trust and know that even the littlest things in your life have purpose and meaning. Stay ever alert to my voice, my direction, even in the smallest of things.

Spiritual war...

My prayer:

Awesome God. It seems like everywhere I go the last couple of days people are SO STRESSED and ANGRY. I don't know if it is worse than usual or if I am just noticing it. I also notice it in myself. I am getting irritated by things that normally wouldn't even phase me. There are a lot of really crazy things going on in the world right now and maybe it is all just getting to us more than usual.

I am not completely sure of the source but I am completely sure of the answer.

God, I ask for your peace to overwhelm us. Please give us that peace that passes all understanding. Wrap you arms around your kids and help us to remember that you are in charge. Help us to treat others with kindness and grace, not intolerance and anger. 

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

There is a spiritual blanket of chaos and fear that is over your nation and over much of the world right now. There are battles occurring in the spiritual realm that are sparking fear, anger, and hurt in the natural world. 

The battles are necessary and we win the war in the end. 

In the meantime, you are safe in my arms. Keep yourself wrapped in my Spirit and my Word. Keep yourself rooted in the assurance of my love for you. 

In your anger, in your fear, turn to me and let me give you beauty for ashes. Let me trade in your anger for peace and faith for your fear. I love you. I am with you. This season is not how it will always be. But even in this, you are protected and will be kept whole.

Ocean...

My prayer:

Thanks for today God. It was pretty wonderful. 

Tomorrow we start another week and you know there are a lot of things that I need you help with. Some I know about and a lot more that I don't know about yet but you do. 

Thank you for being my ever present help. Thank you for having your will accomplished in my life. Thank you for undeserved favor. Thank you for the confidence that I can have going into this week knowing that you are on my side. 

What God Said Tonight:

Your life is like the ocean. Sometimes it is rough and sometimes it is smooth but it is always moving. There is always more going on beneath the surface than what people see. And, it is controlled by forces bigger than you can imagine and which you cannot see.

Trust me to be your anchor and your lighthouse. Trust me to navigate you through the storms and take you to calm waters. Trust me to lead you to paradise.

I love you daughter and we have some pretty wonderful things to see this week. Get ready.

Simple love...

My prayer:

I love you.

What God Said Tonight:

I love you too, forever.

Great faith...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Thank you so much for all of your help today. It was crazy and without you I am not sure I would have made it through but, with you, everything got taken care of that needed it. You always have what I need when I need it. Sometimes I wish you could give it to me a little earlier, but you always get it to me on time. :)

What God Said Tonight:

I never promised to be early. But I do promise to be on time. Early doesn't require faith and building your faith is of great importance to me. 

Faith can move mountains. I want you to have the strength and power that comes from great faith. But, great faith comes from challenges and needing to rely on me. 

I will always bring you through. I will always be there. Do not get intimidated by the circumstances. I am on your side, always.

Infinite strength...

My prayer:

Life is exhausting sometimes God, Not that it is bad. I mean sometimes it is exhausting because of wonderful things happening. But, it is often exhausting. And, sometimes, like tonight, I just want to get off for awhile. I want to escape. I want to run away to a private island where no one can find me. I feel weak and pitiful to admit it but there it is. 

If I am going to face tomorrow, I need your strength and your restoration. Truth is I need that everyday. Without it, I would have quit a long time ago. 

Thank you God for always being there for me and for always having just what I need for each day, each moment. Love you.

What God Said Tonight:

You are relying on me for your very breath. You are relying on me to get through each moment. That is not a place of weakness. You are relying on the most high God. That is a place of infinite strength. That is a a place that will never leave you hanging. 

I am yours and you are mine. My strength is yours. My joy is yours. My energy is yours. My everything is yours. 

I love you and you are my child. You have an inheritance that is already yours. I love you, I am here for you and I will give you what you need, everyday.

God's request...

My prayer:

Nothing much to say tonight God but always ready to listen. Love yoU!

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen great beauty. I have sen great kindness. I have seen so many things that point to the origin of humanity in me. I also see the  corruption of sin. I see the suffering. I see the wounded and I see those who are wounding. 

I set into place a plan many years ago to return us to a world of goodness, mercy and grace. A world where you and I can walk together through the garden. A day when you won't ever have to ask, "Are you still there God?" because you will see me, face to face. I am anxious for that day. I have missed having those times together, without the distraction of sin. 

But, in truth, it is not too much different than what we have today. I am in you and you are in me and there is not greater intimacy than that. Seeing each other face to face will just be one more layer of a wonderful relationship. 

Until that day, please continue to meet with me each day. Continue to find that time to listen for my voice. I have so much to share with you. I want to make this hard life easier. I can help you through. 

I love you sweetheart. I am always here for you. 

Joy multiplication...

My prayer:

Thank you God for undeserved and unrestrained JOY! Life has been pretty rough for me and a lot of people around me lately but tonight, you gave me a couple of great shots of JOY. Your JOY is my strength, for sure! With your JOY and love, we can get through anything. God, I pray that you give a shot of JOY to every single person within the reach of this post tonight.

THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU!!!

What God Said Tonight:

Sending my joy out like a wave tonight. 

Joy is one of those things that more you get the more you have to give and the more you give the more you have. 

I am sending joy fueled with multiplication out tonight. Feel it bubble up in side of you. Despite the circumstances and despite the struggle, feel my joy begin to fill you. 

Share it and you will see it multiply in you. Grab it, embrace it, hold it close. It really will give you the strength to face tomorrow. 

LOVE YOU BACK :)

Something is not right...

My prayer:

Thank you for bringing me through this day God. It was a rough one for a lot of us. The bad news just kept on coming today. Still believing you are going to work it all out; but I am definitely walking by faith and not by sight.

Love you, trust you, leaning on you tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

I am the fire in you that burns with a desire to see things put right. I am the flame within you that burns out the wrong. I will burn in you and set you loose on the world. 

My fire is cleansing, not destructive. My fire makes things whole. 

When you get that feeling that things just are not right, that is me in you. Right can't live with wrong. I am the right in you. 

I will see each of these situations around you put right. I am in the process of putting the world right and you are a part of that plan. Trust.

 

Hope...

My prayer:

Wonderful God who is my hope. I pray God for you to give us all a little extra dose of hope tonight. Too many people that I know are hanging onto the last scrap of hope they have by their fingernails. I pray for hope. Remind us all what you have planned for us and help us to know it to be true. Give us some sign, reassurance, peace to let us know that it really is going to be ok. 

Thank you Jesus. You are my hope.

What God Said Tonight:

Each day has enough challenges of its own. Stop worrying about tomorrow. I have tomorrow covered. 

Trust me to know what you need. Trust me to be your God and your Father. Trust me to care for you. I won't always work things out the way you expect but I will ALWAYS work them out for your good. 

Your good, your well being, is one of my very top priorities. I have you carved in the palm of my hand. I cannot and will not forget you. I cannot and will not let you down. I have not forgotten you or my promises to you and I never will. 

Trust me awhile longer and you will see your promised land. You will possess it. 

God's home...

My prayer:

God, I wish I were the person I know I should be instead of the extremely flawed person that I am. I know you love me no matter what; but, if I could be a better person, I could help more people and not waste time on things that don't matter. If I could truly have the mind of Christ, my thoughts would all be edifying and productive instead of selfish and unproductive. 

God, help me to be better.

What God Said Tonight:

I have and I will always help you. I will always be there for you. 

Your heart, your core, your intention, is of the most importance. I can spot a good heart, a repentant heart, a loving heart from a million miles away. The heart of a person is what matters most. 

You will stumble and you will fall. You fail and you will recover. I am with you through it all. 

I am also in your heart. Part of how I know you have a good heart, full of love and good intentions, is that is where I live. Your body is my temple but your heart is my home. I am really comfortable in your heart. 

Worry a little less about what you are doing and not doing and spend more time with me and knowing how to act from your heart. When you do, you will never go wrong. 

God's love...

My prayer:

What an amazing day and a wonderful night God! Thank you!!! So many blessings, so much fun! Simple blessings and joy that lasts. LOVE YOU!! Love the people you put in my life. Love the place you have planted me. Love the plans you have for me. LOVE YOU! Basking in the joy of being your kid tonight!

What God Said Tonight:

I love you. 

Not just parts of you. Not just when you are good. Not just when you are succeeding. I love you, all of you, all of the time. I love you when you fail. I love you when you sin. I love you when you win. I love you when you are generous. I love you when you sitting in your backyard worshiping me. I love you when you are making the wrong choice. I love you when you are making the right choice. 

My love is not dependent on what you are doing, my love is only dependent on who you are in me. My love is dependent only on the unshakable fact that you are mine, now and forever. My love is dependent on nothing more than the fact that you exist and you are mine. 

Our relationship can grow closer and deeper based on the time we spend together. But my love, that is unshakable and undeniable. Now and forever, my love.

Refuel...

My prayer:

Thank you God for giving me everything I needed to handle everything that was thrown at me today. Felt like I was in a game of dodge ball all day. Running to your arms tonight God Wrap me up and talk to me?

What God Said Tonight:

Go and rest. My only words for you tonight are that I love you. I will always be here for you and you never, and I mean never, need to doubt that for one second. You and me forever, count on it. 

I love you more than you can imagine. You are more precious to me than diamonds and more beautiful than gold. You are my shining star and I love you. 

Receive my love tonight and let it refuel you for tomorrow.

Behind the scenes...

My prayer:

Standing on your promises of protection God. Five minutes of the news today could have a sane person petrified. But you have promised your protection over me and I am standing and believing that promise.

Thank you for the wonderful gift tonight. It was beautiful and perfect and such a wonderful surprise. Your gentle kindness and thoughtfulness continue to amaze me.

What God Said Tonight:

Nothing is quite what it seems right now. I am working behind the scenes and I will turn everything for your good.

Your trust is not misplaced. I will see you through this time and through tomorrow. We have an eternity to spend together. That is also a promise.

You fall under the protection of the most high God. Who can ever harm you?

I love you and I will keep you forever. Feel my kiss on your right temple tonight and know my love for you will never stop.

Forgive like a child...

My prayer:

Thank you God for today! So much fun, exciting news, great friends and colleagues. LOVED IT. You are so amazing, wonderful, and beyond perfect. The way you work everything out is pretty incredible. Can't wait to see what you do tomorrow!

What God Said Tonight:

There is a time for reconciliation.A time to look back and find those people who you drifted from or chose to walk away from, and repair the damage. 

I am a God of forgiveness and with my help you can be a child of forgiveness. Children are a great examples really. There is no one more forgiving than a small child. 

Foolish...

My prayer:

At what point does waiting on a promise go from being faith to being foolish? 

There are a few things that I truly believe you told me you were going to do in my life that I have been waiting on for years. The one thing has been over ten years of waiting. If I continue to wait with expectation am I walking by faith and not by sight or am I just being foolish and waiting on something that will never happen? 

I have to say that on these promises that are so long in coming, I feel foolish a lot of the time. But then, I will think of some wonderful thing you have done in my life that took many years to come about and I jump right back into the faith arena. All things are possible through you, right?

Maybe it is better to be a fool for you and stand in faith no matter what rather than be "wise" and miss out on the miracles you want to do in my life? Seeking true wisdom tonight God, even if the answer is to go ahead and be "foolish."

What God Said Tonight:

I use the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Being foolish is not the worst thing in the world. The worst thing in the world, for you since you are saved and redeemed by me, is to miss out on what I have for you. To miss the blessing and to miss the miracle. 

I have so much more for you than you can ever imagine. No dream is too big. No promise is too outlandish. I will do the impossible in your life for no other reason than to show my glory in you. I have targeted you as my reflecting mirror to the world. Why would I not do amazing things in your life? 

I have not said "no" I have only said "not yet". 

Remember that I will give you the desires of your heart if it fits in my will for you and if it does not, I will slowly change the desires of your heart. Either way, follow your heart, follow the love in your heart and you will never go wrong. 

I love you sweet daughter. If you are willing to risk being foolish for me, I will not let you down.

God's bride...

My prayer:

Awesome God. So, everything I was typing for my prayer tonight was just wiped...thinking maybe I need to do more listening and less talking tonight? Love you God and I am here for anything you want to say.

What God Said Tonight:

I didn't mean to shut you down tonight daughter but I am excited. I have seen this time coming and it is almost here. There is a wedding in the planning stages. There is a coming together of me with my church and it is almost here. 

I am ready and she has been preparing. I have seen her gown and it is white with jewels and feathers and lace. It is beautiful but does not hold a candle to my bride herself. She does not see herself as perfect but in my eyes, perfection. I have covered her with my sacrifice that has made her whole and made her worthy of this marriage. 

We are going to be forever for eternity which is wonderful but soon, is the celebration of our becoming one. My sweet bride is nearly ready. You are so beautiful to me.

God's trust...

My prayer:

Wonderful day God, thank you! I am completely exhausted but want to hear your voice. Is there anything you want to talk about tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

I have entrusted to you your purpose. I have entrusted to you the people that I have put in your life. I have entrusted you with a message of pure love and grace. 

I do not place trust lightly. I have carefully chosen those that I will trust with particular parts of the overall plan. Your role is broad but specific. 

Keep and ear open to me, no matter where you are or what you are doing. Right now is a time that I may need you at a moments notice. I have the hands and feet to do what I need. I have the willing hearts. I will see this done.