My love...

My prayer:

I just want to rest in your presence tonight God. There is no better place. There is no better feeling than being safe in your love. Let me lie back in your love. I love you so much.

What God Said Tonight:

My love never leaves. My love never hurts. My love never fails. 

My love is something you can trust, now and always. 

My love is perfect. My love is not jealous or mean. It only loves. It does not fear that you won't love me back. My love just loves. 

My love is yours forever.

God shining in my darkness...

My prayer:

Well today sure turned out better than I thought it would! Thank you Jesus! With you God, there is always hope. No matter the challenge, no matter the drama, there is always hope because you are in my life. 

Thank you for being my hope.

What God Said Tonight:

Light is beautiful in darkness. Light in more light is difficult to notice but light in darkness is beautiful and usually welcomed. 

It is easier to notice and appreciate me when I shine in your dankness, in your struggle. When things are going smoothly, you know I am there but I am harder to see. My presence is less obvious. 

Now, I don't expect you to look forward to the struggle because of this. But, it is one way of seeing the struggle in a different way. Every struggle is a chance to really see me shine. 

I promise, it will be beautiful.

God is available...

My prayer:

I just noticed God that we have been talking like this and posting it on line for seven years. That is pretty incredible! I still remember the first night that you led me to do this. I was so nervous. What if no body saw it or cared? What if everybody saw it? I knew I heard from you but I could not imagine why you wanted me to do it.

Now seven years later I have seen you touch hundreds of thousands of people with your words. What a privilege and an honor! 

Thank you for trusting me with this God. Thank you for talking to me always. Your voice in my ear is the sweetest sound I know. 

What God Said Tonight:

Some people don't know. They don't realize that my voice is available to them. My voice, my Holy Spirit, my Son stand in anxious anticipation...

To do list...

My prayer:

Sweet Father, you know the question on my heart tonight. You know the struggle. Help me to see the next step. Help me to see the path. Help me to know what I should do, decide, change. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

When did you decide that your past determines your future. When do you think you stopped following my lead? 

I know your heart. I know your dreams. I know your needs and I will take care of each one. 

You have seen some possibilities but you have not seen all that I have to show you. When the time is right, when the option is right, you will have no doubt. Moving into it will be effortless. 

Keep seeking me. Worry less about what you need to decide or do and take that same energy to stay focused on me. I will show you the way. Nothing needs to change until I change it. Nothing for you to do but to seek my face, keep an ear open to my voice and a heart free to be shaped for my purpose. 

I love you and my plans for you are not complete.

All things...

My prayer:

Thank you for the luxury of rest today God. It is back to work tomorrow. I will need your help making that transition. I pray for wisdom, patience, favor and that general amazing help that you provide.

You are so good to me. I am so grateful for you. Help me to be whatever you need me to be or want me to be tomorrow. 

What God Said Tonight:

I provide for all of your needs out of my riches in glory. I provide for all of your needs. 

As Father, I take care of you. As Savior, I save you. As Healer, I heal you. As teacher, I teach you. As Friend, I comfort you. As God, I create you. 

I am all things to you and for you. My provision never runs out. I am everlasting and all of my gifts for you are out of who I am, therefore, they will never run out. 

I love you, now and forever. You are mine and I am yours, forever.

Imperfect...

My prayer:

Thank you God for being better to me than I am to you. Thank you for thinking of me, loving me, caring for me even when I don't do the same to you. Thank you for forgiving me when I am thoughtless and rebellious. Thank you for loving me when I am at my most unlovable. 

Thank you for being so gracious to accept my meager attempts at worship. Thank you for receiving my love, as imperfect as it is. 

Thank you.

What God Said Tonight:

I never need you to be perfect or even close. I always just need you to be committed to sticking it out with me. 

I will never leave you and as long as you never leave me, all will workout ok in the end. 

I love you now and forever. 

Bruised heart...

My prayer:

I did not do a great job of appreciating this day God. It is hard to come back to everyday life after a week of such great adventure. But, I will do my best to find the joy and adventure in everyday life. I will do my best to maintain an attitude of gratitude. I know it is better for me and it is the least of what you deserve.

I love you God. Thank you for being you.

What God Said Tonight:

Here is the thing though. Everyday life is nothing more than what you make it. I have great opportunities for adventure constantly in front of you. You only need to reach out and grab them. The enemy of joy and adventure is habit.

The enemy of your heart is satan. He beat up your heart. He tried to steal from you. He failed, but the bruise remains. The week of adventure gave time for the bruise to heal but it is not entirely gone. Your feelings today were not just being back home. They were the tender edges of the bruise healing over.

Give yourself the same room and consideration that you give others in grief. I will heal this wound.

Color...

My prayer:

The last night of a week of wonderful experiences. Thank you again God for being so amazing and allowing me this time of healing and rebuilding. I can't wait to see what is next. Thank you for your protection today. Those were some crazy roads we were on! I love you and I am ready for whatever you have next as long as we are in it together.

What God Said Tonight:

This week was to add color to your life. You needed a reminder that there is more to the world than what is in front of your face. 

Thank you for embracing the experience and trusting me through it all. 

I do have plans (you know I always do) and we will see tomorrow together. I love you.

Getting peace...

My prayer:

Awesome God, I am so grateful and so at peace. Your peace with your love is the most beautiful think in the world. 

I pray your peace envelop all of your kids. I pray your peace envelop all of my friends. I pray that your peace reign on this earth. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

My peace I bring to you and my peace, I give to you. Now and always. I am the peace maker. I am the Prince of Peace. I bring peace wherever I am. 

When you need more peace, get more fully into my presence. You will always find it there. When you want peace in a situation, invite me into it. When you need peace for someone else, let them see me. 

I love you.

Treasure...

My prayer:

A life long dream realized today! Thank you God! I feel like I am in a week of blessings and gifts and I am so very grateful! I revel in all that you do for me God.

What God Said Tonight:

Life is filled with patterns and experiences that are both beautiful and useful. 

Treasure you time of peace and blessing. Treasure your time to love and be loved. Treasure those moments that leave you breathless. Use them as a a storehouse of memories when things become more rough. 

Life will throw it all at you. Treasuring these moments help to cushion the blows. 

Treasure me and I will cushion every blow. Treasure me and I will make sure that everything is turned for your good. Treasure me and I will see you win every single time. 

I love you and I treasure you my child.

Beauty for ashes...

My prayer:

I am SO BLESSED!!!! What an amazing day you gave me! What amazing blessings!!! YOU ARE AMAZING! SO much beauty and so much magnificence, Thank you God. I cannot believe your generosity to me!!

What God Said Tonight:

Everything fits together. Everything has its time. You and your life are planned with a purpose. 

Your pain and suffering will be turned into joy, every time. I cannot and will not promise you that this world and this life will not bring you pain. My life on earth brought me pain. How could you experience less than your God? But I can always promise to turn it for your good. I can always promise beauty for ashes. I can always promise that you will never be alone. 

I bring you beauty for ashes today. Tomorrow I bring you great joy. I love you.

Beautiful lights...

My prayer:

Another beautiful day God. Thank you for this gift of time and history and beauty. I can't wait for tomorrow. I pray and ask that you continue to guide us, lead us and protect us. You are so WONDERFUL!!!

What God Said Tonight:

You are a light among lights traveling through the darkness. Your light is beautiful. Your light gains more beauty as it is paired in concert with others. One light alone obliterates darkness around it. Many lights together can create beauty in the darkness. 

Paint this world with light my child.

Belonging...

My prayer:

Thank you for an amazing day in an amazing country. God, I can feel your guidance and direction so clearly on this trip. I am so grateful for you in my life. Thank you. I could never make it without you!

What God Said Tonight:

I love you. I have my arms around you. I will never let you go. You are all mine. Don't doubt for a second that you belong with me and in my purpose. I have you written in my palm and engraved on my heart. 

We are together forever in the magnificence of true love. Be free in my love for you.

Temporary good bye...

My prayer:

Thank you for your peace, comfort and healing today God. This loss hit me harder than I expected but with you, I know the hole will heal. Thank you for amazing friends and family who surrounded me with love and prayers. Thank you most of all for taking care of him in heaven.

What God Said Tonight:

It is not new. It is as old as time. The temporary good bye to those we love. 

I have a promise for you. You will see them again. You will know them in the next heaven and the next earth. Your good bye will not stand forever. It is truly more of an aloha, until we meet again. 

Take comfort in that. Take comfort in knowing that I am taking care of him and he is loving the sunshine in the fields here. The hay is chest high and he is smiling as he looks out over the land. 

Let peace reign...

My prayer:

Guide and direct me Lord. I am on a path I have not traveled before and do not know where to tread.

What God Said Tonight:

You have made your peace. He has made his. Let peace reign. 

Love counts...

My prayer:

Thank you for revelation and breakthrough today God in the lives of people I love! Your blessings and guidance were wonderfully present today. You are wonderful!

What God Said Tonight:

That's the only thing that truly counts. In the midst of competing demands. In the midst of terrifying circumstances. In the midst of everything, the only thing that truly counts is love, our love. 

Everything I have done and everything I do, everything I will do is a direct result of my love for you. Every driving purpose, every joy, every deep meaning in you is because of your love for me. It is the driving force of all that matters. 

If everything else disappeared but our love remained, that would be enough. Rest in my love knowing that my will and my purpose are centered in that love. 

Freedom...

My prayer:

Today was pretty great. Time to rest, time to minister, and you healed that nasty headache that came after me. 

Thank you for your healing power. Out of all of your gifts, that is the one that has been most profound in my life so far. Now, redemption is pretty amazing too, don't get me wrong. But as far as living out this life, your healing (physical, emotional, spiritual) has made all the difference. I am so grateful for your healing power in my life and in the lives of others. I love to watch you heal people. 

You are amazing and I love you A LOT!

What God Said Tonight:

I have come to unlock the locks that keep the chains around you. I have come to set you free. I have a tremendous desire to see you living free in my grace and my mercy.

Targeted by God's love...

My prayer:

What an interesting day God. Thank you for the new insight. I am not completely sure what to do with it yet but I know it is true. I can feel that it is true. Thank you for the guidance, help and peace. 

You are really amazing and I don't tell you that enough. Your love is literally unbelievable. There was that line from the show tonight, "Do you think that I love you so little that I would turn my back on you just because you completely betrayed me? Don't be silly." I could see you so much in that line. 

No matter how much we mess up, your love is bigger. Even we hurt you, your love is bigger. Your love is bigger than I can ever imagine and I am eternally grateful for it.

What God Said Tonight:

Don't give up on love. Never give up on love. Love is the key to everything. 

Love is the key to the future. Love is the key to healing. Love is the key to happiness. Love is the key to joy. Love is the key to success. 

Love gets twisted and contorted on this earth sometimes. But true love, real love, love that is patient and kind, long suffering, that love gives, helps, grows. That love has power that is unparalleled. Love can stop a bullet. 

I love you more than you will ever be able to understand or know. I love you just the way you are. 

My love has targeted you and is coming to surround and fill you. Be ready. Move aside the hurts and the bitterness. Forgive anyone you have not yet forgiven. Make room for the immense love that is coming. If you think of the smallest thing that needs to be laid to rest, now is the time. You will want all of that room for my love.

Prophecy fulfilled...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray your will be done. Nothing more and definitely nothing less. In every situation.

What God Said Tonight:

There is very little left. The time is so short. This isn't a time to get quiet. This is a time to rejoice. The kingdom of me is at hand. 

A generation is about to see the manifestation of centuries of prophecy. Your generation will see things fulfilled that man could not have imaged even thirty years ago. 

You are mine and I am yours. That is forever. I love you.

Designed chaos...

My prayer:

Trying to see things through other eyes and lenses today God. We all have different experiences of life, even we are in the same circumstances. You have shown me, so many times, that what I experience as reality, what I am so sure is true, sometimes isn't. Sometimes, I can think that I understand what is going on and what motives people have. I can be convinced and then later realize I was completely wrong. What is that saying, "The older I get the less I know." I have become acutely aware that my current understanding of reality around me could be very flawed. Actually, in this case, I am counting on it. 

I pray and ask God that you show me the truth of the circumstances around me. Please give me your wisdom, discernment and understanding. Show me where I am getting it wrong. 

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

A battlefield is a busy place. There is so much going on. It seems like chaos and sometimes it is. But most of the time, their is a design and a plan to the chaos. 

This time, it is your choice, your health, your decision. 

Frustration vs. grace...

My prayer:

Forgive me for my rotten attitude today God. I let frustration get the better of me and it was not fun for any of us. I will try to do better tomorrow. Thank you for always giving me a second chance, even when it is my fortieth second chance.

What God Said Tonight:

Did you know that I am very familiar with frustration. There is nothing more frustrating than knowing that the choices my children make will bring them pain and not being able to to talk them out of it. There is great frustration when I save an entire race of people and instead of being grateful, they turn to other gods the second they have a chance. Frustration is waiting for someone who never shows up. 

But I am also familiar with grace. Grace forgives. Grace loves. Grace makes sure that the other person has their needs met first. 

I love you now and always. Your frustration did not take you from me it brought you to me. I love you. 

God is light...

My prayer:

I have a lot of little thoughts flitting through my head tonight but nothing really worth talking about. Can I listen instead? Can I hang out with you?

What God Said Tonight:

I am light. I shine on things, situations, people and the truth can be seen. I am light that chases away darkness. I am light that wipes away the dirt of life. I bring hope into darkness and joy into sadness. 

I am the God of restoration and redemption. See me as I truly am and the world will make sense, maybe for the first time. 

Don't look to the left or the right. Don't listen to the false prophets when they tell you, 'God is over here or over there.' I am right here  in you and I will teach you of me. 

God's love...

My prayer:

What a great day God. Thank you for the cool new thing you brought to me today. Thank you for the reminder and expression of your love. I can't wait for everyone to see The Shack movie! That was the best representation of you and your love in a movie that I have ever seen. Thank you!

What God Said Tonight:

I will use the tools of this world to get my message out but they are no substitute for your heart, your love, reflecting me to those around you . Your reflection of my love has more power than a million movie releases. 

I am a God of a personal touch. You are my hands and feet. Make sure you are touching those around you with my love. Their lives depend on it. 

A good day...

My prayer:

I am exhausted after a pretty wonderful day filled with friends and perspective but I want to hear your voice before I drop off to sleep. What is on your mind?

What God Said Tonight:

You found a place of love, kindness and generosity today and you stayed in it for most of the day. That is a good day. You found a way to give and receive comfort and love. That is a good day. You saw the opportunities in the day and took them and that was a good day. 

Now, my sweet daughter, rest and have a good night knowing my love rests in you. Well done.

Kindness and goodness...

My prayer:

I am searching out, and thankfully finding, kindness. 

This world has gotten so violent (words, weapons, natural disasters, terrorism). From the smallest unkindness to the greatest tragedy, it rages. And still, when I look, really look, I find great acts of kindness. A kind word, a senseless generosity, a small act of putting others before oneself, these things all exist. These things give me respite from the world.

God, I pray that I can be someone's spot of kindness each day.

What God Said Tonight:

I am a seed planted within each of you. I am in your core. With me in you, goodness must come out of you.