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The History: A couple of years ago, I started journaling my prayers and God's responses to them. I told my friends about this, they were really interested. I told my Pastor about it and he said, how about sharing those on line. When I asked God, He said, my words are for you, but not just for you. And, here we are...I hope He speaks to you in these words.
My prayer:
Mighty all knowing God. Father, I have been thinking a lot about choices today. Choices seem so important. Even choices that seem like small choices at the time can turn into great opportunities or missed opportunities.
I was talking to a young woman today who was talking of how she use to ask you about everything, even what gas station to go to. And, when she did, there was always something amazing waiting for her there. It just highlighted what I have been thinking. Our choices are so important.
God, what if I made different choices and missed out on all of the amazing opportunities you have brought me? On the flip side, what decisions have I made that unknowingly kept me from opportunities that you wanted me to have? A pastor I know once said that he thought that judgement day for Christians would be watching all of the missed opportunities in our lives. That you would show us all of the things we could have had, done, and experienced if we had chosen your will for our lives in everything.
I don't know if he is right but if he is, I dread that day. As much as I love most of my life, I don't look forward to finding out all of the things I missed because I was stubborn, prideful, self centered, or just stupid.
God, help me to make good decisions. Guide me in every decision. Help me to make the decisions that put me smack dab in the middle of your will for my life. Please don't let me miss what you have for me. I want everything that you have for me. Thank you Jesus!
What God Said Tonight:
Your decisions, your choices are important and it is good that you want to make good decisions, decisions that put you in my will for you . But, my will is bigger than your day to day decisions.
You have made a choice to follow me. You reaffirm that choice every day. The other decisions may effect the flavor of your day but the over riding purpose of the day, the week, the year, your life is set in place by me with your decision to live for me. I have been given permission by you to guide and direct your life and I will do that . I will take each decision that you make and create the opportunity that most directly leads you into the will and purpose that I have ordained for you.
Every decision that you make to follow my will for your life makes that process easier. It makes it easier on you because you make the choice and go into it freely. When you choose things outside of my will for you, a correction has to be made and sometimes that is not comfortable. But have no doubt, my will shall be accomplished in your life.
You have given yourself to me and I do not take that responsibility lightly. Your life is in my hands and I hold it as precious. I will lovingly guide and direct you. Seek my counsel in each decision and I will make the way easy for you. But don't stress too much about it. When it comes down to it, the only truly important decision is the one you made to live for me. Everything else is frosting. I love you daughter. Don't worry, don't stress and don't fear. I've got you.
My prayer:
Awesome sabbath God. Thank you for rest and for restoration. Father God, thank you for how you take care of me.
So much of who you are and what you do continues to leave me in awe. I look around and see how you can take one simple idea and within a few months turn it into a ministry that touches thousands of people throughout the world. I could not have done that even if I had thought of it (which I didn't). But here we are, 7 months after the night that you said, why don't you go ahead and start the blog that Pastor Joe recommended, and you have reached over 10,000 people all over the world. I could have never imagined that sitting in this office on that June night.
I could have never imagined the book, the fb fan page and the amazing people who post, comment and share. I could have never imagined the opportunities to speak and to share. I could have never imagined the prayer requests from all over the world. I could have never imagined the opportunity to see you work and change people's lives like this!
You are so incredible. You truly can do anything. I stand in awe God. I can't wait to see what is next.
I love you Father. Please continue to help me to be the person that can be of most help to you. I love you teacher. Please continue to bless and protect my family and friends. I love you healer. Please continue to hear our prayers and change our circumstances. I love you Lord. Please bless and anoint our worship services tomorrow God so they are pleasing to you and help your people. I love you.
What God Said Tonight:
I love you too my daughter and I love to surprise you. I love to show you what I can do with the small sacrifice that you make. Like the young boy with the fish and a bit a bread. He gave that small amount and in my hands it fed thousands.
That is what I can do with your sacrifices. Sacrifice your time to me and I will multiply it. Sacrifice your money to me and I will multiply it. Sacrifice your will to me and I will give you more than you could have ever imagined on your own. I need you to give me sacrifice so I have something to work with but once you give it to me, I will give you back more than you can imagine.
I don't ask you to sacrifice so you will have to go without. I ask you to sacrifice so that I can give it back to you multiplied. I don't ask you to sacrifice because I need the specific thing that you are sacrificing. I don't need it in itself, but I need it so I have something to multiply back to you.
I am a creative God and I can create the entire world out of nothing, out of chaos. But what I want to teach you about is the art of giving, the joy of giving. I want you to understand the giving and receiving paradigm that I function under. It is what the sacrifice of my blood is based on. It is what the law of Moses was based on. It is what you need to know to live the full and blessed life that I have for you. So much is tied up in it. Learn that giving, sacrificing, is not about losing something but it is always about gaining something.
I love you daughter. You are right where I need you to be but don't stop here. We have a long way to go and it will be more amazing than you can imagine. Be blessed my daughter.
My prayer:
Awesome God. I am ready to fall asleep sitting up. I love you and I am here out of faithfulness to you but I need you to take it tonight. Thank you for all that you did today in my life, in my friends' lives and for being generally amazing.
What God Said Tonight:
Sweet daughter, you are tired. I appreciate your faithfulness in coming here to be with me anyway.
I love that you are willing to sacrifice for our relationship. That is the point of all of this. To get closer. To get so that you know me better than you know yourself. The more you know me, the easier it is to recognize my voice and to hear me. The easier it is to hear me, the more quickly I can help you and the more quickly I can let you know when I need you to do something.
Each time we meet, each time that we talk, you are getting to know me better. There will be a day when we are so close it will remind me of my days with Adam before the fall. I want that day to day closeness with you. I want you to hear me no matter what. Whether you are busy or calm, whether you tense or relaxed, whether you are in need or at peace, I want you to hear me.
There are times when I need to tell you something, something that you need to know for the very situation at hand. I need you to hear my voice clearly, for your sake and for mine. You are going to see great things with me. We will do great things. But to do them we have to be closer than we are right now and that only happens by spending time together. I want you to know me as well as you know yourself, maybe even better.
So, thank you for coming tonight even though you are tired. You can rest now and I will give you rest. You will awake refreshed and ready for a new day. You will wake up strong and raise up on wings like an eagle. I love you daughter. Sleep well but stay in my presence always so you can know me.
My prayer:
Mighty God, I am not sure what to pray about tonight. You as always are awesome. You took care of me and everything I needed today. It was a busy day but an ordinary day. I am not complaining; ordinary is good now and then.
Thank you for an ordinary day where nothing bad happened and everything went generally smoothly. Thank you for work to keep me occupied, challenged and paid. Thank you God for taking care of me again today. Thank you for amazing people in my life. Thank you for the inspirations on how to document and share the testimonies of your answers to prayers. It is going to be awesome!
I love you God, what is on your mind tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
It is in the ordinary that the extraordinary becomes visible. It is the backdrop of the ordinary that allows the extraordinary to shine through. Do not despise the ordinary. It, like everything, has a purpose.
It is the ordinary that is the fabric of life. The memorable events are the highlights, the flair. But is is the ordinary day to day that is the base and fabric that holds it all together.
I love you daughter. I cradled you today and kept you safe. I kept you from the many pile- up accidents on the highway this morning. I kept you from unknown assaults on your character. I kept you from creating situations that you would regret in the future. Sometimes the miracle is in what didn't happen. Sometimes the gift is in the ordinary. Sometimes the praise report is that nothing happened. It could have been so much worse.
Recognize me in the showy miracles but recognize me in the ordinary miracles. Recognize my power in the things that don't happen as well as in the things that do. I love you daughter and I will always take care of you. Enjoy this ordinary time because it is a miracle.
My prayer:
Awesome God!!!! THREE MIRACLE HEALING PRAISE REPORTS TODAY!!!! Look at you go God! You are such an amazing healing God.
Thank you for healing the respiratory issue with my friend this morning, thank you for healing my mom's GI thing tonight and thank you for healing my fb friend's mom who was in the ER.
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! Your healing power is AMAZING!!! I love to see you heal people God! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! God I love you. You thought of everything. Not only did you provide a way for all of my sins to be forgiven but you didn't stop there. You also allowed yourself to be beaten to heal my diseases, to heal our diseases. You didn't have to do it but you did. Jesus, you were beaten beyond recognition. Some translations say you were beaten so badly that you were not even recognizable as human. I am so sorry that happened but I am so grateful that you paid the price.
And Jesus, as long as I am alive, you did not pay the price for nothing. I will continue to pray and receive your healing power for myself and for others. I will continue to call on you to heal us God. I will continue to praise you God and I will continue to be beyond grateful for every time that you heal us. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! I know I keep saying that but there is no other word I can think of that expresses how, well, how amazing you are!! I love you God. Thank you again.
What God Said Tonight:
Sweet daughter I love to see you happy. I love to see you celebrating. Healing is in my DNA so to speak. I am made of love. I am love and being love, the natural result is healing. Love is the power behind the healing.
Love is the most powerful thing in the world. It can create and heal. It can also be distorted and become something other than love. When that happens, it can cause more pain than you can imagine. Keep your love pure and holy sister. Allow your love to heal and not harm.
I love to heal people too mostly because of how it builds your faith. There is something about being healed when you are sick that makes you believe anything is possible. The problem is, not everybody remembers the miracle after they are healthy for awhile. It is good to write the miracles down and have a memorial of them. I like the thought you have been circling around about a place to post praise reports to strengthen people's faith and hope. Go ahead with that, it will be good.
I am with you now and forever. I will hear you when you call me and I will answer. I am your God and your Father. I am your teacher and your protector and yes, I am your healer, and I always will be. You my sweet daughter continue to grow and move and do all that I have called you to do. You are going to love what is coming next.
My prayer:
Awesome and mighty God. Today was a surprise! Things didn't go like I thought but they were fun! I love your surprises. I love that you continue to surprise me. Reverb online church was awesome tonight God. Over 100 people got saved! That had to be a BIG PARTY in heaven!!
God I truly love you. I love the things that you love. I haven't always felt that way. I haven't always even understood the things that you love and I definitely haven't always loved the same things that you do. But now, after all these awesome years with you, I love to see you happy and love it when I get to be a part of something that makes you smile. God I pray that I always make you smile.
What God Said Tonight:
You make me smile Your desire to make me smile makes me smile. I love you too my daughter. You are right, every time one person receives the forgiveness that I bought for them, we rejoice in heaven. There is nothing better. I love to see my kids come home. The souls that were saved tonight are so precious to me. I love them so much and I have waited so long for them.
Much of life is so serious. We must take the moments to laugh, to celebrate, to enjoy the wonderful things, the beautiful things, the precious things. Once in awhile, step out of the struggle you are in and just enjoy life. Enjoy the blessings. I promise they are always there. Sometimes they are covered by the mess that you are in. They can be covered by the garbage that has landed on your life. But push the garbage aside once in awhile and find the treasure, the blessing, the joy that I have for you and enjoy it. Enjoy life. It is ok. Even in the midst of the garbage, it is ok. It is ok to laugh with me. It is ok to celebrate with me. It is ok to enjoy life with me, even in the midst of the garbage.
I am your joy and your strength and I will always make sure to have blessings in your life. Search them out and enjoy life.
My prayer:
My God, Father, King of all Kings, maker of everything. It is so crazy to think that you, as great and unthinkably amazing as you are, love me, care about me, died for me. I think that is why it is so hard for many of us to come to you in the first place. It doesn't make logical sense that you, being you, would care about me. I am a tiny speck. I am nothing really. Why would you care? Why would you die for me? And yet, I know it is true. You tell me in so many ways.
Maybe it is because I don't have my own children that it is hard for me to understand. Maybe if I had my own kids I would understand better the love that comes from creating a person. Maybe I would better understand that mother's or father's love that cannot be denied. Maybe it is easier for people with kids to understand and believe that you love them no matter what. Not because of anything they have done but because they exist and because you created them. Maybe.
I may not understand it fully but I believe it. There would be no reason for you to lie to me about something like that. You tell me in so many ways how you love me. I appreciate every one of them God. Because I have a hard time understanding that kind of love, I need to hear that you love me frequently. I need to see it. I need to experience it. Without those reassurances, I can begin to doubt. I am sorry for my weakness God but you say it is in our weakness that you are made strong. Be strong in me God.
What God Said Tonight:
I am your strength. I am a strong tower that you can run to. I am more powerful than any force in the universe and I am on your side. I will always fight for you. I will always strengthen you.
I do love you more than I can tell you. I love you so much it is like a white blanketing snow that covers everything else. The shapes underneath the snow are blurred until it becomes one soft pure white expanse. That is what my love is like. The details, the actions, the sins, the shape of your life becomes blurred in that blanket of love. It is covered in my love for you until it is pure, white and holy.
I love you to the end of time, covered in my blood and protected by my strength. Rest tonight in complete assurance of my love. Face tomorrow in the same assurance. My sweet daughter, you are so precious to me. Rubies pale in comparison. Gold is a poor and clouded reflection of your worth. Diamonds cannot begin to sparkle enough to show off your worth. I love you with all that I am.
