Also check out:
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:
Awesome God. My heart is hurting tonight. How is it that we, your children, who know you, love you and know your love allow ourselves to get separated from you? Even when we know better. We know that when we allow it, we end up in a pit of despair that is meant to destroy us. And yet, time and again, we seem to forget and let satan, the world or even just our own bad decisions and laziness get in between you and us.
I've done it. My very best friends who have loved you their entire lives have done it. Everyone, every Christian, I know has done it. Even Adam and Eve did it.
God I am so sorry for every time that I allowed something to get between you and I. Thank you for your grace and your mercy to always bring me back to you. Thank you for never giving up on me.
God I pray for every person who has allowed something to get in between you and them tonight. Whether they did it consciously or unconsciously, God I pray that you draw them back to you. I pray that you give them a very real experience of you tonight. I pray God that you remind them of your love for them. Let them feel that love tonight.
Thank you God that you always take us "prodigal sons" back. Thank you that as long as we are alive, we never run out of chances to return to you. I love you God. I don't ever want anything to come between me and you again.
What God Said Tonight:
I will never leave you or forsake you. I said it and I meant it. You are mine and I love you. I will always take you back. I will pursue you when start to drift away.
You are asking "why" tonight and I am not sure if I can explain it. It hurts my heart, my Spirit, when you allow things to get between us. But I am God and I can take it. I will never stop loving you even if you stop loving me. My love is forever. I will always welcome you back because I can't help myself. My love for you is so complete that I can have no other response.
That is perfect love. When you have perfect love, you won't allow anything to ever come between us again. Until then, you are perfecting your love for me. In that process, there will be setbacks. There will be times when you get it wrong. Those times are not to be despised. Those times help you to grow and help you to get to that place of perfect love. It is all a learning process.
My love for the prodigal son is not less because he left me and returned. If anything, it is more. He was faced with a choice and chose me. He considered the alternative, tried it and chose me. His choice, his love for me is stronger upon his return than it ever would have been had he not left.
But the important thing is to come back. Don't get lost out there. I understand that there are these times of growth, but don't get caught out there. As soon as you realize we have gotten separated, come running back to me. I will take you up in my arms and I will love you. But come running back.
It is kind of like when you were a kid and you got lost in the store. When you realized you were lost and then when you saw your mom in the distance, you went running to her as fast as you could and she gathered you up in her arms, so glad to see you safe.
That is how it is with us. I don't get angry at you for straying, but I worry for you. There are so many bad things that can happen to you when we are separated. So, come running back to me. I will gather you up, safe in my arms and our love will be even better than before. I love you so much and I will never let you go.
My Prayer: Mighty Father God. Thank you for your protection today. Today was dangerous. There were so many accidents on the roads, it was so cold, a lot of people are not safe at home tonight.
Thank you for taking care of me, my family and my friends. You are an awesome protector. You are my protective covering and you keep me from harm. God I love that. I love when you keep me from harm.
There is a part of me that still fears a little though. As much as I love and trust you, I still see bad things happen to good people and it is hard for me to understand. I know you have explained it to me before. I know it is a result of the sin in the world and choices made around that sin, consequences of those choices. And, most of the time, that makes sense and I am able to concentrate on your promises over my life and the fact that you so completely protect me. That even when something seemingly bad happens to me, like a car accident, you make sure I am not hurt, the other people in the accident aren't hurt, that the insurance covers the repair costs and that everything is taken care of.
I guess that is what your protection really means. You can 't always keep the circumstances from occurring but you can keep them from hurting me. You can arrange it so that the bad thing that happens doesn't effect me the way it would otherwise. I need to remember that. I need to remember that you will take care of everything and not let fear in.
I love you God. I love that you protect me. I love that I can trust that protection. Thank you for protecting me.
What God Said Tonight:
Thank you for remembering the lessons I have taught you in the past, the things I have taught you. I don't mind repeating myself, but it is a sign of growth when you can remember the lesson and remind your self instead of needing me to remind you.
You spoke truth, I can't always change the circumstance but I can always bring you through it as long as you lean on me and trust me. You have to follow me and hold onto my word, my direction through every circumstance. That is where the protection is.
The protection is when you hear and trust my word. The protection is when you are obedient to my word. I gave you every instruction, all of the knowledge you will ever need. I gave it to you in the Bible. Read it, study it and learn it so that you have the tools I provided for you.
When you don't learn my word, you are handicapping yourself and living with less than I want you to have. You are keeping yourself from having the tools and blessings that I want for you.
You will need to study the word everyday. Mainly because there is so much in it that even if you studied everyday for the rest of your life you could not cover it all; but also because it is living and active and will speak into your unique situation. Don't get lazy or complacent. Really study the word every day so you have the tools I intended you to have to fight this fight of faith.
I love you and I want all of the very best for you. I want you to have every weapon possible. I want you to remain safe in my arms and in my word every day. Read, study learn and be better equipped to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
My Prayer:
Awesome God, my Father. God, I want to thank you tonight for the amazing church you put me in. Thank you for an amazing Pastor who knows how to encourage and release us into our ministry for you like no one I have ever seen. Thank you for the amazing worship band that leads us to that intimate place of worship with you every week. Thank you for the staff, the volunteers, the prayer warriors, and the incredible loving people.
You have blessed me more than I could have ever known or expected. When you first told me it was time to change church homes, I thought I must be hearing you wrong. Why would I want to leave my church home of 12 years? I loved it there. I had family there. I had a place to serve there.
What I didn't see was that you had a bigger plan. You had a better plan. I pray God that you always help me to remember that. To remember that you always have a bigger and better plan. To remember that no matter how great I think something is, you have something greater.
I am running out of words again. There are some things that are so wonderful that I don't have enough words to talk about it. But, I am more grateful than I can say.
I pray God that you lead each and every one of your children to that church home that is as perfect for them as Reverb is for me. A place where they can learn, grow, serve and get to know you better. A place where they can take all of that and spread to the rest of their lives and their week.
God, thank you for an amazing church home. Thank you for your guidance. I love you God. What is on your mind tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
Well, you said a mouthful tonight daughter. You are welcome for your church home. I am glad that you were obedient to my leading even when it didn't make sense to you. I promise that every time you follow me and what I have told you to do, even when it doesn't make sense, even when it seems crazy, I promise, it will always be for your good and the good of the kingdom.
You are learning to hear my voice more clearly every day. You are learning to follow my lead more closely and more quickly every day. That is good. The better you get at that the more sensitive and the more obedient you are, the more we can do together.
I love doing things with you. I love hanging out with you but I love doing things with you. You always get such a kick out of seeing my power and your joy makes me happy. It is fun to do things with you.
You are where I need and want you to be. I know that you were skeptical at the beginning. But now you see my plan. Thank you for being obedient before you could see the plan. You will need to do that more and more. As you grow, I will stretch your faith because it will make you stronger. It will make you more of what I need and want you to be.
Your future and my plans for you are truly glorious. I have a plan and a purpose on your life. To get there, these are the steps we must take. These are the things I need you to learn. It is so good that you are documenting these things. The next time I ask you to do something that seems crazy, come back and read this as your reminder that my plan for you is truly greater than what you can imagine or think of for yourself. Remind your self that I can do more with one act of faith than you can do on your own in a lifetime.
I am the power and the strength behind the dream and I will always be on your side. You are about to embark on another week. This one will not be quite like the ones in the past. You will have surprises this week. You will be blessed and you will be stretched. You will have opposition and you will have favor. In the midst of it all, remember I have a plan and purpose and I will guide you always. Trust in me and trust in the plan.
I love you daughter. Rest in my presence tonight.
My Prayer:
God my God. I am coming to you tonight from a place of...want? I am not sure how to explain it God. When I look at my life, the richness of it, the amazing people, the amazing opportunities, I think, who am I to want more? Who am I to say it is not enough.
It, my life is more than I could have ever imagined even a couple of years ago. I should be satisfied. But, I am not very good at being satisfied. It seems like I always want more God. Is that greedy? Is it wrong God? Should I be content with the amazing blessings you have poured out on my life?
Paul talked about being content. I think I should be content, but I am not. I want more. No matter how much you give me, how much you bless me, I always want more. Yep, that sounds greedy. God, I guess it is true. I am greedy for you. I am greedy for all that you have for me. I am greedy for the promises you have on my life. I want it all and I want it now. I want all that you have God. Call me greedy, but I want it all.
What God Said Tonight:
You are greedy my child but it is a greediness I can support. You want what I want. You want what I have already planned for you. It is good, you should want that. You should be greedy for me.
I am greedy for you. I am greedy for your attention, for your time, for your presence. I want to be with you all the time. I hate those times when I am excluded from you life. They are less and less frequent but they break my heart. When you exclude me, push me outside of your life, that breaks my heart.
I am as greedy for you as you are for me and for my will. I want more for you than you want for yourself. It is all moving as fast as is possible and is proper. There are some stages of preparation that are needed so you can handle the next things. But t is all coming your way.
Your "greed" for this is not a negative thing. It is not thing to be ashamed of or to be self conscious about. This greed is a good thing. If you are going to be greedy, be greedy for me as I am for you. Be greedy for my kingdom and my promises. Be greedy for the plan that I have for your life.
You are destined and set aside for this purpose. You are ordained for my service and you will have all that you desire because your desires are in perfect alignment with mine. I love you daughter. Keep striving for me and you will get what you desire.
I love you my sweetness. You are like a young child, full of promise. Your best days, your future is ahead of you yet. Each day is one day better, one day closer and one day more of opportunity to live the dream that I have placed in you. You will see it all my daughter but go ahead and be greedy in this case. It will serve you well to be greedy for me and my purpose.
Each step, each process and each new step is ordained by me and will be perfect as long as you are following me. Trust me, it is all coming your way.
My prayer:
Awesome, amazing, wonderful father God. I love you so much. I worship you for who you are. I am grateful for all that you do. I praise you for what you accomplish.
You are phenomenal God. You created everything that is. You are Lord of all. The universe is your creation and I bow down and worship you. I remain in awe of you every day. I am stunned by your power, your love, your knowledge, your peace, your victory. I am in awe of you.
You are everything I could ever hope for. You are my hope God. Because of you, I know that i always have a hope and a future. Because of you, I can accomplish things that I could never do on my own. Because of you, I am assured a future forever in heaven with you. I am assured of eternal life.
Wow! I think I take that for granted sometimes. I can't really wrap my mind around forever, eternity and so I say the words, but I don't really understand it. I am assured ETERNAL life because you died for me. I am trying to let that sink in a minute.
I have been feeling kind of old lately but if I think about it in terms of eternity, age really has NO meaning. I have just begun my eternal life. God, I can never thank you adequately for your sacrifice but I can give you my life. I can dedicate my life to you. I can be available and faithful to be your hands and feet anywhere and any time. God I am yours. Tell me anything you need and I will do anything I can to see it happen. I love you Daddy!
What God Said Tonight:
Your faithfulness and your willingness is not in question. You remain one of my front line soldiers daughter. I love your willingness to see my power work in people's lives.
You will need some preparation for this next phase. You will stretch further than you have in the past. You will need to do some things that are uncomfortable, but you should be getting use to that.
I love you and I am so grateful that I have you. You are what I intended you to be. I need your brothers and sisters to catch the servants heart that you have. You prayed for it and I was more than happy to provide it for you. It is how I intended you to be from the beginning. Before pride, before sin, Adam and Eve were faithful servants and it was perfect for awhile.
Now, there is much that is not perfect but when you take on the servant's heart, when you serve me and my people, when you give first and worry about getting yours later, that is close to that perfection we started with. That is close to where I want us all to be.
I want more than you know to move into the age of peace. I am so ready to walk in the garden with you. But, there are more that need to come to me. There are some who don't know about me yet. There are some that have only heard the religious rhetoric. There are those who have been hurt by religion and people and have run from me. There are even those who have never heard of me.
I need every person to have the opportunity to choose. When that is accomplished, we can leave the evil that has run rampant in this world and live in peace and joy.
Until that time, keep talking to me, keep listening to me and spend time with me in the garden. I love you daughter. You will do great things. You will reach many of those that I am talking about, the ones that don't know me. Show me to them. Help them to know me.
Thank you daughter. Rest in my love tonight.
My Prayer:
Mighty God. I am wiped out again tonight. I love all the wonderful opportunities and all that we are doing. At the end of the day, like now, I just am out of energy and ready to fall into bed...if I make it there!
But, I am not complaining. I truly love this time. I love all the opportunities to minister, to pray to love on your people. I love the opportunities at work to do new things every day. I love that life is not stagnant right now but it is moving and full of purpose. I truly love it God. Thank you for this time and for all that you are doing. You are my God, my Lord, my Father, my teacher and my redeemer and I love you more than I can ever say.
What God Said Tonight:
My daughter, my love. You are walking in my Spirit now and that is why it is so exciting. You are where I need you to be. I know that there is a lot, but I will continue to provide all that you need. One step at a time, one moment at a time, one task at a time. Just do a little each day and before you know it, we will have accomplished all that I set out for you to do.
I have not and I will not give you more than you can handle. But, I will give you enough that you can only handle it if you lean on me and trust me to help you through it. I will give you enough that you can't quite carry it on your own so that you will always need me.
I gave you skills, abilities and strength and all of that is good. But I have to push you a bit so you don't rely on those things but you rely on me. That is the only way you can truly be successful and accomplish everything that your heart desires. Your dreams are bigger than your abilities. That is where I come in. I am here to fill the gap and to make you more than you can ever be on your own.
I will, I have destined you to succeed. You are above and not beneath. You will come out on top. I promise. I am with you and I always win. Stay with it, one moment at a time. I will continue to guide you and direct you. Lean on me and trust me and we will get there before you know it. Our destination is assured. I love you daughter. Rest and we will go at it again tomorrow, together.
My prayer:
Glorious and awesome Lord. Thank you for your protection. Thank you for healing more people today!
God you are incredible. I love you so much. I love being a part of your kingdom, your family and getting to be a part of your ministry. Life is so crazy and exciting right now! So much to do and all of it is fantastic! I want to hold onto this season but part of what I love about it is that is constantly changing...kind of crazy, I want a season that is full of constant change to not change by keeping up with all of the changes...God, I am glad you know what I mean because I don't think I am doing a very good job of explaining it myself tonight.
Bottom line, thank you for life, opportunity, salvation, healing, power, protection and every wonderful thing you do for us every day. I love you more than life.
What God Said Tonight:
You are so very precious to me. You mean the world to me my daughter I have been teaching you a lot lately. Thank you for your obedience and faithfulness. Thank you for listening and for being open to instruction. But tonight, I want to love on you. I want to remind you of how amazing you are. You use that word with me all of the time. You are covered by me, you are covered in my blood. As such, you get to wear that "amazingness" as your cloak.
My covering doesn't just sit on you like clothing though. It soaks into you changing you into the person I intended you to be before sin polluted your life. You are washed clean and more beautiful than any sunrise. You are more precious than the finest gold. You are everything I hoped you would be. You are perfect in my covering. You are a royal priesthood. I designed you for great things.
You have begun a journey with me that will never be fully complete. You and I get to travel on this road for eternity and I can't imagine anyone I would rather be with. My children are my whole purpose.
I am not disappointed in this side track we have taken as a result of sin. I knew it would happen before I first created man. I knew it and decided it was worth it. I knew that I would need to sacrifice my son for your sin and I decided that you were worth it. I knew that there would be wars and conflict and I decided you were worth it. You are worth it daughter. This time together is worth it. Our future together is worth it. I treasure my children and every moment with each of them. I treasure my time with you. You are worth it. Know your worth in me.
