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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:
Awesome God this was a long day but a good one. You blessed me all day God and I am grateful. I am also really tired again. I have been saying that a lot lately. I love that you have so many exciting opportunities for me these days. As a result, (notice how carefully I did not say "but" :)) I also get to the end of the day with barely the ability to put two thoughts together.
Thank you God for renewing my strength every night. Thank you that even when I think I have nothing left, you always have more for me. More strength, more endurance, more of whatever I need. Thank you God for always being whatever I need. I love you. What do you want to talk about tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
What is the difference between your strength and mine? Mine never wears out. As you try to do things in your own strength, you will always fail in the end. Your strength will always wear out sooner or later. Mine never will.
You are getting tired because you are trying to do much of it in our own strength. Rest in me and remember that when you rely on my strength you will never grow weary. I love you and I love that you want to try, but stop wasting your time and energy spinning your own wheels. Give it all over to me.
I will guide and direct you always. I will give you each thing in the right time. You don't have to push so hard right now. You don't have to try so hard right now. Give your will over to me and rely on my strength and you will not faint or stumble. Go rest now. Tomorrow follow my lead and let me do the heavy lifting. Love you sweetheart.
My prayer:
Awesome God, I love you and I thank you for today. Thank you for keeping me safe. Thank you for incredible opportunities to serve you and your people. Thank you for amazing friends and time to spend with them. Thank you God for multiplying the hours of this day to get it all done!
God, I am teaching/training tomorrow and it has been a month or so. I am excited, but I ask God that your favor be on me. I ask God that you help me to do a good job and the work of my hands be blessed by you. Help me to teach well. Thank you God for the gifts you have given me and I ask that you help those gifts shine through tomorrow.
Awesome healing Father, you also know the prayers today for you to do a true and mighty miracle in my friend. God, I pray that we get the praise report of your healing power tomorrow morning. I thank you God that you have already done the miracle, you have already healed, but I ask now for that confirmation tomorrow am at the doctor's appt.
Thank you God for being everything I need. Thank you for being more than I can hope for. I love you God!
What God Said Tonight:
Waiting on me and my timing is not fun, but it is necessary. I hear your thoughts now, you think I am saying that I won't give you the praise report tomorrow a.m. and that is not necessarily so. But remember regardless of the report tomorrow, I am God and I will handle this situation that you have brought to me as I have promised to handle every situation you have brought to me.
I am your Father and I will always take care of you and the things that are important to you. Some things are important to me for no other reason than they are important to you. I love you so much that the things you care about, the people and the situations you care about, I automatically care about.
Can you say the same about me? Is your love for me enough that you care about things just because they are important to me? Saving souls is important to me. To do that, I need witnesses. Are you willing to tell people about me even when it is uncomfortable, just because it is important to me? I hope so.
I have gifted you with many things, I have given you many talents. I appreciate that you use them all for me and my kingdom. Sometimes, I need you to do more. Sometimes I need you to step out and do things that you are not talented with, you are not gifted with just because it is important to me that it get done.
I know you and I know you are faithful. I know that anything I ask of you you will do. I love that. Know that I may need to ask you to do some things soon that are not things that come naturally to you. I am going to need you to do some things just because they are important to me and I need a willing servant to do them. Will you do the stuff you aren't good at? I promise I will fill the gaps and make it work but I need you to step out and do things that you are not good at so we can get them done.
Are you up for it? I hope so. I need you daughter. I love you and time is short. We need to finish some things now. Rest well and know that I am with you now and forever. I am yours my dear.
My prayer:
Awesome and incredible God, my Father. Thank you for today! Thank you for rest. Thank you God!!! I needed it.
Now tonight, I am looking out my window at more snow that has fallen leaving snow packed roads and it has me worried. God, tomorrow is the Superbowl and it is going to be hard enough for people to make it to church. Add bad roads to that and they have a lot of excuses not to go. I don't want people to miss out.
But you say that I should worry over nothing and pray over everything. So, God, I pray and ask that take care of this. I put it into your hands. I pray God that you encourage your people to gather and to worship tomorrow. I pray God that you take care of the roads and protect us all as we travel to church. God I pray your hedge of protection around us. I thank you God that you are all powerful and you can handle this. In Jesus name, I ask God. amen.
What God Said Tonight:
I knew that it would snow today. I knew that it would be on Superbowl Sunday. I know all of it.
Sweet daughter, there are often plans that you don't understand. One of the reasons I tell you not to worry, not to fear is because your fear and worry are often a result of your limited view. I have a greater plan that you don't see yet. I need you to trust me.
I need you to know that things that may appear to be a a hindrance are actually carefully planned to meet my will in a given situation. They are often the things that I use to make a miracle. They are often the things I use to show you that it is my power and my omnipotence that is in charge. If I always did things the way you expected me to, you would never know for certain that it is me. I need to use the foolish things, the things that don't make sense , so you know that it is me and not coincidence or your own will, power or skill.
I love you daughter. I will take care of this and every situations. When things don't seem to go your way, step back and trust me to use it anyway. Rest well and be ready to serve. My love for you is greater than the mountains are beautiful.
My prayer:
Awesome Father, my God. This was a long week and I am all out of words, thoughts and energy. All I really want right now is a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. But I couldn't miss meeting with you. I couldn't miss talking to you and hearing what you have to say. It is the best part of my day. Tell me God, what is on your mind?
What God Said Tonight:
You do not need to rely on your own strength in times like this. Let me be your strength. I will never fail you daughter.
Your week was long but it was good. You were able to see many new things, new blessings, new accomplishments in the kingdom of God and that is important.
You rest tomorrow. Take that sabbath that I have explained is so important and I promise you will be ready to get back at it on Sunday. I love you and I will renew you. I will replenish you. I will refill you. So, go, rest and we will meet back here tomorrow.
I love you daughter now and forever. You are more precious than the most dear jewels and you are worth more to me than you will ever be able imagine. I promise I will take care of you always.
My prayer:
Mighty God. I feel like all I have done this week is ask you for help. For me, for friends, for countries, there have been so many needs this week. And you God have shown up every time and taken care of it.
I am so grateful that you allow me to bring you all of these problems and I am so beyond grateful that you answer every prayer. Sometimes you answer right away (I love when you do that!) and sometimes I have to wait but you always answer.
God thank you for answered prayer. I don't want to ask for anymore right now God. I just want to know what you want, what you need. What can I do for you God?
What God Said Tonight:
I will always answer your prayer. I will always listen and respond to you. You are my daughter and my creation. I love to hear from you.
I understand when you have many needs and I am glad that you bring them to me. That is the right response to life's struggles. I am the answer, always. I don't get tired of hearing from you. I don't get tired of helping you.
I also love when we just spend time together though. I appreciate when you come, like tonight, without an agenda just to be with me. I love you so much and that means I want to spend time with you, I want to give you things. I want to take care of you. You are never a burden. You are my love. You are the object of my love.
You worry about people, you worry about their circumstances. You said tonight that your heart breaks. My heart breaks sometimes too. But, as you give these things to me, you can stop worrying about them. I will take care of them. You do not have to worry about whether I hear. You don't have to worry if I will respond. I will. I promise. While you are yet praying, my answer is on the way.
I love you daughter. Keep praying.
My prayer:
Awesome and mighty God. I love you God. I am so grateful that you, through your grace and mercy, love me. I am so grateful for you in my life. I am so grateful that I get to experience your power and your presence every day. Not everyone does.
Thank you for hearing my many prayers throughout this day. Thank you in advance for what you are going to do in each of those situations.
What is on your mind tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
Your prayers were heard and I am already answering them. Thank you for bringing them to me. Thank you for pointing out those needs. Thank you for being an intercessor when others need you to agree or to just pray for them.
I am desperate search of true relationship with my people. I am desperate for people to know me. I am desperate for you to know me even more. I need you to know my heart in every situation. You have learned obedience, now I need you to know for certain what my will is in every situation.
You will know it as you know me. As you understand what is important to me, what I care about, you will always know my will and you can work with me and not against me. I need, I want us to be on the same side always. I am yours and you are mine.
I am your Father, your King, your teacher, your Lord and I will love and guide you always. I am anxiously waiting for the day when all of my children know me. Really know me and know my heart so that we can all be working together to accomplish all that we need to in these last days.
I love you daughter, draw closer to me, learn more about me, spend more time with me. Let us find the way to live, love and work together each day for our commons dreams. I love you daughter and we have a lot to do. All of it will be easier if you know what I want instead of needing to ask me each time for my will and my guidance.
I love you. Show me off.
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.
