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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 and lover of my soul. God I love you and I am so grateful that you love me. Here we are on Valentines Day, my second least favorite day of the year.
God, I don't mean to be ungrateful. I do so appreciate your love for me. I am so grateful for how you show me that love every day. I am so grateful for the amazing people you have put in my life that show me love every day. All of that is entirely true and most of the time I can focus on that.
But once in awhile, especially on a day like this, I can't help thinking of what I don't have. I can't help but wonder if that husband you have talked to me about is ever really going to show up. It makes me wonder, maybe I am not good enough. Maybe there is too much stuff in me that is messed up. Maybe I am not cut out for marriage. Maybe what I have today, you, amazing friends and family is what I will have for the rest of my life. Is it enough? Sometimes.
Above all God, your will be done. Your love truly is better than any love that exists. I would rather have your love and no one else's than have the love of the whole world without your love.
What God Said Tonight:
What is this my love? Why are you letting pressure of the world system make you doubt my purpose and plan for your life? What is Valentines Day? It is not a celebration that I called for although I like the idea of celebrating love.
Love is inherently good and it is a absolute necessity for your life. I am love and you were made in my image. Your very existence requires love. You are my love displayed on the earth. You are the expression of my love to my people. You are surrounded by so much love that it blankets you.
You will have all of the love you dream of. There is still time. You will not want for any good thing. I love you and I will make sure that you are loved every minute of every day. Experience the love that is with you now and know that there is more to come.
You know the promise I have given you. Do not doubt it, especially not because of external pressure. My promise is real. My love is real. My purpose for you is real. Valentines Day, not so much. Rest in my love my precious child and remember what counts.
My prayer:
Awesome God. What an honor and privilege it is to serve you. What an amazing experience to pray and watch you change people's circumstances. What an incredible thing to see you time after time show up and heal people God.
Two manifest praise reports of immediate healing today. Your healing power has no boundaries. Whether it is a headache, a common cold or cancer, you heal. Thank you God for being our healer. Thank you God for letting me be a part of your healing power. God you get all the honor and the praise. You are our healer.
I praise you God. I thank you God. I am in awe of you God.
What God Said Tonight:
Healing is easy, it was already taken care of years ago. I have a plan and a purpose that you don't see yet. You know pieces and parts and today was a part of it. Your connections, your relationships are key to your future. Your experiences today are the bedrock of your tomorrow. Your decisions today lay the path for your tomorrow.
You stay focused on what I put in front of you. But know that it is a part of a bigger pattern.
I am having trouble getting through to you tonight daughter. You have been distracted much of today. Where is your mind and your thoughts? Why are you not able to focus on me tonight? Keep me at the center and everything else will fall into place. But, concentrate and keep me at the center. Basic principles. Keep me first, my people second and everything else will fall into place. Rest but renew your focus on me. Keep your mind stayed on me.
Wall yourself in with me like a bunker. We are about to be in a battle. The first volleys have already begun. Keep in the bunker with me. Stay protected and be my medic. Pray for the injured. Pray for the injured in body, mind and soul.
There will be casualties in this war. Pray for them. Be my light and my hands in this war. I will do the fighting. You be my medic. Together we will see victory, I promise. Now, go and rest, with your mind focused on me, and we will be ready for tomorrow.
My prayer:
Awesome God. I am in a bit of an introspective mood tonight. Today was great. I love these sabbath rest days. You are right, I need one a week or things get too out of whack.
God, I have so many different thoughts and questions running through my head tonight, I am not sure where to start. I am thinking about the point of life. The meaning, or I guess not really the meaning, but how life is best spent.
I spent a lot of years focusing on being "successful" in life. I focused on excelling at work, always winning, always being first, always working harder and doing more. I valued the accomplishment.
You have shown me in the last several years that there is more. That people, relationships are much more important than accomplishments. So, is that it? Is that how I am supposed to focus my time, on people and relationships? Is there more beyond that?
Of course, you are my first focus God. You are above everything. You have that verse that says seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you. Maybe that is the key?
I guess, there is so much going on right now, most all of it good, but everything is moving so fast, life is a blur and I feel like I am lacking focus. I feel like I am losing track of basic principles. God, I ask for your help and for wisdom. I pray God that you show me where to focus. I pray God that you make me a blessing to the people in my life and to you.
I also pray over worship services throughout the world God. I pray that your presence and power be present. That people get to experience you personally and in a significant life changing way. I love you God.
What God Said Tonight:
Your life feels like a blur and out of focus right now but that is ok. I am in charge still. You are uncomfortable because you are not in charge, you are not in control. You always feel safer when you think you are in control, but you are not. You are safest when you give in and let me take control.
Stop trying to put boundaries or limits on this experience you are in right now. Stop trying to make sense of it. Just experience it. You can't put your arms around this thing because you are living my dream for you and my dreams are bigger that you can imagine. You can't fully comprehend everything going on or even everything you need to do right now because it is bigger than you.
I love you so much. I know you can do this. I know you can trust me for each breath. I know you can follow my lead in the little and the big things. I trust you to do it. Now, trust yourself. Trust that you have been prepared for this and you do not need to be in control. Understand that if you were in control, you would ruin this. Not on purpose but simply through the limitations you have in being human, you would ruin it.
Trust me for each direction and continue to follow me. I have such a plan and a purpose for you . Trust me and stop trying to reason it out. Pay attention to me, love me and love the people around you. Anything more specific and I will tell you personally. Keep moving forward and we will do more than you can imagine.
Trust me and you will see things beyond your ability to imagine. You will be a part of something that you won't be able to believe, even as it is happening. You already are and it seems like you are loving it. So, trust me for the next steps just as you trusted me to get you here. I love you daughter. Be mine forever.
My prayer:
Mighty and awesome Lord. Another amazing day. Opportunities to pray with people, to share you, what more could I want.
I am ready for a little rest again. It has been a phenomenal week and I am so grateful. I pray God that you give me rest and peace tomorrow to refuel for more.
I love you God and really just want to hear what you have to say tonight. What you have to say is always a lot more interesting than my stuff. Probably due to you being the all knowing, all powerful and ultimate King of the Universe! :) Love you Daddy. What is on your mind tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
My mind is at rest and at peace tonight. I am pleased with you and with my children. I am pleased with your faith. I am pleased with your faithfulness. I am at peace knowing that everything is happening according to my plan and in my perfect timing. I am always at peace because I always know the end from the beginning. I never have to worry because I know who wins.
You know too, by the way. If you trust me. If you believe me, you know that we win in the end. You know that nothing can stop my will and my way in this world. You know that we are more than conquers and we will win this war. You know that we are destined to rule and to reign together for eternity. You know this because I have told you.
Do you believe it? Your worry or lack of worry is the barometer of that trust. When you worry, you should recognize it as a lack of trust in me. Worry is your enemy. It keeps you from the peace that I have for you and it does not add one positive thing to your life. Worry is a thief. Worry is a symptom that something is wrong in our relationship.
A child who is confident in the love of her father, who is confident in her father's ability to take care of her, does not worry. Check your worry meter regularly. When it starts to crank up, come to me and spend time with me so we can repair whatever has damaged your trust of me. Spend time with me so I can remind you how much I love you and that I will take care of you, always. Come to me to repair the damage.
I love you daughter and your life can be worry free if everything is solid between you and me. I love you. Remember that aways.
My prayer:
Awesome God I continue to rejoice in you. God, you are so awesome and I continue to be amazed every day at what you do. You are healing, providing, guiding and prospering us every day and I continue to be so excited to be a part of it God.
God I know that all of life is about cycles and I know this cycle may not last forever. I am going to enjoy every last minute of it while I can. I am going to squeeze out every last drop of joy out of this time and I will remember it during the next season of waiting, trials or whatever. But for right now, it is ALL JOY!!!!
I think people might be getting a little sick and tired of me. No one can stand someone who is the happy all the time! God I pray that they see the joy is straight from you and that they can have it too. I pray God that you fill their lives with this intense joy.
I LOVE YOU!
There is a tiny part of me that worries about when this will end. A tiny part that is waiting for the other shoe to drop. I am sorry for that tiny part. I am sorry for my doubt and my fear. I don't want them and I give them up to you right now God. I pray that you replace them with peace and trust in you. I REALLY DO LOVE YOU!!!
What God Said Tonight:
What is it that you fear? You fear the joy ending? You fear that because you don't deserve the joy and the blessings that you will somehow have to pay for them someday? Think about that a second. You don't deserve it on your own and that is true, but I already paid the price for it so you can have it.
If someone takes you out to dinner and pays the bill, do you worry for the rest of the night that the restaurant is going to hunt you down and demand that you pay? No, of course not. They have already been paid. You were the one being treated so your only job was to show up, enjoy it and show a little appreciation. Your job was not to pay for it. That was taken care of.
It is the same way with your forgiveness/salvation, your healing, your blessings. You don't have to pay for them. You just need to show up, enjoy them and show a little appreciation. No one is going to come after you to pay the bill. I already paid it. I love you too daughter and I am with you always. I will always "treat" you in this life. Just enjoy.
My prayer:
My God and Father. What an awesome day God. What a day of joy! I am just giddy with joy tonight. Not for any particular reason, although you are doing some mighty great things right now. But I am filled with joy.
I celebrate you God. I celebrate all that you do. I celebrate how your work in my life. I celebrate how you work in others' lives. I celebrate your healing power that never fails to amaze and delight me. God you are truly awesome.
God, what can I do to praise you appropriately? I understand worship. I understand how to get to that intimate place of being with you and I love it. But tonight, I want to celebrate you. I want to praise you! And I feel so inadequate to do so in a way that reflects how I feel about you. I feel like I want to throw you a party! I want to gather together a bunch of people you love and have a party for you! Now, you know God, that sounds like a good idea. How would you like a party to celebrate you? Not during Christmas or Easter or anything like that but just because we love you. What do you think?
What God Said Tonight:
I would love a party my daughter. I love to celebrate with my children. I work pretty hard to make sure you are blessed and I love it when you appreciate it. Much like a surly teenager, my children can sometimes forget to be thankful and appreciate. Especially when what they get is not what they think they want.
Celebrate me and your life in me every day. Find ways to celebrate and you will have more joy tomorrow than you did today. Find a way to remember all that I have done, find your way, and you will be blessed by it. That is truly the reason I want you to celebrate. I know how it will bless you.
That's why I want you to do all of the things I tell you to do. It is all for your good. It isn't so I can see if you will obey me and somehow affirm my position as God. I already know who I am. I already know that I am the master of the universe and the almighty creator. I don't need your celebration to show that. But you need the celebration to live the life of joy I have for you.
Celebrate the little things and celebrate the big things. Celebrate the breath in your lungs each day and celebrate the miraculous. Celebrate and let the world see you celebrate. Let them see what it is to be my child. Let them see the joy that only comes from a life with Christ. Celebrate for your sake and celebrate for their sake.
Know that in that celebration I am always pleased. Not just because you are celebrating me and that feels awfully nice but because of what I know it will do for you and the people around you. Be my lighthouse daughter. Don't forget to shine.
My prayer:
Awesome Father, incredible God, great Creator, complete Healer, ultimate Teacher, final Redeemer, God of my life, soul, spirit and body, I worship you. I worship you for who you are and I worship you for who you are in my life.
I worship you because you dream bigger than I do. I worship you because you know more than I do or ever will. I worship you because you love me in a way that is greater than what I can even imagine. God you think so big and I am so small. My thoughts, my concerns are so small compared to you and what you can do.
I am more than a little in awe of you God. There are times, like tonight, that I sit here literally with my mouth hanging open, in stunned awe of your power and what you do. Thank you God for loving me and choosing me. I will never understand why you love and chose me but I will always be grateful.
I love you God. Have your way in my life. Please don't be constrained by my limited ability to imagine or think. God I want the things you see for me, not just he things I can imagine for me.
What God Said Tonight:
Walking with you in this life is a blast. I love that you take time to realize this stuff. You have no idea what I have planned for you. You will be so amazed.
I don't have to be in a box with you anymore and that is good. I am free to do exceedingly, abundantly and above all that you have seen or hoped for. I am free to bless you to overflow. You should get ready because your greatest blessing yet is on the way. Prepare for the intense joy like you have never known. Get ready to be out of your mind with joy. Be ready to experience me, my kingdom, my blessing in a way that you never have before.
I will show my blessing in every area of you life. Your finances will be blessed, your family will be blessed, your church will be blessed, your friends will be blessed, every where you walk will be blessed. I am getting ready to pour it out on you and you will be stunned and possibly a little hysterical with joy. I can't wait to see you laugh with the joy of it all. I can't wait to see what you do with it. I can't wait to just see your face my dear.
I love you and the blessing has been loosed...get ready because here it comes!!!
