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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 day God!! Thank you. You showed up, just like you said you would, and took care of it all. Despite my fear, despite my inability, you showed up and made it great!
God I love you and I just want to get closer to you. I want to know you better. I have a hunger and desire to know everything about you. I want to see heaven. I want to see Jesus sitting at your right hand. I want to spend time with you, talking and walking in the garden.
I have been awfully busy "doing" and not spending enough time just being with you. I get another sabbath tomorrow. Let's spend it together, just you and me. Show me more of you God.
What God Said Tonight:
You have seen heaven. You have seen it in your dreams and you have seen it every day as my kingdom is manifest on earth. Every time someone is saved, every time someone is healed, every time someone trusts me in their life, you see heaven. Every time you see someone love for no obvious reason, every time you see someone give unselfishly, you see heaven.
Heaven is here on earth, you just have to look for it. It is in the eyes of a trusting child. It is in the arms of a really good hug. It is in your heart. Heaven lives inside of you. Heaven is the atmosphere that I live in. It is infused with my Spirit. You are infused with my Spirit.
You know more than you realize. You have seen more than you have recognized. I love you and we will spend the rest of eternity getting closer. There is no end to me so there will always be more to learn and understand about who I am. But we are in no rush.
Let's take a hike together tomorrow. I love when we do that together. Let's spend that time away, you and me. I look forward to your undivided attention. It will be good to just hang out and appreciate you tomorrow. I love you and I will always be with you, no matter where your attention is, I am always with you. I have got you in my arms. Rest.
My prayer:
Awesome, amazing, excellent, Father God! What a great day!!! Thank you for the immense favor you give me!!!!
Right now, I am so tired, I can barely sit up though and we have another big day tomorrow. I ask God for your help tomorrow. I am nervous about the filming. I am afraid I won't do a good enough job. You have shown me what this can be and I want it to be so good for you. Please, help me, anoint me, speak through me so your people are blessed. In Jesus name God. None of me and all of you.
Now, I better stop and listen to you before I fall completely asleep. What is on your mind?
What God Said Tonight:
You are on the edge of something great but you will have to step out in faith. Understand that I am not counting on your skill or your talent in this next assignment. I am fully prepared to speak through you. I am fully capable and prepared to get my message out there but trust me. Give in to me. Relax and let me take the reins. You will know it is me. You will get your mind quiet and let me take it.
I want this next project even more than you It is going to be a huge blessing. It is going to help so many people. I need to get this message out. I am actually glad that you are nervous and that you recognize that I am asking you to do something that you are not "good" at. This one needs to be all me. I need you to be my hands and feet but I need you in complete submission to me and my will so we can get it right.
Trust me to show and fulfill the vision I gave to you. It is going to be a blast and you will be shocked at the reach and the effect that it will have. I have such great plans for you. Sometimes those plans mean that you need to relax back and let me do my thing.
I love you and am glad that this day is finally here. Your faith will serve you well and will be increased as you step out of the comfortable and into my grace. I love you. Rest now and trust me.
My prayer:
Awesome Teacher, King, Lord, God, Father, Redeemer, Brother, Friend, Husband, Protector, Lover, Peace, Joy, Light, Hope, Healer, Provider, Creator, Judge, I love you for all that you are God! You bless me just by being who you are. To have a God like you in me, directing my life, loving me...I don't deserve it but I am so thoroughly grateful. What is on your mind tonight? What do you want to talk about?
What God Said Tonight:
I speak peace to your troubled heart tonight. You have a lot of unspoken needs tonight for you and the people around you. I hear the burdens of your heart and I will speak life into each situation.
To you, I speak peace. Always remember it is not your responsibility to fix things. That is my job. Your job is to call me. It is kind of like when you have a problem with your plumbing, a serious problem not just a plugged toilet that you can plunge your way out of but something really serious. You wouldn't expect that you would be equipped to fix it. You would call a professional and have them fix it. Consider me the plumber.
For all of those situations that are bigger than what you can fix, call me and let me repair the situation. You are feeling overwhelmed by the needs tonight and you are feeling that way because you are taking on the responsibility to fix it. Stop it, call on me.
I appreciate your worship and I revel in your praise. I have heard both and because of the door opened by your praise, I have also heard the burdens on your heart.
I love you daughter. Remember to let me do my job and you do yours. You rest now knowing that I will take care of every last issue.
My prayer:
My amazing God. Father, it is so easy for me to get caught up in what people think of me. I know that I shouldn't care what people think about me, that it is only what you think of me that really counts. I know that in my head but I forget it sometimes in my heart.
I get so tied up in making people happy and judging my worth based on what they think. It is a loser's game. I know that looking in the mirror that other people provide will always end badly. I pray and ask God that you help me exchange the mirror of other people's opinions with the mirror of who you say that I am.
I know that I am nothing without you. But with you, I am that royal priesthood, the head and not the tail, above and not beneath, more precious than gold or rubies. Help me God to remember what you think of me and who I am in you.
Help me to see the true reflection. And God, where there are things in me that I need to change, show me those too. Show me what you want me to change so I can be a better reflection of you. Show me where there is pride, fear, unforgiveness and anything else that you don't like. Purify me God and make me what and who you need me to be. I am all yours God. Thank you for hearing me tonight.
What God Said Tonight:
What a great prayer and what an easy request to grant. You my daughter are all of those things through me and more. You are so precious to me I cannot express it to you in this world. My love for you transcends your ability to experience it. You are perfect in the covering of my blood.
Are there things that we can change that will make this life easier on you and allow us to do more while you are still on the earth? Absolutely. We will continue to work on those things.
The self esteem issues that you are struggling with tonight have a root of pride to them. You were beat down for many years and had to learn to fight for your own self worth. Now you feel like you still have to fight to prove your worth. You don't. You have your worth in me now. You don't have to fight to make yourself or others believe it. You can rest knowing that your worth is solid and cannot be challenged. Once you can truly accept that, you won't worry so much about what others think. Freedom from that worry will allow you to truly grow and advance.
Once you don't have to prove your worth, you will find yourself doing more and achieving more than you ever thought was possible. Once you stop putting energy into proving your worth, you will have so much extra energy to accomplish things that really matter. You will have more to give to me, to my people. You will have more left for yourself.
I love you daughter. Just as you are, I love you. I also love that you want to continue to grow. Without growth there is death. And you my girl have everlasting life. Grow, live, thrive and I will be with you every step of the way.
My prayer:
Amazing, wonderful, loving God. I was reading over the titles of the last several nights and there seems to be a theme. I seem to have gotten a bit whiny lately God. I plan to stop that tonight.
I am so grateful for all that you are and all that you do. Forgive me God if I forgot for one minute to be grateful, if I forgot for one moment how completely blessed I am with you in my life. I am sorry God that I forgot for a minute what life was like before I had you in it and in charge. My life is only worth anything, I am only worth anything because of you in me. I love you so much.
Thank you for your forgiveness and salvation that you have provided for a sinner like me. Thank you God for putting up with me and be patient with me as I fight my way through life.
What God Said Tonight:
I am not concerned with your sin tonight. Your sin is forgiven and forgotten. I have thrown it into the sea of forgetfulness. The only reason I even bring it up is to let you know that it is not an issue.
We have some really fun stuff ahead. I know these last weeks have been tough, I told you that they would be. But we are through the worst of it and you are poised for the beginning of one of the best times in your life so far. We are going to have a blast and it is going to be all joy. It is going to be a celebration.
You are going to be able to accomplish things you haven't even dreamed possible. And you will give it all back into the Kingdom where I can multiply it out and multiply it back to you. You should get ready and get excited because this is the beginning of something big. You will love it.
I do have a plan and a purpose for your life and it is good. Get ready for the time of your life. No more tears for now. No more worry for now. No more fear for now. Now is a time to celebrate! It is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!! I promise.
My prayer:
God, my awesome God. The love that I can't get enough of. The joy and peace in my life. God you are truly my everything. God, I am so in love with you. I am shocked by it. I am shocked by the love that I have for you.
I am willing to do anything for you God. I don't say that lightly. I have thought it through and truly anything you want, I am willing to do. I am so thoroughly convinced that you have my best interest at heart and that you love me that I am completely willing to be obedient to any and every thing that you have for me.
God, my God and Lord and Teacher and Saviour and so much more, I am all yours. But, tonight, I could use a hug. I could use a couple of arms around me telling me that everything is going to work out, that they love me and that they are on my side. God, I love it when you tell me those things and when you make me feel them. It just comes down to that old saying, sometimes I need Jesus with skin on. I wish I didn't. I wish that you, just you, were enough. That would make life a whole lot easier. I can trust you. I don't have to worry about whether or not you truly love me. I don't have to worry about whether you are telling the truth. Those are all things that I have to wonder about when it comes to people.
Life would be a lot easier if your love was all that I needed. I pray God that you either make that be enough or you show me where I can get the love with skin on. Either way, right now, I am feeling the lack and I don't want to. I want to be completely satisfied with you. You are the God of more than enough. That should be enough for me. God I love you so much. Help me with this empty spot please.
What God Said Tonight:
At what point did you I say that life should be easy? When did I give you that impression? Life is not designed to be easy.
You are surrounded by love. You are surrounded by people who love you so much. You are just not seeing it tonight. You are so caught up in what you don't have that what you do have is staring you in the face and you can't see it. Your life is and will continue to be filled with love. Love from me and love from the people around you.
You have to open your eyes. You have to see what is so clearly all around you. You are missing what I have already provided. I can't bring you more until you recognize what you already have.
Think just for a minute. How many times did people say "I love you" to you, just today? More that just a couple. People don't say that for no reason. You have the love that you seek, just open your eyes. You will be amazed a the love around you, even right now if you just open your eyes.
Open your eyes and see the love I have surrounded you with. Receive that love and be filled up. I love you more than you will ever know. I could tell you every minute of every day for eternity and still not reflect the love that I have for you. You are the reason I am here and the reason that I stay. Rest in the cushion of love around you. It will cradle you and strengthen you. It will let you rise to that next level, if you just open your eyes.
My prayer:
Awesome and amazing God. There is so much to say and so few words to say it with. Sometimes, there is so much to pray for and about that I don't even know where to start. There are so many who are sick, there are so many who are in danger, there are so many who don't know you yet, there are so many that need food/shelter, and there are so many who need your love. My God, sometimes it is overwhelming to me. I know you are big enough to handle it, but to me, it is more than I know how to pray for.
It is times like this where I just want to throw my hands up to you and cry out, EVERYTHING GOD, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING!!! I don't know what else to do. In Jesus name, please take care of everything.
What God Said Tonight:
I have everything under control sweet daughter, although I know it doesn't seem like it to you. You can't see the big picture that I can. You can only see form your vantage and from there, it seems like a dark overwhelming shadow that is about to engulf you.
Your instinct is still right though. Give it to me. I am big enough and I will take care of it. As you give it to me, I will give you the peace that you seek. I will take care of everything. I know that there is a lot right now and the sooner you know that you can't handle it, the sooner you give it to me, and the sooner I can take care of it. Surrender everything to me and I will take care of it.
Your best way of helping right now is to give up. Give it up to me. I know you and I know that you want to jump in and try to make it all better but don't. You cannot help that way. You can help By giving up and giving in to me.
Rest in complete peace knowing that I will not let you down. I will not let go. I will not allow my children to be forsaken or begging for bread. Give it to me.
Any part that you hang onto is a part that I can't help with. And, therefore, by hanging onto it and trying to help them yourself, you are actually being selfish and keeping the help that they need from them. I can help but you have to let go. Give it all to me.
I love you and love that you want to help. You know I will always ask you to pitch in, but I will ask it only after you have given it to me. Then, I will ask you to be my hands and feet but in the way and manner that I know will be most effective. You see the immediate need. I see the root and the future of every decision. I see it all. That lets me be able to develop the solutions that have lasting effects. Let me handle it and I won't let you down, ever.
