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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:
I know I say it all of the time God but you are AWESOME!!! What a great night. What great people. What a great service. What a great reunion!
And, God, there were a few too many coincidences tonight for me to think it was all just chance. What are you up to? I feel another change coming on, but I am crazy curious to know what it is. What is my next step God?
I love you and it is pretty late so I think I will turn it over to you so you can maybe let me in on what you are up to? Love you no matter what God!!!
What God Said Tonight:
You are not living in darkness. I have given you eyes to see, use them. The future is not a big mystery. You and I talk about it all of the time.
Now, am I going to tell you the details about how we are going to accomplish everything I have planned? Not usually. Usually, I will need to keep that somewhat hidden. Not because I am trying to make you worry but mainly to make sure you keep your hands off until it is the right time. You always want to help me and I appreciate that servant's heart. But sometimes you trying to help makes it worse on you and me. So, there are things that are so important that I have to keep it a bit hidden until you are ready to see it or until I have something for you to do.
Tonight was a beginning. Tonight as ordained from the dawn of time. You already know that we will have a great future together and you already know that the more you give me your life, the more of your life that you give me, the more I bless you at every corner. Anything you give to me, I will bless. Anything you withhold from me is cursed.
I love you. Go to sleep before you fall over!
My prayer:
Awesome God! You are amazing! The things you are able to do, the people you bring together to do them, the gifts you give us to do them, the way you work every circumstance together into your perfect plan...I have no words God. Amazing, incredible, awe inspiring, begin to describe what I feel but they all fall short.
Tonight was awesome God. I believe that what you are planning for tomorrow will blow my socks off! THANK YOU GOD for letting me a part of your work, your ministry. Thank you for letting me be a part of reaching people for you. I am not now, nor will I ever be worthy but I am GRATEFUL!!!
God, help me stay focused on all of the amazing things you are doing. Please help me to not get distracted by the attacks and the spirit of judgmentalism and religion. Help me God to keep my eyes focused on you and your plan. LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
What God Said Tonight:
I have had this plan for you since the beginning of time. It is fun to see you getting excited now that you are seeing more and more of it unfold.
The plan has always been there. I always knew that we would be here together some day. That is part of why it is so easy for me to love you no matter what. I know where we end up. I know who you are after the mess is all over. I know who you are when you have been through the fire and have come out on the other side purified.
You so often ask me how I can love you so much when you are such a mess and it is easy, I don't see the mess. I see you covered in my blood and perfected in the future I have planned for you. When you were crying out to be in full time ministry, I already knew this day would happen. I am always your calm in the storm and your peace because I know the end of the book. I know how you turn out. I know how we turn out.
I know what the new heaven and the new earth is like. I have walked the streets of gold and it is good. You will love it so much. I can't wait to show you.
Trust me, trust that the future I have is good, and enjoy the ride. We have some truly great times ahead. You are going to be glad you lived to see these days coming up because they are TRULY good! I love you daughter, try to get some rest. Big day tomorrow!
My prayer:
Awesome God, thank you for your help at work again today. You are so awesome! I don't know what I would do without you.
So many things are so great now God. I am so blessed by you. But tonight, I had someone telling me that she admired that I was "there" that I had found contentment and that I didn't struggle...LOL! I tried to tell her that I struggle all the time. I tried to explain that the struggle is a part of life and let's me know that I am growing and not stagnant. I tried...but I don't think she believed it.
Why do we so often think that we have to have it all together. Where did we get the idea that was the goal? You never once told us that we had to be perfect. What you told us is that there is not one of us who is without sin. EVERYBODY sins, that is what you said. When did we decide that we are supposed to be the one exception to that rule? You know I am the worst at falling into that performance/perfection trap. Where does it come from God? The only perfect one is you. My only hope is to stay covered in the blood of Jesus and try not to mess up too bad.
God forgive me if I ever made anyone feel like they needed to be "perfect." Forgive me God if I ever let anyone think that I have it all together. Help me God to better understand and reflect that this life is not about being perfect, except in being perfected by you through your salvation. I love you God, more now than ever before. I love you forever.
What God Said Tonight:
You are reflecting me and it is my perfection they see. That is what you need to tell people, the "perfection" the "peace", the "contentment" they see is me in you not actually you.
You are my willing vessel and I am so glad for that. Being my vessel I fill you up. When people look into you, they see the reflection of me like the tea in a cup of tea. Depending on their angle, their perspective, they will either see you, the vessel/cup, or they will see me, the tea. The cup may be chipped and flawed. It may have cracks and it may be misshapen, but the tea in the cup is still, calm, and no less beautiful because of the cup it is in.
Your purpose is to be my vessel. The purpose of a tea cup is to hold tea. That people see me in you is only right. To help them understand that you are no different than them and that they can be a tea cup too, that is your goal. That is what will lead people to a real relationship with me. Keep at it girl. I believe in you.
My prayer:
Father God. I am sitting here tonight not knowing what to talk about with you. So many thoughts are running through my head, all of them disconnected from each other and none of them really matter anyway.
How about we just listen to you tonight. Like Arthur always tells you, if you need someone to talk to tonight God, I am here. Love you so much and your presence is worth more to me than anything else.
What God Said Tonight:
Daughter, sweet daughter, listen close. Pay close attention. There are some things you really need to understand. Your life, the things you do, the decisions you make, the things you say, have significance that you do not understand or see. I am working through you for a reason.
I need to touch and talk to the people within your sphere of influence. I need them to know me. I need them to understand that I am here and waiting for them.
I will continue to increase that sphere of influence as long as you listen to me and tell people about it. The more people you connect with, the more opportunities I have to touch people's lives. I will increase you because increasing you results in increasing my kingdom.
I am in it for the long haul and I am in it to save lives. My purpose is and always has been to save my children. As long as you are with me, I will expand your borders.
You will look back on these days as the days of small beginnings. Do not despise the small beginnings Small beginnings are good and precious. Be my voice and we will reach the world.
I love you and I trust you. Don't get tired, don't give up, keep talking, connecting and loving my people. Their lives depend on it and I am depending on you. I love you sweet daughter. Sleep well.
My prayer:
My God, you give me so much every day that I take for granted. I wake up every day with a strong body and in divine health...hey wait a minute, let me take a step back...I wake up every day, let me be grateful for that for a minute! I have a wonderful home, a great job, amazing friends, wonderful family, more ministry opportunities than I know what to do with. There is so much in each and every day that is a complete blessing from you and I am not grateful enough. I take all of it, and you for granted and that is not right.
God, I love you so much. I am so grateful for the life you have given me. I am so grateful for the relationships you have given me. I am so grateful for the things you have gifted me with. I am so grateful for the opportunities you give me to use those gifts.
Most of all God, I am grateful for you. I am so grateful that somehow, you saw something in me that you were willing to die for me. I am so grateful that somehow, you are always willing to spend time with me, whenever I ask. I am so grateful that somehow, you love me. You are precious to me God.
What God Said Tonight:
Of course I am always here for you. Of course I love you. Of course I will take care of you and provide everything you need. I am your Father and you are my most precious child that I created for this very purpose. I created you so we could have this time together. I waited a long time for us to have the relationship that we do.
I will wait as long as it takes, just to be with you. My love for you has no bounds, no boundary. My love for you is the love of a Father for a daughter, but so much more. My love for you is complete and total and never changing. If I could somehow get you to truly understand my love, everything else would be easy.
There is no struggle, no battle, no pain that can stand up to true love, to my love. I am love. I tell you that a lot and one day, you will get a full understanding of it.
I want you to know that I never provide for you out of obligation. It is not like I am a man who goes around trying to be good. I am good. I can't hep it. I am truth, I can't help it. I am love, I can't help it. I am. and I wouldn't want to be anything more or less.
I will guide you in this next step especially. It is a little tricky. But never forget my love for you. Until you get a full understanding of it, just trust that it is greater and more than you could ever imagine. Imagine the best love you can think of, multiply it by one billion and then you start to see my love for you. You and me, now and forever. Rest well tonight, there is a big week ahead as you know...
My prayer:
Awesome, mighty God of everything. God forgive me for ever getting caught up in religion and rules that are not from you. God forgive me for missing the opportunity you gave me to love today. God, forgive me for every opportunity I have missed because I was distracted by things that don't matter.
I pray God and ask that you help me to live a life on purpose this week. Help me to make decisions based on your will and not based on the most immediate fire that needs to be put out. Remind me God, every minute, what is from you and what is tradition and religion. Help me to stay focused on the things that are truly from you. God, I don't have time to mess around with anything that is outside of your will.
I love you God and I want more than anything to stay completely focused on you and your will.
What God Said Tonight:
I am ready for a new generation that is seeking me. Seeking me in truth. Seeking me beyond the tradition. Seeking me beyond the religion. I have groomed this generation to go into the next level and season.
It is not for everyone. Not everyone will understand. But you, my children, are meant to know me, personally. It is my greatest desire to have a personal and daily relationship with every one of my children.
I appreciate that there are distractions. I understand that life is busy. But I hunger for your time and attention. Just you and me. Times like this. Times when I can talk to you and you listen. I hunger for these special and intimate times.
Tonight, sweep aside the religious oppression that you have been battling. Sweep aside the distractions. Sweep aside everything that keeps you from fully experiencing me in your life. If there is anything that blocks you from me, if there is anything that turns you from me, turn your back on those things and run to me. Those are the things that satan has put in your way as stumbling blocks. Those are the things that he is trying to use to trip you up. Recognize them quickly and run away from them into my arms.
I am here for you always. I am your Daddy, your teacher, your Lord, your healer, and your savior. I am beyond any other experience of your life. I will lead you out of the dark places and I will light your path. I will guide you always.
This battle is a short one. It is intense, but it is short. You are closer to victory than you know and the victory will be sweet. Find your victory in relationship with me. Find your victory in our love. Rest, recover, and know that I am still God.
My prayer:
God you are good. Pure, undiluted good. Everything else, everyone else, including me, is good sometimes and sometimes not. But you God, you are ALWAYS good. You are the definition of good.
You are peace in the middle of chaos. You are comfort in the middle of pain. You are joy in mourning. You are health and healing in sickness. You are the provider in times of lack. You are the victory in battle. You are wisdom in the middle of ignorance. You are God and you are Good! There is no one like you God.
I am all yours, now and forever, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, in plenty and in want, forever.
What God Said Tonight:
I love you daughter and your worship is a sweet and wonderful fragrance here in heaven. The angels join you in worship. They are singing your praises to me in a sweet melody. I wish you could hear it. You would love it.
Rest your head on my chest and let me hold you awhile tonight. I can't get enough of you. I know I have been telling you a lot lately, but I love you so much and I think you need to hear it. I think you need to feel it. I think you need to experience that love at a whole new level.
My commitment to you is complete and eternal. I will never turn my back on you.
You had a revelation today about hope. You realized that if the thing you have been wanting doesn't happen, I will bring you something better. Keep that realization alive and in the forefront of your mind. I will always bring you something better. You will never be disappointed permanently. You can rest assured that in every disappointment, I have a greater gift on the way. If you could start seeing disappointment as the indication that something greater is coming, I think you would be so much happier.
Try to remember how much I love you. Try to remember that even if I was a man, I would know how to give you great gifts out of my love for you. Since I am God, how much better will my gifts be? Get ready for some big gifts. I want to lavish and spoil you. I return your oath. We are in an eternal covenant that will not be broken. I love you my sweet.
