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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:
Mighty and powerful God. I am completely yours.
You asked several nights ago whether I would be willing to sacrifice everything for you. You asked that I not answer flippantly but that I really think about it. God, tonight I can say without reservation, yes, I am willing to sacrifice everything for you. As long as I still have you in me and in my life, I am willing.
God help me to never hold onto anything harder than I am holding on to you. I love you so much and I trust your love for me even more.
What God Said Tonight:
You may be tested in that. I need to see your obedience sometimes so I can trust you with next steps. I will never take it all and I will always provide the way to get it back with interest.
You know I am your provider and I will be sure you are never asked to sacrifice more than what you have, but once in awhile, it is going to be something significant.
The sacrifice makes a way for you. It shows that you want me more than you do whatever it is that you sacrifice. It means that you are on the right path and I will clear the way.
I love you so much daughter. I love you no matter what you do or what you say. I will always love you and I will never let you go. I love you more than I can really put in words. My love is pure and unmarked by jealousy, greed, and pain.
Continue to follow my lead daughter. We are going places.
You will sacrifice in every aspect and at every level, but your blessings will always outweigh the sacrifice. I can not and will not let you out give me.
I love you daughter and I am yours forever.
My prayer:
Wow God! What a difference a day with you makes!! I am in awe of your beautiful purity tonight. In communion tonight during small group, I was hit with the beauty of your purity. Pure God, no religion, no preconceived ideas, no hang ups, just pure Jesus and it was SO BEAUTIFUL! God you are so beautiful! Your beauty has filled me with peace tonight.
Today was a day of tough decisions accompanied by guilt and doubt. Tonight was a powerful reminder of who you are and how easy, wonderful, blessed, and peaceful life can be when I remember your purity and focus on you.
As full of turmoil as I was last night, tonight and am filled with an even greater peace. Only you could do that!
God I am not sure what all the future holds but I am confident that if I can hold onto this insight, if I can hold onto the beauty of your purity, everything will be just fine. God I love the peace that you bring!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
What God Said Tonight:
Peace is my gift to you. Peace that is beyond understanding. Peace that doesn't make sense but makes all the difference in the world. You know that saying "give peace a chance?" That was mine.
Peace will give you a strength you didn't have before. Peace will give you the space to love instead of hate. Peace will give you the wisdom and the insight to make right decisions and not decisions made out of emotion.
I love you daughter and I give you this peace. It is a treasured gift. Take care of it. Don't let it go. Don't let it shrivel and die from lack of use. Bring it out daily and care for it. Keep it safe. Wrap your arms around it every day and don't let go. Hold it close to you and you will never be sorry.
I leave this peace with you and it comes with my love. You are twice blessed my sweetheart.
My prayer:
Healing God, I need you tonight. I feel like I have been such a mess lately. And now tonight, I feel like I have been slapped around, not literally but verbally. God, I am not even sure what to pray. I guess I need wisdom, understanding, direction, healing...everything. I am just feeling crushed God. Help please.
What God Said Tonight:
Your pain is interfering with your ability to hear me tonight. You always teach people that they have to refuse to be offended when serving me. I need you to listen to your own advice. You have to refuse to be offended. You have to refuse to receive the hurt that was leveled at you tonight.
No weapon formed against you will prosper my daughter. This is not the end, this is the edge of a breakthrough that needs to happen. You know what I have shown you. You know the vision I have given you. That vision has not changed. You have not changed. The people you love have not changed.
You will not allow this one thing to stop you. Your purpose is too important. You will not allow hurt to stop the plan and purpose. I need you to stand strong and refuse.
You also always tell people if there is no opposition to your ministry, you must not be trying hard enough. When your ministry is powerful and on the right track, satan will do all that he can to disrupt it. Again, listen to your own advice. I have given you everything you need to weather this. I even told you this storm was coming. This is a part of the plan. I will turn it for your good.
Stand and do not allow yourself to be moved.
My prayer:
Mighty God. I am not sure if I am going to actually post this tonight, but there are some things I need to get off of my chest. If, when we are done, you don't want it on the blog, let me know and it will be just between us.
The thing is I am really frustrated. I am so sick of church for the sake of church. I am so sick of religion without relationship with you. I am so sick and tired of knowing what your promises are, but seeing us, your children, not expecting to have those promises in our lives. If you made the promises, and you never lie, we should expect them and we should see them everyday in our lives.
I am sick of talking about growing churches instead of growing your kingdom. God, I don't care where people go to church. I just care that they get to know you, really get to know you and that can be easier if they have people who already know you to help them out. But when it comes with all of the trappings of traditional church, it sometimes can mess them up more than help them.
God you are better than what we show you off as in church. You are better than how I am reflecting you.
God, you have put me in a community of believers that has a vision to have a church that is more about knowing you than it is about "having church" and that is awesome; but, right now, I find myself stuck in a rut, doing things because that's what you do when you have a church, not because it is edifying you or helping people to know you better. Not because it is getting me or anyone else closer to you.
God, you are amazing. You bless me in little and big ways every day. You teach me, change me, heal me, guide me, provide for me, and do everything for me. You deserve so much more than me going through the motions.
God, show me what to change. Show me where I got off track. God show me what you want.
What God Said Tonight:
Thanks for getting that out. It has been bubbling up in you for awhile and it was beginning to interfere with our relationship, so I am glad you finally got it out where we can deal with it.
Living for me, being in relationship with me, getting to know me, seeing my promises reflected in your everyday life is a process not something that is ever completed. You never "arrive" as they say, in a relationship with me. I am eternal and you are eternal now and we will be building this relationship for eternity.
You have shaken off a lot of the trappings of religion without relationship and that is good. Now you are feeling the need to do more and that is good too. That means that you want to get closer to me and that is a good thing. Now that you have asked me about it, asked for my help, I can guide you. I can show you the things that matter and the things that don't. You might be surprised by some of the things that I think matter and don't matter.
Whenever you question whether something is worthwhile and growing the kingdom of God, look for the root of it in the Bible, in my life. If you see it there, then look for the fruit. Is it actually growing my Kingdom? Is it actually helping people know me better? If you get "yeses" to those questions, you can be pretty sure that it is worthwhile and I am all for it. It is not nearly as complicated as you make it sometimes.
There are some things that you are doing right now that, because of the way you are doing them, they are not worthwhile; however, if you see them in a different light, you will see that they could be done in a way that meets all the criteria.
Remember as well that I can get through to people even when the presentation is not perfect. I have been doing it for thousands of years. You didn't have perfect teaching or guidance all of the time but you made it here. You made it to a point where you can talk to me about anything and you trust and know that I will answer you. You have arrived at a place where you are so excited about our relationship that you are desperate for other people to know about it. That didn't happen because of any one person, any one church. That happened because I wanted you. That happened because I had a plan and a purpose for you from the beginning of time.
The problem now is not in what you are doing but in some cases, the problem is how you are doing it. I have given you many opportunities. Every one has a purpose, both to build my Kingdom and to build your character.
I love you daughter. It is fine to post this. I promise you are not the only one who is feeling this way and you are not the only one with this prayer. Never be ashamed of the truth. I am the truth, the way, and the life and I am here for you always.
My prayer:
Incredible God. I am at a loss for words tonight...that doesn't happen very often, I know! There is a lot happening, good and not so good. But, I have prayed over all of that and now I need to leave it up to you.
Thank you God for always being there for us no matter what is going on. Thank you that I can never have a problem that is bigger than your ability to fix it. Thank you for always having the answer, no matter the problem.
Thank you God for your presence, your power, your guidance, and most of all your love. God I need you more than I need air. Without you, I don't need to breathe. It would not be worth it without you. I love you and am so grateful to have you in my life and to be in your presence.
What God Said Tonight:
There are storm clouds in your life right now. It is dark tonight and the only light is from the occasional lightening. This won't last long. It is a passing storm. It is dark and a serious storm. You need to take shelter in me from the storm. It will not stay for long.
You have many sunny days ahead. You have a rainbow promise in your future. Weather the storm with me, huddle under my shelter and stay safe and warm. The storm is here but it can't really touch you as long as you stay under my protection. Wait it out and you will be back dancing in the sunshine in no time.
I love you my sunshine.
My prayer:
Awesome God, my heart is breaking a bit tonight. It is so much easier for me to go through tough times than it is to watch other people suffer. I hate seeing other people suffering. I hate seeing them dealing with unexplainable pain. When I am going through it, I know you will work it out. I know that you never waste a hurt and that you will turn it to my good. The same is true for other people but instead of focusing on that, I find myself focusing on the pain. God, it hurts to see them hurt.
God I pray for all of the hurting people tonight. I pray God that you comfort every one who is hurting tonight. I pray God that you give them a hope and you give them peace tonight. I pray God that you comfort them in their pain. I pray God that you somehow heal and show them that this thing that has happened to them is not the end of the story. This thing is the beginning of a testimony of how big you are and how you can take anything, no matter how bad, and turn it around. God help us tonight. In Jesus name, I ask this. amen.
What God Said Tonight:
I did not bring the pain but I brought the healing. I did not bring the sin, but I brought the redemption. I am the answer to every problem.
I love you daughter and if you did not hurt a little for the people who are hurting around you, then you would not be who I created you to be. I gave you a heart for people, a compassion so you could love them, help them, pray for them. You are doing your job. Don't get stuck in the pain though. Your job is to go into the pain and bring them out. Your job is to remember that I am the answer and give me to them. Your job is to remember every time I brought you out of pain and terrible situations and give them that hope.
There is nothing that has happened or that will happen that I don't already know about and that I don't already have an answer planned out for. I have made a way out of every situation. I need you to help people see it. Be the hope and help point the way.
I love you daughter and I have heard your prayers. My minsitering angels are visiting people right now. They are arriving in their homes, in the bars, in the many places where people are hurting tonight and they wrapping their arms around them.
I will be their hope. I will be their answer. You be my reflection and point them in my direction. I will catch each and every one as they fall. I love you and I promise I will never drop any of you.
My prayer:
Amazing God! Tonight was just what I needed God! Intense prayer and worship with some of your kids who love you as much as I do. I am fully sated, satisfied, and more relaxed than I have been in months. YOU ARE SO GOOD!
God, you have met every one of my needs tonight. What is on your mind? Is there anything I can do for you?
What God Said Tonight:
You have already given to me tonight my daughter. Tonight was as much for me as it was for you. That is the wonderful thing about worship. You worship me, it fills you up, and it touches me. It lets us get closer together. It lets you know me better and it lets me more into your life. Worship is the place that we can meet face-to-face. Worship is the intimate place where I can whisper and you still hear me.
I love you daughter. Sleep tonight knowing that I loved tonight even more than you did. I love you. You have done all that I have asked and I will bless and prosper you beyond your ability to imagine it. It is going to be crazy but it will be true. You are going to look back in the very near future and shake you head, having trouble believing that your life could be as good as it is going to get. It will seem too good to be true but it will be true. When that time comes, receive it, accept it, and recognize it for what it is, evidence of me in your life that will be undeniable to anyone who sees.
I love you daughter. Rest now and sleep well.
