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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:
My awesome God of joy. Thank you so much for tonight God. The laughter, the fun, the friends...I needed it so much!!! I am sorry that I got so tied up in the work of life that I forgot to enjoy it God. I will try to do better. I will try to keep better balance. I will try. I love you God. What is on your mind tonight?
What God Said Tonight:
Ah, the importance of joy. You know where I say the joy of the Lord is your strength? Have you ever really thought about that? It is true. There is strength in joy. There is power in joy. When you fill your life with joy, especially my joy that is not dependent on circumstances, you gain a strength to face any challenge. If you meet each challenge with joy, you have already won.
You are my sweet child and there are many talents and gifts in you but if you don't have joy, what is the point. If you don't have joy, your life is miserable and the people around you see the misery, not me. When you are full of my joy, no matter the circumstance. they see the joy . They see me.
Live a life of joy. Find joy in the small things and the big. Make time to laugh. Make time to play. Make time to renew your joy and your strength every day.
Seems like I am giving you a lot of every day instructions right now. But, that is what it is all about. Living for me, living with me every day. We need to build up some new habits that will take you into the new season. They will strengthen you and help you.
I love you daughter remember this joy and find more if it in your life. Surround yourself with it. Live in a joy bubble. It is a lot more fun.
My prayer:
My God I am glad to be with you here tonight. This truly is the best part of my day. You and me, nothing better.
God, I give it all up to you tonight. Every worry, every need, every thought, all my love, everything I am, everything I have, I give to you tonight God. I do it knowing that anything in your hands turns out good.
God, I pray and thank you for a good life. A life that is a blessing to the people around me. A life with a purpose. A life that is pleasing and useful to you. Thank you God for every opportunity and for the wisdom to find balance to be all that you want me to be. I am all yours God and love you so very much.
What God Said Tonight:
I have a lot for you to do, but not tonight. I have a plan for your life but that plan includes times to rest and times to act. There is a time and season for every single thing. I have to teach you the line between healthy drive to get things done and obsession with making things happen RIGHT NOW.
You do not have to get everything done RIGHT NOW. There are things that I have slotted to happen next week, next month, next year. I hate to call it waiting because I know how hard waiting is for you. It is more of a relaxing into the rhythm of my timing. Don't get ahead of me and don't lag behind. Be free enough with your time that you can move when I need you to move but do not be idle.
Do at least one thing with great purpose every day. Just one thing. It may be a different thing each day. I kind of hope it is. But each day, find one thing to do that truly matters. I will guarantee you that your life will take on a new sense of purpose and you will be amazed at what you can accomplish with just one thing a day.
I love you daughter and I gratefully take on everything, every issue and every problem. Bring it all to me and I will make beauty from the ashes. I will turn it all to your good. I will make water into wine and see your life fulfilled to its full measure. You will not fall short of the goal. Be in time and in tune with me and you are going to be awesome!!
My prayer:
God you are so good. You are so patient. You are so loving. You are not always easy, but you are always so good.
God, I thank you for having a plan for my life that is bigger and better than my ability to imagine it. I thank you God for not being satisfied with leaving me at good enough but encouraging me on to all that you have for me. Thank you God for health, joy, peace, protection and love in my life.
You are the source of everything I need God and I will not forget. I love you God.
What is on your mind tonight? I am here and I am listening. Your voice is all that matters right now.
What God Said Tonight:
There is a burning fire that is within you and it is catching and spreading. My holy fire is about to cover the earth.
Fire can destroy but it can also provide warmth, light, life. Fire can provide new life. Do not be afraid of this fire. It is coming for a purpose and a plan and I will keep in control. It will come to accomplish exactly what I have planned it to do.
Watch for my signal. Watch for my leading. When it is time, I will tell you what to do. I will guide you always.
Thank you my daughter for being my willing servant and vessel. I will have need of that service many more times. Together we will see and accomplish great things. I want you to be a part of it because you so want to be a part of it. You begged me for years.
The time is here and it is now. You and me, let's do it. Let's accomplish all that I have for you. Let's watch people changed and futures redeemed. Let's see the power of salvation of the heart to change and restore people. Let's go out together and talk to the people who don't know me yet. Let's go network the world until every corner is covered with my word.
I love you daughter and I am grateful that we can do this together. I could use the company. We are in for a wild but fun ride. This next thing, this next season is going to be so exciting! Hang on, don't lose hold of me or your faith and we will ride this out to a place of even greater glory and favor. I love you so much!!
My prayer:
Awesome God of love. My heart is hurting a bit tonight. I am really getting tired of watching us, your children, hurt each other. I mean, I know that we are imperfect and we will hurt each other unintentionally. But, there are a lot of times that people say and do things that they know will hurt and they do it anyway.
I am tired of seeing amazing and wonderful people who I care about getting hurt. I am tired of seeing amazing and wonderful people who I care about hurting others. God, I am tired of seeing myself hurt people, with my own preconceived ideas of what is right. Who am I to think I have it all figured out? It should be pretty clear by now that I don't.
What is it in us God that seems to drive us to hurt other people, even those who we love the most? More importantly, how do we stop? How do we learn to love like you do? How do we learn to love others as ourselves? I can't change the world, but I can change me if you tell me what to do.
I love you God. Thank you for every blessing you poured out on me today and thank you for all that you protected me from. You are awesome and I love you SO MUCH!
What God Said Tonight:
Sin. Sin is the root of all evil in your life. Sin is the action that opens the door to evil in your life. Sin is what makes you see others as threats instead of the brother and sister that they are. Sin blinds you to love. Sin hurts you and makes you want to hurt others. It is really that simple.
So, get the sin out of your life and you will notice that you hurt people less and you love people more. I could keep going, but it really is that simple.
You are redeemed in my blood and I therefore do not see your sin. It is erased and you are forgiven as you repent. But, there are still natural consequences to your actions and this is one of them.
Get the sin out and see your life change.
I love you daughter and I love that you think about this. Sin no more and you will love like I do.
My prayer:
Awesome God of everything. God it is good to spend this time with you. I love these quiet times together. I love to hear your voice. I love to hear what is on your mind.
I have been going through a lot of stuff lately. Thank you for not getting tired of me bringing it all to you. Thank you for always listening and always responding. Thank you for always having the perfect word, the perfect answer to anything and everything I am going through. I leave every situation and every worry at your feet God, kniwing you have already provided a way out.
I love you God. Tell me what is on your mind tonight. Tell me how your day was. If there is anything you want to talk about, I am here to listen tonight.
What God Said Tonight:
I love this time with you too.
Time is a gift. Spending time with someone is a gift that sometimes costs more and is worth more than gold. Time is the one true commodity that once spent, cannot be redeemed or gained back.
But the fact is time means very little in the face of eternity. When you literally have all the time in the world, waiting, spending time, become less of a sacrifice. I can spend this time with you because I literally have all the time in the world.
Think about how you are spending your time. Do you have the time or do you take the time to talk to the person who needs to hear your voice? Do you take the time to stop and pray when I put it on your heart? Do you take the time to love me and love others? Do you take the time to show it?
Find time each day to love me, to love the people around you. Spend your time on worthwhile pursuits. Remember it is precious, even though you have an eternity with me. This is one case where scarcity does not determine worth.
I love you daughter. Thank you for taking time to spend time with me. That will always be time well spent.
My prayer:
All powerful God. I am doing much better tonight God. Thank you for renewing my strength.
Not that today was easy. It seemed like everyone I talked to was going through really terrible things. God, there is so much evil in this world, it can be overwhelming at times. I know that I should not be focusing on the evil and I should be focusing on you, the good, and all that you can and do accomplish. I am trying. I just hate to see people I love suffer.
God, I am ready for the new heaven and the new earth. I am ready for a time when we get to live with you free of evil. I am ready for a time when satan has been put in his place with his demons in the lake of fire, never to return. God, I am ready!
Even saying that though, I feel selfish. You have already said that you can't take us there until every last person has had a chance to choose. There must be people in the world who haven't had that chance yet. It is not fair for me to take away that chance.
I guess my prayer tonight, in addition to all of the prayers for help and protection that I have already sent up, is that you spark as many hearts as you can to reach your people. I pray that you bring the perfect person at the perfect time to each person who has not had a chance to choose you. I pray that you continue to show me the people that I can offer that chance to. I pray God that you help me to see who is lost and without you. I pray God that you give me the boldness and wisdom to say the right things at the right time.
I pray God that this be an efficient process so we can get to the really good stuff of living in joy with you, free of evil. I love you God. Thanks for listening, thanks for caring, and thanks for providing an opportunity to be free of the evil.
What God Said Tonight:
What is different about tonight than any other day? Evil has been on this earth from the beginning. I have already given you dominion on this earth over evil. You know what you need to do. You know how to take authority. In my name, you can command evil to leave. Not only can you but you should.
I gave you weapons for a reason. I gave you the sword, my word for a reason. I expect you to need to use it and I expect you to use it well. You have been taught well. Stand up and fight.
Evil is here but it cannot come near you unless you let it. I have given you the power to defeat the devil in my Holy Spirit and in with my word.
I love you daughter. Be the warrior I created you to be. This is what we were resting up for. It is time to fight. I love you and I am with you in every battle. I am your victory. I am Jehovah Nissi and I am all yours.
My prayer:
Awesome God thank you for your provision in my life. Thank you for always providing what I need, when I need it. What I need right now is your strength, your power in my body and in my life. I am just completely wiped out God. I don't know if it is illness or what it is but it has me wiped out and left me with no energy to do anything useful. Everything hurts.
I pray God that whatever this is, I give it to you. I ask that you take care of it in your miraculous and loving way. I ask for your strength. I ask for your joy which is my strength. I ask God that you give me rest that I awaken refreshed and ready to do all that you have for me. I need you God. Right here and right now, I need you.
What God Said Tonight:
I am here my daughter. As always, I am here for you. You are vulnerable right now but I am here, protecting and taking care of you. Just like the other night when I woke your mom to pray for you, I will be sure that you are protected and cared for every day of your life. I will make sure that you have all that you need forever.
This thing is temporary and will not last. There is hope and a future. There is a day very soon when you will back to 100%. For now, learn to rely on me totally. Learn to trust me to take care of you and bring to you exactly what you need for this season and for this time.
I am here for you always. Rest, I will strengthen you. Sleep and I will awaken you. Trust and I will be worthy of your trust.
Again, I tell you this is a temporary situation. It will not always be like this. I have great things for us to do and you will have full strength to do them. For now, rest. I have put some things on temporary hold to give you the time to rest.
Don't lose hold of me. Don't lose hold of your faith and trust that I will take care of everything. I love you sweet daughter. I am here for you always. I am here, I am here. I am here. Do not forget, I am always here for you.
