Bad choices...

My prayer:
Father God. Why do I still make decisions that I know are not good for me? How is it, after all this time, after all that you have taught me, I can have a good choice and a bad choice in front of me and I choose the bad choice? I get SO frustrated with myself. As soon as I make the wrong choice, I know immediately what I have done. 


God, help me to make better choices. Clearly, just teaching me what is the best choice is not enough. You have done that already in so many cases and yet I still, sometimes, make the wrong choice...knowing it is wrong. Ugh! I wish I was a better person for you God. I wish that I didn't mess up so much. 


I am grateful that you love me anyway. I am grateful for your forgiveness, mercy, and the many chances you give me to get it right.


What God Said Tonight:
Choices are the rudder in your life. Your choices determine where you go and where you don't go. As long as you always choose me, I can work with your other choices. 


I can use the poor choices to teach you and those around you. I can use the bad choices to strengthen your faith. I can use the bad choices to draw you closer to me. It is in those times when you have made a bad choice, that you are most likely to come running to me. 


I rejoice every time you make a good choice. I celebrate every time you take what you have learned and apply it correctly to the current situation. Like any proud poppa, I love to see you make right choices. 


But what I want you to hear tonight is that the only choice that really matters is that you choose me. I can work with anything else. 


I love you daughter. Your training is not over. You will continue to grow and improve but I love you just the way you are. I love you with all of your flaws. I love you for who you are going to be. I love you because you are mine. Rest awhile, you will have another shot at it all tomorrow.

No more money...

My prayer:
Great Sabbath today God! Today felt truly decadent. The blessings that you have poured out on my life, in every area, are pretty unbelievable. I know I am completely undeserving but I am so very grateful. 


I also feel a little guilty sometimes God. Days and nights like this where it is so cold...I am so blessed with a warm home and a place to sleep and so many people don't have that. How do they survive nights like tonight God? I know that some of them don't. 


God, I pray for every person who is without tonight. I pray God that you bring blessings to them. I pray that you provide for them tonight. Find them a warm place to stay that is safe. Please God help them. 


I love you God and I know that it was never your intention that any one of us would suffer. I know that we are in the mess that we are in as the children of God because we sin. Starting with Adam and Eve leading all the way to today and to my choices, we have sinned. God, forgive us of our sin and rescue us out of the consequences of that sin. In Jesus name I ask for your help tonight. 


What God Said Tonight:
One day there will be no need for currency. When that day comes, we will all have the basic necessities and we will trade for extras. We are a long way from that now though. 


Right now, I need you to be my hands and feet and provide and help as many of my people as you can. I need you to use the gifts that  I have given you to reach and help more people. You have a great start but I need more. 


I will show the way and the means. I will give you the strength and the wisdom. I just need you to say "Yes" one more time. I love you daughter. 

New praise...

My prayer:

Today was long but tonight was a blast God!!! I love your joy!! I love to laugh with friends. I almost didn't go tonight because I was so wiped out from the week but I am so glad that I did. I really needed that. Sometimes it is good to just laugh until it hurts. Sometimes, it is good to get silly. Life is so serious, I need a comic break now and then. 

Thank you God for the joy tonight, the comic break, and wonderful friends to share it all with. My life is good because of you God. 

What God Said Tonight:

I will give you water when you are thirsty, food when you are hungry, and joy when you are down. I will always give you everything that you need when you need it.l I am your provider and your Father and it is my job. 

I happen to love taking care of you as well. I love to laugh with you. I love to spend time with you really whenever and doing whatever you want to do. 

There is a time for tears, but that time is not now. Now is the time for joy. Now is the time of celebration. Now is the year of jubilee. You are going to get anew spirit of praise in your life. You have always been a worshipper and I love that; but, you are about put on the garment of praise like never before. We are going to start celebrating together more. There is so much to celebrate and I want to celebrate together. 

Get ready to shout to the heavens and dance until your clothes fly off. David was not the only one who had a crazy praise. I love you daughter and I plan to celebrate something with you everyday of the rest of your life and after. 

God's cake...

My prayer:
So tired I can't keep my eyes open or even think but I am never too tired to listen to you my awesome Lord. Fact is, it is on nights like tonight, when I am too tired to move, you come up with some of the most profound stuff. Probably because I get out of the way. So, have your way God...


What God Said Tonight: 
It is not that I need you out of the way but it is true that sometimes you are more open to hearing me when you are tired and the distractions of the day and of your life are quieter. Getting to a quiet place where you can hear me is so important. 


I have so much I want to tell you. I have so much I want you to know. I can make this life easier for you. I can make the struggles easier to bear.

I am continually pouring wisdom into you but I have to do it slowly, like when you add liquid into the mixer when you are making a cake batter. If you pour all of the liquid in at once, the batter won't come together right. But, if you slowly add it while you stir so it becomes incorporated into the whole, It all comes together perfectly and makes the perfect cake. 


You are my cake and I am pouring into you right now. Soon, you will be ready for the oven, but I need to make sure you have all the right ingredients, mixed in the right way, before you go into the oven. That way, you will rise and be beautiful when the heat comes. When the trials come, they will strengthen you and make you into the person I want you to be. If I don't get all of the ingredients into you and mix them in the right way, you will fall in the oven. You will fall in the face of adversity. Let me finish your preparation so you are ready to be everything I have planned for you to be. 


I love you, go rest now. I will give you more tomorrow.

Love and sacrifice...

My prayer:
Awesome God. Today was so full, I am not sure what to talk about tonight. There were some great moments, there were some tragic moments, there were some confusing moments, there were some mundane moments...today kind of had it all! 


But at the end of it all, at the end of each day, I get to settle in with you and talk, listen, laugh, and cry. That is pretty awesome. I can't believe it sometimes, that the God of all creation, the one who made and purposed everything that is, is someone that I get to have a relationship with. That I get to talk to you and know that you hear me. That I get to hear from you. That I get to spend the rest of my life and after life getting to know you better. It is wonderful, but also seems kind of crazy when I sit back and really thing about it. 


How could you love us so much to sacrifice everything just so we could know you? We, I , am not that lovable God.


I am grateful for all that you are and all that you do God. I remain in awe of you.

What God Said Tonight:
How could I not love you? I made you. I fashioned you. I conceived of you and built all that you see, just for you. 


Life is a precious gift for my children. Salvation is a second gift that makes the first gift go on for eternity. 


I love you daughter. No matter where you are or what you do because you are mine. I made you, I live in you, I know you, and I love you. My authority in your life is sovereign because you choose me. You will never be sorry for that choice. 


I love you and there is no sacrifice too big for you. 

Get closer...

My prayer:

Amazing God, your grace and your mercy are so WONDERFUL!!! I can not thank you enough for saving my friends' home today!! You are so awesome. It looked so hopeless but we put our hope in you and you gave them favor in a hopeless situation. 

I love that I get to call on you, the Most High, All Powerful, All Knowing God when me or when people I love are in trouble. I love that in situations where there is nothing I can do, You can always turn it around and take care of everything. 

Thank you God for what you did. Thank you for the testimony it is. Thank you God for the reminder to me that the best possible help I can give in the "hopeless" situation is to call on you. I LOVE YOU!!

What God Said Tonight:

The only time a situation is hopeless is when I am not in it. I am your hope. I am your answer. I am your strong tower that you can run to in times of trouble. 

The thing is, the closer we are everyday, the easier it is to get to me when you need me in times of trouble. I hear every prayer that is ever made to me. But, for those who know me, those who understand my will, those who talk to me every day and every night, for those people, it is so much easier for them to call on me and for me to answer quickly in times of trouble. 

When you know me, you already know what my will in any situation will be. Then when you pray in agreement with that will, there is nothing I won't give you. 

Know me better so that no amount of tragedy can surprise you. Know me better so you will always have the answer. Know me better so you can turn to me in times of trouble and immediately find me. 

I love you daughter. I want to help you in every situation. I want to give you the blessed life I have intended for you since the dawn of time. Know, me, know my will and you will always have hope.

TRUTH...

My prayer:
All knowing God. I watched a dear friend make a life changing decision today based on what she fully believed to be truth. The thing is, while it may have been her experience of the truth, when I look at the situation from a different angle, I see a different truth. 


So, was her decision the right thing for her to do? If she had been able to look at the situation the way that I saw it, would it have changed her mind? 


It makes me wonder how many times I was convinced that what I knew was the TRUTH; but, in reality, was just my view of the thing. Is there any truth outside of the truth of you God? Or, is everything else just people's opinions and viewpoints? I am not sure. 


What I am sure of is that my friend needs you more than ever now. Please take care of her God. She is your daughter and she loves you. Guide her and direct her. Please make a way out of no way for her. I love you Father, now that is TRUTH!


What God Said Tonight:
Truth, real truth does not change. Real truth is true no matter the circumstances around it. Real truth comes from me and from my word. I am the truth that you seek. All other information, outside of me is up for interpretation. 


People experience this life differently. They learn at different rates. They have different experiences. You make the best decisions you know how, based on what you know. When you know more, you make better decisions. When you know me more, you know TRUTH and you make the best decisions. 


Base your life on the truth that I am and you will see a great and mighty future. Base your life on the changing truth of everyday life and you are building on shifting sands that will never withstand a storm. I am your firm foundation. I am your TRUTH. 


I love you daughter and I will take care of all of my children each day giving them all that they need.