God's power in me...

My prayer:

Awesome God. We have forest fires raging here and I need your help. People are dying. Others are losing everything material that they have as well as a sense of security. 

God, I pray for your help. I ask that you put out the fires. I ask that you protect the people. I ask God that you restore the things that were taken from them. I pray for your will to be accomplished and that you turn even this horrible thing to the good of those who love you and are called according to your purpose. Thank you God.

What God Said Tonight:

I have given you all power and authority here on earth. You can speak to the fire. You can see it put out. It is a spiritual thing. You don't have to see the fire in person, you can send the word. 

You remember the mustard seed analogy? It doesn't take much faith but it does take a little and it takes a willingness to do something that seems silly at first. But let me show you what amazing power words have. Let me show you what is changed just because you said something to a scared little boy. 

There are many things that I want to tell you. Keep the windows open and listen for me in everything. Truly every last thing in you life has meaning beyond measure. You are the keeper of great wisdom and with it comes great responsibility. Will you accept the responsibility? Even when it gets rough? 

Replanting...

My prayer:

Awesome God! You are so amazing. Your promises are truly incredible! You have been sending me a lot of messages about the gap between what you have promised us and what we are experiencing in our life. For most of us, if not all of us, what we experience is not even a fraction of what you have promised us or what you want for us. 

Since you are perfect and you give only good gifts, it must be something on our end that is not working right? I think it is complacency and impatience. I see it a lot, I see it in me. If I am believing for something and it doesn't happen right away, I start to find reasons why it didn't happen. I come up with some really Godly sounding reasons like, "Well, God must have a plan for me in this sickness, otherwise He would have healed me." 

And, it is true that you have a plan and purpose for me and you turn all things to my good. It is not true that you want me sick. You have said that it is your desire that I live in health. 

Every time I make an excuse as to why I have not experienced your promise in my life, I accept the way things are, making it that much harder to see your miracle change in that situation. I stop believing with expectation and I accept the way things are. 

I want to stop doing that God. Please help me and point out to me every time I do that. Please help me to keep my faith alive and in a state of expectation of what you are going to do. God, I want all that you have for me. ALL of it. I don't want to miss out on one thing.

What God Said Tonight:

You are definitely getting the first part of what I want to show you and teach you but there is more for you to understand. 

There are other barriers to you experiencing the fullness of me. There are roots and thorns that are in the way. There is an unholy mess that surrounding you as a result of where you have grown and we need to clean that up. Every root of bitterness and every thorn of judgement is a barrier to my promises for you. 

It is time to prune out the thorns and dig up the roots. We will get you replanted in good soil where you can grow free of the barriers and become everything that I planned for you to be. 

I love you daughter and it is time to clean you up.

Being used...

My Prayer:

God you are amazing. Your power is amazing. Your miracle healing is amazing. The wisdom that you share and the things you teach me are amazing. The way that you are ALWAYS there for me, ready to answer any question, help with any problem, and the way you love me, AMAZING. 

I am not good enough for a God like you. I never will be. But, that is the point I guess. That is why I need Jesus. 

God, as we start another week together, I ask that you open my eyes to every opportunity to share you and to do your will. I ask that you make me a blessing to the people around me. I ask that you make me alert to the needs around me and help me to know how to help.

I love you God. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

Imagine for a minute that I have a perfect goat. Everything about this goat is perfect. It has a perfect coat, perfect milk, perfect temperament, perfect everything. As long as I just have the goat and don't use it for anything, the worth of its perfectness is wasted. 

The same is true of Jesus, your Messiah, my son and the part of me that sacrificed for you. As Jesus, as me, I am perfect. The sacrifice was perfect. The Holy Spirit that I sent to you is perfect. But as long as you don't use any of it, as long as you don't put your salvation, your power in the Holy Spirit into action, none of it is worth a thing. 

I give you gifts, I give you wisdom, I give you talents with the expectation that you will use them. When you put it to use, that is when its real value becomes apparent. When you put your faith to use, that is when  you recognize the strength and the value of your faith. When you put to use the principles that I have taught you, that is when you see their worth. 

You are like rubies and gold to me my beautiful daughter. But your true value is not realized until I put you to use. I love you. Let's get to work.

Flood of joy...

My prayer:

What a wonderful day God! Thank you for this early Spring. I am so grateful for the sun, the warmth, the ability to spend the day outside and enjoying it all! I am here tonight, fully satisfied and wanting to hear your voice. I love to listen to you God. I pray that I am always able to hear and listen to you.

What God Said Tonight:

I loved today with you too. I have some more surprises and a lot of joy for you tomorrow. Truth is I have joy that is stored up just for you. I have been storing joy from the beginning of time waiting for a time to pour it out. 

Now is the season of joy. Now is a season of celebration. Now is a time to rejoice in all that has happened and all that will happen. Get ready, joy is coming your way and it will be like  a flood. When it comes, don't try to reason with it, just receive it. Just enjoy it. 

I love you daughter and I can't wait to celebrate with you.

Trust and peace...

My prayer:

My God. My thoughts are really scattered tonight. thinking about the day, thinking about my dream last night, thinking about the dreams and aspirations of my friend, thinking about the things that get in the way of us realizing our dreams, and on and on... I am having trouble slowing down and organizing the thoughts enough to pray. I am not even sure what I am praying about tonight. 


Maybe I am too focused n me. Maybe I should just focus on you.  You who are the Prince of Peace. You who speak to the storm and it becomes calm. There is no confusion in you. There is only peace. 


God I pray and ask for your peace to cover me tonight. I pray and ask that you fill me with that peace that doesn't even make sense. I pray God, that as you fill me with your peace that it spills out of me and covers everyone in my life. I pray that your peace, your assurance, your Fatherly care surrounds us and comforts us. 


I love you God. You are everything I need. Thank you for your peace tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

You don't have to have all of the answers. There is more strength and wisdom in trusting me sometimes than there is in anything else. 

I know you like to know "why". I know you life to have the answers. I made you that way and it is good most of the time. But, there are some times where knowing why, wouldn't help you. There are sometimes that I need you to trust me and accept my peace to know that I am handling it. 

Now is one of those times. Now is one of those times where I need you to relax and trust me. This is one of those times where you will not know the reason why things are happening the way they are. You may look back someday and understand it but for now, just trust me and trust my will for your life. 

I am here and I will not let you down. I will be with you always. I will guide you always. I will not let you fall. I am your Father who loves you. Rest and be in my peace tonight.

Breath of life...

My prayer:
Awesome God. I am too tired to think tonight. Thank you for bringing me through this day. Thank you for always taking care of me. Thank you for giving me every thing I need to live each day. I love you God so much and no amount of exhaustion will keep me from wanting to hear what you have to say.


What God Said Tonight:
I am the breath of life. I breathed life into Adam and I bring life to every situation I am in. 


When you are tired, I am your energy. When your dreams have died, I am your hope that will brings them back to life. Everything I get involved in comes to life and grows. Where there is no growth, there is no life. Where there is no life, I am not in it. 


Look through your life and find the areas that are not growing. Invite me into those areas so I can bring life to them. I want to prosper you all the days of your life. I want to bless you. I want to bring new life and new energy into your life. Invite me in and I will bring that life with me. I will breath life into you. 


I love you. Go rest and I will restore you. 

Stuck in the past...

My prayer:

All knowing God. I need your wisdom tonight. You always say if I lack wisdom I should ask for it so I am asking. 

I thought I was moving in the right direction, following your will. I thought that I had let go of that old issue. I thought that I was in a good place. But, suddenly, with one comment, I realize that I am not as ok as I thought I was. I am feeling angry, ashamed, guilty, and really uncomfortable. 

God, I ask for you wisdom, what should I do? What do I need to change? Am I thinking about this whole thing wrong or ...Help please God.

What God Said Tonight:

I had to dig this up for you tonight because there are parts that you had swept under the rug and ignored. You need to look at those things honestly and put them behind you. 

I will lead and guide you always. No matter where you go, I will lead you to where you need to be. Remember Jonah. He ran as far as he could go and I still got him to where he needed to be. 

You are where you need to be for right now. I will guide you to where you need to be tomorrow. You continue to do your best. Let go of the past, let go of mistakes (yours and everyone else's) and do the best you can with what I am giving you today. 

You are not perfect and outside of me, you never will be. You are mine though. And as such, you are perfect to me. You are covered in my blood and I see you as I intended you to be. 

I will guide you and teach you and take you where you need to go. Trust that I can and will do that and let go of yesterday. It makes it a whole lot easier to walk into what I have for you today and tomorrow when you are not tethered to yesterday. 

I love you daighter. Rest well.