Who is painting your life?

Father God, I praise you tonight for the talents you have given me. All honor to your name for making me aware of what you have placed within me so others can be touched by your presence and see what you have shown me! Awesome and powerful is your name- You are the creator of so many masterpieces and I am honored to be one of them. Thank you for the ability and the strength to walk out this journey with you as my guide.

Tonight you have shown me a canvas that was full of darkness and turmoil.  Then I heard you say this canvas is your life and I will paint you a new picture if you allow me to. The ugly painting then burned up and a new canvas appeared, it was blank. God began filling it in with brilliant colors, ones so beautiful it is difficult to describe them. Each time my mind filled with negative or worry some thoughts the painting turned to chaos and I heard you say change your thoughts, burn the canvas and start anew. Then God took my hand and I was painting with him moving my hand. There was a large river of  deep blue, and a tree growing along side of it. He reminded me that he is the vine and we are the branches. The tree then had a flame in the middle yet it did not burn up( just like the burning bush). This represented the children of God receiving his fire by being attached to the vine. He said anyone can change the picture on the canvas, I just need to guide their hand. If you are allowed to paint our lives the outcome is beautiful, yet when we take the brush and take control, a great mess is made. Thank you God for giving me a new canvas to paint the picture you had in mind!

Storm Dancers

Great and mighty God, I thank you that you are the peace giver and only in you can we obtain true peace. I praise you for giving us the ability to have the peace you give by just receiving it from you. There is calm in the storm because you are in it! I ask you to reveal all that you desire in the midst of the storm, don't let me miss whatever it is you are showing me. Glory and honor to you precious Lord of all!

 You have shown me in a vision Jesus Clothed in glowing white with a beautiful purple sash around him, blowing in the winds of the storm. Jesus is standing with his arms outstretched saying to all come unto me and you will have peace. As I approached Jesus he said only you can calm your storm, I can't stop it for what you must learn in the midst of it. However you have the ability to stop feeling the wind and the rain by just believing and receiving the peace I give. I then saw the storm all around me but I felt not the rain, or the wind, as if there was a force field all around me. I began to dance and praise Jesus for what he had given me, and suddenly there were many others dancing around me and praising God, the dry area grew and grew by the peoples belief, and we could see the storm all around us yet we remained dry and calm. I am with you in the storm, only you can calm it by learning to receive the gifts I give. Receive tonight, let go of all doubt, any hindrance and just receive.

Being needed...

My prayer:

Mighty God. It is good to be needed God but it will be good to get away for a little while too. Thank you so much for this vacation. I am so ready for it. 

I pray God that you guide us and lead us each day. Take us to the places and the people that you have for us. Help us God to be a blessing everywhere we go. I thank you God for your traveling blessings on us. I pray your protection over the flights, the bags, us and I thank you God that you rebuke the devourer for our sake. I thank you for your protection everywhere we go. Thank you God. YOU ARE AWESOME!!

What God Said Tonight:

I am glad that you are getting away for a little while. It will be good for you. However, you also know that being needed is something that you need. It is part of what makes you. It is part of what fuels you. 

You were created with a servants heart and that heart has to serve or it withers and dies. Take this time, rest, regroup, meet new people in new places. Enjoy each and every minute of it. But, don't lose track of the fact that you were made to serve. You were made to be needed. You were made to fill the holes and solve the problems around you. 

I love you daughter and your nature, your gifts are beautiful. This time will help you to remember and appreciate them more fully again. I love you and I am with you always.

Release the pressure...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I am at peace tonight, fully content, although always hungry for more. This is good God. This is a good place to be. I am not often here. I am usually striving, reaching, waiting for that next thing; but, here tonight, I am satisfied. 

This is a nice feeling. I want to stay here for a little while. I don't want to get too comfortable that I stop growing and striving. That is my fear, if I stop reaching for the stars, I will stop forever. But, if it is ok, I would like to just coast a little bit for a little while? 

I love you God and I love every opportunity you have brought me; but, can I just be for a little while? 

What God Said Tonight:

Most of the pressure you feel to do the next thing is from you, not from me. I am happy that you want to grow and you want to serve. I love that about you; but, the pressure is not from me. 

When you think about it, all of the really great things that you have done, have been easy because you were relaxed and relying on me. I am going to help you see over the next week, the things that you have imposed on yourself and the things that I have brought to you. 

It is fine for you to have goals that you set and that you achieve. But those goals, the ones that originate from you are the  ones that take so much effort and energy. The ones from me. The goals the dreams and opportunities from me are the ones that come so easy, once you get started. 

Time for a little life inventory and find some balance again. We have time to do it. We will do it together. I love you daughter and I want only the very best for you. 

Generosity...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Just thinking tonight. Before I decided to live my life for you, all I could think about was all of the things I would have to give up. Now, all I think about is all of the things I gain with you in my life. I forget sometimes that there are people that don't live each day with the assurance of a loving, heavenly Father, working everything out. I know that sounds crazy, that I could forget that, but sometimes I do. 

I guess it is the same thing with every time that you want me to step into something new. My first thoughts are about the things I will have to give up in order to do it. But, once I do it, all I can think about is what you have added to my life. This blog is a great example. When you first put it on my heart, all I could see was the time and effort it would take and I didn't have any more time. But, once I started it, all I could think about was how amazing it was to hear from you every night, always something new, and always something that touched people all around the world, people that I will likely never meet this side of heaven. 

You always give so much more than what you ask for. You generosity is beyond anything that has ever been experienced before. God, I want to be more like you. I want to be generous like you. I want to think more about what is gained through the sacrifice than what is lost. Help me God to be more like you.

What God Said Tonight:

It wouldn't be called a sacrifice if there wasn't a cost to it. But you are right, I will never ask for more than I am willing to give. You will never out give me no matter what you give. I will always make sure that you have more than what you give. 

Your generosity makes a way for you. It makes room for you to receive more of my blessing. I am a God who loves to lavish my children with gifts. I love to bless you to overflow; but, I can fill up a full vessel. You have to pour out some for me to refill. Pour out what you have and I promise I will always refill and fill beyond what you have poured out. 

I filled the widows vessels, I will keep your vessels full. Never be afraid to give. never be afraid to be generous. You will never see lack as a result of your giving. As a matter of fact, it is just the opposite. Your blessing, your increase and your promotion lies within your giving and your generosity. 

Give of your time, give of your talents, give of your heart, and give of your provision. give and I will give it back to you. I promise.

Beginnings...

My prayer:

Awesome and amazing God I am very grateful that you got me to tonight. I am so ready for this rest and vacation you have blessed me with. Life has been exciting but exhausting. Thank you  for always giving me everything I need when I need it. 

I am not sure what else to talk about tonight. My thoughts are kind of wandering but nothing new. I am ready to just not think for a little while. If I can just turn my brain off for a few days, that would be good. 

I love you God. What is on your mind while I try to turn off mine.

What God Said Tonight:

I am not sure you recognize the significance of this time, of this moment in time. I don't think you realize all that is going on around you right now. I don't think you understand that today is a day that will be remembered for eternity. Today will be remembered as the day of beginnings. 

You are about to see the beginning of a brand new season and time where nothing is as you expected in the past. You have waited for this time and it is here. 

You are equipped and prepared. remember this day. You will look back on it one day and say, Hey, I remember that day. Things that you thought were minor coincidences will become great testimonies. 

I have so much for you daughter and it starts now. Not tomorrow, not next week, right here and right now.

Favor...the good, the bad and the ugly...

My prayer:

Mighty God. I have been thinking tonight about your favor. I love your favor on my life. I love how you bless me. But, because I know I don't deserve it, that I didn't earn it, I worry sometimes about losing it. I worry that one day, I will wake up and suddenly your favor is gone. I am nothing without your favor. 

That is kind of true of all of your gifts. You know I love when you heal people, when you heal me. It is one of my favorite things of yours that I get to be a part of.  But for me, sometimes, since I know that I did nothing to deserve to be healed, I worry that it will come back. Then sometimes, that worry becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and before you know it, I get sick with something you already healed me of. 

The thing is, I will praise you every day for the rest of eternity. I am so very grateful to you God and I want to be pleasing to you. I want you to be blessed by my life. Help me God to be a blessing to you.

What God Said Tonight:

My favor, my gifts for you are a blessing and while you don't deserve them and haven't earned then, I never expected you to earn them. Does a parent expect their child to earn a roof over their head and food in their stomach? No. 

The gifts I have for you are from the beginning of time. They were made especially for you. There will definitely be times when you notice them more than others but I will never take them away. I will never take my blessing of of your life. 

You are my daughter and I love you. What kind of father would I be if I stole your gift back from you. What kind of God would I be? I love you and my favor on your life is forever.