Not your battle...

My prayer:

My healing God. I want to say a humble thank you for all of the healing that you are accomplishing in me this week. Things that I got accustomed to and had lost hope of seeing healed, you are healing. Thank you. I am humbled by your generosity and goodness.

What God Said Tonight:

The battle is not yours and it never was. The weapons are not carnal and are not logical. You are in a battle for your soul every day, but it is not your fight. 

I have already fought the fight and won. The battle has always been between me and the enemy. You know how kids sometimes get hit with the crossfire during a divorce? It is kind of like that. The enemy hates me and wants to hurt me. He knows the best way to hurt me is to go after those who I love the most. That is why he targets you, my children.

Trust me to fight the battle and stay focused on me. I promise, I will win, I will protect you. I will never let him have you. You are mine and I will not let go. I love you and have waited too long for you to ever give you up.

Life's facets...

 My prayer: 

Wonderful God. This daily communion commitment I made with my church family has been AWESOME! I love ending each day in conscious remembrance of you and your sacrifice for me. I also love the healing that I have experienced! THANK THANK THANK YOU!!! I didn't know how much longer I was going to be able to stand those headaches and they have been completely gone for 24 hours now! I can't remember the last time I was completely pain free for 24 hours!! 

You are awesome and your power is humbling and wonderful. I love you so much and I am so grateful for YOU!

What God Said Tonight:

It really is all about what you choose to remember. It is about what you choose to think about. It is about what you decide is important in your life. Those are the things that will define your experience of life. 

Life is a many faceted thing. You get to choose what facets you focus on and that guides your experience in life. Do you know those people that are always miserable no matter what happens? How about the people that are always happy and at peace no matter what happens? The only difference between those two people is what they focus on. 

Both, all aspects of life are always present. But you define, you decide, what you are going to experience from it. There is no experience so bad that good can't come out of it and there is no experience so good that bad can't come out of it. You know the saying "Too much of a good thing..." well, it is true. 

Good, bad, indifferent, chose what you want to experience. If you don't like your experience today, take a look at what you are thinking about. 

Your future...

My prayer:

Amazing God. There is so much hope when you are involved. That has really been on my mind the last week or so. When you are in something, I can hear news like someone is losing their job or someone is sick and instead of feeling bad, I can get excited to see how you are going to handle it. Same goes for when I get bad news. Instead of getting depressed and hopeless, I get to be excited and hopeful to see how you are going to work it all out.

That is the great thing about living for you God. I am SO GRATEFUL for the salvation you provided that allows me to live forever with you in heaven. But I am maybe even more grateful that you didn't stop there. I am grateful that you have blessings and help for me in this life because I am pretty sure I could not make it through one day without you. LOVE YOU GOD!!!

What God Said Tonight:

Your future is yours to discover. You don't HAVE to be any particular thing in the future. I have a great plan for your future and I know you will love it but if you want to try something else, you are free to do it. 

I will bless anything you choose to do as long as it is not sin. I will bless you because you are my daughter and I love you and I want you to succeed. 

If you want to trust me though, I do have a path that will lead to greater satisfaction and glory for my Kingdom than you can ever imagine. I have shown you the path. It is your choice of whether you will walk down it. I love you back sweet daughter, now and always.

Remember love...

My prayer:

What a privilege and an honor it is to know you God. I tend to forget sometimes how amazing it is that you want to know us, that you are willing to talk to us, lead us, guide us, help us, let alone save us from eternal damnation and hell. 

It is kind of like when you have been married a long time or have had a really good friend for a long time. I tend to forget how amazing they are until something happens that let's me see them through someone else's eyes and reminds me how amazing they really are. 

That happened today. Praying for a woman today and helping her to see that you really do love her and that you want to know her and seeing how incredible that was for her to understand...it reminded me of when I was still astonished by your love. 

God forgive me for ever taking your love for granted. Help me each day to remember how amazing this relationship with you really is. I will be more mindful and will find ways to appreciate you more. I love you God.

What God Said Tonight:

My love for you does not change. I love you more than you can imagine, always have and always will. It is good for you to remember that and to appreciate it, not for my sake but for your sake. 

When you remember how much I love you, it is easier for you to trust that I will work things out. It is easier for you to trust that I will heal you. It is easier to trust that I only have good plans for you. 

Please never forget that everything I have done and everything I will ever do is because of my love for you, my children. I am love and all that I do is a result of that love. Walk in the assurance of that love in your life. Good night and sweet dreams my love.

Messing up...

 My prayer:

What a weird day God. I messed up pretty bad but you made everything work out anyway! I have spent so much of my life worrying about messing up and failing. I have made myself pretty miserable over it at times. But today was such a great reminder that even when I really mess up, you can still work it out. 

Even when I am at my worst, you are always at your best and will take care of me. WOW! That is VERY COOL!! Thank you Daddy!

What God Said Tonight:

Your worst is never worse than my best. You can never mess up more than what I can fix. My blood was spilled for you and covers all sin. 

I still expect you to learn from mistakes but I don't ever expect you to carry guilt. I still expect you to recognize when you do wrong and turn from it but I never expect you to keep it in remembrance. 

You are covered now and always my daughter. My love is your covering, my blood is your salvation and my peace is your gift. I love you so much. 

God's produce...

My Prayer:

What a wonderful night of worship with friends who really are family!  Loved it God and loved that you do something different every time we get together with this group! Life with you is exciting God. Thank you for giving me everything I need right when I need it!

What God Said Tonight:

My Kingdom is like the produce section of a grocery store or market. It is filled to the brim with beautiful, colorful, nutritious things and you are welcome to try them all. I encourage you to try them all. The more variety the better it is for you. 

But, undoubtedly you will find some things that you like better than others and that is ok too. It is ok to return to the things that you love as long as you keep trying new things and avoid getting in the dreaded rut. 

I love you daughter and I will always have new things for you to try to spice up your everyday favorites. Rest well for tomorrow there is more for you to sample.

Constant change...

My prayer:

I am learning to appreciate change in a whole new way God. So often, when I am following you and your will for my life, when change comes, it doesn't look good at first but if I trust you in it, it all works out for my good. I have seen it so many times now that I am no longer afraid of change. I look forward to change and even crave it sometimes. But, only because I can trust you. 

God, thank you for changing how I think about change and thank you for always making things work out for my good. LOVE YOU!!!

What God Said Tonight:

Change is constant. Everything, live things, dead things, things that were never alive in the first place are still always changing. Somethings just change at a slower rate and it is hard to perceive the change. 

The same is true of people. Everybody is changing constantly. Some just change faster than others. 

The only thing constant in this world is me. I am your rock and I am immovable. I will be today as I was yesterday and as I will be tomorrow. I will n3ver change. 

However, everything around me is in constant change. To think you are not changing is a delusion and a lie. Don't listen to the lie. Know that I am constantly helping you to become everything I created you to be and that means change. Live this life of change with me and see your success.