DON'T DIY...

My prayer:

All knowing God. Figuring out this life, what to do, what not to do, when to do it, how to do it, all of it, is hard sometimes. I am crazy grateful that I get to come to you and ask for help and guidance. I can't imagine trying to navigate life without your wisdom and help. 

There are so many choices. Sometimes, like tonight, I just get tired of needed to make choices. I would like just a little bit of time tonight to rest my mind and not choose...anything, except of course to love you and spend time with you. Just a little vacation from choosing.

What God Said Tonight:

You only have to make one choice and that is to chose me. Every other choice is a result of that one choice. 

You are taking too much on yourself again. You are trying to do it on your own. That is why you are feeling tired and overwhelmed. Trust in me, rest in me, know that I am still in control. I will guide you and direct you and show you each thing I need you to do as you need to do it. You know from experience that is true. 

You are not in this alone. I do not expect you to do it on your own. I never did. Lean on me my daughter and I will carry you through. I will make sure you are right where you need to be. Keep choosing me and everything else, I will take care of. 

Appreciate the gift...

My prayer:

Here I am again Lord, asking for more, fill me up completely...I love that song God. It so fits tonight. Here I again Lord, asking for more, fill me up completely. You are what I want, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

You can't really appreciate a gift that you give to someone else unless you have first experienced that gift yourself. Until you have had something yourself you can't appreciate what a blessing it is to someone else. Everything that I give to people through you I will first give to you. I will anoint you first. Then, I will ask you to go and anoint others. 

I will never ask you to give something that I haven't already given to you. I am protecting you and the gifts. I am making sure each day that those gifts are with the people I have picked out for them. I have targeted the gifts for the people I believe will appreciate them. 

Have you ever spent a really long time picking out the perfect gift for someone only to have them barely notice when you give it to them? I feel that way sometimes. I give gifts and never see the joy or appreciation for the gift. 

Remember that every blessing I give you is for you but is for every person you ever meet as well. I share things with you so that I can multiply those blessings through you to the world. If you let me, I will multiply it all through you to bless the world and my people in it. Are you up for that? Love you.

Fire is coming...

My prayer:

Amazing God. My thoughts are all over the place tonight. Thank you for the amazing favor today. Thank you for reconnecting me with an old friend. Thank you for the new insight you gave me while reading in the book of Luke tonight. I guess I am thanking you for blessing me, for love and for wisdom. That about covers it! Thank you for the little things that I often take for granted. Thank you for a roof over my head and food in my stomach. Thank you for health and for healing. Thank you for a family who loves me. Thank you for keeping me safe physically, emotionally and sprititually. Thank you for being the best Father I could ever hope for! Love you and can't wait to hear your voice...

What God Said Tonight:

A fire is coming that will burn out the overgrowth and will provide great nutrients for the coming spring. The fire is not bad. It is needed. The fire is a tool that seems destructive at first but leaves behind it the fodder, the fuel for new growth. 

No one likes the fire, although if you take the time to look, it really is quite beautiful. But, no one really likes the fire. But it is necessary. Nothing else can provide the environment for the type and extent of growth that we are going to need. 

I don't ask you to like the fire but I do ask you to trust me in the middle of it. Trust that I am still in charge and that I will not let it hurt you. I am with you every step of the way. 

PARTY TIME...

My prayer:

What an amazing day GOD!!! Thank you for letting me be a part of what you were doing today. Thank you for the saved lives. Thank you for the healed minds, bodies and spirits. Thank you for the baptisms into new life!!!! THANK YOU for making a way for us to have a new life in you. I love you so much and I am so excited to see more people getting to know you!!!!

What God Said Tonight:

It is party time here in heaven! We are celebrating with you. We are so excited about the new lives that were saved today that I can barely take the time to talk. We are too busy dancing and reveling in the new souls that were added to the Kingdom today. 

I have such great plans for these new souls. I can't wait to get started showing them who they are now. I can't wait to show them all that I have for them. I need you to help show them. Show them how to live a glorious life each day, in me. Show them the joy of living in Christ. Show them...everything. 

I love you daughter but I have to get back to the party! Sing, dance and celebrate with us for today was a glorious day!!!

Rules...

My prayer:

Today was wonderful God. I love your Sabbath. Thank you for teaching me the importance of rest. When I do it. When I take one day a week and rest, everything else goes so much better. It isn't easy. This crazy paced life and the demands on my time make it hard to have a whole day with no work. But, it is so worth it. 

There are so many things like that in your Word and in your Kingdom God. Things that you teach us because it will make our lives better that for so many years I thought was just tiresome religion. When did your advice on good living turn into burdensome rules? I guess the better way to ask that is when and why did we turn your advice into burdensome rules? I love you Daddy and love what you teach me!

What God Said Tonight:

Rules are logical and can be followed. When they are not followed you can point the finger at someone and say, "You messed up." There is something in human nature, sin nature, that likes that. There is something in sin nature that feels better about its own sin when it can point out sin in someone else. 

Rules are almost always for the other person, not you. You are a special case. You have special circumstances that excuse you from the rules...or at least that is what you think. 

Rules in themselves truly are not bad but the way people use them can be devastating. It is important to recognize my "rules" as key bits of knowledge to help you live a better life. They are in place to guide you and help you when you are lost and not sure what to do. They are your road map to life. 

They are not there as a set up for punishment. They are not there to use as a bat over someone else's head. They are there for you, to help you, not to hurt you. Take a careful look at every "rule" I have for you in my Word. Every one of them is to help you live a better, happier, more productive life. They are to give you peace, not guilt. 

I love you daughter and stay teachable. It is the best thing you can do.

Season of dreams...

My prayer:

Whew! Made through this week, THANK YOU GOD! I am pretty wiped out but as always, want to hear what you have to say. I am hear to listen if you are up for a talk. Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I have dreams for you that have been hidden away and waiting for the right time. The time is here. I am going to ignite dreams in you that you have forgotten. I am going to birth new dreams in you that will be more than you can imagine. Tonight is the beginning of new dreams in your life. 

Dream big and dream often. The dream is the first step in getting anywhere good. Welcome to your season of dreams.

Forever changed...

My prayer:

Mighty and all knowing God. I am thinking about your blood tonight. The blood you shed that provided salvation for us. It is something that I grew up learning about and have always accepted but as I think about it, why blood? Why, before you came and died for us, did it require animal's blood to cover sin. Why did it require your blood to cover sin for us for all time? What is it about the blood that makes it the appropriate sacrifice? Sounds like I have some studying to do!

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

What God Said Tonight:

My blood is pure. there is no tarnish or speck in it. It is pure and holy. Everything that is touched by my blood is forever changed. It is made pure just by being touched by my purity. My purity and my holiness is great enough to overcome any evil. 

It is important to understand that the essence of me covers you, cleanses you and makes you holy. Once white paint has a drop of red in it, it is never truly white again. The red changes it forever. The same is true of my blood. Once touched by my blood, you are never again the same. You are forever changed. 

I love you daughter and never stop being curious.