Set up...

My prayer:

You are so amazing, wonderful, incredible, beyond words, beyond emotion, beyond...everything! I lack the ability to praise you adequately. I am too limited to properly praise the God of all creation. But I will praise you anyway. I can't help it. 

You make everything right. You give me hope. You give me favor. You give me abilities that are not my own. You give me love. You don't just love me, you give me love. It is a gift that you give me, that strengthens me and fills me with joy when I have no reason to be joyful. I LOVE YOU GOD!!

What God Said Tonight:

I have such great things planned for you! I am excited just thinking about it. The heavens are on pins and needles as we get ready to launch into this next season. There is so much, I couldn't tell you all of it because you would get overwhelmed. But believe me, it is wonderful beyond your imagination. 

I am so EXCITED!! You will love it, I promise. 

For right now, enjoy the anticipation. It is part of the experience and part of the preparation. You are in the right place, at the right time, with the right preparation...that is a set up for something WONDERFUL!

Always...

My prayer:

Thank you thank you thank you thank you God for rebuking the devourer in my life!!! The way you protected me last night from the scam was amazing. I really believed that email was from "P" and that she had been robbed in the Philipinnes. But you knew better, you blocked the transaction, you had "L" call me to make me think twice about whether it was real and you showed me how to uncover the truth. YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thank you!!!

What God Said Tonight:

I take care of my children. It is what a Father does. I love you and I will not see you taken advantage of, especially for having a giving heart. 

I will protect you, always. I will teach you, always. I will love you, always. I am a forever God and you and me are for always. You are precious and safe in my arms, always.

Sandwiches...

My prayer:

What a difference a day and an act of obedience makes God! It was awesome to be back in your will today! It was super busy but everything was flowing again. 

Thank you for pointing out where I got off track and thank you for getting me back on track! Thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for always giving me another chance to get it right. You are more wonderful than I can say. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

Life is like a sandwich. The stuff on the inside gives the sandwich its flavor and makes it specific. The bread surrounds every sandwich and gives it its identity as a sandwich. 

Jesus is the bread of life and he surrounds you and all of my children. It is what gives you your identity as a child of God. But inside the bread, you are all different and wonderful in your own way. 

Appreciate the similarity that identifies you as mine while appreciating the differences that give you flavor. I love you now and forever.

Wonderful 2013...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I am ready! I am ready for a new year. I am ready for change. I am ready for whatever you want to do next! I love you God and I trust you completely. Guide me, teach me, show me where you want me and my answer will always be "yes!"

What God Said Tonight:

I have some pretty wonderful plans for you this year. Promises fulfilled. New challenges. New friends. New miracles, well new to you. I am excited about where you are headed. 

My plan for your  life has not changed but we are entering a new season that will be wonderful. Wonderful for you and wonderful for the people around you. 

Sow your seed in this season. It will produce a mighty harvest. Everything you sow will be multiplied 100 fold.  Sow time, skills, finances, give and I will give it back to you multiplied. 

Happy NEW year...

My prayer:

What a year God. So much good and so much evil. I normally really appreciate the end of the year and new year's day as a day of reflection, a time for a new start. 

I am ready for a new start. I am ready for a fresh view of things. I am ready to look on and think on good things again. I am tired of seeing only the evil and the wrong as I have been these last few weeks. 

God, I pray that 2013 be a year of new beginnings and of hope. I ask that you help me to look forward and not look back. I pray that you make me a better person this year than last. I pray God that this be a year of your miracles being seen repeatedly in lives all around me. Financial miracles, healing miracles, deliverance miracles, creative miracles, anything that you want to do God, I am ready. Thank you for being my Lord. I am all yours God, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a new season for you my daughter  The old things have passed away and behold a new season, a new time is here. 

This last year was about growth and about building. This next year is going to be about new things. New experiences, new opportunities, new knowledge, new...everything. I am going to show you a new thing this year. And it will be good. 

You haven't had enough new things in your life lately but hat is about to change. Everything is about to change. But don't be afraid, it is all change for your good. Everything will work together for your good and the good of those around you. 

I love you daughter. Get ready for a NEW year.

At the Master's feet...

My prayer:

Awesome Lord. I started to write and it was just came out as more whining. I am choosing to change how I am looking at things. 

Thank you for all that you are teaching me. Thank you for believing that I was strong enough and ready to learn the things you are teaching me right now. Thank you for the assurance that on the other side of this lesson, I will be a better person and better able to serve you. Thank you God for counting me worthy of your correction. 

I am here, sitting at the Master's feet, and ready to listen.

What God Said Tonight:

You are finally getting it. You are finally understanding why Mary got it right and Martha had it wrong. You are starting to understand that there is greater value in being in my presence than there is in working your hands to the bone. 

You are a worker. It comes naturally to you. Sloth is not in your nature. When you stop to listen to me, it is not a sign that you are getting lazy or that you are not doing your part. When you sit at my feet you do it with purpose and with a plan to learn, to grow closer to me, to strengthen yourself so you will have more for others. This is how it should be. 

You can do more for my kingdom in five minutes after you have sat at my feet than you could do with a week of toiling on your own. 

Come near my daughter and receive all that I have for you. I am going to pour out a new anointing, a new power, a new strength that will make you more effective in all that you do. You will see my power and my strength in all that you do. You will be able to point to me in all that you do because it will all be supernatural and not possible in your own strength. 

I will give this to you but I can only give it when you are completely convinced that you cannot do it on your own. I think you are there. Get ready to receive...

Savior of the world...

My prayer:

Perfect God. I have definitely been struggling with that "not good enough" feeling again lately. There is so much to do, so many hurting people, so many needs and I know that no matter what I do, it won't ever be enough. Most of the time, I am ok with that. I mean, I understand that you have a whole army of believers here and we each just need to do our part. I also understand that anything we try to do through our own power and skill will never work. It has to be your power and the skills you give to us. 

I know all of that in my head. Sometimes I even know it in my heart. But lately, this week and a lot today, I just feel like there is too much and my measly attempts to make it better are too pitiful to matter. 

Ok, sorry for the whining but I needed to get it out. and you so often tell me I can bring anything to you. Anyway, I don't know what I am asking for. Maybe I need direction? If you can make sure that I am doing the things that you want me to be doing that will have the biggest impact for you, your people and your kingdom? 

God, if there are things that I am doing that are not your perfect will for me, please let me know and I will stop them. If there are things that I am not doing that you want me to be doing, let me know and I will start doing them. If there are things that i am doing but you want me to do more of, let me know and I will do more of it. 

Thank you God. You are a light unto my feet and a lamp unto my path and you will guide me always!

What God Said Tonight:

You are not the savior of the world. You are my child. there are only two things you need to do, love me and love people. Go back to basics an remember that love is the core, the base that all else comes from. 

If what you are doing is out of love, than it is the right thing to do. If you are living a life out of love, then you are doing the right things that will have great impact. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be. 

You cannot save anyone. Not a single person. And it is not your job. It is my job to save people. I am the savior of the world. I came and died so you might live. No man could do that. 

What you can do is what you were made for. Love. Don't make it any more complicated. Just love. Rest tonight and be ready to love tomorrow. Be the encourager I made you to be. Let people know how wonderful and precious they are. Let them feel my love through you. 

Now, how you do that, doesn't really matter. But, doing it, loving, does matter.