Fear flees...

My prayer:

Mighty and all powerful God. I am fighting with fear tonight. You know that is unusual for me but it has been creeping up. Mainly fear of everything just going completely wrong. I don't really know where it is coming from. You have not given me a spirit of fear, so it is not from you. But there it is and I hate it. 

God, I lay the fear at your feet and I chose to walk in faith. I choose to remember and believe that no matter what happens, you will work it out for my good. Help me to stay in faith and out of fear please God.

What God Said Tonight:

Your fear is related to feeling like you are not in control. When you finally can give up that wrong belief that if you are in control, you can make everything ok and if you are not in control, everything will fail, if you can give that up, you can learn to trust me at a new level. You can learn that me being in control is the only real way to be sure that everything will work out. 

Let go tonight my daughter and you will see the fear flee. When you remember that I am in charge, I am in control, fear cannot stand in the face of me. It always runs away and hides. That is what fear does, it runs in the face of power. It grows in the environment of doubt but it flees in the environment of faith. 

I love you daughter and I have this covered.

Blessed...

My prayer:

Incredible God. You are so wonderful. I love how you are there for me no matter what. No matter what the issue, you show up and take care of things. 

Thank you so much for working out my meeting this morning. That could have gone really badly and I asked for your help and it went wonderfully. 

Why do you treat me so good? I certainly don't deserve it. I am very grateful but I know I don't deserve all of the grace, mercy and favor you show me. I know you are probably going to say it is because you love me, but why do you love me? I am not sure I love me all the time so how can you? Anyway, thank you again. You are wonderful and I love you very much.

What God Said Tonight:

I know it is hard for you to understand. I bless you because you are mine. I know you want to understand why I bless you because you think if you understand it, you can get more blessings in the future. It does not work that way. I bless you because you are mine. 

The only real qualification you need is to belong to me. I will always find a way to bless you when you belong to me. It may not always be in the way you want right at that minute. I do need to teach you and help you become all that you can be. But, I will always find a way to bless you. 

I spend a lot of effort seeking out ways to bless you. You know how at Christmas or for someone's birthday, you spend a lot of time and effort to find that "just perfect" gift? I am doing that for you all of the time. My reward is you grateful receipt and the joy it brings you. I love you daughter. You are blessed.

A life of joy...

My prayer:

Today was SO WONDERFUL GOD!! THANK YOU!!! It wasn't that anything great or anything horrible happened. There was great, good, neutral, and bad things that happened today. But all day long you gave me joy, energy, and a hope. That is what made today so fantastic! 

I would like to have many more days like this one God.

What God Said Tonight:

You can have as many days like today as you want. Your joy was dependent on me and not the circumstances and that is yours forever. My joy is yours forever. My love is yours forever. My peace is yours forever. Forever and always I am yours. 

You only have to reach out to me. You only have to plug into me and I will give you joy, peace, love all the days of your life. 

Worry is worthless...

My prayer:

You, my awesome God, work EVERYTHING out! Two nights ago I was stressing out, not sure how I was going to get everything done and you just completely moved things around, no effort on my part, and now there is plenty of time. THANK YOU! 

I love that you know the end at the beginning and I love that when I trust you to guide my steps, everything happens in its right time. 

I pray God that you continue to lead and guide me and that you, in your infinite wisdom, show me each thing that I need to do as I need to do it so I am as effective as possible in getting done the things that you have for me to do. Your faithful servant.

What God Said Tonight:

Worry  is such a waste of time and energy. All worry is worthless and only prayer and trust in me will move those mountains. That's the only way to ensure that you get to the destination. Otherwise, worry will hijack your future if you let it. You and me forever my daughter!

Crazy stuff...

My prayer:

What if we lived our entire lives as if we believed that the Bible is completely true? What if we believed you when you said, after doing countless miracles, that we would do even greater things than what you had done. What if we were to really believe that ALL things are possible through Christ  What if...? What if we believed that we could tell a mountain to move and it would move? 

What would this life be like if we, your kids, could really believe and get a hold of your word and believe it to be completely true? I am not sure, but I want to find out!

God, help me to believe that every word of your promise is true, even the crazy stuff. God, I pray for the faith to believe for the crazy stuff! Thank you Jesus!!

What God Said Tonight:

Careful what you ask for my daughter. Are you ready for the crazy stuff? I know you are but you need to now it too because I will show you crazy stuff. 

The world of the Spirit does not make sense in the world of the physical. When those two worlds combine, anything can happen. 

I am the creator of all things and are therefore sovereign  Some people picture me as some great and far away God that rules from on high without feeling and without care. That is not who I am. I am God with you. I am God in you. I am right here. I never left you and I never will. 

You belong to me and I will establish you. 

Just beginning...

My prayer:

Mighty God. What's on your mind tonight? I am not really in the mood to talk but always in the mood to listen to you. Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I haven't yet begun to show you all that you are are capable of through me. You think that you have seen a lot and done a lot and you have. You think that your life has been lived but it hasn't. You have only just begun. 

I have so many more seasons and lives for you yet to experience. I will give you fullness of life. I will give you  many lifetimes of experience. You and I are together for all eternity so we have a lot more time together.

And, I know you need to change. You need to see different options and live out different paths to stay excited. There are unlimited paths for you to explore. I have so much for you. Do not get discouraged thinking things are at an end. You are still in your beginning. Your end is on the other side of eternity. 

I love you and I will see you fulfilled with EVERY DREAM OF YOUR HEART.

Fear, despair, apathy...FAITH

My prayer:

What a wonderful day of rest God! Thank you for the luxury of rest. My mind is wandering tonight for sure. 

I think the one thing that I do want to ask about is this fear vs. despair vs. apathy thing that I am seeing and experiencing. There are so many horrible things happening in the world and because of the internet, we see them all (or a lot of them). And for me, I bounce around from getting afraid, to despairing that there is anything I can do to apathy or avoidance. Then when I am being smart about it, I finally get to the point of faith and trust in you to take care of it all. 

So, what am I asking? I guess I am asking for help getting to that place of faith and trust faster and staying there longer because the other phases are painful and unproductive. I know that is where you want me to live, in the place of faith and trust. Therefore, when I am in fear, despair or apathy, I am out of your will. 

God, I pray that your will be done on earth and in my life as it is in heaven. 

What God Said Tonight:

Faith is a decision. You know that. You have been taught that over and over. 

You can choose to live in faith or you can choose to live in fear. You can choose to ignore what is happening around you or you can choose to trust me to take care of you. You have been given the power and the privilege of choice. 

Never forget the power of choice. It is your primary weapon in this world. Make the right choices and live a blessed life. Not that everything will be perfect. You still live in a world where sin is running rampant and so even when you make every smart choice, there will be those who make poor choices that effect you. But, when you are making the right choices, when you are choosing faith and trust in me, I promise to work it all out in the end for you. 

I will never turn my back on you.