Slow change...

My prayer:

Amazing God. It seems like I am surrounded with messages of true worship and living with your promises in our lives. That seems to be the themes of this season. I love both of those ideas but I am not sure how to help make them happen. I need your help, wisdom, guidance, to know what to do. 

Telling people about it has not changed anything. Showing people has not changed anything. Teaching people has not changed anything. What will change it? Maybe I need to stop trying and let you take care of it? I don't know but I am here and wiling if there is anything I can do.

What God Said Tonight:

I challenge your assumption that nothing has changed. People are changing all the time. Sometimes those changes are like changes to rock. They are small and they are slow but eventually rock turns into to sand and the change is dramatic. Sometimes changes are fast and more easily discernible. However, after all is said and done, the change is no more real in the slow change than in the fast changes. 

You, live your life. Live it for me and tell people about it. Show people what living with me is like. You keep doing that and I promise you the change is happening, whether you see it or not. Be faithful, be patient, and be confident in me. 

Spark...

My prayer:

What an interesting and full day this was God! I should be exhausted but I am not. I saw for the first time tonight where we might be able to go with The Rock Church. I saw that we just might be able to provide an atmosphere to connect people to you in a real way that is definitely not "church as usual." That gets me excited God! 

I realized tonight that I had allowed myself to get a little numb to you and the miraculous life you have for us. I lost a spark somewhere along the way and I want it back. I don't want to do things for you because of what I remember. I want to do things for you because of who you are. I don't want to just remember your glorious miracles. I want to live in the midst of them every day! 

You have promised us so many things and I want EVERY ONE OF THEM. Not just because I am greedy for the things of you but also because I want to show the world that it is possible. I want the world to know that your promises are real and they can have them in their lives. It is not just a story or a nice idea. It is the almighty powerful miraculous life that you have given us!

What God Said Tonight:

Looks like the spark is back. Your Pastor tonight said it well. Every forest fire begins with a spark. You have been reignited tonight and you will burn for me. Your light will be seen around the world. Your life will be a testimony and your love will make a way for you. 

I love you and I have carefully constructed you and your life for this time. You are right where you need to be, doing what you need to do, surrounded by the ones I have chosen and you will see my miracles in your life daily. 

Burn bright my child. I will breathe on your fire and you will see it rage. 

Visit with the King...

My prayer:

Mmmm, your perfect peace God. What a difference a day, worship and prayer makes! I am at peace within myself and with you. Your presence is sweet. I rest in you tonight God. No worry, no stress, no  anything except the precious peace that comes from you. 

I love you!!!

What God Said Tonight:

I am washing you and soaking you in my presence tonight to prepare you and restore you. 

You know how the bride is washed for her wedding and then treated with oils and perfumes? You know how Esther was prepared for her visit and time with the King? You are being prepared for your visit with the king. The  King has been waiting and your time is nearly here. 

You have been prepared and you are ready. You will have favor with the Kind. He will see your heart and you will see his. You need not worry. It is ordained. I lov eyou and I am with you now and always.

Peacemaker...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I hate conflict. I know that conflict can be good and can stimulate growth but I hate it. I hate how it feels. When I have conflict in my life, I just want to fix it and make it go away. 

I had a lot of conflict in my life today and it left me really stressed out. The work out helped tonight but I am still just a bit on edge. 

You said it best, blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God. Peace is so much better than conflict. God, help me be a peacemaker.

What God Said Tonight:

Peace, true peace, peace that comes from me is not reliant on the situation. You can be in the middle of a storm and have peace when you are concentrated on me. 

Being a peacemaker means you bring me into every situation. My presence will bring peace. Remember when I was in the boat and told the storm, peace, be still? The storm obeyed but I had to have peace within me first before I could command peace on the situation. The same is true for you. You must first have peace within you. Then you can speak tot he stormy situations and command peace into them. That is how an effective peacemaker works. 

In my presence is perfect peace.

Thought control...

My prayer:

Hi God! Today sure wasn't what I expected. One of the things that I love about living life with you is that it never gets boring, You are always changing things up and then making them work out even better than what I had planned. I need help remembering that sometimes though. When all my plans for the day are slowing going down the drain, I need to remember more quickly that you are in charge and not worry about it. 

Kind of like how I have been worried about filing the tax form for the 501c3 because I had not done it before. I have been worried about that for three months thinking it was going to be really difficult, what if I don't have all the documents I need, what if I don't understand what they are asking for, what if...fill in the blank. Then today, I go on line and realize it is SUPER easy. All that wasted time in worry. 

I would like to remove worry from my life. It serves NO purpose. From now on I am a WORRY FREE ZONE! I refuse to worry because you are in charge of my life. Thank you Jesus!

What God Said Tonight:

Your mind is your own and you have more control over your thoughts than you realize. The idea that thoughts control you is a myth. It is a myth that is encouraged by your enemy so he can use thoughts against you. 

You know how I tell you to take every thought captive. I never tell you to do something you can't do. Take every thought captive and rule over your thoughts. Don't allow thoughts that are not of me and not edifying to you. Simply tell them to flee. Then concentrate on good things. Concentrate on me. I promise, it is possible. 

It is time that you switch the paradigm and make sure that you are in charge, not your thoughts and not your emotions. Your spirit man  will rise up and take the lead. I love you.

Simple, not easy

My prayer:

Wonderful God. Thank you for a day full of your grace, mercy, and protection. You are really wonderful and I know I don't appreciate that enough. It is awfully easy to get accustomed to you working out the details of my life. But, every once and awhile, I stop and look how you truly work all things together for my good and I literally stand in awe. My jaw drops and all I can do is thank you. Thank you amazing God!!!

What God Said Tonight:

Walking out the life I have planned for you is not always easy but it is always simple. I will guide you always and I will not lead you into temptations. I will deliver you from evil. All you have to do is say yes and take a step forward. Simple but almost never easy. 

I may ask you to do thins that don't make sense to you. I may ask you to take a step out on water. But, if you say yes and step out, I will always make sure you don't sink. I will make sure that you live out the amazing destiny I have for you. 

If you say no and you don't step out, I can't give you all of the things that I want so deeply to give you. I will still love you. I will always love you. But in order to get you all of the blessings I want to give you, I need you to say yes and step out. Trust me and I will not let you down.

I just want to love you...

My prayer:

Sweet Father Lord. You are wonderful and I am very grateful for the worship experience of your presence tonight. Thank you for reminding me how precious our time together is. Thank you for letting me feel your presence and your love. There is NOTHING better than your love! 

Your love drowns out every worry, every fear, every sickness, every rotten thing in this world. Your love overpowers and smashes each and every one. I barely remember life before I knew  your love. I just remember it as dark and meaningless. 

God, I hope at some point today I was a blessing to you. 

What God Said Tonight:

Tonight was wonderful because there was nothing between you and me. No sin to separate you, no worry to distract you. Your mind was clear and ready to receive what I wanted to show you. 

I really just want to love you. That is the thing. Everything I do and everything I am just wants to love you. People over the years have confused it with so many other things, so many rules, but the truth is, I just want to love you. 

Forget everything once and awhile and just let me love you. My love will heal and restore you like nothing else. Sweet dreams my love.