Blessed and More...

My Prayer:

I am blessed. I am Blessed! I AM BLESSED!!!! I am blessed of the Lord! God I shout to the mountain tops that I am blessed!!! You are so amazing and so wonderful and so much more than I can imagine on my own. I try to wrap my mind around your goodness and I get stuck in the limits of my imagination. You are more than I can imagine. I LOVE YOU!!!! I AM BLESSED BY YOU!!! I CELEBRATE YOU!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What God Said Tonight:

I have more I have more I have more for you.... this is just he beginning. I love you and I will shower you with goodness, joy , blessings, favor. I will see you victorious in all that you do. I will make your way prosperous. 

I will do it all because you are mine and I am yours. We have walked a long road together but our time is just beginning. We have eternity to live out your purpose. We have eternity to accomplish my purpose in you. 

You are SO PRECIOUS to me!!! I will never stop loving you. I will never be against you. I will never forget my promises to you because you are mine and I am yours, forever!

What God wants...

My prayer:

Amazing Father. I had a clarity and a clearer perception today than every before. It was kind of like how I feel after a long fast, but I didn't have to go without food this time. 

God I love you wisdom. Thank you for still taking time to teach me. I pray God that this new understanding, this new knowing get planted deep, rooted firmly, and grow into more than I can imagine.

What God Said Tonight:

My blessed child how I love you. How I want to see you prosperous and walking in your complete purpose in me. 

I want to take you places you have never heard of and give you things you never imagined. I want to show you things that cannot be possible and I want to celebrate with you. I want to spend all eternity with you doing, saying and being. 

I will give you the strength. You already have my righteousness. I will protect you from the daggers and the evil that will come against you. Your battles are my battles and your struggles are my struggles. Your pain is my pain. I will bring you victory. I will bring you healing. I will bring you everything you need when you need it forever. 

You and me forever.

On the edge of freedom...

My prayer:

Mighty and awesome God. I feel like I am on the very edge of understanding something about you but I don't yet get it completely. The message tonight was amazing and life changing. If I can really get in my heart, my mind, my soul...then this lifelong battle with perfectionism and performance will finally be done! 

I know in my head that you love me no matter what. I know in my head that nothing I can do can take your love from me. I know in my head that nothing I can do can earn your love. But I don't act that way. 

Truth is, the way that I live is, if I try my best to live a good life for you, follow your instructions, be kind, loving, generous, that you will love me and bless me. 

But you tell us that our 'righteousness' is like filthy rags. You tell us, very clearly, that we can never be good enough and that is why you died for us. It is the sick person who was healed, the person who did something horrible who was forgiven, the person with nothing who is provided for...those are the people who have experienced a true move of God in their lives. They are the people who understand your love for them. And, that is the point of your grace and mercy.

You knew we needed it, you gave it, and through that giving, I get to experience first had your love and your power. 

It really has nothing to do with me trying to do right. It has everything to do with, when I mess up (which I will whether I want to or not) and humble myself to receive your forgiveness (which I don't deserve), I get to experience your love in a real and powerful way. Which then brings me closer to you.

So, does that mean I should go out and try to mess up since that will give me an opportunity to experience your love? No. But, whether I try to or not, I will mess up eventually. No guilt or condemnation when it happens. Just the blessed assurance that you will be there and you will forgive me and I will experience your love, grace and mercy at a whole new level.

God, I am not sure if I got this all right or if I used the right words but I can feel how VERY IMPORTANT this is. I pray God that you give me the full revelation of this and that you plant it so deep in me that I never forget it. 

God, this is the freedom from the control freak, people pleaser, performance based battle that I have fought every day of my life and I want that freedom! 

What God Said Tonight:

I would do anything for you. You are so deep into my heart. You are the apple of my eye and the purpose for all that I do. Hear it, believe it, live it and everything else falls into place. 

I LOVE YOU completely and with all that I AM.

Influence...

My prayer:

Wonderful God! It is FRIDAY!!! I made it!!! 

Thank you for grace and mercy to get through the week. Thank you for the tremendous favor you continued to shower on me in the midst of crazy stress and pressure. Thank you for the moments of peace. Thank you for amazing friends who knew just what to say, text, do to strengthen me through the week. And thank you that I get a whole day to relax tomorrow!!! YEA SABBATH!!!! 

I am celebrating survival and celebrating you tonight God. I LOVE YOU!

What God Said Tonight:

This life, your life is so much bigger than your realize. There is so much more purpose and so much more influence in what you do, say, think than what you realize. 

There is a circle of influence around you that sees you, listens to you, models you. As a child of mine, I have set you on a platform so people can know what it is to live for me. Remember that role. Remember that position. Remember that the choices you make effect much more than just you. 

Be real, don't ever lie about what you are going through or when you fail. Those failures and how you fight them with me are as important or more important than successes. But just remember your position. Remember, when you think it is too hard and you want to give up, you not only are giving up your future which I have designed for you but you are interfering with other people's opportunity to the future I have for them. 

I don't mean to pile on guilt or put on more pressure but it is true and important. Your life is not just for you. Mine wasn't for just for me either. 

Check your fruit...

My prayer: 

Wow God, another day of hanging on my fingernails but all day, just when I needed it most, you sent me encouragement. Whether a text from a friend, a great song, time to exercise out the stress, an inspirational video...all day long you brought me just what I needed when I needed it. Thank you!

I could never make it through the rough times in this life without you and, without your favor, all the time would be rough times! LOVE YOU!!

What God Said Tonight:

I want to teach you something tonight. You know how every fruit has seeds. That is part of what defines a fruit as a fruit. Well it is true of the fruits of the Spirit as well. If you have the fruits of the Spirit, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, patience, faithfulness, gentleness, self control, and love... and if they are truly fruits, they will have seeds which will grow. The more you put them out into the world, the more you use them, the more you plant them in people's lives, the more they will grow. Then the fruit that they grow will also have seeds and grow where it is. 

If you are not seeing growth, if you are not seeing multiplication, take a second look. Something is not right. You should see the fruits multiplied around you. If not, you either do not have the fruit or you are not planting it. If you consume all of the fruit and never give any away, it will never grow. If it is not actually fruit and has no seed it will not grow. 

I love you and I want the best for you. I want my fruit to live and grow in your life and the lives of those around you. Check your fruit.

God's timing...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. Thank you for all of your help today. It was another challenging day but it seemed like I came out on top of the challenges more often than not today. I was able to help a few people which is always awesome. Still in survival mode for sure but felt like I was the head more often than the tail today. 

How was your day? Did anything great happen? Did any of us remember to bless you? 

I love you God and just in case no one said it today, you are wonderful, amazing, incredible, and everything I could ever hope for!

What God Said Tonight:

Back to basics. Sometimes it is important to revisit your foundational learning and shore up your base. Remember who you are and who you belong to. remember that no matter the circumstances you are the head and not the tail and that I will destine you to succeed. I am always o your side. 

My day was good and filled with blessings and challenges. And, my day is not over. My day is never really over. I am the God of the universe and the Father to humankind, I am omnipresent, at all places at all times. It is always day somewhere so my day never ends. 

That is one thing that you will want to understand. I know you have questioned the timing in my word and you have questioned my timelines. One of the reasons we don't think of time the same way is that my day never ends and my night never ends. I am continually present in both time periods at the same time. I am everywhere at all times. It is why I can say I will never leave you. Where you are, I am. 

Practice being a blessing...

My prayer:

Ok God. So, you definitely warned me that a challenge was on the way but I didn't realize you meant today! Weehaw today was ridiculously crazy, hard, and whatever other word for bad that I can't think of right now because I used every brain cell I had today just to survive. Maybe we made it through and tomorrow will be easier? I hope so. 

I pray for your continued help God. 

The thing that I hate about days like this is it drains me so much that I have nothing left to give away. I don't treat people with the love and care that I want to and I should. I am so busy trying to survive and make it through that I don't have time, energy, or power to help anyone else. I don't like me when I get like that. 

God, please make me a blessing to the people around me. Otherwise, why am I here?

What God Said Tonight:

Practice being a blessing. Practice being kind, and thoughtful and giving. The more you practice that during the good times the more likely you are to act that way, out of instinct, in the hard times. 

You don't have to be in a good mood to be generous. You don't have to have overflow to give to someone else. It is easier, absolutely but not necessary. 

As long as I am in you you will always have something more to give. Keep me in you. Let them see me in you, even when you are not at your best. Especially when you are not at your best. Put on my armor and let them see me. 

Your challenges are not over but neither is my help. I will be with you every step of the way, now and forever. Be at peace and know that I am God, I am on your side, and I will see you victorious every time.