Worry vs. worship...

My prayer:

Thank you God for your favor and blessing today at work! You always make me look so good!! Thank you also for your protection the last two nights from this crazy weather. Hail, flooding all around me but you keep me safe every time. 

You take such good care of me. I forget that sometimes. I let worry in and forget how wonderfully you take care of me. I always get all judgmental when I read Exodus and think, how could they forget so quickly and so often all of the wonderful things you did for them. But, in reality, I am no different at all. You do miracles in my life everyday and I still let worry and fear in now and then. Really ridiculous when I think about it.

Well, at least tonight I am thinking about it God and I am so very grateful for how you take care of me. You are a wonderful Father and a wonderful Lord. Love you, thank you, love you.

What God Said Tonight:

You have keyed in on the main reason that I ask you to worship me. When you worship me, when you remember all I have done, when you live with a grateful heart, it is a continual reminder of how much I love you and how I will take care of you. 

As your worship reminds you of my love, the fear and worry has to flee. When you worship me in spirit and in truth, no worry can stay. Fear must run away. They can not exist in my presence. 

The fastest way to to banish fear and worry in your life is to live a life of true worship. 

I love you and the more you remind yourself of that fact, the easier life will be.

Frozen blessings...

My prayer:

No great questions of life tonight God. No great crisis. No specific need. Just here to spend some time with you and hear your voice. I would rather listen to you than anything else in the world. I love you so much!!

What God Said Tonight:

There are some things in your life that have been frozen. There are some promises that have been kept under ice, preserved for the right time and the right place. 

Those things are being released. Those blessings and promises are being melted as we speak to be released into your life. 

Wait in joyful anticipation for this next season is one of great joy and celebration. It is a time of unspeakable blessings. You have waited for this season for a long time and it is here. I can't wait to see your face as this unfolds. Love you so much daughter. 

Right place, right time...

My prayer:

What a roller coaster of a day God. But it all comes down to this, I don't know what is next or what you have planned but I know that it is good and I know that I trust you. I don't know if the future I imagine will happen but I know that the future I will have will be perfect because you designed it. End of story. 

I am content knowing you are in charge and you always have my best interest in mind. I LOVE YOU!

What God Said Tonight:

You are right where I want you and right where you need to be for the next stage of this journey. 

There is nothing more you need to do but to wait. There is nothing more that you need to say except for "yes." I have prepared you, you have been obedient, now it is time to sit back and receive all that I have planned. 

Enjoy this time and this season. It is going to be GOOD!

Grace...

My prayer:

My Father. I am doing the best that I can to live this life the best that I can and the most in line with your will for my life. Sometimes I feel like I am getting it right and sometimes I feel like I could not be messing it up more. 

I have experienced those two extremes in the last 24 hours and it has left me feeling a mess tonight. 

I am really trying to get this grace thing that Pastor M keeps teaching about. I know he is right, I know that you don't base your love or your thoughts about me on the things that I do. I know it in my head. But every time I mess up and get it wrong, I feel like I am letting you down. I feel like I am being less than what you intended me to be.

You gave everything to save me. It seems like the least I can do is try to love like you do and trust you no matter what. And yet, I couldn't have failed more in those two areas tonight.  You must be disappointed in me, right?

What God Said Tonight:

I don't see your sin. It is covered in my blood and does not exist for me. I see you in your perfected form. I don't see your flaws and I don't see your scars. I see you perfect and whole. I see you healed form every single hurt that you have experienced. I see the you that I created you to be. 

I understand, at the same time, that you are not fully living in that covering and in that grace. You could, it is where I want you to live. 

I gave the law to help you know the best way to live. I gave you grace to catch you every time you chose a different path. 

Consider your life like a glass. The glass gets filled up with the things that you do that are within the law and provide benefit in your life and the rest is filled with grace. Sometimes the ratio is 10% grace and 90% living within the law and sometimes it is 90% grace and 10% living within the law. But the two look no different to me. It is all pure and clear living water to me. All I see is a full glass. 

Does that mean that you should not worry about learning to live your life within the law. No, the law is good and you will find joy and satisfaction in it when you can. But what I am saying is that no matter the ratio in your glass, I see you as perfect, full, clean and pure. 

I am never disappointed in you because you are always perfect to me. I love you, every part of you. I love when you get it right and I love you when you get it wrong. Settle that for yourself tonight. How I feel about you, how I see you does not change. 

I am not disappointed. I am in love with you.

Esteemed servant...

My prayer:

Wonderful day and a beautiful night God! You are so amazing. Thank you for healing the woman's hip tonight. You are a miracle healing God!! I love being your kid.

What God Said Tonight:

I love being your Dad. I am passionate in my love for you. I think of you all the time. I have plans mapped our for you for eternity to make sure you are blessed and cared for. I have orchestrated everything so you can have the forgiveness, love, purpose, and power that you should have. 

I am the God of the universe but I am your servant. That is what it means to be a true leader, father, God. 

The position of servant is noble and should be esteemed. There is no one more in position to be blessed than a true servant. When your focus is on serving other people's needs, you will never find yourself in want for anything. There is fulfillment in serving others. 

It is ironic that the best way to make sure your own needs are met is by meeting the needs of those around you. It seems counterintutitive but it is true. Much of my kingdom and how it works is counterintuitive. 

If you could figure it out logically, you could do it on your own and you would not need em, you would not need faith. So, even though it does not make sense, it is still true. Try it and see. 

Windows of opportunities...

My prayer:

Thank you again God for healing me! I am back to 100% and you are a God of healing miracles!

I have a lot of jumbled thoughts in my mind tonight God. Things seem a bit unsettled. I feel like I am on the brink of a lot of changes which is always exciting but scary at the same time. Change sounds great when life is cruddy but when life is going pretty good, or even great, it is harder to get excited about change. 

What if I lose some of the greatness that you have put in my life? Will it be worth it? Is the new stuff (people, challenges, opportunities) worth giving up current stuff? It kind of goes back to that saying that Good is the enemy of Great. It is a whole lot harder to step out in faith and let go of a good life than it is to let go of a life that is not working. 

Ok, I just reread that and what a whiner I am! Forgive me God. 

Fact is I will go where you say go, do what you say to do and I know that it will always turn out for my good. Not only because you have promised it but also because you have shown me that time and time again. And, even if it didn't, I would rather be in your will than anything else. 

I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I give you windows of opportunities. Sometimes I give you doors but often I give you windows. You have to work to get out of a window. A door you can come and go as you please.

I am the God of opportunities.

Sickness and healing...

My prayer:

Thank you God for healing me today! When I got up this morning I had the beginning of a raging head cold but prayer and your healing power has me sitting here tonight at 98% normal and healthy. I thank you God in advance for completing the healing tonight!

I know it is just a head cold and some people wouldn't even pray about it but I know that you came to heal all of our sicknesses, not just the big ones. I intend to live every day of my life under your divine health and healing power!

Sickness makes me angry God. It is a sign of things not being right. Not being right in our bodies and not being right in the world the way you initially created it. When I think of how many people and how much time satan has stolen through sickness...I want to kick him in the teeth! 

So thank you God for the weapon of healing to combat sickness. Thank you for giving us the power and the authority over sickness in your name. YOU ARE ... EVERYTHING PERFECT!

What God Said Tonight:

Sickness definitely is a tool of the enemy to steal what rightfully belongs to you. It comes in many forms, all of them evil. 

But, also remember that sickness gives you an opportunity to experience my healing. It gives you the opportunity to experience a miracle. 

So, while sickness is definitely evil, I can use even sickness to bring about good in your life. I can change any situation into good. With faith, with prayer, with us agreeing, there is nothing that can stand against us. 

I love you daughter. Rest and wake up whole.