Love and relationships...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. I have a question tonight that I am really struggling with. You made us to be in relationship. Relationship with you and with each other. I have been taught this and I believe it. You are a relationship (3 in 1). 

So, if that is how we are designed, why are we so bad at it? Why to we hurt each other over and over? Why to we lie to each other? Why can't we learn to stay married to each other? Why do we kill each other? 

And, why do we have to learn how to be in a relationship with you? Why is it a revelation for most of us that you want to be in a relationship with us? Shouldn't we come out of the womb ready to begin our relationship with you?

It really seems like we should be better at it.

But, it is what it is as they say. God I pray for your help to love people better. I pray for your help to not hurt others. I pray for you love and peace to overwhelm us and help us to love each other better.

What God Said Tonight:

I think you know the answer before I say it. Sin got in the way. Sin corrupted your nature and one of the greatest things damaged was your capacity to give and receive love. 

You saw it in Cain and Abel. Even back then, with sin in their lives, he chose death over life. He chose to kill instead of to love. The knowledge of good and evil creates a choice between good and evil and, with your enemy running rampant around the earth, many people for many years have made choices that have significantly hurt your ability to love and have right relationships. 

The good news is that it does not have to stay that way. You can rediscover your love nature. You can heal the wounds from sin. You can make choice to love and not to kill. People are doing it every day. 

I will pour out my love on you until it is overflowing out of you. Let that be your guide I love you now and forever, remember...

Listen to God...

My prayer:

Magnificent God. Your presence, your joy was all around me today! It was WONDERFUL! I found myself laughing for no reason other than I felt GOOD! Your joy is my strength, for sure!

I realized something tonight that I honestly did not know. I learned that how you and I talk to each other is not typical. Many people don't know you like this. They could and if they knew how wonderful it is, they would; however, currently, they don't.

God, that makes my heart hurt. I can't imagine not being able to talk to you and expect you to talk back. I can't imagine a relationship with you where having you answer a prayer was the exception and not the rule.

God, my request tonight is that you help people to hear you. I pray that you help people to expect to hear your voice when they pray. I pray that you help people to understand how to wait on you, with expectation and faith. I pray that you help people to know that you want to talk to them and that you are talking to them. Help us to hear you better God. 

Thank you!

What God Said Tonight:

I desire your undivided attention. I nearly covet your attention. 

I love you so much and I have so much to tell you. You , my children, have so much that you need to know as we go into this next season. I will shout, I will jump, I will do all that I can to get your attention but in the end, it is your choice. You choose whether to listen to the world or to listen to me. You choose whether you will take time to be quiet with me. You choose whether you will believe that our relationship is real and alive or whether it is only a fantasy. 

I love you more than you will ever know. I have so much to say to you. I will help you, I will guide you, I will give you wisdom and knowledge. Listen for it.

The next day...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Tired, happy and at peace tonight. Grateful to have time with you. 

Thank you for hearing the prayers sent up this week for all of the needs and healing. Thank you for the numerous praise reports. Thank you for being our God, caring for our every need, and loving us! 

You are THE BEST!!!

What God Said Tonight:

The light is beginning to show on the horizon. It is peaking over the edge and beginning to illuminate some of the details of your next season, your next day. 

You are going to love this next season so much! There will be plenty of challenges but such great joy! You are going to see the miraculours surrounding you in everything that you do. You are going to see things that you could not have imagined as possible. 

I have prepared you for this time. Keep an eye on the horizon. Keep on eye on the details as they become visible. Not because I neccesarily need you to do anything with it right now but just because I want you to see the wonders that are coming. 

I love you and I can't wait to walk with you in this next season.

Final chapter...

My prayer:

Incredible God of everything and everyone. You are better than anything and anyone that has ever been. Your love is purer and more powerful than any other love that has ever been. Your sacrifice is more than any of us ever deserved. Your plan is perfect in timing and in execution. You are everything at all times and I love you more than I can ever tell you.

Thank you for who you are and what you do. Thank you for letting me know you. Thank you for loving me.

What God Said Tonight:

I have much to do in very little time. I have need of you and your brothers and sisters. I have need of anyone willing to say yes to me.

I have a plan that will set everything right, finally and forever. I have shared that plan with you plainly and written it out. Now it is time to execute it. Now is the time to gather in the last harvest. Now is the time to usher in the final chapter.

I have waited long enough. It is time to complete this work. I will.

Keep an ear open for God...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. It is good to spend some quiet time with you tonight. 

It was actually great getting back to work today. Vacation was a wonderful break but it felt good to get back and start working everything together again. But, the crazy pace at work does not leave a lot of time to concentrate on you. 

You are always with me and I cannot express how grateful I am for that. I feel your presence and your guidance wherever I go and whatever I do. Without it I would be panicky and lost. But, there is not a lot of time to relax and talk during the day. 

That makes these times each night even more important and more special. 

I love spending time with you, I love listening to you, simple fact is I love you God. Thanks for choosing me.

What God Said Tonight:

Quiet time together is important, absolutely. 

As important though is you always being alert to my voice and my guidance. In the middle of the storm, in the middle of a busy day, in the middle of a traffic jam, in the middle of a celebration, always keep one ear tuned to my voice. 

I often have things to tell you. Things to help you. Things I would like for you to do for your sake and the sake of others. Usually, I will ask you to do things at the time that I need them done. It is easier that way, you don't have to remember. However, it does mean that I need you to always have an ear open for me. 

Be alert to my voice at all times and I will make your life a glorious miracle in action. Love you.

Keep the cycle going...

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My prayer:

Thank you for tonight God. Thank you for H's testimony and what you revealed to me through it. I really thought I was just there to show my support but turns out you had some other things in mind. I honestly did not realize that I was holding on to that specific fear that you showed me. I thought I had let go of it a long time ago. But you showed me I had not let go, I had just built up defenses against it. 

Thank you God for always helping me to grow more, to see more, to learn more and to be more of who you intend me to be. Thank you for never letting me stagnate in "good enough."

What God Said Tonight:

I always have something for you. In everything I ask you to do, in every opportunity I bring you, I always have something for you. I am a giving God and I will never ask you for something without the plan to give to you. To love is to give. 

When you give whether it is finances, love, talent, time, forgiveness, or what ever, I will always give something to you. It is the circle of giving the circle of love that I set up from the beginning of time. 

The only person who can stop the cycle is you. If you stop giving, if you stop loving, if you stop forgiving, things get piled up and block you from moving forward. Keep the cycle moving and you will never run out. 

Always...

My prayer:

Amazing Lord. What is on your mind tonight? You have been listening to me all day. I think it is time that I listen to you for awhile...

What God Said Tonight:

I have one thing on my mind, all the time. I am always thinking about you, my children. I am always thinking about those who are saved and know me. I am always thinking about those who are still lost. I am always working for ways for us to be together. I am always looking for those opportunities to catch your attention. 

I am always looking for the right time and place to have you approach my children who are lost. I am always looking for new ways for you to reach them. 

I am always thinking of you and how much I love you. I am always thinking of what is best for you and ways to get you the blessings that I have for you. 

You are the object and the target of my love and my affection. I will love you always and my mind is always stayed on you. 

For a short period of time, you may not see that or believe that. For a short period of time, you may think that I have forgotten you. It is not true. I can never forget about you. You are mine and I am yours forever. Trust that even when you don't see it. It is truth.