Boats...

My prayer:

Hanging in there God, semi-sucessfully. Thank you for your help today. Thank you for being my Dad. You always watch out for me and swing things in my favor.

I ask for your continued help and your grace and mercy for when I get it wrong. 

Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I love boats. They are great metaphors for getting through life. You can rest in them as then slide over the swells and drops of your life. You can rest safely above the danger as long a you stay in them. The only danger is if you let the water that is supposed to be outside, get inside. A little won't cause real damage but if it builds up, it can take you under. 

You can think of the boat as your faith in me. As long as you stay in there, you can ride out any storm. However, whenever you let in the doubt, the bitterness, the world lifestyle you run the risk of sinking. The more you let in the farther you sink. 

Keep your faith in me strong and "dry" and I will carry you through.

Choices...

My prayer:

Whoo! Survived Monday! I am not saying it was easy but when things got too intense, I really did try to remember to see things from your point of view and remember that you are on my side working things out. It helped a lot God. 

I pray for your continued strength, guidance, wisdom and favor. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Every day has it s struggles and its blessings. You get to choose which you remember and focus on. 

I am your everlasting joy and I am always with you. Your struggle is only for a season. You can hold onto whatever you want.

Above the storm...

My prayer:

Here we go God. Into a week that I am going to need your constant help just to survive. 

I guess that is always true but this week I am more aware of some of the challenges that are coming. 

Thank you in advance for taking care of me, blessing me and giving me favor. There are many lives that will be effected. And ALL glory goes to you God.

What God Said Tonight:

Storms look ominous from the ground but from above they are quite beautiful. You have seen, flying over storms in an airplane, how you can enjoy the beauty when you are above the effects of the storm. 

Come up here with me this week and watch things from my perspective. I will keep you safe. From that safe perch, watch what I do with the circumstances. My glory will be evident. 

Love you sweet child.

God never runs out...

My prayer:

Dearest God. I have never been more confused by what you are doing and I have never been more sure of your love and presence in me. 

That doesn't make sense to me. I would think the closer I get to you, the more I am aware of you in me, the more I would understand. But it seems like just the opposite. The more I know you, the more sure I am of you in my life, the less I know of everything else. 

It leaves me with two truths. I love you and I trust you. And, nothing else really matters.

Thank you for guiding me through when I have no idea where we are going.

What God Said Tonight:

What do you need to know? Do you need to know your destination, that is here with me in heaven. Do you need to know how you will get from there to here? I will guide each step. 

I have and will work everything out for your good. That is the truth that you need to know. I love you and I will work everything together for your good. Everything else will follow. 

It is here with me, now that connection, that love, this is what will carry you through. This is where you come when you get confused, afraid, sad. Here is where I will fill you back up, strengthen your spirit, breathe life back into you. Here, in my presence. 

Come here and I will always meet you. I will always fill you. I never run out, of anything. 

God's glory in battle...

My prayer:

Guide me, lead me, take me where you want to go God. I am yours, now and forever. Being in your presence is my most important goal. There is nothing greater than your presence. 

God, there is a battle raging around me and it is only your strength, your wisdom, your favor that can bring me through in one piece. I am completely aware that I do not have the knowledge or skill for this one. I need you. 

Thank you for always being in my corner and always being my help.

What God Said Tonight:

Be at peace. Rest in the midst of the battle. I am fighting for you even now and I will work everything for your good. 

This battle is only an opportunity for you to succeed. This battle is only an opportunity for my glory to be seen in you. I will give you knowledge that you don't have. I will give you favor you don't deserve. I will be with you every step of the way because I am your God and you are my child and I will see you victorious in my glory. 

Rest and know that it is true.

Higher perspective...

                                                              

What God Said Tonight:

Life is always complicated if you look at it too close up. You cannot make sense of a ball of string when you are so close that all you see is the chaos of the strings. It is not until you pull back and gain some prospective that you see what it is, a ball of string. 

From the higher perspective you can see that what seems like chaos is actually serving a function. 

The same is true of your life. Those hundreds or thousands of details and struggles that seem all hopelessly tangled up when you are in the middle of them, are actually part of a grander plan that you can only see when you see it from a higher perspective. 

Come, spend some time with me so I can show you the higher perspective.

Why pray...

My prayer:

Thank you God for the healing praise reports today! I love it when you heal people!! Thank you for the other answered prayers as well. Sometimes it is harder to heal our soul than it is a body but a healed soul can be just as profound. 

You are awesome God! Thank you for what you do in our lives, thank you for listening and thank you for letting me be a part of your amazing miracles on earth!

What God Said Tonight:

None of this would have been detected or known to have come from me if you had not prayed. 

I sometimes hear from you, my children, what is the point of prayer when I already know what you need. Well, I have many answers for that. The first and foremost is that prayer is our time to talk to each other. As your Father and as your friend, I love to talk to you. I love to hear from you. There is deep importance to our relationship that we talk through things. 

But also, for times like this. People know that the miraculous healing as from me because you and others prayed for that healing. People know that the relief of the worry came from me because nothing changed other than you all prayed, which let me come in and change the heart, heal the soul. 

How will people know it is me if first you don't pray? 

I love you. Thank you for your prayers. Keep them coming.