Worship lives...

My prayer:

God,I love to worship you. I love to sing, to yell, to whisper about how amazing you are.

I love to sink into your Holy Spirit power that envelops me when I worship. I love to dwell in that place.

I have heard some people say that is what we do, all day every day in heaven, worship you. If that is true, that really will be paradise.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a place for you here at the altar. I have a place for you here at my throne. I have saved a place of honor for you my child, where your worship comes to live.

I receive your worship as a beautiful fragrance. It comes up from the earth and into my throne room. It comes and lives at my feet.

Your worship has life in it. It lives in me. I love your worship.

Tonight...

My prayer:

It is "Good Friday" Lord. A very odd name that we came up with to appreciate and give thanks for your sacrifice for us.

Nothing that I know and experience could be possible without your sacrifice. I would have never made it out of my tumultuous teen years had you not loved me, forgiven me, and led me out. I would be empty and alone without the ability to talk to you and hear your voice. Everything good in my life is because of you and none of it could have happened if you had not first sacrificed to save me.

"Thank you" in these circumstances almost sounds ridiculous. How do I show you appreciation for being everything to me? I don't know how to do it right. I ask you to hear my heart and know my love and worship for you.

What God Said Tonight:

Tonight was the night that I was silent on earth but vocal in heaven. Tonight was the night that I was fighting for you.

Tonight was the night that those who were with me were convinced that all was lost. That this new season and new life that they had believed in was over. Tonight was the night when their hope died. Tonight was a night of darkness.

But for me, tonight was a night of beginnings. Tonight was the start of a true new season of the world and of my people. Tonight, the hard part was over and all that was left was to return to the people I love and let them know that they are forgiven, healed and whole.

Never see the sacrifice without seeing the joy. I did it for you then. I would do it for you today again in  a heartbeat. I love you.

The path of God's heart...

My prayer:

Today was certainly full of surprises! Although, you did guide me through it in a wonderfully overt way. Thank you for speaking so clearly today God. I pray that you do the same again tomorrow. The day tomorrow looks like it could be equally as challenging and without you guiding me, it could be disastrous.

I know I say this all the time but I have to say it again tonight. I am SO GRATEFUL for you in my life. I cannot imagine trying to get through one single day in this crazy world without your guidance, your favor, your love and your peace. I need all of you just to survive the craziness. Without you, I don't think I would last for very long.

Thank you for choosing me. Thank you for everything.

What God Said Tonight:

I have st aside a plan and a destiny for you. No one else can achieve it. No one else was made for it. I have designed you for it and it for you.

You are prepared. You are ready. I am bringing it to you as we speak. This opportunity. This path.

You will see only one path. Not because there are not other ways you can go but because you have aligned your heart with mine. I will show you the path of my heart. Your ability to follow it will be very easy. Your decision to follow it has already been made.

You are mine forever and I love you.

Love better.

My prayer:

Thank you God for working it all out again. You are amazing. Awesome God, I pray that you fill me where I am empty, heal me where I am hurt, and love me everywhere. Teach me how to love better.

What God Said Tonight:

I have gently prodded you down this road before but you have always made a u-turn when it got too uncomfortable.

I am happy to teach you to love better but step one is being vulnerable. Step two is trusting people. You cannot love people if you don't trust them.

Step 3 is for another night.

Salt and sugar...

My prayer:

I am yours and you are mine God. How many times have you reminded me of that? And the truth is, I can face anything if you are with me.

I may not want to face it. I may not enjoy facing it. But, I know I can face it if you are with me. I know that when you are there, I can always have hope. I know when you are in it, I will win in the end.

Thank you for always being there with me and being my hope. I get the feeling I might need a lot of hope this week.

What God Said Tonight:

It is that we are inseparable.

You know the salt and peeper ritual they so often do at weddings? Well I say that you and I are like salt and sugar mixed together. Not only can we never be separated but we cannot be differentiated one from another.

I am in you and you are in me and the longer we are together the more we look the same.

I am not saying you are perfect. I am saying my covering, my sacrifice makes you like me. You are Christians. You are Christ like. Let my covering make you indistinguishable from me.

Let it be known that there is salt and sugar in you, but no one can tell the difference. I am yours and you are mine, forever my love.

Through love...

My prayer:

The circumstances of life are very confusing right now God but I am choosing to trust you through it all. You always bring me through times like this and you always bring me to new levels of wonderful.

So, as I look at the seeming chaos around me, I trust that you are still in charge and can make something beautiful from it.

Thank you for being in my life and showing me, time after time, that my trust is well founded in you.

What God Said Tonight:

My heart cries tonight for my children who are screaming that they can't find their way back home.

I have so many children who are lost and wandering. They know that there is a place of comfort, joy and peace, but they can't find me. Too much of life has blinded their eyes, hardened their heart and closed their ears.

I need you to love them for me. I need you to love them back to me. Don't preach. Don't scold. Just love. It is through your love that they will find their way back home.

Living a life of peace...

My prayer:

Awesome Father. Thank you for leading me through this day of ups and downs. Without firmly holding onto you, today would have been very stressful. But, instead, you kept showing me how you were at work in every swing of the pendulum so I got to remain in your peace all day long. That was pretty awesome!

What God Said Tonight:

My peace is never dependent on circumstances. My peace is only dependent on my presence. Where I am, there is peace. The key to living a life of peace is to live life fully in my presence.

I love you. I am always with you. Be with me and you will always have peace.