Grow up and grow out...

My prayer:

I just want to listen tonight God. I want to hear your voice and worship you.

What God Said Tonight:

Growth does not always happen in a linear fashion. Yes, sometimes growth takes you up to higher levels but sometimes growth stretches you out to cover more territory.

I have seen you grow up. Now is a time to see  you grow out. I have need of you in greater arenas than where you have been. Get ready to cover more ground.

Off center and on edge...

My prayer:

Amazing Father. I have been off center all day. It is as if something is about to happen or is happening now and I am missing it. I have been impatient and irritable. Is something going on or about to go on? Or, do I just need to chill out?

Holy Spirit, I love that you give us guidance and help. I love that you so often lead me in what I need to do, small and big. I love that you often give me a heads up about what is going to happen in my life or those around me. I love all of it.

Right now, this feeling is so unclear. I don't know if it is you are not. And, if it is you, I don't understand what it means.

God, I ask for wisdom, which I am clearly lacking. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

There is madness running rampant in the world. It is actually more amazing that you so often are at peace, not that you are feeling on edge today. In the natural world, you would be on edge and walking in fear non-stop. The fact that this feeling is unusual to you is a testament of my presence in you.

I am not ready to reveal what is next. It is coming. It is good, in the end. I am in charge. But there are things in this next season that will be best served if you do not have too much foreknowledge of them.

I cannot and will not interfere with your sensitivity to the disturbances in the spirit realm. I know you sense them. But, as to the specifics, I need to keep those hidden for right now.

You know that I would tell you if it was best for you. I only want the best for you. But this requires some time and in that time, I need for you to sit back and not help. Not try to take control. And, in this case, that would be very hard for you.

So, for now, I need to keep it a bit hidden. I will reveal it as soon as I can. The dawn is coming. Te new day is nearly here. The life you live today is not the same life you will live for eternity. I have much greater things for you. Go and rest in your trust in me.

Jumpstart faith...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for my friend tonight. I pray your protection around him. I pray that you keep him safe from any harm. I pray for the final praise report that he is fully healed and restored.

Thank you for being our healing God. Thank you for being our protector and Father. Thank you for being wonderful!

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen you on your knees and I have heard your prayers. I have not forgotten all that I have promised. I have not forgotten the thing that brought you here. I have not forgotten your circumstances.

I have everything well in hand and I will work it out for your good. My timing is what makes the difference.

A miracle healing is just a miracle healing unless it is done at such a time for the world to see the miracle.

I don't need fame for me but when people see that miracle, their faith gets a jumpstart. When miracles come down the people look up.

Want...

My prayer:

Another pretty awesome day God. Not what I was expecting and not what I planned for but pretty awesome anyway.

I am struggling a bit again tonight though. It is an old issue that we have talked about before. I don't know why I can't let go of it. I don't know why I continue to want something I know is not good for me.  I can clearly see how if I got it, it would result in a lot of negative consequences. Knowing those consequences is what keeps me from trying to go after it. But, it doesn't stop me from wanting it.

My desire doesn't listen to logic. It doesn't listen to reason. It just wants.

I ask for your help and I don't even know for sure what I am asking for. I could ask for wisdom, but I don't think that would change it. I could ask for self control but that is just more management of the problem, not a solution.

I think what I need is healing. Healing of whatever it is in me that makes me want what is no good for me. That is clearly self destructive and therefor not what you have put in me.

Thank you God for your healing power in every part of me.

What God Said Tonight:

I have given my life for you. I have given my son for you. You are more precious to me than the finest diamonds and gold.

I have placed you in a place of protection. I have placed you in a place of waiting. I have placed you here, not forever but for now so that my will has time to fully manifest.

Your desire comes from a dream I have in put in your heart. Your direction of your desire is misplaced in time. I have more to do. I have more to set into place. I will not delay. I will see that it is done.

In the meantime, trust, wait, know that I have got you firmly in my arms. I will see you fulfilled and whole with every blessing that I have carefully set aside for you.

Don't fight, trust...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I need some help.

There are things that come up in me, reactions I have, emotions I have that I know are not loving, not kind, not patient, not any of the things that you would want from me. I do my best to turn from them. I try not to express them, but there are times when I just want to lash out.

I pray for your help in this one situation in particular that I have been talking to you a lot about. Help me to find a way to walk in love and not judgement. Help me to find a way to be generous and not jealous. Help me to find a way to give grace instead of judgement.

Thank you for your help.

What God Said Tonight:

You walk in the lion's den and you expect to be bitten. I can protect you but only if you are fully trusting in me.

If Daniel had fought the lions, they would have devoured him. If Shadrach, Mishach and Abendego had fought the fire they would have burned.

Don't fight the person or the situation. Trust in me and I will work it out. I will keep you safe. I will keep you all whole.

I have a plan, even in this. I have not led you here to leave you. I am.

God sees you...

My prayer:

What a great day God. Thank you for the fun and the relaxation. Thank you for helping me get done the things I needed to get done. I am excited and looking forward to tomorrow. You are so wonderful. Life with you is pretty fantastic!

I pray for your continued healing in me. Make me whole God so I can be the person you intended me to be and not just the person that the I became as a result of the abuses in this world.

What God Said Tonight:

Who you are is who you were meant to be.

You are my child. You are a royal priesthood. You are the love of my existence.

I am longing for the day when I no longer have to remind you of who you are and you will simply know it. I long for the day that the blinders that have been cemented onto your eyes are finally broken off and you can see yourself as I see you.

I see you in the shelter and covering of my son. I see you as the whole and beautiful person I created. I see you as toughened by this world but not destroyed. I see you surviving when you could have said quit. I see you with faith in the midst of large doubt. I see you as filled with peace in the middle of a firestorm.

I see you and you are all that I hoped for.

God with you...

My prayer:

It has been quite a week God. Lots of highs and lots of lows. I am worn out and grateful.

I don't feel like I have given you much quality time this week. I mainly was asking and begging for your help. I have missed our time of just hanging out together. I will make more time for that.

What God Said Tonight:

I am with you always. In good times and in bad. In busy times and when you are in rest. I don't need a lot of fan fare or recognition. I only need you.