Purpose...

My prayer:

I have so many thoughts running through my head tonight God that I don't know which ones to talk with you about.  Life is this odd combination of peace, joy, revelation with an underlying concern that I am missing something in the whole process.

Trusting you with my life is the easiest and hardest thing I have ever done. Easy because you are so trustworthy and when I can truly trust, my life floats along in a stream of opportunities and blessings. Hard because, well, I am not sure why. There is no logical reason for it to be hard. You always come through for me. I guess it is just that it seems crazy sometimes. I know I don't deserve all that you do for me and that makes me think it will all go away some day.

What God Said Tonight:

I have yet to see the child of mine who lives free of all doubt. You are surrounded by a world that works very hard to convince you that you cannot trust me. That I do not exist or if I do, I am irrelevant. Your enemy, my enemy has worked very hard for many millennium to make this so.

I have you in this world for a purpose. Not so that you live in it and are adapted to it but so that you stand apart in it and show the truth. Show the truth of my love for you. Show the truth of my blessing. I have you here so that those who are adapted to the world can see what life can be like.

Hang on tightly to me. Let my presence remove all doubt. Let my record confirm for you your trust in me. I am with you now and forever.

Perfect peace...

My prayer:

I am at peace and content God. Not that everything is perfect. Life continues to throw challenges at me all the time. But for now, in this moment, I am at peace and content.

Living life with you allows for these moments of perfect peace. Nothing missing and nothing lacking. That is something that only comes from knowing you. The world doesn't provide it, I checked.

Thank you for your peace that passes all understanding. Thank you that I don't have to wait for life to be perfect before I get to experience perfect contentment. You are amazing.

What God Said Tonight:

You are in my arms. There is a place where there is perfect safety, perfect peace, perfect redemption and you will find it in my arms.

You fall down, I pick you up. You can't get into to someplace, I will lift you up. I will take you where you need to go and I will plant and water you in that place to be blessed.

I love you and you are mine now and forever.

Decisions...

My prayer:

Awesome God. It seems like there has been a lot of confusion about opportunities lately. Which opportunities should we go after and which ones should we leave alone. Then there are the opportunities that we think you put in our path but when we follow them, they fall apart.

God, I am always asking for your guidance and wisdom but it seems like me and those close to me are in a bit of a greater need than usual. Help us to see what you have for us and what is better left alone. Guide us clearly to those things that are for our best good and that are for the best good of you and your Kingdom.

Thank you!

What God Said Tonight:

I am a lighthouse in the dark. I never intend to leave you in the wilderness without a guide. I am in you and I will always guide you.

Your path is wider than you think. There are some opportunities, some decisions that are truly completely up to you. If you follow it, I will bless it. If you do not and choose something else, I will bless that.

I can tell you, when you have a decision and you have sought me for guidance and I am silent, it is often because the decision is yours and I can make any decision you make work for your good.

I will guide you when I need you someplace for a specific reason. For those things, I will make it very clear and it will be easy for you to follow. For the rest of the time, make the choices that seem best for you, the ones that follow your heart and your soul. I will work out the results for your good.

I love you and I will see you in your promised land.

Good night...

My prayer:

Awesome God. What a blessing and gift you are! What a blessing and gift this week has been. You have filled my senses with beauty and my heart with peace. WONDERFUL GOD!

What God Said Tonight:

Tonight is not the night for strife and war. Tonight is the night to rest in the peace that I have for you. Tonight is not the night for deep revelations. Tonight is the night to rest in the assurance that I will guide you through each and every challenge that life throws at you.

Tonight is the night for you and I to enjoy all that life has been and all that it can be. Tonight is a good night.

Surviving the storm...

My prayer:

Thank you for your favor today God. Thank you for the moments of clarity, showing me how you have grown me over the last 5 years. Thank you for caring enough about me to help me be better, every day. I love you.

What God Said Tonight:

There are always going to be stormy seas in your life. The sky will look dark and ominous. The waves will splash up over the edges of your boat. But I am in the boat with you.

How can a boat with the creator of all things in it, sink? As long as we are together, you will have the power and the ability to overcome any storm.

There is no storm greater than my power and there is no storm greater than my love for you.

Vacation with God...

My prayer:

I made it God! With your help I made it all the way to vacation time! I am very ready for the break, for time with you and mom, time to disconnect from the craziness of everyday life.

I am so very blessed to have the luxury to take time off. So many people do not have that luxury. Thank you for blessing me so much that I can do this!

What God Said Tonight:

I have every intention of seeing you blessed now and forever. I have a plan and it involves blessing you abundantly. I have chosen you and as my chosen, you are blessed. I have much more to show you and give you. I have much more for you.

I will be with you on this trip in a more real and more intimate way than you have known me in the past. This trip is for rest, yes, but this trip is also for us. I love you

Surgical healing...

My prayer:

Hi God. You know when Paul wrote about how he found himself doing the very thing he hated...well I can relate. I feel like I kind of failed at life today. I was not the person you made me to be. I did not respond in love. I guess it wasn't all day but in some key moments, I am not proud of my behavior.

God, I apologize for getting it so wrong today. With your help, I will do better tomorrow.

What God Said Tonight:

A tree has many branches. Not all of them are meant to remain. When you trim a tree, if done correctly, the tree grows larger and becomes healthier.

Days like today, moments like today's moments, help us to see what needs to be trimmed away. I can and will remove the pain that caused the aberration today. You will see great differences tomorrow.

You will find a way to love in the exact situation that left you for a loop today. I will increase your capacity to love. I will heal the harm that decreased it in the first place. It is time for a little surgical healing.

I love you.