Lead with your heart...

My prayer:

Thank you God for having better ideas than mine.

Today I was all ready to go in and demand "the respect I deserve" and instead you provided a wonderful bonding opportunity that helped me to see it wasn't disrespect but something completely different that drove his behavior. If I had gone in the way I wanted to, I would have alienated him and made things worse.

Thanks for always having a better way and leading me down the right paths. My life is so much better because you are in it!

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes a good idea starts from a completely different place and can take you exactly where you need to be for other reasons.

Today, you led with your heart. You left your ego and your logic behind. That is what made it successful. When dealing with other people, leading with your heart will never let you down.

Paradise...

My prayer:

Thank you for amazing timing today God. Everything fell right into place, I heard your voice all day guiding me, it was wonderful!

I love those times where your presence is so obvious. I know you are always with me but sometimes I can sense you more than others. I love when I can see, hear, feel you close. You are my ever present help.

Thank you for today.

What God Said Tonight:

I am not through yet. I am just beginning to change the world into the paradise I always meant for it to be.

The change is hard and the change will look worse before it is better. But the change is coming. The change has begun.

I am counting on you and your brothers and sisters to move in when it is done. I am counting on you to be the stewards I first envisioned my children to be. I am counting on you to stay strong in me and be ready.

I love you .

Deep wounds...

My prayer:

Today was a whole lot of challenges without much reward. I had to hunt for the joy and the blessings today God. Thankfully, with your help, I found some.

I know you keep telling me a new season, an exciting adventure is on the way and I am SO READY! This dragging through each day with a goal of getting to the end of it is no way to live.

I love you God. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes, there a wounds that are so deep and that have been covered up for so long, you have forgotten they are there.

It is not until you start cleaning up the areas of your life that you notice the old bandage and try to remove it. It is in that removal that you begin to recognize the depth of the wound. The bandage has kept it from bleeding all over but it has not kept it from festering and getting worse.

It is time to remove some bandages and heal the festering wounds. They are not doing you any good and it is time they are healed.

It might hurt a little. Healing a wound like that often requires some initial pain to clean it out. But, in the end, you will be much happier.

Adventure...

My prayer:

Thank you God for healing me today! Thank you for a beautiful trail with a great friend. Thank you for joy, peace and love all over my life today.

You are a wonderful Father and I am yours, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

Your next step is a bit of a leap at first but once you jump, it is smooth downhill sailing. It is going to be fun and exhilarating You will enjoy the trip as much or more than the destination.

I have heard you calling out to me for a new season, a new journey a new challenge, and I have it coming your way. I have your name carved into it. It is an adventure made just for you.

Don't get tired in well doing. Hang in there and you will see, it will be the time of your life!

Season...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I need a new direction, a new purpose, a new...something meaningful. I am feeling stuck and uninspired. I am feeling a bit useless to myself and to others.

What should we do next God? Where should we go? What should we build? I am ready for a new adventure.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a season to everything. I have a season for growth and a season for rest. I have a season for planting and a season for harvesting.

Don't rush your season.

Your feeling right now is nothing more than the anticipation of your spirit for the coming season. You are preparing yourself without even realizing it.

I have your future and your heart prepared. I am lining up the world. When it is done. we will march out together with purpose and joy.

I love you daughter. Your holding pattern is only for a moment.

Keep God...

My prayer:

I am tired at many levels tonight God and with that, my attitude is not very good. I could think of many things to complain about tonight, many things that I would like to be changed, but that sounds like an awful way to spend our time together.

I don't want to be the squeaky and whiny wheel. I want to bring you joy. I want to bring a smile to your face. I want to be the child that you see and can't wait to talk to.

So, know that no matter what I am struggling with tonight, my love for you is greater. My worship of you is paramount. My joy from being in your presence is immeasurable.

Come and let me feel your presence. Let me know that you are here with me as always. Let me feel your peace, your joy and your love. 

What God Said Tonight:

You bring me honor in your worship. I have told you to "do this in remembrance of me." When I said that, it was more than just communion. It was that in your every day life. In your eating, sleeping, waking, going about your business day, do it in remembrance of me.

Keep me in your mind and your spirit. Keep  me ahead of the challenges you face. Keep me with you always. And, I promise you that I will work all things our for your good. I promise that I will bless you abundantly. I promise you greatness in this life and beyond.

Keep me first and there is nothing you can't do.

Trust...

My prayer:

Amazing God. I ask for greater discernment. My instinct, is to distrust people first and only trust them after a long period of proving their trustworthiness, if ever.

I do this because of being deeply hurt in the past by trusting those who turned out to be untrustworthy. I do it to protect myself. While it is understandable, the older I get the more I realize how this approach, this distrust, isolates me and keeps me from experiences and people that could really enhance my life.

God, I pray for healing of the old wounds, I pray for restoration of my trust, and I pray for your protection from those who should not be trusted.

What God Said Tonight?

Here are the basics, trust me. That is all you need to know and all you need to do. I will, in your trust bring in only those who are trustworthy and protect you against those who are not.