For your good...

My prayer:

Thank you for your protection today God. I didn't even realize I needed protection, but you were there taking care of me. You are an awesome God and Father. I pray for your guidance this week. Help me to see the opportunities in this week and help me to love like you do.

What God Said Tonight:

Everything working together for your good. It is my promise and it is your reality. I will always work every last thing for your good. My beloved child.

Waiting is over...

My prayer:

Thank you God for new opportunities and direction in my friends' lives! It has been such a long season of waiting for so many and it is WONDERFUL to see things starting to happen for them!

I pray your blessing, favor, and help to bring to full realization every opportunity you have for them.

What God Said Tonight:

A season of waiting is almost always seen as something to endure. I hope that one day you will see it as I do. A time for preparation, healing, and growth. 

I love periods of waiting in your life because those are the times when you slow down enough to let me really get in and do some healing work Those are the times when you seek me in earnest, looking for answers. Those are the times that you so hungry to do my will. 

Those seasons that you dread can be some of the most powerful and meaningful seasons of your life. Maybe next waiting season you can try to remember all of the tremendous benefit in the season?

But, for now, waiting is over and you are being sent. You will take this strength, peace, and love that you have built up in the waiting season and you will take it into the world that needs it. 

I love you now and in the waiting.

No fear...

My prayer:

Today was pretty wonderful. Thank you for everything. 

I am starting to get excited and a little fearful of this big trip coming up. I have to keep reminding myself that you set this all up and you will be in charge. As much as I have been blessed to travel all over during my life, I have never been this far before or to a place so different from home. 

WoohoooO!

What God Said Tonight:

I am with you and I am planning every moment of your trip. I have destined you for this and we will see great things together. 

I have not led you into something that would bring  you harm. Enjoy the excitement but do not waste your time on fear. I have not given  you that spirit. I have given you a great gift to be enjoyed and experienced. 

Get ready!

Relationship vs. dependency...

My prayer:

I am not sure if this still qualifies for "What you said tonight" since it is nearly 4 in the morning but I was just too worn out from the long day when I got home to talk much and fell asleep. But, I am up now and I am craving your voice.

Thank you for the opportunities. I am grateful for this life that you have given me. 

What God Said Tonight:

I don't really care when we talk, I only care that you take the time to talk and listen. Without the open communication it is very hard for me to help you the way that I want to help you.

I literally sacrificed my life so we could have open communication but so often, my children only talk to me when there is a great crisis. Don't misunderstand, I want to help you in crisis and I want you to bring me your troubles, But, if that is the only time we are talking, it makes it very hard to build our relationship

Think about it in your relationships with other people. Think about those friends that only come to you when they are in trouble and need your help. You still help them because they are a friend and you love them but it does not take long for that one sided and one directional friendship to wear thin. If all they do is take from you in their need and crises, you aren't really building a relationship, you are building a dependency.

I want a relationship with you. I will take a dependency if I have to but I want a relationship. I want you to know me so you know that you can trust me in every aspect of your life. I want you to know me so when we spend an eternity together, you are not doing it with a stranger.

I love you, now and forever. Let's keep talking, no matter what time.

Walking on waves...

My prayer:

You are magnificent God. I love your presence. I love all you do for me but more than anything, I love your constant presence in my life. There is nothing better.

What God Said Tonight:

Walking on the waves takes more than courage. It takes a trust in something greater and more powerful than what you see and know. It takes a moment to disbelieve what life has shown you as truth and to believe that I have a higher truth. 

It is a great testament of your faith when you step out onto the waves. Take a chance to follow me despite what the world tells you. Take a chance to walk on the water with me, despite your fear. 

I love you.

The wrong voice...

My prayer:

I don't feel like I added much value to this day God. I kind of just got through it. I am grateful for you getting me through it, but I feel a bit useless. I also feel a bit ridiculous complaining when there are so many people who had to deal with so much more than I did today. 

Ugh, I don't even want to listen to myself tonight, let alone ask you to. How about I stop and listen instead.

What God Said Tonight:

You have been listening to the wrong voice today. 

When did I tell you that you were not adding value? When did I tell you that more was expected of you? I didn't. So, you were not listening to me. Who were you listening to?

The voice that made you feel this way is born from hurts not yet healed. It had very little to do with what actually happened today. If you will let me, I will heal that hurt so that voice is silenced. 

Do you trust me to heal you? One word fro you and I will heal you. I will make you whole. 

War...

My prayer:

A beautiful day. A joy in your presence.

What God Said Tonight:

The armies are in place and waiting in their tents. The field is quiet but expectant.

The war is coming. 

It is a matter of time. Everything is in place. 

I love you and we will win this war. You can count on it.