Find the joy...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for your help and guidance, most of all your will in my life. I ask for a few days of joy and rest before I have to jump back into the battle. 

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Each day has gifts within it. Don't forget to pick them up and enjoy them. I promise you, I will put joy in every day. Make it your mission to seek it out. Make it your goal to find the joy. 

I love you my daughter and I am with you now and forever. This battle is not yours. It really isn't, even though you are on the front line. I will fight it for you. You, look for the joy.

Maturity and choices...

My prayer:

I am trying to switch it up God. Trying new things, new perspectives. Not because I think I can really make a difference but because if I don't do anything, well, I don't think I can keep doing nothing. The season is too long to wait out and do nothing. 

So, please know, I am not making the changes to take control. I am not making changes because I don't trust you. I am making changes because I am tired of not making changes. 

I don't know if this is right or wrong. I don't know how it will turn out. I do know that above and beyond anything I think and do, I pray your will is done, in everything.

I love you.

What God Said Tonight:

Changes are not an issue. I never want you to be my puppet. I only want you to be my child. To grow in my love. To know that I am your strong tower and your safety net. I am your Father who takes care of you no matter what. 

That does not mean that you can't make choices and changes, take risks. It means you can and I will be there with you in all of it. 

Obedience is no longer an issue for you. Authority is no longer an issue for you. You have grown your way through those. You are now in a time, where your maturity, the maturity that you have earned, can guide your choices. 

In that maturity, you seek me and my will and I will show you. I will speak, but only when needed. Your choices will guide you in this season. My will shall be your light, your vision for the future but your choices will guide you. 

I love you, now and forever.

Take a minute for God...

My prayer:

Making progress God. One step at a time. Thank you for your help and favor today. I will need it again tomorrow, and the next tomorrow, and the next tomorrow...

Thank you for being so wonderful God.

What God Said Tonight:

So many people going so many places all at once. If the whole world would take one minute to slow down, breathe. Just one minute. I am here in the breath. 

I am waiting for you to set aside the millions of competing needs and open yourself to receive from me. Take a minute and let me fill you up. Let me love you., Let me speak into your life and your future. Take a minute to listen. 

I love you. Take a minute for me today?

De-clutter your mind...

My prayer:

I ask for strength, wisdom, and favor to take on anything that comes my way tomorrow God. More than normal, I do not know what tomorrow holds but I know you will be with me. That is good enough for now.

What God Said Tonight:

A mind cleared of clutter can easily see what comes into it. A mind filled with clutter, with things that are not important but take up space, has a hard time seeing the new things that I bring to it. 

Take some time to de-clutter your mind, Go through your thoughts and keep the ones that are valuable, throw away those that do not have value. Make some room for some new things.

Truth and lies...

My prayer:

I am noticing a theme God. The importance of truth and knowing the truth regardless of the consequences keeps coming up in my life. That usually means you are trying to tell me something. It has been something I have always strongly believed. Is there more for me to know, to understand? Thank you for being my teacher.

What God Said Tonight:

Most people are blinded to the truth, either partially or completely. The world is not set up to reveal truth. A world that has been deceived, remains deceived. 

I am the truth the way and the light. When you speak with me, when you hear me, when you read my words, you are hearing truth. In all else, be suspicious. Be wary of the world that tells you its truth. 

Satan wanders through the earth crying out "Truth, truth. Look over here, I have truth for you!" But his truth is always lies, piled on top of each other until the layers hide the  deception. 

Seek truth. Seek me. I will guide you through the deception. I love you.

Wrapped in God's protection...

My prayer:

Thank you God for all that you have done for me these last few days. You have brought me through. Guide and direct me. Show me what to do next and what not to do. I pray your will is accomplished in my life.

What God Said Tonight:

Winter is coming. No amount of wishing or praying will stop it from coming. Winter follows fall. It is the nature of life. 

I have prepared you for the winter. I have clothed you in righteousness. I have built for you a safe and warm home to stay in. 

The only thing that will harm you this coming winter is stepping out of my protection. Wear it like a winter coat. Never leave your home without it. Stay wrapped in me and I will keep you safe. I will keep you from harm. 

I love you.

God's vow...

My prayer:

I don't know how to pray. It was really hard to care about anything today God. It all seemed so meaningless and useless. The same conversations, and everyone acting like it was going to turn out differently. Who knows, maybe it will. I just can't make myself care. I tried but I just, can't. Not today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today. 

I know that my hope is in you. I know that you can turn everything for my good. I know that you have always come through for me and you always will. But, today, I just couldn't...anything. 

I pray for your understanding and I fall on your grace God.

What God Said Tonight:

I am here. Now and forever, I am here with you. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. 

Whether you are up or whether you are down. Whether you are succeeding or whether you are failing. 

In the wedding vows, you promise to love and honor each other in sickness and health, for richer for poorer. How much more in our wedding do I promise you? 

I will love you at your VERY worst. I will love you no matter what. There is nothing you can do, or not do, that will change my love for you. Do not ever doubt my love. Everything else, you can question, wonder about, test, but my love, that is without dispute. It is a truth that can never fall. It is the point of everything. 

I love you. I love you. I love you. Today, and tomorrow, and every tomorrow after that.