God's light...

My prayer:

Happy Birthday Jesus! Thank you Father and Holy Spirit for making it all possible. Thank Mary and Joseph for me for their courage and obedience.

Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

The celebration was wonderful.I love spending my birthday with you! 

Let my light shine down on you. Let it identify you as mine. Feel my light and my love ignite your life. 

I love you my child and we are going into this next year, ready.

Loving God's way...

My prayer:

Thank you God for this quiet time of worship and prayer tonight. You always help me see things from a new viewpoint. When I focus on what I don't have, you focus on all that I have. When I see the missed opportunities you see the preparation for the future you have planned.

I love you Father and I would not want to live this life without you.

What God Said Tonight:

I am your light in darkness and your healing in sickness. I am your waymaker and I am your guide. I am your teacher and your Father. I am your brother and your friend. I am your heart and your purpose. 

I created you with love and the hope that you would choose to love me too. Your love is such a great joy to me. Not only because of what it means to me but more so, what it means to you. Loving with complete abandonment, loving with the love I put in you, will bring you more joy, more healing, more purpose, and more meaning than anything else. 

I love you my child. Let my love grow in you and bring you to the height of the life I have planned for you.

Space for the new...

My prayer:

I am feeling "off" tonight God. I am not sure how else to explain it. Nothing is actually wrong but I don't feel peace. I don't know what I need or what to ask for but I know something is missing. 

All knowing God, I pray for whatever is missing tonight. I may not know what it is but you do. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

A missing piece is one of the only things that has more power in its absence than it does in its presence. You don't notice the pieces when they are all present. It is only when one goes missing that they become apparent and the importance of them in you life becomes apparent. 

We have gone through many changes this year. There are many things that you started the year with that you no longer have in your life. Things, people, ideas...it has been a year of cleaning things out. 

I have made space for the new in your life. I have cleared out room to accept what I have coming for you. This missing piece you feel tonight is not so much about what is missing but it is being aware of the space I have made in you to receive. 

I will fill you my child. I love you.

Jesus' birthday...

My prayer:

It is almost your birthday Jesus! I haven't yet asked you what you want for your birthday this year. Is there anything you want in celebration of your birth? I love you Jesus and my life is yours.

What God Said Tonight:

I want you for Christmas. I want time with you. I want you and I to connect in worship. 

There is nothing I love more than one on one time with my children. Give me the gift of time this year. I love you.

Moldy bread...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I am getting a fresh view of my limitations and yet I believe, you are helping me to remember that my limitations do not define my possibilities. You define my possibilities and I am eternally grateful for that. I pray for your continued guidance and help God. Where I am weak, you are strong, thank you Jesus!

What God Said Tonight:

Mold grows on stale bread. When bread is not consumed, when it is not used for what it is intended to be used for within the time it is intended to be used, it grows mold. That mold ruins the bread for its intended purpose but it is not useless. Even in its decay, great uses can be found. 

Is the value of bread for eating greater than the value of mold for medication? I suppose that depends on whether you are starving or if you are sick. 

I will turn all things for your good. Even that which you see as old and moldy and of no use. Even that, I will use for great purpose. 

I love you my child, all of you.

Purpose...

My prayer:

I don't have anything new to talk about tonight God. I am still just reeling at the amount of choices that seem to be developing. Thank you for an abundance of opportunity. You are amazing!

What God Said Tonight:

Making a difference and helping people is part of your DNA. It is because you have my heart in you. Anytime that core of you is not being fed, is not having the opportunity to blossom, you will feel unfulfilled.

But be careful to look around you in every circumstance. There is always an opportunity to make a difference and to help people. No matter the poverty of your situation, there is always something to give. It is often true that the sacrifice in poverty has such greater depth of purpose than the generosity in extravagance. 

Your purpose is not defined by your circumstance but you can define your circumstances by your purpose. 

I love you sweet child.

Next...

My prayer:

I find myself changing and I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Things that I use to not enjoy, I enjoy now. Things I use to need, I don't need any longer. I really find myself going into a totally new phase of my life, of me. Who new this could happen at this point in my life?

All I ask God is for your guidance. If I get off on a wrong or unhealthy path, guide me back into your will for me.

What God Said Tonight:

This year has been about helping you to see multiple futures for your life. There is no one path for you. I want you to see and to know that you can choose and I will be with you in that choice. I have a plan and a future for your life but that plan is not thwarted by your choices. 

Imagine, explore, and choose what you want to try next. Not what you want to try forever but what you want to try next. 

I am with you. I will stay with you. We will ride into your future together and see what it brings. The adventure never stops if you don't want it to.