Reality...

 

My prayer:

Amazing Father. I am so grateful for the life you have given me. I have been more aware than usual this weekend of your blessings and protection you have poured out on me and my life. Life is worthwhile and wonderful, because of you. I am yours, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

Reality is not experienced by everyone in the same way. Two people can have the same experience and yet their experience of it can be very different. 

I have you set aside and protected in this season because you are mine. You are marked and your name is in the Lamb's Book of Life. I will keep you safe. I will keep you protected, until the time to move into the new season, the new heaven, and the earth is here. 

It doesn't look like you thought it would but this is my will. This is what I had planned from the beginning. Everything is in right order, no matter what it might look like. 

Your experience of today was one of peace and rest. Not everyone, not even everyone who had the same opportunities, would say that today was a day of peace and rest for them. The day will come when all are living in my peace, when there is no more pain, no more death. That time is coming for us. For now, enjoy the peace I have given you and know that I love you.

Fruit in season...

 

My prayer:

Awesome God. I don't really have anything to talk about tonight. I pray, as always that your will is done. Beyond that, I am here to listen.

What God Said Tonight:

Fruit has a season. Fruit does not appear out of nowhere and it is not there all of the time. Fruit comes as a result of tending the plant, watering it when it needs it, feeding it when it needs it, and then after a season or two of caring for it, the fruit develops and eventually can be harvested. 

The same is true of the fruits of the Spirit. They do not come out of nowhere and they may only be present in certain seasons. I have given you the fruit of the Holy Spirit, but you may not see them manifested all of the time. 

That is ok, that is actually good. 

I will say again, as I have so many times before, I am yours now and forever. So, when the fruit is present and when it is not, I am with you. When you are tending to your plant, I am with you. When you can't see any evidence of me, I am still with you. I love you more than you can ever know or understand.

God's protection...

 

My prayer:

I am grateful for this life you have made for me Lord. I have truly never been more content than I am here and now. 

There are still struggles and things that I wish could be different. I hate how violent the world has become and how much suffering there is, almost everywhere. There are stressful moments and events that land in my lap on a regular basis that I wish could at least slow down sometimes.

But at the end of the day, here with you, all I can truly think about is how blessed I am. How you have filled my life with such joy and peace. 

Words will never be enough to thank you for that.

What God Said Tonight:

The winds are swirling in the heavens and they are bringing in a new season and a new time on earth. I will lead you through it. It will not touch you. But it will be terrifying for those without my protection. 

I do not mean to terrify my children but the time is coming when there will have to be a final choice. It will no longer be an option to play on each side of the fence. The people who have not chosen my protection and salvation for their lives are about to be in a place of no return. 

I know no other way to convey the seriousness of this moment. I want all of my children to come home and live under my protection. I am offering it to all. They must choose it though. I cannot force it onto anyone. 

I love you my child. Know that you are firmly in my protection and I will not leave you. Call those around you to join you here.

Season of knowledge...

 

My prayer:

Awesome God. Thank you for all that you have done this week. Your healing power is amazing and I am so grateful. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight

This season will be a season of knowledge. 

It is time for me to fill in some of the color around the things that you know. I have shown you the basics and you have studied the truth. Now it is time to understand more of the full story. I want to teach you about why things are as they are. I want to answer the questions that are burning in your spirit. 

I love you and it is time.

Next thing...

 

My prayer:

Awesome God. I tried to do what you asked tonight but I am going to need your help. I don't see how to make it work. I ask that you teach me, you guide me, and you show me how to do this thing that you have asked. I am willing, I just need your help.

What God Said Tonight:

It is ok. Sometimes the willingness to follow my direction is as important as actually getting it accomplished. 

This thing, this next thing that we will do, will require my help. It will require some work. But it won't be difficult. It will just need to wait on the right timing and the right support. It is not a thing that you can do on your own. The days of getting it done on your own are over my child. 

In this time and in this world, anything worth doing is done in community. It is done with those around you and with me. We are truly better together. 

I will guide you. I will teach you and you will see. There are those in your midst right now that were placed there for this time and this season. I will show them to you. 

I love you now and forever my child.

Fast times...

 

My prayer:

My head is spinning God. This has been another crazy and challenging week. I am grateful that you have given me peace throughout. Thank you for every blessing and every opportunity. I find it interesting that no matter what my plans are, you always provide these opportunities to pray for people, to listen to people, to counsel people. It is a theme in my life God and I love it. 

I pray that you continue to speak through me, to help the people you bring to me, and to help me be that reflection of your love that we all need. I am yours, now and forever God.

What God Said Tonight:

Life seems to be moving fast right now, and that is simply because you are in the middle of my will and my flow for your life. I am propelling you so we can cover as much ground as possible while you are in the center of my will. 

I have to slow you down sometimes. When you float to the fringes of my will, I need to give you time to get back into the center. It is actually not even something I have to do. It is a natural response that when you are not in my perfect will, you will find those insurmountable challenges that slow you down and weigh you down. 

But, in times like this when you are in my perfect will, you are in the fast part of the stream and you will move quickly through this time. I will give you rest in it, do not worry. I built you and I know what you need. I will ensure that you have every last thing that you need and I will give you the desires of your heart. 

A time is coming when those days that you look back on with fond longing will be back in front of you but with so much more. The miracles of the past will seem like simple shadows of the future to come. You will see things that your eyes will refuse to believe. 

I will be with you, in every moment fast or slow. I will never leave you. I love you.

Weight of the world...

 

My prayer:

Awesome God. I notice that I am in a season where much is outside of my control, or even my ability to affect it. I guess the truth is, most of life is like that; but, there are times when I notice it more. I notice it now. 

The events in the world are so horrifying and completely outside of my control or ability to affect it. The things at work are completely outside of my control and my ability to affect it. This latest health challenge that seems to continue to rear its nasty head, outside of my control or my ability to affect it.

All that being said, you bless me like crazy in the middle of all of this. You give me peace, beauty, nature, and love. So much so, I even feel guilty at times. Is it right to have so much peace and joy while all of this other is going on?

So, I am left with the only thing I can do and the only thing that really matters in the end anyway. I pray God and I put it all in your hands. I pray that your will is done. I pray for your continued protection, peace, and  joy in the midst of all of the rest. I pray that you bring me, you bring us, through all of these things.

I pray it in the name of Jesus, amen.

What God Said Tonight:

Do you feel that. Do you feel the weight that is taken from your shoulders whenever you give it to me? That is what I intend for you. That is what I want for you. 

You were not made to carry the weight of the world. That is for me. You were made to love. You were made to spread my love through the world. You were made to trust and to rely on me. These are the things that you can focus on. I will take care of the rest. 

I give you peace because peace comes from me, not from the world. I give you love because love comes from me, I am love. I give you joy because I love you and it makes my joy flow when I see you in it. 

I love you my child. Now is not a time for despair. Now is a time to love and to trust me to do my part. You are my reflection in the world. You can show the peace, the love, the joy, that I give you as testimony to those who have not known me yet. Their time will come and how will they know what to choose if they have not seen me working in your life? 

In these times, that reflection is ore powerful than ever.