Leaning into peace...

 

My prayer:

Amazing God. I remain in awe of  you. Thank you for your miracle protection this week. I don't know what this next week has in store but I know you will take care of it. 

Each day holds so many unknowns right now but somehow, your peace is still the main thing that I experience. Between the health challenges, the work challenges, the grieving, and the other million challenges of every day, I look at it and think, wow, I should be freaking out a little. However, because of who you are and all that you have promised and shown me, I instead look at it all and feel your peace. I hold on firmly to the absolute knowledge that you are in charge and that you have my best interest always. 

Every once in a while, I hear a whisper that says, "Yeah, but what if God isn't there any more. What if He walks away." And in that moment, I am fully terrified, until I remember what you always tell me, you will never leave me and never forsake me. 

My God doesn't lie and My God says he won't leave me. Ahhhh, there's the peace again! I love you LORD!!!

What God Said Tonight:

I am here. I am always here for you my child. You have said it, I will NEVER leave you, and when I say "never" it truly means never. 

You are the apple of my eye and I have invested too much in you, in my children to ever turn my back on you. We are in this together and that is how it will be for eternity. 

You made that choice when you chose to walk the path of my will. When you accepted my Lordship in your life and received the salvation I provided. In that choice, so many things happened but one of those things is that we were bonded together forever. 

I love you my children and keep leaning into my peace. It is there for just that purpose. 

 

My prayer:

Feeling grateful and at peace tonight Lord. Not because of anything that is or is not going on in life, but really, just sitting in that place of peace that you have created for me. 

I love this spot. I love this spot of assurance that you are in charge and that I am your child. I can make what ever decisions I want but I choose you, every time God, I want to choose you and your will. 

There are a ridiculous amount of choices in tie world but I have learned that the only choice that does not come back to haunt me are the ones where I start with, "God, your will be done..." That is the only choice that really matters.

What God Said Tonight:

There is little difference between following my will and following me, but there is a difference. If you are a follower  of me, your heart is changed. We share a spirit. 

When you abide in me, when we are aligned then where your heart leads you is most often also where I am I am going. What we do when we get there is where you should listen the most carefully.

I love you more than you will ever know,

Yesterday...

 

My prayer:

I feel like I am praying the same prayer every week and every day right now. There is so much craziness that is outside of my control, more than ever and I can hear your voice even before I finish the sentence. You are in control. I don't have to be in control and, in truth, when I try to be in control I do nothing but mess things up further. 

So, as you do so often God, you have answered my prayer before I have prayed it tonight. I will continue to pray that your will is done. I will continue to trust you. I will lay every worry at your feet.

I pray that your strength, your peace, and your salvation rest in me as I abide in you Lord.

What God Said Tonight:

It's not that you don't know. You know that I am in charge and I won't let you down. But that is the nature of this world and the challenges it sends your way. Each new challenge seem insurmountable. Each new attack seems that it cannot be defeated. 

But, you know, from your history, that every challenge I will meet and every battle I will win. I am your Lord and you can count on me, every time. 

It is why I tell you so often to make a memorial. Do something to remember what I did for you yesterday to help you to have the faith for what I will do today. 

I love you my child and I will not let you down. This is the beginning, not the end. 

God is in charge...

 

My prayer:

Awesome God. I need you. In so many different ways right now, I need you. I need to you to take over my health and to make me well. I need you to help me to love the way you have asked me to love. I need you to give me the strength to go on, when I run out (which is more often than ever right now). I just need your help God. 

What God Said Tonight:

There is little to no need at this time to move anything faster As chaotic as it may seem right now, it is nothing more than the dust settling from the last battle.

Trust me. Trust that I am sovereign. Trust that my will shall be accomplished. 

I love you my child, now and forever.,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Faith opens windows...

 

My prayer:

Your will is a crazy and wonderful thing God. Thank you for taking care of the mess of last week. You turned things for our good in ways that none of us could have predicted. Thank you for tonight and all that you showed and taught us. 

My solid and constant prayer God, is to pray that your will is done, in all things and at all times. That is my deepest need and desire. I love you now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

I show you things sometimes, not because you need to know but I show you because you don't actually need to know. I show you because you trust me with your future, before I show you anything. 

It is that trust and that faith that makes it easy for me to share with you wheat I have coming up next for you. When I can know that you will allow my will to be accomplished in your life, I don't have to keep it to myself. 

I sometimes still will. Sometimes, the surprise of it still brings such joy that telling you ahead would rob you of the richness of the experience. 

Just know that it is your faith that opens the windows on your tomorrow. 

I love you child now and forever more.

Celebration...

 

My prayer:

You taught me so much this week Lord. I am exhausted by it all, but so grateful as well. Thank you for the clear reminder as to whose approval I need to pay attention to and whose I do not. Thank you for taking care of my friend, giving her hope and a future. Thank you for your help in responding to the attacks. SO much this week God.

I pray, as always and above everything else, that your will is done this week. There is so much potential, both for good and for disaster, within this week. I leave it all in your hands God that your will is done. I pray that you guide me to anything you want me to do, or learn, this week. 

I am yours, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

Get out the bunting and the celebration. There is a time that is coming when you will have no choice but to celebrate. A time is coming when you will see the truth of all I have said and taught to you and you will be overwhelmed with joy and celebration. It is a time that is nearly here. You can be excited for it now because it is that close. 

Jehovah Jireh...

 

My prayer:

Thank you for this down time this weekend God. The week was intense and next week looks like it could be even worse. I am grateful that I do not have to face it alone. I am grateful that you are with me, at all times and in all things. I pray for your help to do the hard things, in love. I pray that you take care of your children and guide them to the future you have for them. I thank you God that you are our provision, our provider, and we do not have to be afraid or wonder where our food or clothing or shelter will come from. It comes from you. 

My life is yours, now and forever, Jehovah, Yeshua, Holy Spirit.

What God Said Tonight:

Nothing is impossible with me. Remember that. What you dread happening, may not happen. What you fear happening to your brother and sister in Christ is not the end of any story. I am the Great I AM and in that, I can literally do anything. Wait and see what I will do in this case. 

My blessings are not on hold and they have not been depleted. My blessings, for my people are stored up in heaven and cannot be lessened. The blessing from God is one that is replenished immediately upon being sent you. We have no shortage here. 

Let everyone you know who is afraid that their finances are not enough. Remind them of the loaves and fishes. Remind them of my sovereign rule. I am God of all and I will not let my children starve. I will provide.