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The History: A couple of years ago, I started journaling my prayers and God's responses to them. I told my friends about this, they were really interested. I told my Pastor about it and he said, how about sharing those on line. When I asked God, He said, my words are for you, but not just for you. And, here we are...I hope He speaks to you in these words.
My prayer:
Incredible God! You always work everything out and you do it so well! Ok, now that feels silly even writing that but, it is TRUE! I run around trying to do this and that; but, when I just sit back and let you do what you want to do, suddenly everything falls into place and it is all SO EASY!
How is it that I forget that so often? I learn it, then I get caught up in doing my own thing and forget it, get exhausted, let go, you take over and I remember that is how it should be in the first place.
I am VERY grateful for the renewed knowledge of this God and I pray and hope that I don't have to keep going through this cycle for the rest of my life. I pray and hope that I can hold onto this knowledge for awhile this time. I pray and hope that I can remember that you know best.
You are amazing God and I love watching you do your thing. Thank you for letting me be a part of you and what you do here on earth. I love you!
What God Said Tonight:
It is a cycle but it is taking you less and less time to remember the truth each time. Life is really a series of cycles. Your job is to learn a little more each time around. Each cycle, you should learn a little more and shorten the learning curve for the next time. You will recognize the cycle more quickly the more times you go through it. You will remember the answer more quickly. Soon, the cycle becomes so short that the time you spend forgetting is so short, you hardly notice it other than as a fresh reminder of the truth.
I will always tell you the truth. I will always tell you truth. Over and over as many times as you need. I don't get tired of repeating myself, as long as you are listening and learning at least a little bit each time. My expectations are not for you to achieve great things. My expectations are for you to try. I place great value in the trying part of things.
I am in charge of results and I will destine you to succeed. You will rise triumphant. But you must continually try. Try to follow my will. Try to be forgiving and loving even to the most unloveable. Try be generous. Try being faithful. Try. If you earnestly try, that means more to me than when you succeed.
I want you to understand that this is about building your character as much as it is about building my Kingdom. The two are intertwined. Build on solid foundation, learn more every day, and shine!
My prayer:
My Father and Lord. Tonight I am suddenly aware of the privilege of being your daughter. I realize that because you have redeemed me, I have access to you and to all of the power and answers I will ever need.
Now, I have always known that but for some reason tonight, it is more profound. For some reason tonight I KNOW IT to the very core of me. Suddenly the honor and privilege of knowing you and being able to come to you for your help about anything stands out as truly incredible and amazing.
I mean, if someone came up to me and said, "How would you like to know that you will never have another trouble or challenge in your life that you won't have an answer and a way out of?" I would say, "YOU BET! Sign me up!!" But, really, that is what we get with you. You have every answer and you promise that you will take care of us. You promise that you will work all things out for our good. WOW!
Thank you for giving me a new appreciation of this tonight God. There is a deep peace and joy knowing that and knowing that I know that I know it! Love you so much God. Thank you.
What God Said Tonight:
I have been waiting for this time all day. I have been waiting for you to truly take the time to listen to me. Earlier, you thought you were trying to listen to me but you were only listening with a specific question. That is why I wasn't answering. The question you had was of no real importance and, in the mean time, I wanted to tell you other things. But, you couldn't hear them because your focus was completely on what you thought was as the immediate need.
You are right that I always have the answer and that you can rest assured that you will never again run into a situation that you won't have a way out. That is absolute and you can rest in the complete knowledge of it.
Now, with that assurance, hear me. You may not understand this next season but I am in it and my will is being accomplished. Trust me even when it looks bad. Trust me even when the storm clouds gather. Trust me to work it all out. I promise it is not what it seems. Rest in my love, my protection and my guidance throughout this next season in particular.
I love you daughter and I will never leave you. You are my precious child and I will keep you safe.
My prayer:
Awesome God. I am kind of sick of listening to myself. What is on your mind? How was your day? What do you want to talk about? I love you and I can't think of anything better than hearing what you have to say tonight.
What God Said Tonight:
I love hanging out with you. I love that you don't always feel the need to impress me. I love that you love and trust me enough to hang out together with no agenda and no specified need.
I am here for you and for your needs, don't get me wrong. I want you to bring me everything that you are dealing with. I love when you surrender that stuff to me so I can help. But I love to hang out with you now and then.
I love when you are focused enough on me that we have the time to just hang out. Sometimes, you get so caught up in life that I have to take every minute that you are focused on me to make sure you know all that you need to know. During those times, we don't have the luxury of hanging out and enjoying being together.
The thing is I really do love you. I really do like you. Because of that, I want to spend time with you. It is really that simple. Thanks for taking some time to hang out tonight. Let's take some down time together soon. Let's go for a hike, a run, or just hang out together soon.
So much of your life is focused on getting it all done and I get that. What you are doing is important to the Kingdom and I want you to keep it up. But let's make sure we take time to just hang out. I love you so much and my best times are when we are simply together loving on each other.
My prayer:
God you are good. You are so very good. Your love, the way you take care of me, the blessings you pour out on me, the way you gently teach me, the way you heal me, the way you make me prosper, the way you take all of that and give it out so freely to all of your kids, no matter who we are, where we are or what we have done. God, you are GOOD!
I love you God. I had a wonderful day doing the stuff you designed me to do. When I get to do the stuff that you specifically designed me for, life is so good. Everything fits. I would love to have more/all of my life be like that.
I am not complaining though. I suppose if life was perfect, I would never want anything to change and you have shown me often enough that change is GOOD.
I am sensing a theme here tonight God. Goodness. I love you God and I am so grateful that you love me, chose me, teach me, protect me, guide me and forgive me.
What God Said Tonight:
Walking with me, listening to my voice, trying to do what I want you to do will always result in a profound sense of accomplishment. It is why I created your the way I did. Every person has a purpose and a plan just for them that they are meant to accomplish.
If they choose not to, I can find another. There are always more willing feet. There are always those who are waiting to take over the thing that you start.
You are falling a sleep on me so I think we should wrap tonight up a bit. Know that I am with you. I have not left you. We are in this together. I will guide you to calm waters where we will walk and see many more miracles. Your life is a constant joy to me. Your name is writren in my book of life and you can count on it. I love you daughter.
My prayer:
My God. I woke up confused, drug myself through the day only to come home and realize that I had not been grateful or given you the credit for all of the amazing things you are doing and felt guilty again. Pushed that all aside and enjoyed the evening. Now I am here and I don't know what to say.
Life is such a roller coaster right now. The highs are SO HIGH and the lows are SO LOW. Someone once told me that ministry, working for you, God, is like that. I am not sure I believed him then but I do now.
But, the fact is, I can't do anything but serve you. I can't live one day without you in it. I can't survive unless I am doing all that I can to accomplish your will here on earth. It is who I am. It is the core of me. To love you and to serve you. That is all that I know. I have no life without you and serving you.
I am all yours God and I am grateful that you allow me to be a part of what you are doing. I am done complaining and whining. I am done worrying about...I am done worrying. I will trust you and I will follow you. If I get it wrong, correct me. I am all yours, always have been and always will be. I love you my God and Lord.
What God Said Tonight:
I called you to this life from the beginning of time. My call, my purpose on your life was ordained from the beginning of time. That is why the pull you feel is so strong; but, you do have a choice. You always have a choice. I will never force you into anything.
I can promise you that this call on your life will not be easy. But, I can also promise you it will always be worth it. I can promise you that you will have struggles, disappointments, and want to give up sometimes. But I can also promise you that I will renew your strength every time. I can promise you that I will never take you somewhere that I haven't already given you the skills and gifts to handle what is coming at you. I can promise that the blessings will always outweigh the pain in the end. I can also promise that we win. In the end, we always win.
Make your choice daily my sweet dear. It is a choice. I can hear you thinking that the alternative is a worthless life. I happen to agree. But then again, I know your future. I know what we can accomplish together. I know what miracles and truly unbelievable things that you are going to be witness of. You can't see all of that yet. You will have to trust me.
Know that I will ALWAYS choose you. Every day for the rest of eternity, I will always choose you. I am so blessed and so proud when I see you choose me when it is the hard choice. I love it when I see you choose me even though the other way is easier. I love it when you choose me when the people around you are not choosing me. It makes my heart overflow.
I love you daughter. Keep choosing me and this life with the highs and the lows and I will make sure that you always succeed in the end. I will make sure that you are the head and not the tail. I will make sure that you are above and not beneath. I will make sure that every good thing that I have for you is yours. I love you and I will keep you strong and safe.
My prayer:
Awesome God. I am feeling guilty tonight. I am feeling a bit worthless. I am feeling like I did not really do anything much for you for the last two days. I am sorry God. I have been a complete slug and I am not very proud of myself.
I suppose, if I felt rested and ready to go as a result of all of this doing nothing, that would be one thing. But I feel more worn out tonight than I did Friday. I am clearly doing something wrong.
I ask for wisdom and for strength God. I pray that you show me what you want me to do and give me the energy to do it. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak God. I love you God.
What God Said Tonight:
Rest is good and important. I did not ask you to do anything this weekend. I know you need to rest. I know that your strength wanes. That is why I am here for you to lean on. I am your strength. I am what makes it possible for you to do anything in the first place.
Besides, you know that guilt is not from me. I don't operate in guilt. I will convict you and point out your error so you can make corrections like any good parent. But I will never cause you to feel guilt. That one is not from me.
I love you daughter and understand that this us a short season of rest is preparing you. You won't always have the luxury of this kind of rest. You will need your strength in the next season.
When I need you to do something, I will let you know. In the meantime, you should rest and know that you are building a reserve for the next season. I love you too my wonderful daughter and I am with you always.
My prayer:
My amazing God. You are beyond my ability to imagine. You are bigger than the biggest thing I can imagine. You are more powerful than the most power I can imagine. You are wiser than the wisest that I can imagine. I can't wrap my mind around you God.
Maybe I am not meant to wrap my mind around you. Maybe I am only meant to wrap my heart and my soul around you. Maybe that is the only way to really know you.
I love you God and I wrap my heart, soul and spirit around you tonight in a spiritual hug that I hope you can feel. I love you God even though I may never fully understand you. I love you God for what I know of you and for all that I have to learn about you. I love you God because of your intense and unending love for me. In Christ Jesus, amen.
What God Said Tonight:
I don't need you to know everything about me but I love that you want to. I don't need you to understand but I need you to trust. I need you to always remember that I do know it all. I know the end from the beginning and if I am asking you to do something, there is a purpose and plan behind it and I can see the big picture that may be hidden to you. What may seem sometimes like a step backward to you may be just re-positioning to launch you into your new season.
Trust me to know the right path for you. listen to my voice and go where I tell you to go. Do what I tell you to do and do not doubt. As long as you are following my voice, we will end up in my perfect will for your life and that future is good.
I love you daughter. That is so very true. I receive your love and it is a sweet fragrance to me and a balm to my Spirit. I am with you now and forever and I will never leave you. I will guide you always. Sleep well for tomorrow we have some things to do.
