Better tomorrow...

My prayer:

Not my best day God. I did not handle the stress of today very well. I did not lean on you like I should. I did not do any of the things I know to do. And, I paid for it.

Thank you God for second chances. Thank you for washing me clean of my sin. Thank you for giving me the hope of a better tomorrow.

What God Said Tonight:

I have yet to see the perfect person who is not in need of the grace and mercy I offer through my sacrifice. That is why I died for you.

I freely take on your sin, your sickness and in return, I give you forgiveness and everlasting life. I give you healing. I give you wisdom. I give you all that you need, each day.

I love you daughter. rest and know that you will do better tomorrow.

Vision...

My prayer:

Awesome God! I am still flying high from watching you do your thing yesterday! Seeing you heal so many people at such a core/deep level, it was so amazing, beautiful, incredible, awe inspiring!

Thank you for letting me be a part of it. Thank you for giving us the courage to step out, in several ways. Thank you God for loving us so much that you heal us from the deep pain that we can barely admit to ourselves.

You are incredible!

What God Said Tonight:

Your voice, your words do not create reality. They shape your perception of reality; but, only I create reality.

Only I create. The devil warps my creations but he cannot create.

I have created you in my own image. I have created this world for you, my children. I have created opportunities for you in this world to see greatness and to live out your destiny.

I give you tonight clear vision to see reality as I have created it. Not distorted by the world or by our enemy. Not even distorted by your words and your experiences. But truth and reality as I have created it. Your new vision will help you and those around you.

I love you, now and forever.

Opportunities...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. Today was a wonderful Sabbath. Lots of rest and relaxation with you.

I so want to serve your people tomorrow God and I am so worried I won't be able to. This storm is pretty crazy. It makes me wonder and worry that this might be another door you are shutting. And yet, if you are not in it tomorrow, if you don't want me to be there, then there is no point at all in me going. I only want to go if you are there changing lives. If you are not in it, I don't want to be either.

But, I am not sure I can take another closed door. I am ready to go, to move, to do again. I dread the thought of still being in a waiting season.

All that being said, your will be done God. That is all that really matters. And if your will is being done, I will deal with it. Regardless of what your will is.

What God Said Tonight:

At what point did you decide that I was a God of lost opportunities? I am your future. I am your life. I am everything you will ever need.

I will not see you begging for bread, physical or spiritual bread. I am yours and I have given you all of me. My opportunities for you are limitless.

Your preparation is not so much about waiting as it is about strengthening you. I can't take you into all the things I want to until I know you are strong enough and well enough to handle it. I love you too much to see you destroyed by the things of this world. I love you too much to see you tortured by your enemy.

I provide you more opportunities than you are realizing, right now. Around every corner is a new chance  to love, to heal, to be my hands and feet.

I love you daughter and I will never stop opening doors for you.

Dreams...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I have spent a lot of time today thinking about dreams. Dreams that have come true and those that haven't.

It seems like when I was younger, I had no doubt that the things I dreamed of would come to pass. It was not even a consideration that they would not. It was only a matter of time.

Well, now that a fair amount of time has passed, I don't know that I have that same blind faith. But maybe I am more realistic?

The truth is that not every dream will become reality. Otherwise, they would not be dreams. They would be prophecies, reflections of the future. But, part of the excitement of a dream is not knowing. Will it come to pass or not? And, when it does, WOOHOOO! And when it doesn't, if we are lucky, we find a new dream.

Knowing when to stop believing in an old dream and start finding a new dream, now that is the real challenge.

I love you Father. Thank you for always dreaming with me.

What God Said Tonight:

Dreams are gifts. Dreams are what you can point to to get you through the tough times. Dreams are things that you can work toward, giving your life a sense of purpose and direction.

Never give up on your dreams. Sure, change your dreams. Dream new dreams. But, don't ever give up. Old dreams that seem dead have a funny way of resurrecting at the oddest times. I am the God of resurrection.

So, for those old dreams that have not come true, put them on a shelf and dream some new dreams. But don't throw them away. I have time and room for all of your dreams, in time.

I love you sweet daughter and I love your dreams.

Plans...

My prayer:

Awesome God, your will be done. Always.

What God Said Tonight:

You are important to my plan and my purpose. You have been chosen for a very specific reason. Your usefulness to my Kingdom is not fully realized...yet.

But, I love you and I created you for a defined purpose. Your willingness to turn over your life to me will be the key to unlocking all that I have for you.

Your plans, are often quite good. You should not shy away from making plans. But always be ready and open for when I want to take you another direction. It is always for your good and the good of the Kingdom.

I love you and I have need of you. Your very DNA has within it the purpose I have for you.

Come here. Let me hold you for a minute. Get ready to be launched.

Moving in with God...

My prayer:

Awesome healing God. I am not sure I am up for much tonight.

Thank you for healing me. Last night and today were rough but I am feeling much better, just worn out. I am so grateful for your never ending healing power!

Before I pass out and hopefully sleep soundly, I need, I want to hear your voice. What were you up to today other than healing me?

What God Said Tonight:

Healing is what I do. It is a part of the gift that I paid for you. I want to see you fully restored, physically, spiritually, in every way.

I paid the price so that you could be the person I intended for you to be, before the sin of this world got a hold of you. I made the garden for you and now, it is all about getting you back there. Back to a place of perfect peace and love. Back to a place where my Father, your Father, can stroll with you during the day.

But don't get me wrong. It is not about going back. It is moving forward into a future that has all the joy of the first Eden with all of the maturity, growth and the relationship that we have together now. It is a place of perfect peace. Nothing missing and nothing lacking.

I have gone to prepare that place for you. I have bought and paid for it. I can't wait to move you in. I love you. Go and rest.

Real love...

My prayer:

I love you so much. It has been awhile since I have told you how much I love you. I tell you a lot how much I appreciate you but sometimes I forget to tell you how much I love you for who you are.

Your presence is the sweetest and most lovely experience in my entire life. Your voice is the most comforting sound in the universe. Your love is the most healing power ever.

You are God all mighty, the great and mighty creator, lover of my soul, redeemer, teacher, savior, and friend. I love you more than I can ever say. My ability to express my love for you is never enough.

What God Said Tonight:

Higher than the highest tower and deeper than the deepest ocean. My love for you knows no barriers and no bounds.

I have pursued you through eternity just to know you.

You will never be without my love. You are forever mine and I am yours. Love, real love, never dies.

Flying...

My prayer:

Life is so weird right now God. I do not want to whine or complain, at all. But I am confused and feel like I should talk it out with you. You always know just what to say to me to help me get my feet back under me at times like this.

So, here we go. Nothing is horrible or tragic. Life is generally good but so much of it feels like a holding pattern. Once in awhile, I get that glimpse of purpose which we are walking into and I get SO EXCITED! But then, it is back to the mundane day to day life again.

God, it might be too much to ask, but what I want is to live a life that is truly glory to glory. I want to live a life where your presence is active and palpable in me 24/7. I want to live a life that is stuffed full of purpose. Where everything I do and everything I am has a purpose in your Kingdom and with your people. I want to live a life where your power to heal, restore, and redeem is constantly flowing through me. I want to live a life where my Sabbath rest is the day where I sit back and glory with you over all that you have done and all that you are...and that is it.

Is that possible. Can we, can I live like that?

What God Said Tonight:

Can it be done? It can. All things are possible through me. Has it been done? Not quite, although some have come close.

I love you sweet daughter and I know your heart. We just have to take a stepwise approach. If you were to have all that I want to give you right now, it would overwhelm you.

I show you pictures of your future to keep you hoping, to keep you motivated but those pictures are not for tomorrow. You have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run and run before you fly. But, you will fly.

Keep pressing. Keep learning. Keep seeking me. Keep asking me. Keep following me. Each day is one more opportunity to be one day closer to flying.

I love you and I am not in a rush. What we are building is for eternity. It has to have solid foundation to last. I am with you now and forever, my love.

Walking in season...

My prayer:

Made it to another Sabbath God! WOOHOO! Thank you for all of your help and unexpected blessings all week. I am ready to rest and rejuvenate with you. So very ready!

What God Said Tonight:

Absolutely everything has a time and a season. I have planned out those seasons. You are at your greatest level of peace and fulfillment when you recognize the season and walk in it fully.

Don't try to grow in a season of rest. Don't try to build in a season of destruction.

Know and understand the season you are in and participate.

That is an essential key to living a balanced life with me.

Love you.

The still, quiet place...

My prayer:

Today was a good day God. I got a lot accomplished. Thank you for your help in everything. Thank you for the new ministry opportunity too! Very excited that we get to go back and minister there again!

It was a good day God but I am wiped out. So tired I can't keep my eyes open. However, my ears are open and my spirit is open. Let me hear your voice.

What God Said Tonight:

The still, quiet place is my favorite place with you. Away from the commotion of life. Away from the worry. Away from the fear. Just you, me, peace and love. 

 

That is my favorite place. Please don't ever stop coming to the still, quiet place with me. Good night my love.

God wants to help...

My prayer:

Today was ROOOUUUUGH! It was if the day was one long unsolvable problem that I needed to try to solve and mostly failed.

It definitely got better when I got smart enough to take a breath and ask for your help. Thank you for always being there when I call.

God, I ask for peace, rest, and restoration tonight.

Thank you Jesus!

What God Said Tonight:

I never run out of strength. I never run out of answers. I am everything you need and I am always available. I am here for you, now and always. I am the answer, no matter the problem or the challenge.

You really do not have to do this on your own. I want to help, with everything. I only have to wait for you to come to me. While I am always here for you, I won't come to you, I won't help if you don't want me to.

Ask and keep on asking. Every time you need me, I will be there.

I love you and I don't ever want you to struggle through the pain and challenges of this life without me, without my presence.

The desert...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. Thank you for the blessings of today. Thank you for bringing me through the challenges. Thank you that you have something new planned for my tomorrow.

I am looking forward to the next open door. I love being on your team!

What God Said Tonight:

The desert is not devoid of all life. The desert is a place where life exists but it is life that has to be strong enough to withstand the brutal conditions.

Sometimes your desert experiences are not meant to destroy the things in your life. They are meant to strengthen those things.

The desert is a place that will wean out the things in you that are not strong enough to survive and leave you with those things that can and will endure. Your desert season is not a place of weakness, it is a place of great strength.

Do not miss the value of the desert.

Shower of love...

My prayer:

Thank you so much for today God. Thank you for healing so many lives and setting them free and THANK YOU for letting me be a part of it.

It was wonderful to see your healing love wrap around the people and heal their pain. God your love is so amazing. It is the cure for every painful thing in this world.

Thank you for letting me spread some of your love around today.

What God Said Tonight:

I shower my love on you as a healing balm. I know the struggles you face. I know the pain you endure. I faced the same struggles and I felt and feel your pain.

Turn into my shower of love and let it heal the broken places in your life. Let it cover the hurt. Let it restore the joy of youth in you.

I offer my love as your free gift and I will never take it away. There is nothing that could ever make me stop loving you. Ever.

Purpose...

My prayer:

What a wonderful night of worship God. Thank you for urging me to go when I thought about canceling. You literally always know best.

God, I am so ready for new purpose in my life. I am so ready to do...whatever you want me to do. Send me God. Whatever it is you want done, send me.

I am tired of watching life happen to me from the sidelines. I am ready to get back in the game.

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes what I have for you to do is to receive. I have had you right where you needed to be. But your time there, in that place of healing and rest is nearly over.

You will see the opportunities and the purpose unfolding with precise perfection as you have seen so many times in the past.

Your life has many more adventures left. Your life has many more people to touch.

I am in you and where I am, there is healing. Where I am, there is salvation. Where I am, there is power.

I am in you, now and forever.

Good choice...

My prayer:

Amazing God, thank you for choosing me to be yours. I am so blessed because of you.

I am constantly experiencing your favor because you chose me. I am never alone because you chose me. I can always come to you and unload my burdens and you always take them because you chose me.

The absolute BEST thing that has ever happened in my life is that you chose me. THANK YOU!!

What God Said Tonight:

I chose you before you were born. I knew you in your mother's womb. My  choice was made from the beginning of time. Your choice came a bit later.

We are in this together because we choose to be. I think we both made a good choice. I love you.

Rest in God...

My prayer:

I have no idea what to talk about tonight. I am really more interested in being with you and listening to you. I love you God and I am all yours.

What God Said Tonight:

Come here. Rest your head on my shoulder. Let your thoughts, your worries, your concerns, all of it, let it go into my arms.

Find your rest and comfort in me. Find your vacation in me. Let me take the burden for awhile. Let me take the responsibility on for awhile. Let me hold you up for awhile.

I love you so and I am your strong tower. I can handle anything and everything that is thrown at you in this life. I have an answer and a way out of every trouble.

Let your head rest on my shoulder and find your rest in me.

Roots...

My prayer:

Thanks for getting me out of my self centered shell God. It felt good to make a few people happy today. Thank you for the answered prayer report. You are alive and working in our lives and I am eternally grateful!

What God Said Tonight:

The green grass of spring is beginning to grow but that beautiful green starts as ugly roots under ground.

It is the roots that feed the blade. It is the roots that anchor the blade. It is the roots that make it all possible.

You have come out of of a time of reestablishing roots that will feed and support your next season. You will be the blade in the next season. You will show yourself and the beauty that I have put in you.

Spring is nearly here.

Lost...

My prayer:

You know the old saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut."? This is me shutting my mouth. But I open my ears and my spirit to hear you God. You make everything worth it. Let me hear your voice.

What God Said Tonight:

I see where your eyes are looking and it is no wonder that you are lost. When you are only looking in yourself, you cannot see where you are going.

Change your view to look at those around you. Change your plans to help those around you. Change your effort from fulfilling your own need and fulfill someone else's needs.

Look around you and see what I have for you. See the future that you are walking into. See the blessings I have for you. You won't find any of that looking at yourself. You will only find it when you look around you, out side of you and toward those I have placed in your life.

Hand off to God....

My prayer:

Awesome God. I am tired of trying to figure out this life. Sometimes it makes sense. Other times it doesn't. Sometimes there seems like there is a greater purpose for me being here and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it seems like I am a help to other people, a blessing and sometimes it doesn't.

I think, at least for tonight, I am going to stop thinking and just trust you. I give up. I can't figure it all out.

But I do believe, with all of my heart, mind and spirit, that you have it all figured out and that you love me. I do believe that you make it all work for my good in the end. So, at least for tonight, I am going to stop studying, questioning, wondering, and I am going to just rest in the truth that you have it all under control.

What God Said Tonight:

Good. I have got you.

Your job is not to figure it all out. Your job is to love and to trust.

Your mind, your curious and analytical mind is something I gave to you and it takes you quite far. But, when you hit the end of your understanding, I am always there. I can take it from there. Hand it off to me and I will finish it.

I love you , now and forever.

New season...

My prayer:

Your healing power is amazing! Thank you Jesus for healing my knee!

I love and appreciate all of the gifts and promises and blessings you have given us. One of my favorites, just after salvation, is healing.

You are the only true healer. We can treat illness and injury but you heal. Thank you God for being my healer!

What God Said Tonight:

The season is changing. Can you feel it? Do you see it? The evidence is all around you.

The atmosphere is different. The lighting is different. The air itself is  different.

The new season is nearly upon us. It is a season of joy great joy and great challenge. I have rested you and healed you. I have restored and rebuilt you. Now comes the time to use all that I have put in you.

I love you and I will do great things with and through you.

Heart worship...

My prayer:

I am so grateful for today and every awesome thing you put in it for me. Thank you for the favor, thank you for the healing, thank you for the encouragement, thank you for time with amazing friends.

i hope you don't get tired of me thanking you. Sometimes it feels a bit repetitive but I don't have better words to tell you how much you mean to me and how much I appreciate all that you are and all that you do.

Are there other ways I can show you? Are there other things I can do or say that will let you know how amazing you are to me?

What God Said Tonight:

I receive your praise, your worship as a sweet fragrance. The form it takes is not important to me. That it comes from your heart, that is what is important to me.

I don't need thanks given out of obligation. I don't need false worship done from a need to fit in. I need and want your heart.

I love when you pour out your heart to me, in words, in music, in groans and moanings. I love when you pour out your heart because it is real and it is truth and it is from you, my sweet and precious child.

I love you. Share your heart with me and it is enough. It is more than enough.

Expect to be blessed...

My prayer:

What amazing favor you showed me today God! Thank you!! I needed a "win" day and you sure gave me one. You are so very good to me. I am grateful to be yours.

What God Said Tonight:

I have more for you. I have more for you than you can receive.

I want you to expect my favor. Not in a spoiled or entitled way but in an excited and expectant way.

I want you to understand who you are in me. I want you to understand that there is no limit to what I will do for you.

Expect my blessing on your life because it is already yours. Expect my healing on your life because I already paid for it. Expect my grace and mercy to follow you because I have said that they would.

I love you sweet child. Expect to be blessed.

God's bias...

My prayer:

Today beat me up and beat me down a bit God. I pray for rest and restoration tonight. I pray for wisdom to handle things better tomorrow. Help me to be more like you.

What God Said Tonight:

Today is over and only important in that it sets you up for tomorrow.

I am your God and I will see you prosper no matter the circumstances around you. Remember to love those aorund you and I will take care of the rest.

I am your God. I am yours. I am always on your side. I will turn all things for your good. I am biased in your favor and always will be. I am the reason you  are favored and that will never end.

Let go...

My prayer:

Dear God. I feel like I beat my head against a wall all day and got no where. That is usually a very good sign that I am trying to control things that are outside of my control.

I pray God for your help to recognize the things that I do not, or should not have control over. I pray for your help to then let those things go.

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Let go. You have such a tight grip on a life that you are not even enjoying half of the time. Let go of what you have and open your hands to receive what I have for you.

Don't be afraid of the open empty hand. I will always fill it. And you know that I will not give you a stone when you ask for bread. I will give you all that you need and all that your heart in me desires.

You will see great things. But before you have room to grab hold of what I have for you, you must let go of what you have right now. I promise it is worth it.

Love purpose...

My prayer:

Sweet loving Father. We have been doing this, meeting like this at night for a long time now. I still love it. I love hearing from you. I love hearing how it blesses other people. I wonder sometimes how long we should keep doing it. Or maybe how long we should keep doing it this way.

Do you want to do more with it? Do you want me to be doing more or doing it differently?

Fact is, whether we do it like this online or not, I don't ever want to give up our talks. They are too important to me. And, if sharing them this way blesses other people, that is a good thing, right? Just wondering.

Thanks for the great hike and all of the insights today. I still don't understand it all but I understand more and I can trust you with the rest.

I ask for your help as I go into this week. I pray for your peace and your power to reign.

What God Said Tonight:

I will never run out of things to say and I will never get tired of listening to your heart. For me, as I have said so many times, this is for now and forever. You and me are for now and forever.

I am in your life for a purpose and a part of that purpose is to reach out to people and let them see my love. You do that in many ways. This is one. This is one that happens to reach a lot of people very quickly.

I am here, ready to talk, ready to listen for as long as you are willing to show up. I love you and I am with you always.

Keep your mind on me this week. Not the ten percent. Not on the things you cannot control. I am on your side and I will work all things for your good.

Holy Spirit Love...

My prayer:

Holy Spirit, have your way. Not just "have your way" in the traditional sense of how we expect you to move but truly, now and forever, have your way. I invite you right now, to fully have your way in my life. Whatever you want.

What God Said Tonight:

My way is always going to be to love. I will find new and creative ways to show it. I will show you new and creative ways to show it. But my way, will always be to love.

My love makes all things possible. My love makes life possible. I am love and love is in you.

The one way to make sure you never truly fail is to always act in love.

Perspective...

My prayer:

Hi most wonderful God and Savior! How are you doing tonight?

I am grateful for the perspective you gave me today. I am grateful for the reminder that I get to choose my perspective and choose what I focus on. I choose to focus on the kind driver who let me into his lane when I suddenly realized I was in an exit only lane and I did not want to exit. I choose not to focus on the driver who was going 80 mph down the highway and drifted into another lane almost side swiping another car. That is one example but you know there are so many more.

Life is a lot more fun when I choose to focus on all of the things that are going well instead of wallowing in all of the things that are going wrong and which I have no control over. Thank you.

What God Said Tonight:

Wait until you are living here with me! That will give you some real perspective.

So much of what you think right now is important, isn't. And so much of what you think is not important, actually really is. It is very easy to stay late at work to finish a project. It is easy to believe that your family, your friends can wait. But, the truth is, family, friends, people, that is what really matters.

Your job is important right now because it is what you do and how you earn money to live. But, in the greater scheme of things. n the long term vision, none of that work will matter. People will matter. The love you show people will matter. Souls that get to live with you forever in heaven, those things will matter.

In the meantime, it is time for you to find a better balance. You have become out of balance and you need to balance out to receive my next assignment for you. You never know when everything, EVERYTHING, could change.

I love you daughter. Rest well so we can go at this thing called life again tomorrow.

Choices...

My prayer:

Dear Lord. I am pretty wiped out from today but still in awe and amazement of your power and love.

 I am very grateful to be yours. It could have gone a different way. I could have been born somewhere else and never heard or learned about you and your love for me. I could have gotten so lost in my teenage rebellion that I never found my way back to you. I could have stayed in my safe self imposed solitary confinement and never got to experience your love through our God family. There are so many ways, moments and choices that could have taken me away from.

Thank you God that they didn't. Thank you for always bringing me back. Thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for always loving me.

What God Said Tonight:

I chose you and then I gave you the choice. This relationship is a two way street.

I will never leave you. I am always with you. Your choice is whether you are with me.

I love you so dearly. Like a parent loves their most favored child. I will never turn you away. I will never run out of second chances for you.

I love you. Rest in my arms tonight.

Jesus our healer...

My prayer:
Thank you Jesus for your miraculous healing power! Thank you that your healing is as much for us today as it was when you walked on the earth! Thank you for healing my friend's mom! The doctors had given up. "Come say good bye to your mom" they said. Then you fooled them all and healed her anyway. LOVE YOU AND LOVE WHAT YOU DO!

What God Said Tonight:

I am your healer. Your faith makes you well. Be well, be healed in me. I love you. 

Always...

My prayer:

Thank you for taking care of me today God. I cannot remember the last time I was in that kind of prolonged physical danger but I called on you, you got me through and I am here to tell about it. I learned an important lesson in the process and I meant my promise to you.

I love you God. Thank you for giving me another day.

What God Said Tonight:

I was with you today, guiding and directing your path but I let you choose the path you want to go down. I always know what is on the path and I have already prepared a way to get you through it, but you choose the path.

I love you. I will never let you down. I am with you always. You can rely on me to bring you through every situation, no matter how treacherous. And, when it is all done, I am here to heal you. To redeem you like new. Sometimes that healing is quick, sometimes it takes awhile. But, I will always heal you. I will always redeem you. I will always bring you through. I promise.

Tenacity...

My prayer:

Thank you for today God and for changing my perspective. It is amazing to me how much 45 minutes on a trail with you can change everything.

I know I don’t always get things right in this life but the one thing I know how to do is to come to you for help. Thank you for ALWAYS being there when I come to you.

I am yours and you are mine, now and forever.

What God Said Tonight:

I love your tenacity. You cannot be shaken loose. You can be shaken. You can be tested. But you cannot be shaken loose. 

You are my child. I will never let you go. 

I have surprises for you that you cannot imagine yet. Your life has much excitement left to live. I am not done with you. You will see such great things yet in your lifetime. 

I love you, forever.

 

Sometimes...

My prayer:

Sometimes, not often, but sometimes, like tonight, I start to really wonder if I have gotten it all wrong. Everything. What if I am so completely off of your path for me that I can't even find you again. What if I have gotten so distracted that I have completely lost track of what you want for me? 

Sometimes, not often, but sometimes, like tonight, I think that maybe I am completely lost. 

God, if I ever needed to hear your voice, I need to hear it tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

I think you have forgotten who I am. I think you have forgotten what I can do. I think you have forgotten whose you are. 

You are my precious child, my bride, my soul mate. You are my perfect creation, perfected in Christ. You are mine and I am yours, now and forever my love. 

I think you have forgotten that I am in charge. That you gave your life to me and from that moment on, I am in charge and I get to decide where we end up. I am not an absentee Father. I don't get too busy to help you, to teach you, to guide you. I am here, whether you realize it or not, all the time. 

I am your guide. I will not let you down. I will not let you dash your foot upon a stone. 

You are not off track. You are just on a track you have not been on before and that makes it unfamiliar and uncomfortable. It does not make it wrong. I love you so very much and I am right here.

The Wedding...

My prayer:

All knowing God. Not much about today happened the way I thought I wanted it to happen but everything turned out pretty wonderful anyway. You have a tendency to do that. To take circumstances that should be rotten and turn them around into to something pretty wonderful. Thank you for turning my lemons into lemonade God!

I pray and hope that I am always open to your plan, your path. It always works out best, even when it looks like it is not going to.

Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I am waiting with such eager anticipation for my bride. She is almost ready. I can see her in the wings, dressed and beautiful. She looks a little nervous but that will pass. 

Our time is almost here. I want to run to her, to help her get to me faster. But the waiting is sweet torture. I have waited a eternity for her and she is worth the wait. 

White as snow, covered by my sacrifice. We are already bonded but we are about to be joined as one in a new level of intimacy that we have not experienced before. All up to now was the courting. The time for commitment and deep intimacy is here. 

I love you my bride. I am here for you, waiting. Don't make me wait too long, please.

God or the devil...

My prayer:

Wonderful God. I keep having the same question asked of me by different people. "Is this God or the devil doing this." The "this" is always different but the question remains the same. 

What do I say to that? I mean there is the obvious, if it disagrees with your Word, it is not you. But sometimes, that is just not applicable. 

How do we know if that miracle is from you or just satan trying to deceive? How do we know if that opportunity is from you or from satan trying to take us off course? How do we know if that door that closed was because you did not want us to go down that road or because satan blocked it?

I feel like I know in my heart but I don't know if I am right and I have no idea what to tell the people who are asking. 

God, I pray for wisdom, understanding and the right things to say to people asking me about this.

What God Said Tonight:

There is good and there is evil. Satan does not use good to deceive. He may try but he is not capable of using good. Everything that is good becomes tarnished in his hand. 

Let's take an example. Winning the lottery. That is a good thing. However, for some people, once they win, it opens up all kinds of ugliness in their lives. Family fighting over money, gambling, other excesses. 

Many times the people who "won" end up more broke and broken than they ever were before they won. So, where they ended up, was that because of winning the lottery or because of choices they made after winning the lottery. Usually it is the second. 

I tell you so often that I will work all things for your good. Satan is busy trying to do the opposite. He is trying to work all things against you. He will try to take the blessings of life and turn them around on you. That is why the line of what is from me and what is fom him becomes blurred sometimes. 

I will tell you, the best determinate of whether I am in something comes through your sensitivity to my Holy Spirit in you. Seek the Holy Spirit and he will help you and guide you. He is there with you for that purpose. I cannot give you a short answer on this one other than to say seek my Spirit on each occasion and let me guide you. 

I love you and I will always guide you.

Redemption...

My prayer:

SO many thoughts running through my head tonight God but not in any way to make sense of them. Thank you for bringing me through another day that was rich with challenges. 

If I had one request tonight, it would be for restitution for anyone one who I have hurt, either knowingly or unknowingly. The older I get the more I realize that decisions or even one off comments that I thought nothing about can often result in someone getting really hurt. 

I understand that through your grace and mercy I am forgiven of all of my sins and I am extremely grateful for that. But, if it is not too much to ask, I would also request that those I hurt be somehow restored, redeemed, healed from any harm I caused. Is that possible God?

Thank you God for being the great redeemer, the great healer.

What God Said Tonight:

I have enough forgiveness for everyone. I have enough healing for everyone. I have enough salvation to cover every sin. 

I do need them to turn to me to receive. I will provide, but for them to receive the healing, the restoration, I need them to be open to me. 

I cover your sin. Yes, I have forgiven your sin through my blood sacrifice. And, I cover it. I cover the cost. The cost to you and to others. I am your redeemer and I have paid your debts. 

I love you and I am always on your side. Live well in the peace that I have you covered, Then, go and love. Your job always is to love the best that you can. I will still be here when that does not work out sometimes.

Precious gems...

My prayer:

Wonderful Father. I am so very grateful that you are on my side. I am never alone. I can always turn to you. You make me prosper. You give me wisdom. You give me answers. Feeling happy, at peace and very grateful for you tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

In the old days, I would tell you to put up an altar in remembrance of this moment. I had my children, my people, build altars so they would remember what I had done for them to get them through the tough times and the struggles. Now, today, we have different ways of remembering, like writing them down. 

Hold these days, these moments of clarity and peace as if they are precious gems. These are the moments that sustain you in the battle. These are the moments to remember when you just don't think you can take one more...whatever. 

I am always here for you. I will never leave you. I will always make you win in the ned. I am yours and you are mine and I don't want you to ever forget the joy of that. 

Outside of the fog...

My prayer:

Amazing God. I have been focusing on the fact that I need a little better perspective on life. 

The things that I get caught up in, worrying about, stressed out about, do they really matter in the bigger scheme of things? Does my getting caught in traffic and delayed from getting home by 39 minutes in any way compete with someone who does not have a home to go to? Of course not. 

And yet, those things seem important to me because they are happening to me. Is that me being self centered and selfish or is that me being human? Or, are those two things the same?

God, I pray for wisdom to know what is important and worthy of spending time and effort on and what is not important. I pray for the ability to let go of the things I have not ability to change and focus for those things I can and should change. This is starting to sound an awful lot like the serenity prayer, but then again, that is a pretty good prayer!

Love you Jesus and thank you for your ever present help.

What God Said Tonight:

It is easy to live your life in a fog that only allows you to see those things that are right aroudn you. It is easy to forget that there is an entire world outside of that fog with other people just like you (and some that are nothing like you). 

Lifting the fog, at least once in a while, is a good idea. Living your life within the fog will get small and depressing. 

It is much like the blessings I have for you. I have so much more for you than what you are seeing right now. You look at the blessings that are closest to you within the fog and you miss the greater blessings I have for you, outside of the fog. 

I am bringing sunshine into your life to burn off the fog. It is time for you to see and be a part of the greater picture, the greater blessing I have for you. 

I love you. Get ready for the light.

God's perspective...

My prayer:

Thank you Jesus for a pretty wonderful day filled with pretty amazing people! This week was not easy but it is done and you blessed me all of the way through it. I cannot ask for more. I look forward to Sabbath with you tomorrow. Let's have some fun!

What God Said Tonight:

I am walking in stride with the rhythm of life on this world to be with you but my ways, my timing, my existence is not like yours. My perspective is not like yours. 

I can see the purpose and long term plan as easy as you see your next breath. Trust and know that I know things you do not and I will guide you according to my insight, not yours. 

I love you. Go rest now.

God's pursuit...

My prayer:

Thank you God for today. It was still crazy but I felt your presence and your peace all day. 

I am so grateful for you in my life! I don't think I would make it a week without you. Thank you for all you do and all that you are. Thank you most of all for loving me. Your love is more valuable than anything else that ever has or ever will exist. 

I LOVE YOU!!!

What God Said Tonight:

I love you too. More than you can every truly understand. My love is deeper, greater, and beyond anything you can imagine. 

I have a burning and aching love for my children. 

I will not sit idly by waiting for my children. I must pursue them now. The time is short. They need to choose. 

You, your life can hellp. Let's get the kids together for this last season.

STRESS...

My prayer:

Dear Lord I need your help dealing with this crazy STRESS! Today was another series of non-stop crises and I don't think I handled it very well at ALL. 

When I did take a moment to turn to you for help today, you always showed up and took care of it which I am REALLY grateful for. I wish I would have turned to you more often. 

Sometimes it feels like I am a batter in a batter's cage and the baseballs keep flying at me so fast and non-stop, all I can do is keep swinging my bat and hoping to hit a few.

Thank you for being on my side, working all things for my good and giving me peace in the storm. You are wonderful!

What God Said Tonight:

I am the answer for every problem that comes your way. 

I am favor in times of lack. I am wisdom in times of ignorance. I am peace in times of strife. I am what you need in every situation. 

I will step in and help EVERY time you call me. call on me and I will absolutely be there for you. Yo are my child and there is nothing more precious to me than my children. 

Go, rest, and leave your worry here with me. Let me carry your burden. Let me take care of the next solution, and the one after that, and the one after that....I will hit them all our of the park so to speak. 

Love you sweet daughter.

Open your eyes...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Getting back on this treadmill of life, crazy schedule, rush hour traffic, high stress has left me just trying to keep up. I don't have a lot of extra time or brain power to think about much other than just keeping up. 

I think that is part of why setting aside some time each day to sit with you and talk through things is so important. Otherwise, it is so easy to get completely caught up in the 'crazy' that the true meaning, purpose and joy of life is lost. 

I am grateful that even when I run out of words or thoughts, you are always there and have something to say. Something to help me step back and remember what is important and what isn't so important. Love you!

What God Said Tonight:

It's time. It's time to look up from what you are doing and see the opportunities and possibilities in front of you. 

Lift your head and truly see what I have for you. Open your eyes to see beyond your safe bubble that you have created. Lift your eyes to me and let me show you what can be, If you want it. 

The daily grind can blind you to the bigger picture. It can blind you to the possible by flooding you with the present reality. 

I love you and I have much for you. 

Doors...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Today wiped me out. Thanks for bringing me through it. I am grateful for your presence and your voice.

What God Said Tonight:

Your life is like a hall with many doors. Each door leads to different opportunities and new and different doors. 

Don't always reach for the closest door. Sometimes the better door is down the hall a ways. Also, if you open a door and don't like what you see, it is completely ok to close that door and look for another one. 

I will bring you many opportunities. Choose wisely. 

Wholeness....

My prayer:

Sweet Father and wonderful Lord. Back to work tomorrow. This has been a wonderful break and rest. I will need your help to get back into the rhythm of the work week. I have really disconnected during this break.

God, I also need some wisdom and understanding. I am not sure how to even ask this. I guess I am just more aware every day that each of us have good things about who we are and what we do and bad things about who we are and what we do. 

I think I have learned to love folks, with all of the good and bad that comes with them. But, I don't think I am very good at trusting. I so often put up walls as soon as I see a side of someone that worries me. Part of me thinks that is smart but part of me sees that it isolates me from people. Because the fact is, none of us are all good (except for you Jesus).

Anyway, you always tell me I can bring you anything that is on my heart. This has been  bothering me lately and I don't know what to do or think about it. I ask for you wisdom and help.

What God Said Tonight:

I have often said the key to everything is love. That remains true. Your job is to love your fellow man, your brothers ans sisters. Your job is to love them. 

Trust can be a part of love but not always. You can't always trust people. You can always trust me. I will protect you. I will take care of you. I will work all things for your good. Your trust is in me. Not in the people around you necessarily. 

I know we have talked about this before but it is time for a new level of understanding.  A new level of healing. 

You have reason to not trust people in your past. You have reason to trust me. 

Place your trust in me and love those around you. The combination will be the wholeness that you seek.

Out of your heart...

My prayer:

What a fun day God ending with amazing prayer, worship and communion time with you and friends. Thank you for this day and everything you showed me, everything we got to do together. LOVE YOU!

I am excited about this next season and seeing what you want to do. I can't wait to be a part of it, whatever it is. I think I am getting glimpses and it looks really exciting!

What God Said Tonight:

Follow your heart. The dreams, the desires, the compassion within you is given directly from me. Trust it and follow your heart. 

When you are acting out of your heart, out of your love, you cannot go wrong. 

I love you sweet child.

In this together...

My prayer:

Sweet Father. I am really enjoying this time of rest and at the same time feeling like I should be doing more. 

For every time there is a season, a time to reap, a time to sow...etc. How do I know if I am in the right season or if I am just being lazy? I don't ever want to miss what you have for me whether that is helping someone or being helped. 

God, I ask for your guidance. I ask that if I am out of season, or if the season is changing, you show me what to do and not to do. Help me to see the path you have for me. Correct my path if I have wandered off of your best for me. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

I am in you. I am your helper and your guide. 

I have many options for you every day, every moment. I have come that you can be set free. I don't wish for you to be my robot following my every command. I want us to walk through this life together making choices together, making plans together. I am in this with you. 

If I see you are on a path for destruction, I will warn you. Don't close off my voice when it is something you don't want to hear. It creates a wall. 

I want the best for you. You want the best for you. Let's do it.