2016...

My prayer:

Tonight marks the end of 2015. I don't have a lot to say about 2015. You did some amazing healing in me. There were so many tragedies in the world. For every good memory I can think of I can also think of a terrifying memory from this year. It kind of makes me feel a bit numb and melancholy. So, instead of looking back, I think I want to focus on looking forward.

God, I pray and ask that 2016 be a year of renewed purpose and initiative. I pray God for hope and for blessings. I pray that you guide and direct us in all things. Take us into a new season God. Thank you Jesus!

What God Said Tonight:

2016 is a year of great promise and great turmoil. I can't stop the path that the world is on, it is necessary. But I can protect yo in it. I can provide for you in it. I can give you the purpose and direction you seek.

I am God of the universe and I will make all things turn for your good. Do not doubt it.

Look for me in every situation. look for the opportunity. Look for the blessing and the light. It will always be there. I will always be there.

I love you and we have great days ahead.

Learning...

My prayer:

I have had some odd coincidences lately. Sometimes, coincidences are you trying to show me something. Sometimes, they are just coincidences.

God I ask for wisdom and understanding. If you have a purpose in these coincidences, please help me to see that purpose. If you are trying to show me something or teach me something, I need a bit more help to see or learn it. 

Thank you Jesus. I remain your avid student.

What God Said Tonight:

I can use anything to teach you just as I can use anything to bless you. There are opportunities for learning and growth in every aspect of your life. I have placed those opportunities for you and it is your job, or quest if you will, to uncover them. 

 

I will guide you of course, but discovering and learning through the struggle to understand has great value. Those things that you have worked to understand can be much more powerful than the wisdom that I simply gift you with. 

 

Life is a lifelong series of learning and growth opportunities. Seek them out and find the wisdom of my kingdom within.

The future with God...

My prayer:

This was a day to celebrate God. Not any super big victories but a fair number of small victories. Thank you for the small victories.

I pray God that your sovereign and righteous will be accomplished in every area of my life. Not my will God, but yours. Above all, your will be done.

What God Said Tonight:

I walk in gardens that were meant for you. I wait for the day that we can walk them together.

I see a time when all of my children are with me, living in peace and in joy, fully whole and healed. I dream of that day with you.

I have seen the end and it is only the beginning. I love you now and forever.

Grace...

My prayer:

Thank you for your grace and mercy that I don't deserve. Thank you for your healing at every level of my life. Thank you for your love.

What God Said Tonight:

Grace is what I spent an eternity putting together to save my people. Grace is not a mystery but it is hard to understand.

Grace goes against so much of what you think you know. Grace is all encompassing. I can't show you grace in one area of your life and refuse to show you grace in another area of your life. Grace is. It can't be compartmentalized or separated.

My grace is a natural outcome of my love. You are mine, now and forever.

God's promise...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I am not sure what to do. I feel like I have been treading water, staying afloat but not going anywhere, for a long time now.

Am I still on your path? Is this where I am supposed to be and am  I doing what I am supposed to be doing? Or, did I miss something? Did I miss an opportunity? Is there something I need to deal with that is holding me back?

God, I would really love to hear your voice and your direction tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes, things on the surface look calm and serene, like a meadow in Spring, but underneath there is a mighty battle going on. Sometimes, what you see and experience is not reflective of the greater truth.

I have seen you through times of great struggle and I have seen you through times of great joy. I have never once left you, no matter where we were. I have not left you now.

I will guide you, always. It is my promise to you. It is my vow.

A place to dwell...

My prayer:

The night before we celebrate your birthday Jesus! Today was a wonderful relaxing day and I can't wait to celebrate with you and family tomorrow. I can never be grateful enough for what you have done for me Jesus. I can never have enough "Thank yous".

I am grateful for Mary and Joseph too. I am grateful for their courage and obedience. They believed the impossible and brought you into this earth in human form. A pregnant teenage girl, her fiance who knows the baby is not his and they stuck together and believed. That is amazing.

I love you Jesus. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

A day to rest. A day to give.  A day to remember.

I have many homes to dwell in now. Every believer's heart is my home. Not like in the beginning.

I am with you. I love you. I will never leave you.

Property...

My prayer:

It's almost CHRISTMAS!!!! Two more days and we get to celebrate your birthday!!!

It is pretty amazing to think that the God of the universe, creator of everything, came here to earth to be born, just like us, live just like us and then die so that we can know you and have eternity with you. Not even Hollywood could make up that story. Sometimes, because I have known you and the story of your birth for my entire life, I forget how amazing it all really is.

Thank you for everything God. Can't wait to celebrate with you!

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen you child and you are a property owner. Not property in this  world but property in my Kingdom.

It is harder to see but it is permanent. Once you gain property, once you gain ground in my Kingdom, you can never lose it and no one can ever take it away from you.

You have earned your plot of land, not through your good works but through your relationship with me. Ground, land in my Kingdom can not be won through acts, it can only be given. I have given you much and there is more to come.

You are rich in heaven my child. You are mine.