Live from the heart...

My prayer:

Awesome God. My mind is a blank tonight. Shocking I know! Me with no thoughts, no questions and no words! Maybe tonight I need to just listen to you...

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen the desires of your heart and I have every intention of seeing them fulfilled. Out of the heart, the mouth speaks and your words are reflecting the healing changes in your heart.

A whole heart, a healed heart, finds joy in other people's happiness. A whole heart finds time to bless other people. A healthy heart can hear criticism and look for the truth in it. A whole heart never runs out of capacity to love.

Your heart, is healing and becoming whole. You will see great changes in you and the world around you when it is done.

Until then, live from your heart. Trust your heart. I have given it to you as a weather vane to detect the direction of the wind in your life.

I love you.

Circumstances...

My prayer:

Thank you for your favor and for bringing me through today. It was actually much less dramatic than I envisioned. I guess that is true of most things in life. The worry that I have over them far outweighs the reality of them.

What God Said Tonight:

All things work together for your good. You are my child and you are my love. My plans for you are not in question.

I am glad that you strive to learn from each situation. Know that I will always use the circumstances of life to help teach you and grow you.

But don't get confused in the source of the circumstance. Some things just happen. Are there reasons? Yes, but often they are so complicated and go so far back that knowing the reason would cause you more confusion than peace.

Knowing the source of the circumstance has nothing to do with how I can use the  circumstance. Always trust that I will turn it for your good and live in the peace that only I can bring.

Dirt...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Thank you for recovery today and the luxury of rest.

I ask for your favor tomorrow. I am walking into unfamiliar territory and without your favor, it could go very badly. I pray and ask that you go with me and work all things to my good, like you always do.

Thank you for being my Dad and taking care of me!

What God Said Tonight:

Dirt, in its own environment, is not a bad thing. It is not something you need to clean up.

When dirt is outside in its environment of the ground, it is perfectly appropriate. The only time you want to get rid of dirt is when it is outside of its environment. When the dirt get's in the house, when the dirt gets on your clothes, when the dirt is out of place, you need to get rid of it.

There are many things like that  in life. In the right environment, they are normal and natural and not something you want to get rid of of but in the wrong environment, you have to get them out.

Keep that in mind as you meet the challenges of this week. Don't waste time trying to move things and people out of environments that they were made for. It does them and you no good. Recognize the environment that best matches the person and help them find it.

I love you and I am with you, now and always.

Faith warriors...

My prayer:

I am content God and contentment feels awfully nice. Circumstances have not changed significantly but you have changed something in me and I am very grateful for that.

Thank you for the rest and the laughter today. Thanks for showing me solutions to problems before they even became problems.

I love you God and I am so continually grateful for you in me life.

What God Said Tonight:

Everybody sees the rain and everyone sees the sun. I have equipped you to weather the storm, no matter what it is.

I need strong children, strong soldiers and I have trained you to be one. I have a battle, a final battle coming and my army of faith warriors will be ready.

I will see you through.

Ingnition...

My prayer:

I am grateful and at peace God. Thank you. You have changed and healed things within me that I cannot fully describe but I can be intensely grateful. You are amazing and wonderful and I love you more than I can say.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a fire within you that has smoldered for years. Not going out but not flaming up to its full potential either. I am breathing on that coal. I am bringing it to full flame.

It is time to go.

Beauty and adventure...

My prayer:

Awesome and amazing God. Thank you for the last two days. Such a burden lifted. New hope, new fire, new energy.

Thank you for loving me back from where I was at. Thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for always helping me. You are truly wonderful and I am very grateful for you in my life.

What God Said Tonight:

I have beauty you have not seen yet. I have adventures you have not dreamed yet. I am limitless and everlasting and as such, I will never run out of amazing and wonderful things to do and experience with each other.

I love you my munchkin. You are precious to me and I will never let you go. I will love you to the end of time and beyond. My love for you is more than you can imagine in your wildest imagination. My love for you is a basic part of who I am.

Wounds and scars...

My prayer:

Awesome healer. Please come in and heal my heart. God I pray for wholeness that leaves no purchase for the enemy. I pray for healing that completes me and allows me to love like you designed me to love. Love without reservation, without fear,without conditions.

Please God, heal me at my core.

What God Said Tonight:

I see the wounds. The old and the new ones. I am familiar with wounds. I have worn quite a few myself. The thing about wounds is they are not permanent. The scar may remain but the wound is destined to heal. Your scars are causing you as much trouble as your wounds right now.

I am coming to you for complete restoration. I am coming to make you whole. I will heal your wounds and I will remove your scars. The scars that have bound you up and kept you from trusting, I am removing those scars tonight. I am softening the skin and making it like new.

I have come to restore you. I will be your protection. You do not need the hardness to protect you now. I am here.

Never stop dreaming...

My prayer:

The beauty of your love is indescribable. My God, my Lord, I do not tell you enough how amazing you are and how much I love you.

There is NOTHING like your presence. It is precious and I cannot get enough. Your love is never ending and so incredible. It is nearly unbelievable.

I love you with all that I am. It is so small compared to your love but it is what I have and it is all yours.

What God Said Tonight:

I am in you and you are in me and together we are one. I have longed for your voice and your attention to be fully on me. I have longed for your worship. I have missed it. I have missed the time when you can think of nothing but me. I have missed the days when you dreamed and hoped for nothing more than to serve me.

Your life, the things and people around you have distracted you from your true purpose. I have never stopped dreaming for you. I have kept my plan in place. I am waiting for you to come back to it and to me. I am waiting for you with anticipation but not with disappointment. I am ready when you are.

You are an instrument of my healing power. You are the hands for me to touch those who are not whole. You are my witness to miracles.

I love you and I have not stopped dreaming.

God's voice...

My prayer:

Lots of well meaning voices trying to speak into my life and my future God but the only one I want to hear is yours.

My life is yours. What I do with it is up to you.

I will follow but I want to always be sure that it is you I am following and not someone who has great intentions that are not yours.

I am yours.

What God Said Tonight:

My voice is in there too. It sometimes is coming through the people I put in your life. I speak in many ways, through my word, through your life, through your friends, through your spirit. Tonight I am speaking Spirit to spirit in you but sometimes I want to be more subtle.

I have a plan and a future for you. You will find it in the atmosphere of peace. Where you have peace, that is where I am. Where you have dis-ease, that is not me. Follow my peace and I will walk you into your future.

A harvest of joy...

 

My prayer:

Thank you God for your help in getting problems solved today. I feel like I am at least sitting on top of the problems instead of being buried under them like I did yesterday.

Thank you for your physical healing tonight! That was and is AWESOME! I haven't seen this clearly in...well, ever.

You really are the answer for everything. Life with you can be really simple if I let it be. I love you God!

What God Said Tonight:

I have a harvest that is almost ready to reap. And, I am not talking about the harvest of souls that is so often referred to. I am talking about a harvest of joy. I am talking about a harvest of blessings. I am talking about a harvest of provision.

I have seen you sowing, quietly with no fuss. I have seen you trust me. I have a harvest coming your way.

I can't wait to bless you.

Heart of peace...

My prayer:

Life is a bit relentless these days God. When does the pressure let up? When do I get a season where everything is generally ok, just for a little while. When nothing is on fire and nothing has to be fixed immediately? It feels like a really long time since life has been like that.

I don't mean to whine and I am sure I will have a fresh and improved perspective in the morning, thanks to you always giving me hope. But, right now, I am done.

Huh, sounds like I have come to "the end of myself" as they say. That is usually the spot where you take over and that is a pretty good spot to be in. I have been working so hard to get it all done I have forgotten to rely on you. I would think that I would have learned that lesson by now...guess not. Thank you God for your help and your insight.

What God Said Tonight:

I am preparing you for the next  level. Where we are going you will need to find peace and rest in the midst of great challenge and chaos.This is your training ground.

I need you to rely on me as instinctively as you currently pray for healing. You don't have to think about praying for healing for yourself or anyone else, you just do. It is second nature. That is how I need you to get about relying on me. That is how I need you to get so that no matter how high the stress, how great the demand, you remain at peace with the full knowledge that I will take care of everything.

I know it does not make sense but that does not make it less true. Trust me in this training ground. Let me instill in you a heart of peace.

I love you and I am here. I will not leave you.

Revelation and truth...

 

My prayer:

I have a lot of thoughts running through my head tonight God but I am not sure that any are worth talking about. This new routine gives me a lot of extra time to think...maybe a dangerous thing.

I do find it really interesting to realize that so much of my experience of life is directly related to my choices. Sometimes, choices that I don't even realize I am making. I mean sometimes, I think that something is not an option, for one reason or another, and so I don't choose it. When, in fact, it is an option and when I finally try it, I love it. This is true of little choices and big.

I think I need to spend some time looking at everything I think is not possible or not an option and start challenging that premise. What do you think?

What God Said Tonight:

I think you are on the journey of life and in that journey, there are many paths. The path you are on right now is about seeing those things that have been unseen in your life.

You have asked for revelation and for wisdom, I am giving you those things. Trust your insight. Trust your thoughts. They are coming directly from me as a direct result of your prayer.

Ask and you shall receive is more than just a well used saying. It is truth.

I love you and I will give you the desires of your heart.

Channel to heaven...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for my friend tonight.

I pray that you surround her with your presence and your peace. I pray that you show yourself to her in a way that she cannot deny and cannot forget. I pray that your presence abolishes all fear in her. I pray that you heal her and make her whole.

Thank you Jesus for loving her.

What God Said Tonight:

I am glad that you are willing to let go of her and place her in my hands. I know you love to fix things and to help people, and that is good. But, when you can release people to me, I can effect their lives in many magnitudes of greater power.

Your prayers have opened a channel to heaven over her life. You will see great love and great changes overtake her.

I love you sweet daughter.

The answer...

My prayer:

Awesome God. Thank you for the rejuvenation this weekend. I pray that you continue to fuel me for this week.

I also ask for your wisdom God. Things are rough right now and I need to know what to do, not do, change, etc. I have a lot of wonderful and well meaning friends giving me advice which is great; but, I really need to know from you what is best. I don't have time to make mistakes right now.

Thank you for your love, your guidance and your wisdom God.

What God Said Tonight:

I have many paths to get you to your destination. I have many solutions to today's problems in your life. I am God and as God, I don't need everything to be perfect before I can move. I can move in the worst of circumstances.

Worry less about what you should do and spend that energy on connecting with me. Spend that focus on getting to know me better. The better you know me, the closer we are, the more completely I can guide your life. If your time and effort is spent focused on me and putting me first, I will take care of the rest.

I am your healer, I am your Father, I am your teacher and I am your Savior. I have the answer to every problem you will ever face. Look to me in all things and I will take care of all things for you.

Working for God...

My prayer:

Sweet and amazing Father. I am all yours. I hold nothing back. I love you in every way that I know how and to the greatest extend that I am capable of.

It is not enough. It is not what you deserve but it is all that have.

Hear my grateful heart tonight. Hear my spirit cry out to yours. Let me bask in your glory and your love.

What God Said Tonight:

With all that you have to work with in this day, completing this work will be no problem.

The day of the new heaven and earth are not far off. I have things in place.

In the meantime, your job, your purpose is with me. Keep yourself strong in me to run the rest of the race. I will want your help.

Someone else's fire...

My prayer:

What a week God. Thank you for today. Rest, friends, and new worship music. That was pretty good medicine.

I pray and ask that you continue to rejuvenate and inspire me God. Help me to see the amazing future you have in store for me. Help me to remember that you are on my side and with that, I will always win in the end.

I know it all in my head but I have forgotten some of that in my heart.

What God Said Tonight:

Sometimes the warmth of someone else's fire is all you need. It warms your soul and renews your heart.

I have a fire in you and in each of my children that never goes out but sometimes needs to be rekindled by the fire of another. I have built you that way so you will need each other. Your need for each other will foster your love. Your love will foster your compassion. You  compassion will foster your grace.

I love you and I have surrounded you with good fires. Let them refuel you.

Greater mercy...

My prayer:

I am grateful. You are wonderful. I am listening.

What God Said Tonight:

I have much to say and little time to say it in. It is not common for my people to know hardship without release. I have always come to your rescue. I have always ensured that you are brought out of and through you trouble.

I get accused and blamed for so many tragedies in the world. I have promised you I will not destroy the world or man again. I have promised you redemption. I have promised you freedom. My promises are real. My promises do not expire.

I will see you sitting in high places in heaven. I will see you rule. I will not be mocked and my power will not be questioned. I will show you my great strength through my greater mercy.

I love you daughter. Go rest now.

Clear path...

What God Said Tonight:

Well, it has been a couple days of new perspectives and new experiences. Pretty awesome God! And, I am exhausted!

Thank you for every opportunity to see things from a different angle. Thank you for increased empathy. Thank you for the opportunity to help someone and be a catalyst for others to help. I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I have cleared the way for you. I have removed obstacles, scraped away the slick things that could make you slip and fall, I have made a path leading you right to your promised land.

Follow in the path I have plowed for you and you will have easy walking. Stray outside of the path and I will still get you to where we are going, but you will have a much harder time. You will have to work harder, you may fall, you may get bruised up.

I clear the way for you for your benefit. Find the clear path and follow.

New galxies of adventure...

My prayer:

Sweet Father. I am entering this week with a new sense of hope and strength. THANK YOU JESUS! I don't know what I would do without you God. I am certain I would not survive. Thank you for being everything to me.

What God Said Tonight:

I have new galaxies of adventure for you. You think you have seen so much but it is only the beginning.

New adventures, new miracles, new people and new places.

Your time here is not done, it is exploding to a new level. With your courage and trust in me, you will see it.

Healer...

My prayer:

What an amazing perspective switch tonight God! Thank you for reminding me who you are and what you do in my life. Thank you for bringing me through those horrible road conditions and getting me back home safe. Thank you for reminding me what is and what is not important. You are wonderful, patient and unfailingly loving. Thank you Father!

What God Said Tonight:

I have crowds and multitudes of people who need healing. I hear their voices crying out in the night.

I am with each of them, healing each of them in the way that best serves them or in the way they will allow me to heal. I am limited only by their desire and by my love.

I am a healer. I want only divine health. I have come to bring you healing. Reach out and grab some. It is all for you.

Weakness...

My prayer:

I am feeling a bit crushed and defeated tonight God. There was very little to enjoy about this week and I am drained.

I know that you will restore me,which is wonderful and amazing. I know that I will wake up with a new hope, which is a miracle. I am grateful in advance for that and I am grateful for all the experiences I have had with you to know that I can expect your rest and hope in my life.

All that being said, right now, tonight, I am done. Thank you God for being my hope and my rest.

What God Said Tonight:

I have never asked of you or thought that you should, or told you that you have to be strong all of the time. You think you do. But, in reality, it is at your weakest moments that I can shine brightest in you and through you.

I love building you up. I love seeing you succeed. But, in your weakness and in your defeat, there is no spotlight on you to detract from me. There is no competition for the light of the world.

I love your strength but I also love your humility. I love the times when we celebrate together and shout the latest miracle from the roof top. But I also love when we have a quiet debrief of the day so I can help you have a better day tomorrow.

My love for you is so over the top that I can't even...

Trials...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for discernment and direction. Help me to see the truth around me and show me what to do with it. I am having some trouble figuring out life right now and I need your help.

What God Said Tonight:

There are trials in here, in this life that will propel you forward. There are trials that make you surrender.

The difference between those outcomes is not related to the trial but is completely related to your reaction.

A hard day...

My prayer:

The best thing about today is that it is over, finally! Thanks for getting me through it God. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

I haven't much to say.

I am walking out this life with you and understand the struggles you face each day. I also understand the things you don't see. I see the many things that were kept from you. Things that wanted to harm you. Things that wanted to kill you. Those things were not allowed to prosper. I see the things that were out to destroy you. Those things were turned around and are blessings for your future now.

I know you had a hard day but I can't help but rejoice in all the good that you did not get to see first hand.

Go rest and we will face tomorrow together as well.

Blessings and lessons...

 

photo/quote originally from Bill Rowe http://mindsetdaily.com/receive-blessings-every-lesson/

My prayer:

Today was not my best day God. Frustration, irritation and stress took over the majority of my day.

Thanks for helping when I finally remembered to ask. I will need your help again tomorrow for sure. Tomorrow starts really early and you know mornings are not so good for me.

I ask in advance, especially in case I forget to ask in the midst, for your help in stress. I ask for you peace in the middle of chaos. I ask for your favor and wisdom in everything I do. Thank you!

What God Said Tonight:

I am your ever present help. I am your guide, your Father and your teacher. I will work every last thing in our life for your good.

There is blessings and lessons even in these times. Keep your focus on me and I will hep you see them, every last one. I have a purpose in this.

To make known...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I want to recognize and thank you for the multiple miracle healings (asthma, multiple injuries, headache and cold symptoms) that you have completed in me and those close to me this weekend. Your healing power is so amazing!

I pray for your continued restoration and strength in all of us as we go into the week. I pray for your miracle and sovereign will me done this week.

What God Said Tonight:

There are things that have been hidden for a very long time, so long that you have stopped noticing they are hidden. But now, you are starting to get curious. Now you are strong enough.

It is time for me to make known the things that have been hidden. Do not be afraid. I will not let you suffer. I will see you whole.

I love you and this is a time of great strength and growth.

Shouldering the burden...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I truly enjoyed today. It felt like a gift. No stress, good friends, good food, the opportunity to minister and be a blessing...just a really great day!

Thank you for today.

What God Said Tonight:

When you set down your worry and trust in me, there is joy and peace. When you finally give up trying to be the solution and seek me as the solution, there you will find your rest.

I am all that you need and I am right here for you. Remember to reach out for my help. Your shoulders were not built to carry the burden that you so often accept. But, mine are.

I love you.

God's favorite times...

My prayer:

It is good to be here with you tonight God. I ending each day in your presence and hearing your voice is perfect. It makes a bad day good and a good day better. I love hanging out with you!

Thank you for the millions of things you did for me today that i didn't even notice. Thank you for never giving up on me.

What God Said Tonight:

I don't always show up in your life the same way. Sometimes, I show up as the healer. Sometimes I show up as your teacher. Sometimes I show up as your Father.

It is not that I change, it is that your need changes. I am everything you will ever need and I will be in your life, showing you my presence in what ever way you need at that moment.

The times that I enjoy the most are the times that you don't need anything in particular and you simply want to be with me. That is when I can really start to show you all facets of me and who I can be in your life. Those times are my favorite. Love you bug.

Don't wait...

My prayer:

I just want to hear our voice and feel your heart God

What God Said Tonight:

It is not time to stop. It is time to continue on. It is time to complete the journey you started. It is time to see the new things achieved in your life. It is time to move ahead with my full love and support within you.

I have waited and asked you to wait for a long time. No more. Don't wait, do. Don't wait, hear and follow my voice. Don't wait, your time is here.

A good day...

My prayer:

Thanks for last night God. Things looked a lot better today. Thanks for helping me to be a bit of a blessing to a few people today.

I ask for your continued help tomorrow. It promises to be a wild and busy day. Help me to maintain your peace and be a blessing.

How was your day?

What God Said Tonight:

My day was good. But then my days are always  good. It is not hard to have a good day when you can see everything in the day from every perspective and angle.

I don't just see the 'good' and the 'bad' in the events of the day. I see the underlying purpose to everything. I see how I work it out for your good. I see the victory before the battle begins. I know who wins. So, my day is always good.

You know me. You know that I will always make you to succeed. If you really believed that, you would never have a bad day again. Try it out.

Come here...

My prayer:

Today was rotten and I am grouchy.

I know that I should find a way to have a better attitude but I have not. I know that there are millions of people who had a worse day than I have and that should give me perspective, but it isn't.

I probably shouldn't post this prayer God, and maybe I won't. I don't want to discourage anyone but this is where I am at tonight and I can't seem to help myself. So, I ask for your help. I pray your healing over my body, my mind and my spirit. God, please make me whole.

What God Said Tonight:

Come here.

I don't need you to be strong tonight. I don't need you to learn anything tonight. I don't need you to be or do anything tonight.

Just, come here. Let me love you. Let me heal you.

It really is gong to be ok.

Transition...

My prayer:

Holy Spirit, I need to feel your presence tonight. I need to know you are here, with me and in me. I need a greater level of intimacy with you. Help me to be more aware of you in me. Let your Spirit push out anything in me that is not in full agreement and submission to your will.

What God Said Tonight:

What is it your need daughter? I am in you and with you always. I am speaking to you always. I am guiding you always. I am loving you always. What is missing for you?  Tell me and it is yours. I am here to fulfill all of your needs. I am here for you.

It will take some time, this transition will take time before it feels natural. But that does not mean I am not with you.

You are going to hear me in new ways. You are going to feel me in new ways. You are going to see me in new ways. And, it will all be wonderful.

Trust me. Trust the change. We are in it together, like always.

Something wonderful...

My prayer,

Awesome God! I think I finally can see the beginning of something new! I am almost afraid to get too excited but it sure seems like we are building something new and wonderful for your Kingdom.

Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you for your direction and wisdom.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS ADVENTURE TAKES US!

What God Said Tonight:

I have planted a garden for you. All you have been able to see is the dirt but I have always known the good seed that I planted. I have always seen what it will look like when all has grown. I have never taken my eyes off of what can and will be.

Today's troubles are nothing in the shadow of tomorrow's victories.

You have seen, just in your own life, how this is true. Over and over I have brought you through the difficult times to bring you to something wonderful.

This time of waiting and healing is no different. I needed you to heal. I needed you to be whole. I still need you healed and whole. But now, we can move into the new season where in your health and wholeness you can minister at a new level, reach people at a deeper level and love with full abandon.

I love you sweet daughter and I am excied too!

Life is like baking...

My prayer:

Ok, we made it. Friday night! There were definitely times this week that I was not sure that I would be here, with you, in one piece on Friday night but I made it!

Thank you for giving me strength I did not have. Thank you for giving me peace when I was stressed. Thank you for giving me patience when I needed it. And, thank you for giving me the humility to ask for forgiveness, that I needed.

Love you Daddy!

What God Said Tonight:

Life is a bit like baking. You work really hard to carefully measure and include all of the right ingredients. you time things out the best that you can. And, even when you get everything right, it sometimes comes out very different from what you planned.

The thing is, the opposite is true too. Sometimes when you get everything wrong, it can all come together into something really wonderful.

I am the one who gets to decide your future and the favor on your life. I get to take whatever life throws at you and however you respond and turn it all for your good. I get to determine your success.

Follow my lead and you will always see the win in the end.

Don't give up...

My prayer:

I am too tired to talk tonight God but never too tired to listen. What is on your mind?

What God Said Tonight:

 Don't give up. I have so much more for you in this life than what you have seen.

When the going gets rough, remember that this will not last. Remember that I am with you. Remember that there is no battle, no obstacle, no enemy who is greater than I am and I will not see you defeated.

Wake up tomorrow with a renewed sense of purpose. You will see so many more great things in your lifetime I love you.

Death, life, loss and gain...

My prayer:

It seems like I was surrounded with people who very recently lost someone close to them. Some had the assurance that their loved ones were with you in heaven. Some did not. All of them were hurting.

God I pray for your comfort, peace and healing to wrap around my friends suffering loss tonight. I pray that your love envelop and heal them. I pray for your restoration in their lives. I thank you that with you, we have a hope that survives death.

What God Said Tonight:

Life is precious. It is valuable beyond measure. As my child, you have an eternity  with me. We have forever together. When we look back, in the later days, we will cherish this time together while you are alive on earth.

That being said,what I have for you after this life is over, is pretty amazing as well. Those you  have lost, who have gone before you, don't worry about them. I am taking great care of them. I am shepherding them through this place called eternal life.

I love you sweet daughter. Feel my restoration power in your life.

Stress rescue...

My prayer:

God, I pray for help handling the stress better tomorrow than I did today. I let it get to me. I reacted poorly. I am embarrassed that I reacted so poorly. I am sorry that I reacted so poorly.

Please help me to do better tomorrow. Please help me to have better perspective. Please give me peace in the midst of the pressure. Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

I noticed only one thing. In the middle of the stress and the pressure today, you did not turn to me. You did not call out for help.

You know that I always come when you call. You know that if you will turn to me in those times, I always help. I am glad that you have come tonight, now that you have had time to reflect. And, I will help you. The best help though is when you call out in the middle of it. See if I won't show up, right then and there, and take care of you. I promise I will.

When the  pressure hits, look up. When the stress comes barreling down, think first of me and I will come to your rescue.

I am yours and you are mine forever my love. 

Peace and conflict...

My prayer:

Mighty God. I pray for guidance and peace tonight. My thoughts and emotions are all over the place. The things I want to do and say do not seem like the smart or the right things to do and say. Help me God to see and do your will in this and all things.

What God Said Tonight:

Five minutes of conflict can  create a lifetime of peace. Do not shy away from conflict if it is necessary. I do not avoid  conflict. I  create peace, but, I fight when it is time to fight. I fight when the wrong that is being done must be stopped.

I have put in you the love, the strength and the peace that you need. I will guide you as I always do. I will speak to you. Don't worry about planning it out. When the time is right, I will give you the words. When the moment has come, I will guide your actions.

Live in the peace that I will show what to do and when to do it for the best good for you and those around you. You and your joy, growth and happiness are a big priority for me. I love you daughter. I have not left you alone, even in this.

This is not a drill...

My prayer:

I am not in much of a talking mood tonight God. Maybe I should just listen...

What God Said Tonight:

I am a burning fire that takes out everything that does not belong and empowers everything that does. I am a fire that destroys evil and restores goodness. I am a fire that burns in your heart and gives you purpose. I am a fire that never goes out.

This, now, is not a fire drill. This is the real thing. Either get in my protection or get out because if you stay unprotected in the fire, you will burn. I am here, but you will need to hurry. The time is short.

The journey...

My prayer:

Thank you God for your favor and for your blessing on my life. Today was a great day of completion. I should be happier about it but I kind of feel a bit numb. I thought when this day came, I would feel great relief. I don't really.

I find that is true of a lot of things in my life that I look forward to for a long time. Once they arrive, they are not nearly as exciting as I expected. Is that just me God? Am I missing out on something? And, if I am, can you help me change that?

I love you God and regardless of whether I feel it, I know in my head and my heart that I was tremendously blessed today and it is all because of you. Thank you.

What God Said Tonight:

Completion of a thing, good or bad, may be the goal but it is less important than the journey to get to it. Especially with those things that take time and patience, there is more in the time getting there than there is in the arrival.

I have taught you many things about trust and about provision in the last fifteen years. Those things are what matter and those things are what got you to today. Celebrate the learning, the growth, the love we have. Those are the real things worth celebrating.

I will always have a new goal for you. I will always have a bright horizon for you to aim for.  Celebrate the road there, along the way.

Weakness...

My prayer:

Well...I made it to Friday! Thank you God for your strength, your guidance and your help all week. I am so GRATEFUL that I have you to lean on.

For anyone who wants to say I use you as a crutch to lean on, I have one response. They are completely correct! Thank you God for being my crutch!

What God Said Tonight:

In your weakness, I am strong. It is  not just words my daughter, it is truth.

It is through your humility, your vulnerability, that I get to shine through most clearly. I came for my people who need me. If you didn't need me, I would not need to be here.

I am here for you, for my love of you. I am with and for you and I always will be.

Mistakes and miracles...

My prayer:

Errors and failure. I don't like them God. I know I am supposed to see them as opportunities for growth. I know it is not reasonable or even sane to expect to never make a mistake and to never fail. I know all of that in my head. But, when it comes down to it, I really hate it when I make a mistake and when I fail. I hate letting other people down. I hate looking and feeling stupid. I ESPECIALLY hate it when it is something that I knew better and went ahead and did it anyway.

OK, I think I got that out of my system. Thanks for listening. Thank you even more that you always forgive my mistakes and failures. Thank you most that you find some way to always work them for my good. Now that is a true miracle at work!

What God Said Tonight:

I have not seen a mistake.

I walk on he water, not to impress you but because I can. I calm the storm, not for your awe but for your benefit.

Fragile...

My prayer:

I am tired of trying to figure it all out God. Sometimes the more I seek answers, the more aware I am of how little I actually know.

Tonight I just want to hang out with you and listen to what you want to talk about.

What God Said Tonight:

Treat people with the gentleness that comes from understanding that they are always more fragile than  they seem. Just as you are.

Don't be fooled or put off by their tough exterior. Do not be frightened away by their anger. See it all for the protective coating that it is and have the patience and mercy to see through it.

Be patient. Be kind. Be loving.

Thanks for always being willing to try.

Following God's lead...

My prayer:

I am worn out God. Today was long and hard but I made it through. I am praying for rest and restoration tonight God.

What God Said Tonight:

There were things today that were on your heart to do that you did not do. Don't let the business of life get in the way of following my lead. 

I love you. I will always provide you the rest and the relief you need. I will also provide you the opportunities. Don't miss out on any of them.

You can do more with less when you have me working on your side. Don't ever forget. Don't compare yourself to others. What is reasonable for them may or may not be reasonable for you.

Follow my lead.

The environment for faith...

My prayer:

It has been a wonderful break and rest God. Tomorrow it is back to work and I will need your help, as always. I don't know what challenges await me tomorrow but I know that I can meet them all with you on my side.

I pray that you make me a blessing to everyone around me. I pray that you fill me with your grace for everyone around me. I pray that you fill me with your mercy for everyone around me. Help me God to be the best reflection of you love that I can be. And, I pray your protection over me throughout it all.

What God Said Tonight:

The faith in you is a seed planted long ago. It grows and reproduces as all good seeds will do. It matures and sprouts, all in good time.

However, the better the conditions, the faster and better it grows. If it gets enough light, if it gets enough water, if gets enough food, it will grow bigger and last longer than if one or more of those things are withheld.

Your faith is in you and it will grow. You get to choose how fast and how big it grows by the environment you surround it with.

The cherry tree...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for healing tonight. But my prayer tonight is a little different than normal.

God, I ask you to heal us of the hurts and sicknesses that we can't even recognize within ourselves. There are some things that have damaged us so badly, for so long, that we don't even recognize that something is wrong and yet it affects us in every area of our lives.

So, I pray for your healing power to work in the areas of our lives that we cannot see need to be healed, in Jesus name.

What God Said Tonight:

It is like a fruit tree. When you look at a fruit tree, let's say a cherry tree, very little of the tree is actually the cherries, but the cherries are really the point and the purpose of the tree. Without the cherries, the tree would not need to exist. It would not be a cherry tree.

Similarly, your desire to be well and your wholeness is a very small part of your life but it is the purpose of it. Without your wholeness, you are not you.Your purpose is stolen.

I will see you made whole.

What's left...

My prayer:

Thanks for a pretty great start to the new year! Today was pretty wonderful in a peaceful and understated way. 

I love you God and, for a change, I don't really have anything to say, ask for or even anything on my mind. I always love to hear your voice though. Is there anything you want to talk about tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

I have waited and I have planned.  I have guided and I have led. I have determined and I have moved. I have done all that needs to be done. 

 

There is just the timing of the manifestation left. 

 

Don't grow weary, it is almost here. Don't give up, it is almost here. Don't worry, everything is in place. I have you and you have me, forever.