Love and compassion...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for a spirit of love and compassion to blanket the body of Christ tonight.

Fill us with a capacity to love each other, no matter what. Fill us with compassion for the struggles that those around us are dealing with.

Help us to care as much about each others' needs as we do about our own.

In Jesus name I ask it.

What God Said Tonight:

I have anointed you for peace and for joy. I have anointed you to share my word and my love.
I have filled you with my Spirit to help and guide you.

I have loved you like no other.

When you receive all that I have already given you, you will see the love that you desire. It is truly all around you.

The power of love...

My prayer:

Thank you for today God and all that you did. Thank you for your everpresent presence. Thank you for reminding me throughout the day that you were with me. Thank you for your help in getting enough done that I can rest tonight.

I love you.

What God Said Tonight:

We walked the day together with grace and love. You have seen the power of my grace. You have felt the power of my love.

People waste their time looking for power in weapons and violence. True power comes from love.

True power is evident in the release of someone from bondage. There is more power in releasing them than there was in capturing them. There is more power in forgiveness than there is in vengeance.

God's timing...

My prayer:

So, I did not realize when you told me last night that you were going to teach me to wait, that the lesson would start today. I spent the whole day, just missing connections and having to wait.

I can't say I didn't get frustrated, I did. But, I did try to remember that you were in charge. I tried to remember to face each challenge by putting you first. I tried and sometimes succeeded.

I hope I don't have to have too many more days like this one though. It will be nice to going back to the days where you work everything out and I am walking in your favor.

What God Said Tonight:

I was with you all day. I was working it all out. Not in your expected timing, but I was working it all out.

I saved you from worse than a little irritation. I saved you from grave consequences that you could not see.

My timing is not always about what happens. It is often about what does not happen.

I love you and I will never leave you.

God's patience...

My prayer:

Awesome God. You are my fortress and my safe harbor. You shield me in the storm and you protect me from my enemies. You comfort me when I am in pain and you heal me when I am sick. You teach me...all the time.

Thank you for all that you do. You are incredible and I am humbled by your presence. I crave your voice. Let me hear you tonight.

What God Said Tonight:

 I wait. I wait patiently, knowing that everything will happen in its own time. I wait patiently because I have seen the future, I am already in the future and I know the outcome of the humble beginnings you see today.

I have patience because I can see all of the things that need to be in place before the newest blessing can take hold in our life and not destroy you.

I am patient because love is patient and I am love.

I can teach you patience.

God first...

My prayer:

Well, rest time is over and it is back to work tomorrow. I will really need your help God. I do not feel ready. I want to make better choices, dwell in your peace, trust you to work everything out. But, I am afraid I am going to make bad choices, stress out and try to work everything out myself.

I ask for your help to do what I know is best instead of what habit drives me to.

I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

I do not change and I do not move. You can find me, right here, in you, with you, every second of every day.

Your answer, your help comes from thinking of me first and the situation second. Whatever it takes, whatever happens, think of me first and I will work it out.

Now, you have heard that many times over the years but I want you to hear it with new ears tonight. I want you to make it very real. I want you to literally think of me first, in every challenge, in every statement.

It does not have to be a long thought but it does have to be a first thought. If nothing else, think the name of Jesus. See how that changes the atmosphere.

I love you and I am always with you.

Offended...

My prayer:

I am confused tonight God. I know we all have our issues and complicated pasts but sometimes people and their actions confuse me.

God, fill me with your grace for those around me. Help me to see where they are coming from. I choose to forgive and to let go of any offense, right now, and I will leave it with you. I pray that you heal the bruise that the offense left in me.

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Offended? Why should you be offended by someone else acting out through their pain?

I need you to see the pain behind the action. Not only so you can sympathize and treat them with grace but also so you can love them with a Godly love and be my conduit for healing in their lives.

If you get offended by the action, it limits what I can do for them and it limits what I can do through you. Each time you feel that offense coming on, regcognize the opportunity for ministry and love in that situation.

If you let me I will use you to bring about their healing, I love you.

Time to dance...

My prayer:

What a perfect day God! THANK YOU!

You are so generous and wonderful! Your love and kindness is beyond measure and description. You sustain me, renew me, revive me.

You give me life. You give me joy. You give me peace. You give me everything I need right when I need it.

Praise the all mighty and wonderful God of all creation!!!!

What God Said Tonight:

Dance with me! Celebrate with me!

The season of celebration is upon us. The season to enjoy all that I have provided is here.

Celebrate and join me.

We will talk of more serious matters at a later date. Right now, it is time to celebrate life and our victories against he enemy. Now is the time to celebrate the season of blessing that is here. Now is the time to dance.

I love you now and forever.

Blessings...

My prayer:

What a great day! You are so wonderful to me. Thank you for lining up today to be exactly what I needed. Not what I planned but exactly what I needed. Thank you for the chance to connect with friends that I have neglected.

You are so patient and kind and wonderful. The gifts you give me are so powerful and meaningful. Your love is more precious than anything else in the world.

Thank you for choosing me and letting me choose you!

What God Said Tonight:

Wait until you see what we have for tomorrow!

I do love you and I love seeing you blessed. I love that we get time, away from the stresses and pressures of your everyday life. I am always with you but sometimes it is nice when you slow down enough to truly feel my presence.

I love you and I am always on our side. I am always looking for new ways to bless you. Watch for them. The blessings are headed right for you.

Nothing surprises God...

My prayer:

Made it! 5 days to hang out with you with the pressure turned off. Heaven!

What God Said Tonight:

Listen carefully. I am not afraid of the future and what it holds. I am not afraid of what could happen.

I am the constant in the change. I am the one who makes the end work our for your good. I am the one who created it all. I am the one who will see you through to the end.

Nothing surprises me and there is no situation that I cannot handle.

Cracks in your heart...

My prayer:

Well, if I had to grade myself on staying focused on love like you told me to, I would have to say I got about a C- today. Not great.

I did have a couple of great chances to bless people. Thank you for that.

Help me to do better tomorrow? You are love. You can't even help yourself. To love is more than natural for you, it is impossible for you not to love. I need more of that in me.

What God Said Tonight:

Learning to love is complex and simple at the same time.

It is like a shattered windshield on a car. There are cracks and fissures throughout but it does not fall apart. It can stay in place for years even though it is fractured.

When your heart is broken, it only creates more places for my love to seep through. It is not logical but those who are hurt and healed in me, are those that find the greatest amount of love for others.

Who is more grateful for forgiveness, the righteous man or the sinner? Who is more grateful for love, the one who has never been hurt or the one who has been hurt gravely?

It is in the very capacity of pain that love will triumph. Let the love seep through the cracks in your heart.

Focus on love...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I know I have been doing it a lot lately but I need to ask for your help again. Life is uncomfortable right now and I can't rely on my instincts so I need your clear direction, on everything.

I understand that there is great opportunity in times like this. I can grow and be better off or I can resist and stay right where I am. I want to grow. Help me to make the decisions or do what I need to do God, even if that is to do nothing.

Thank you Father.

What God Said Tonight:

Your focus in this season, is unfailing attention to love. I need you solely focused on love. Giving love, receiving love, exuding love...you focus on love in every situation. In every decision. Your focus is love.

You do that and I will take care of the rest.

God, take me...

My prayer:

What a decadent day of rest God! I pray that everyone gets a day like this every once in a while. No responsibilities. No need to be anywhere at a specific time. Just me and you and peace.

Thank you for all you do and all that you are. I love you like crazy God!

What God Said Tonight:

Your time has come to see the new horizon and the promises. I have come to take you directly there. There are many roadblocks on this road and many children who will not make it.

But you are here and you are asking and I want to see as many of you saved as possible.

Throwing God at the devil...

My prayer:

I am exhausted from no sleep last night but I had to take a second and formally thank you God. Today was amazing.

The fact that I stayed awake and reasonably functional was amazing. Even more amazing was to experience the love that you flooded me with. A love that poured out of me and onto the very people whose words and opinions kept me up all night.

That was truly amazing. Thank you for an amazing day!

What God Said Tonight:

You had it coming. The devil was throwing his best at you. You threw my best back at him. He can't handle that.

He can't handle it when you fight hate with love. He can't handle it when you fight pain with joy.

I am yours, now and forever.

Hand it to God...

My prayer:

Awesome God, I come here to you a bit later than normal. I tried to sleep after a too long day but my own bitterness and inability to let things go woke me up.

I really need your help. I know I should not dwell on these thoughts. I know that the main reason that the words spoken hurt so badly is because I am exhausted and burnt out and likely, when I have my feet back under me, they would not hurt nearly as badly. I know that I need to let go of that hurt, forgive the person. I know and believe all of that but I clearly have not been able to do it.

God, I need your help to forgive. I need your help to let go of the righteous indignation. I need your help to let go of the bitter thoughts. For my sake and for yours.

I know that I will feel better if I do. I know that my life will be better if I do. I know that you have asked me to do it. Now, I need your help to actually do it because I am not getting it done on my own. I am, instead, awake at 2:00 AM dwelling on it instead of sleeping.

What God Said Tonight:

I know you want to reason this out. I know you want to find the logic in it that will make it ok. I know that you have tried and you have failed.

This time, logic won't bring you out. This time trust and reliance on me will bring you out. This time, every time you feel the defensiveness and bitterness welling up, you can hand it to me and ask me to take care of it.

Hand it over as often as you need to. I have big arms and I can hold it all. Stop thinking so hard and surrender it to me. I love you.

Pulpit of life...

My prayer:

Thank you JESUS for healing me! Your healing power never ceases to leave me in grateful awe.

I love you. Everything else on my mind tonight is not worth the effort to even talk about.

I know that 90% of my struggles today were because my attitude was not right. I know that you are the only one who can bring me through the next week. I know that when I forget that and try to take care of it myself, I end up miserable and failing. So, why talk about it? And, yet, I just did. Well, at least you know you don't have to tell me all of that.

LOVE YOU!

What God Said Tonight:

You can outrun them or you can outlast them. The enemy is slow to start and does not stick to one plan for long. Your choice is yours.

You have much to do and you will not get it all done if you are not clear of mind and spirit. You must release the frustrations and bitterness. It will stop you from doing what you need and want to do. It will stop you form achieving all that I have for you.

Press forward in the rain and in the snow. Press forward in pain and in sorrow. Sit here in this pulpit of life, bend a knee and follow my lead. I love you.

God's healing power...

My prayer:

I am calling on your healing power tonight God. The healing you bought with stripes on your back. The healing that you freely give us. The healing that now lives in me, in us.

I pray for your healing power to restore and repair what I injured. Thank you Jesus for restoration and healing!

What God Said Tonight:

I am in you and healing has begun. In the meantime, watch the healing multiply as it spreads around you to others.

True healing power cannot be contained and cannot be held dormant. My healing power is not a life preserver that only works for one person and her dreams.My healing power saves all who touch it. Come and touch me tonight.

Blind spot...

My prayer:

God, I pray for your help with bitterness and discouragement. I pray for your help with this feeling that nothing will ever be good enough, that I will never be good enough.

I feel like it is surrounding me right now and I pray for your help for me and anyone else who is getting smothered in this.

What God Said Tonight:

You have a blind spot in front of you right now. It is keeping you from seeing the future that I have designed for you.

There are reasons for the blind spot. For now, just know that it is there and that I will remove it when it is time.

I love you. Let my love cover you in this time.

Building time...

My prayer:

I have lots of blessings to count from this day God. THANK YOU! There was that moment...ok moments...early on today where I got really angry and could have held on to that. But, that would have ruined the rest of a great day.

Thank you for giving me the insight to see beyond the immediate irritation. Thank you for helping me out of what could have been an ugly spiral. Thank you most of all for loving and taking care of me.

What God Said Tonight:

The groundwork is laid. The foundation is in place. The building can now begin.

I have given you solid bedrock to build upon. It is sturdy and will not crumble or shift as the stresses come upon it. It will hold firm.

You are released to build. You are released to move forward and find the opportunities that I have been holding for you.

Do not worry about taking the wrong road. Your road, is my road. As long as we are on it together, it has to be right.

I love you now and forever.

First rains...

My prayer: 

I am tired but pretty peaceful tonight God. That feels awfully nice. Peace has been just out of reach for awhile now and I have missed it. I am content in your presence God. I am anxious to hear your voice.

What God Said Tonight:

Fresh, like the first rain of Spring. I will bring a freshness to you and to your life that will exuberate you and energize you again.

Big picture...

My prayer:

Well today was NOT easy but as soon as I turned to you for help, things started turning around. I love how you do that!

I just want to be better at asking sooner instead of waiting until things are so bad.

Thank you for your never ending help. I could not do this without you!

What God Said Tonight:

I need you to remember what is important and what isn't. Your view has gotten very myopic. You are only seeing a few inches in front of your face right now and that is when you miss out on all that I am doing and all the opportunities around you.

Step back and see all that I am doing. Open your eyes to the beauty of the big picture.

Pity party...

My prayer:

I am feeling sorry for myself tonight God and I know that is a complete waste of time and effort. I ask for help to pull out of the spiral that comes with self pity. I ask for your help to see a different perspective on all of this.

What God Said Tonight:

I have seen and experienced everything that you have. I have  been betrayed and I have been used. I have trusted people who turned their back on me. I have been taken for granted and I have been ignored.

If I, Jesus Christ son of the living God experiences these things, why would you be exempt?

These experiences are not a reflection of who you are. The fact that you get rejected does not make you a rejectable person. The fact that you get used by someone does not make you used. You are not what is left after people chip away at you.

You are a child of the Most High God. You are a King's kid. You are a mighty woman of God who hears and knows my voice. You are a miracle walking. You are a voice in the middle of silence and a light in the middle of darkness. You are mine, now and forever and I will show you to the world.

That is who you are. These petty disappointments and revelations of some people around you are only meant to distract you from your true identity in me. Do not let yourself be led astray. Trust my lead and I will take you to the moon and back.

The flesh and the spirit...

My prayer:

Amazing Father. I am grateful for the rest and the guidance you provided this weekend. Thank you for the chance to reconnect with friends and the opportunity to minister. All and all, this was a pretty great weekend. And yet somehow, I feel what is missing more than what I have tonight.

I know it is my fault. I know my perspective is wrong. But knowing that does not make me feel differently. God, I pray for your continued help.

What God Said Tonight:

The flesh is delicate and easily damaged. The flesh is temporary. The flesh is the package that you travel in while on this earth. It is not that important in the overall scheme of it all. But I understand that  to you, right now, it does not feel that way.

I remember what it was to walk in the flesh. I remember hunger and pain. I remember the sting of betrayal and the joy of affection. I remember the comfort of touch. All of those things find different meaning the flesh than they do in the spirit.

I encourage you to look to your spirit and to look to my Spirit in you to see the more eternal connections. The love that never fails. The bond that cannot be broken. I encourage you to keep your eyes focused on your eternity with me and not get too caught up in what your flesh wants today. You won’t miss out on anything that matters, in the long run.

It’s hard. I am not saying that it isn’t hard.

Trusting God in the chaos...

My prayer:

Awesome God, I pray for your peace tonight. Or maybe it is wisdom that I need? I am really not sure. I just know that I feel a little off. Something is not quite right but I can't tell you what it is.

If it is you trying to tell me something, please give me the wisdom to understand and the guidance of what to do. If it is not you, please flood me with your peace.

Thank you Jesus.

What God Said Tonight:

Things are not what they seem right now but I am still in charge. You can trust me to be your guide and your protection.

Things are in a state of flux. There is change on the wind and the change will work for our good, in the end. Trust me as your Father to keep my covering over you as the chaos seems to rain down.

I have got you and I won't let go. I love you now and forever and it will all be for the best in the end. I promise.

Listen to God...

My prayer:

I have no idea what to talk about tonight God. I am spent. I used up every last word and thought dealing with this day and this week.

I am of course entirely grateful that I did not have to face one challenge of this week alone. You were with me and working things out every step of the way. Even in the haze of mini-exhaustion, the reality of your favor in my life shines through and I am so thankful.

What God Said Tonight:

The person who is ready in the morning, the person who lives on the razor edge of life, that is the person who knows my voice and seeks after me daily, that is the person that I can do great things for. That is the person who I can shower with love and blessings.

I have spoken to you every moment since before your birth. Keep an ear open to me. Even in the loudest environment, you can hear me speak to you if you listen. I will always guide you right.

Covered...

My prayer:

Amazing God. Long day but a good one. Not much left in the energy tank but I need to hear your voice. I need to know what is on your mind. Your voice and your presence are truly like air to me. I cannot live without them. I love you!

What God Said Tonight:

You struggle and you strive to live better to be better and that is ok, it is good. But sometimes, more often than not, all I want is for you to relax and trust me. All I want is for you to hear my voice and follow my lead.

I know that you are not what you want to be yet. I know that you have scars and you have issues. I also know that you are covered in my blood and if you trust me, I will heal every last one of your hurts. I will make you truly whole.

Those things are part of my job and part of my promise to you. I will let you know when there is something you need to tackle. The rest of the time, trust me to take care of it.

I love you, today. I will love you tomorrow. I promise.

Greater blessing...

My prayer:

What an AMAZING day of continual FAVOR!!! THANK YOU!!! Everything was easy today. Everything I touched worked out. I accomplished things that could not be accomplished. IT WAS ALL YOU AWESOME GOD!!!

It has been a really long time since I had a day like this. Everything has been such a struggle lately. It was so wonderful to have a whole day where everything fell into place and worked out. What an incredible gift!

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU! Anytime you want to give me a day like today, where everything is working for my good...right now, I am all for it! :)

What God Said Tonight:

What you see today is the beginning sprout of what is to come. Today is a preview of the greater things I have for you. I have laid aside great treasure for you on earth and in heaven. I have a royal inheritance waiting for you.

I have been the executor and have been under order to hold some of the blessings until you were of age, until you were mature enough to handle them.

I believe we are there. I believe you are ready for a whole new level and season of blessing. I want to pour out my blessing and favor on you in a way that you have not seen before. I want to blanket you with my favor. I want you to have more than you can give away.

The fun part...

My prayer:

What a wonderful day of celebration and joy! Today was beautiful God.

Tomorrow, back to real life where I need you the most. I ask for you wisdom and favor. I ask for your peace to surround me. I ask that you make me a blessing in other people's lives.

What God Said Tonight:

I am with you always .In the celebration and the tears. I am with you and I am strategizing for your future.

I have great things in store for you. Getting you to them is the fun part.

Worship lives...

My prayer:

God,I love to worship you. I love to sing, to yell, to whisper about how amazing you are.

I love to sink into your Holy Spirit power that envelops me when I worship. I love to dwell in that place.

I have heard some people say that is what we do, all day every day in heaven, worship you. If that is true, that really will be paradise.

What God Said Tonight:

I have a place for you here at the altar. I have a place for you here at my throne. I have saved a place of honor for you my child, where your worship comes to live.

I receive your worship as a beautiful fragrance. It comes up from the earth and into my throne room. It comes and lives at my feet.

Your worship has life in it. It lives in me. I love your worship.

Tonight...

My prayer:

It is "Good Friday" Lord. A very odd name that we came up with to appreciate and give thanks for your sacrifice for us.

Nothing that I know and experience could be possible without your sacrifice. I would have never made it out of my tumultuous teen years had you not loved me, forgiven me, and led me out. I would be empty and alone without the ability to talk to you and hear your voice. Everything good in my life is because of you and none of it could have happened if you had not first sacrificed to save me.

"Thank you" in these circumstances almost sounds ridiculous. How do I show you appreciation for being everything to me? I don't know how to do it right. I ask you to hear my heart and know my love and worship for you.

What God Said Tonight:

Tonight was the night that I was silent on earth but vocal in heaven. Tonight was the night that I was fighting for you.

Tonight was the night that those who were with me were convinced that all was lost. That this new season and new life that they had believed in was over. Tonight was the night when their hope died. Tonight was a night of darkness.

But for me, tonight was a night of beginnings. Tonight was the start of a true new season of the world and of my people. Tonight, the hard part was over and all that was left was to return to the people I love and let them know that they are forgiven, healed and whole.

Never see the sacrifice without seeing the joy. I did it for you then. I would do it for you today again in  a heartbeat. I love you.

The path of God's heart...

My prayer:

Today was certainly full of surprises! Although, you did guide me through it in a wonderfully overt way. Thank you for speaking so clearly today God. I pray that you do the same again tomorrow. The day tomorrow looks like it could be equally as challenging and without you guiding me, it could be disastrous.

I know I say this all the time but I have to say it again tonight. I am SO GRATEFUL for you in my life. I cannot imagine trying to get through one single day in this crazy world without your guidance, your favor, your love and your peace. I need all of you just to survive the craziness. Without you, I don't think I would last for very long.

Thank you for choosing me. Thank you for everything.

What God Said Tonight:

I have st aside a plan and a destiny for you. No one else can achieve it. No one else was made for it. I have designed you for it and it for you.

You are prepared. You are ready. I am bringing it to you as we speak. This opportunity. This path.

You will see only one path. Not because there are not other ways you can go but because you have aligned your heart with mine. I will show you the path of my heart. Your ability to follow it will be very easy. Your decision to follow it has already been made.

You are mine forever and I love you.

Love better.

My prayer:

Thank you God for working it all out again. You are amazing. Awesome God, I pray that you fill me where I am empty, heal me where I am hurt, and love me everywhere. Teach me how to love better.

What God Said Tonight:

I have gently prodded you down this road before but you have always made a u-turn when it got too uncomfortable.

I am happy to teach you to love better but step one is being vulnerable. Step two is trusting people. You cannot love people if you don't trust them.

Step 3 is for another night.

Salt and sugar...

My prayer:

I am yours and you are mine God. How many times have you reminded me of that? And the truth is, I can face anything if you are with me.

I may not want to face it. I may not enjoy facing it. But, I know I can face it if you are with me. I know that when you are there, I can always have hope. I know when you are in it, I will win in the end.

Thank you for always being there with me and being my hope. I get the feeling I might need a lot of hope this week.

What God Said Tonight:

It is that we are inseparable.

You know the salt and peeper ritual they so often do at weddings? Well I say that you and I are like salt and sugar mixed together. Not only can we never be separated but we cannot be differentiated one from another.

I am in you and you are in me and the longer we are together the more we look the same.

I am not saying you are perfect. I am saying my covering, my sacrifice makes you like me. You are Christians. You are Christ like. Let my covering make you indistinguishable from me.

Let it be known that there is salt and sugar in you, but no one can tell the difference. I am yours and you are mine, forever my love.

Through love...

My prayer:

The circumstances of life are very confusing right now God but I am choosing to trust you through it all. You always bring me through times like this and you always bring me to new levels of wonderful.

So, as I look at the seeming chaos around me, I trust that you are still in charge and can make something beautiful from it.

Thank you for being in my life and showing me, time after time, that my trust is well founded in you.

What God Said Tonight:

My heart cries tonight for my children who are screaming that they can't find their way back home.

I have so many children who are lost and wandering. They know that there is a place of comfort, joy and peace, but they can't find me. Too much of life has blinded their eyes, hardened their heart and closed their ears.

I need you to love them for me. I need you to love them back to me. Don't preach. Don't scold. Just love. It is through your love that they will find their way back home.

Living a life of peace...

My prayer:

Awesome Father. Thank you for leading me through this day of ups and downs. Without firmly holding onto you, today would have been very stressful. But, instead, you kept showing me how you were at work in every swing of the pendulum so I got to remain in your peace all day long. That was pretty awesome!

What God Said Tonight:

My peace is never dependent on circumstances. My peace is only dependent on my presence. Where I am, there is peace. The key to living a life of peace is to live life fully in my presence.

I love you. I am always with you. Be with me and you will always have peace.

God, my guide...

My prayer:

Awesome God. This week was messed up. I thought I was doing pretty good with maintaining a good attitude, trusting you through it, but tonight was the straw that broke the camel's back (so to speak). And yet, even in this latest thing, I can so easily imagine how you could be using this to protect me from much greater trouble.

I really do trust you but I am a bit beat down and worn out from it all this week. I ask for you help, with me and with each situation.

What God Said Tonight:

I am your guide in the small and the great things. I won't always steer you away from something, just because it is hard. I can use even the most foolish things of this world.

I need some of those hard things to break off the even harder things that get attached to you.

Be open to where I want to guide you next and don't get distracted by the big obstacles in the road.

Until I get it right...

My prayer:

I am working as hard as I know how to learn what you are trying to teach me Father. I know it must be important but it is not easy.

I can see how, if I learn this, life will be easier and better. But, getting from here to there seems nearly impossible. On the other hand, you are the God of the impossible, so nearly possible is child's play!

Keep teaching me God. Don't give up on me.

What God Said Tonight:

It is not in me to give up on you.

Remember how I told the man that he had to forgive his enemy 70 times 7? Well, if I have told my children they must forgive 490 times, how much more will I forgive?

My forgiveness has no limit. My grace covers everything. That means, you have unlimited chances with me.

We are in this together for eternity. There is plenty of time to get it wrong...until you get it right. Love you!

Lean back...

My prayer:

God, thank you for challenges that keep life interesting.

I pray for wisdom on how to deal with each of them. I pray for strength to endure them. I pray for grace for when I mess up.

What God Said Tonight:

I have long told you that nothing is wasted in your life. Successes and failures all have their place and they will result in your favor, in time.

When that wall of challenges looks to big to conquer, lean back and feel me behind you. Lean back and know that I am bigger and more powerful than anything that is coming against you. Lean back, close your eyes and trust me to guide you through it.

I love you.

No matter what love...

My prayer:

Thank you for rest today.

I pray for your power and your grace, your peace and your healing be more present than ever in the lives of my family, my friends, everyone you have connected me with.

I am grateful for your love of us.

What God Said Tonight:

I am teaching you new levels of surrender and new levels of trust.

I need you to understand that I am here. I am always here. And, no matter what you do or don't do, I am going to take care of you and yours.

My love for you is not dependent on you making good choices and doing the right thing. My love is not actually dependent on you, at all. My love is a reflection of who I am and cannot be changed as I cannot be changed.

I love you, no matter what. I will help you no matter what. I will be with you, no matter what. I will teach you, guide you, help you to make better choices because that will give you a happier life. I will mature you because that will bring you closer to me. But, I do those things out of my love for you not  in order that I can love you.

Soak in my love.

A choice is coming...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I have spent way too much time being miserable, angry and self absorbed in the last several days. I am pretty sick of it.

I thank you for all that you have done in the middle of this mess. I thank you for your love. I thank you that you are always with me. I thank you for keeping things from getting worse than they were. I thank you for bringing me out. We are not quite all the way through this mess, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you for your light God.

What God Said Tonight:

I have come to offer you a choice. A choice that can change the course of your life.

One path takes you straight ahead into the future that you are headed towards. The other, is not so clear. It may take you to great adventures and it may not work out. I will always be with you. I will never let you fall but this choice has greater danger and unknowns.

I don't need you to answer now but know the choice is coming and it is coming soon. Be ready to make the  choice. Once it is here, it will not last for long. I love you.

Sin in the sickness...

My prayer:

I HATE SICKNESS!!! It does not belong in your children God. You, Jesus, took it all for us. And it makes me really angry when sickness seems to forget that and gets inside of us.

God, I believe it is your will for us to live in divine health. I believe that any sickness that comes on to us has already been healed by the stripes you took for us. I believe that you are the miracle healing God. I believe it all to very the depth of my soul.

God, I pray that you manifest in me what I know to be true. Dear God make me whole.

What God Said Tonight:

Sickness and death make me furious too. They were never meant to be a part of your existence. I showed Adam and Eve how to prolong life. I showed them favor with their offspring. I continued to grow the family and would have shown them the tree of life for eternal life if we had not had the setback with sin.

Sin is the root of all sickness. Not always your sin, but there is always sin in the sickness. Don't let that sin taint you.

Call out for God...

My prayer:

Dear God, have mercy on me. Help me please.

What God Said Tonight:

I have millions of children but I know you each my name. I have the hairs on your head counted.

When you are in pain, when you are sick, I am with you. I am bringing your healing.

I am not wandering off somewhere because the times got tough. When have you ever known me to run from a confrontation?

Let down your guard with God...

My prayer:

I am wiped out God but I don't want to go to bed without the chance to hear your voice, your wisdom, your love. What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:

I have peace that I give to you tonight. I have joy that I am pouring out over you. I have healing and provision that I have stored up for you.

I am crazy about you and I have all that you need. I have it and I will not hold back from you.

Let down your guard with me. I will not abuse the trust. Let me in and I will bring blessings you cannot contain in with me. I want to touch you at the very center of your core. I want to lay hands on your core essence to see the healing blossom out from there.

I love you, more today than ever before.

Father God...

My prayer:

Thank you for all of your help today God! You took so many situations that I was dreading and smoothed them out, turning them for my good.

I don't know why it still surprises me. You do it for me all of the time. You promise it to us. And still, every time you do it, I stand in awe.

It is one of those wonderful things about you that makes no sense, but I am SO GRATEFUL for. Thank you for always taking care of me.

What God Said Tonight:

The Father part of me is more than just a name. What father, given the ability to do so, would not move heaven and earth to make life good for his son or daughter? It is in a father's inherent make up to take care of things and situations for their kids. It is inherent in me to take care of you.

My love for you, my children, goes beyond your ability to imagine. I will always take care of you. No matter what the situation looks like, I am right here. I will not let you fall. I will be with you in every last moment, working things for your good every step of the way.

Now, you see me working. Now, it is all happening very fast. There may be times, when I can't move things in your favor quite as fast. It is in those times that I ask you to remember today. It is in those times that I ask you to trust that my word to you is true.

I love you now and forever.

How to get clean...

My prayer:

Awesome God. I pray for your strength and courage to be in me as I face this week. I pray for your favor. I pray that my life is a testimony to others and that they see you through me.

What God Said Tonight:

I have never needed you to be perfect. I have never needed you to be right. I have only needed you to love and seek me.

I am your covering and I am your salvation. I am that thing that makes you right. I am what makes you whole. I am what makes you clean. I don't need you to be clean before you come to me. I don't even need you to be clean after you come to me. I only need you.

Dedicate your life to me. Direct your love toward me. Let me make every change. Let me make all things right. I am your hope and I am your friend. I will not let you down.

Trample the enemy...

My prayer:

I have a thousand stray thoughts running through my mind tonight God. I hope you can hear my heart because my mind is not doing a very good job of organizing it all.

SO many things to be grateful for. SO many things to ask your help with. SO many things that we need direction on. Lifting it all up to you tonight God.

Thank you for being my everything.

What God Said Tonight:

I am going to turn your defeat into triumph. I am going to turn your challenge into victory. I am going to take all of those things that are fighting you and I will place them under your feet to trample on as you run to your promised land.

I am a God who loves you and I will use even those things that were maliciously designed to hurt you... those are the things that will show you your greatest victory. I love you.

Jesus the healer...

My prayer:

Amazing Jesus, healer, sacrifice. I pray your healing power be active in me, now. I thank you that you took my sickness and pain upon you so that I can be healed. I receive your precious and glorious gift, right now.

What God Said Tonight:

I have anointed you to be a conduit, a testimony, of my healing power. I have shown you great healing miracles.

I do not pick favorites with healing. My healing is for all of my children. For every sickness. One sickness is not more important or more difficult than another. A sick heart is as worthy of my healing power as is cancer.

I have come to heal. I have come to love. I have come to see you whole.

The design...

My prayer:

Awesome Father, thank you for this week and all that you have shown me, all that you have taught me and all that you have blessed me with. I am excited about this new level of knowing you. I love you with all that I have.

What God Said Tonight:

The design, the plan is not complicated but it is beautiful.

I have designed your reality so that you are free to live in this world without the constraints of sin. I have designed the world so that you can be reconciled with me forever here on earth and one day in heaven. I have designed a purpose for you and your life that serves the world, the universe and all of eternity.

You are so valuable to me and you are worth every sacrifice I have made. I love you beyond compare.

Companions on the journey...

My prayer:

Sweet  Father. Am I doing what you would want me to do? Is my life pleasing to you? Have I grown and matured like you imagined? I know that I have a long way to go in this Christ like journey but, how am I doing in your eyes?

What God Said Tonight:

Life, your life is not like a class where you get a passing grade. Life is a journey to be experienced.

I am not your judge on the journey, I am your guide. I removed the need for judgement for you. I took on your judgement on the cross. That leaves only love and friendship between us.

That leaves us to be companions on the journey. 

Wind...

My prayer:

Today did its best to chew me up and spit me out. Thank you for your strength and peace throughout the assault. I am so grateful that I had you to turn to all day.

And now that I have been talking all day and you in your wonderfulness have been listening all day, it is time to switch it around. What do you want to talk about? I am here to listen.

What God Said Tonight:

The wind that blows can bring in the storm or it can take it away. The wind's purpose is to move things.We do not blame the wind for the storm and we do not give it credit when the storm passes. It is the vehicle for change.

There are things in your life right now that you may not enjoy but they are the vehicle for your change. They will not last. Once they have blown in the change and blown out the old, the vehicle will be gone.

Don't get hung up on the vehicle. Recognize it for its purpose.

Changes...

My prayer:

Wow God, when you decide that is a season of change, you really mean it! Change is happening around me so fast I can barely keep up. I can't wait to see what you are going to do next! Whatever it is, I am here to ride it out with you, in awe.

What God Said Tonight:

Change is good and change is needed.

I have many things that will never change. My love for you will never change. My commitment to you will never change. My redemption and reconciliation for you will never change.

But, the circumstances of your life and of the world, those I will change. Those need to change to move into the next season of your destiny. I will always bring you to the same outcome, victory. But, I will always use a different way to get you there.

You will see that the method is not important. I am what is important.