Shame...

My prayer:
Hi Daddy!  I am so TIRED tonight God.  Thank you for bringing me through this day, getting me home, favor on the flights, helping me get the work done that needed to get done and even letting me be a part of Reverb online church tonight.  Today was full!  You are awesome God. 

I feel like I need to talk to you about something though God.  And I don't want to complain but I just don't understand where this was coming from today and how to get rid of it.  All day long, I was remembering embarrassing moments in my life.  Some recent, some from years ago.  They would come out of no where and I would feel immediate shame.  Now, I know that shame is not from you and anything that is not of you is against you.  So, logically these were attacks from the enemy. 

God, have I done anything to let the attacks in?  What do I do to stop them?  I kept trying to shake it off today and just as soon as I stopped thinking about one incident, I would remember another one.  Unfortunately, there are quite a few to remember.  God I ask for your help.

I love you God.  Thank you for being my Dad!

What God Said Tonight:
You heard me as you were typing.  You know how to fight this kind of thing but you did not think of it and did not do it today.  You need to speak my word against those attacks.  When the devil reminds you of shame, you tell him there is no condemnation in Christ.  When the devil tells you that you are nothing, you tell him that you are a royal priesthood.  When the devil tells you that you are worthless, you tell him that I say that you are worth more than rubies and gold. 

His lies cannot stand against the truth.  The shame that he brings cannot stay in the face of my love.  You are what I say you are.  You are perfectly and wonderfully made.  You are my daughter and I will not have you believing that you are less than apple of my eye. 

I love you sweet daughter.  I love you so much.  I get angry when I see him come after you but I need you to fight back with the tools I have given you.  You have reached a level of maturity that you know how to deal with this kind of thing.  If you were still a baby, I would fight it out for you and make him back off.  But you have been trained and prepared and you have got this.

Just remember what I have taught you.  Remember what I say about you.  Do not allow yourself to get caught up in the shame and doubt.  Do not accept those things from him. Don't accept anything from him.  Remember in the prison ministry, the one big rule in all of the facilities was to never give anything or receive anything from the inmates.  That is true of the devil, never GIVE him ANYTHING and never RECEIVE ANYTHING from him.  It is dangerous, so very dangerous when you do. 

I love you sweetheart.  Rest now.  It was a long day but I am glad we got to talk.

What God wants for Christmas...

My prayer:
Awesome God, today was pretty great.  I love how you put favor on me.  I love how you destine me to succeed.  God I am so very grateful for how you take care of me.  I love you so much God.  You really do guide me and direct me through every situation no matter how familiar or unfamiliar. 

Sweet father, I love you.  What more can I or should I be doing for you God?  What do you want for Christmas, your birthday, this year?  What can I do to make you smile tonight God?  You do so much for me every day.  What can I do for you? 

My God, my lord, my saviour, receive my love tonight God.  Let my worship be that sweet fragrance to you.  Cover me in your blood so I am acceptable and forgiven.  Let me love you tonight God. 

What God Said Tonight:
You my sweet daughter are always welcome to love me.  I will always receive your love, your worship.  You are continually covered in my blood, your sins are forgiven, you are always acceptable in my sight.  My love for you is so intense.  It overshadows everything around it. 

You did well today.  You followed my lead, you shared my message, you made new relationships and I am well pleased with all that you did.  I know that you want to make me smile, make me happy. Know that just you being you and loving me makes me more happy than anything you do.  Know that the greatest present you can give me is your heart, your mind and your time.  Keep spending time with me.

Spend more time with me.  Concentrate your day to day life on me.  Let me into every area of you life. Involve me in every area of you life.  Everything you do interests me because you interest me.  You are my creation, but I am fascinated by what you are growing into.  I love watching you grow and move into new areas and new seasons.  Remember when you use to be so afraid of the unknown or new situations?  Remember how you get paralyzed when you were confronted with something you didn't know how to do and thought you might fail?  That use to limit you so much but now, you relish those opportunities!  That is a great and fascinating change in you. 

I love seeing you step out in your faith in me and try whatever I put in our path. It allows me to use you in so many more ways in the kingdom.  I love that I can throw anything at you and you will give it a shot.  You have gained great courage in me.  And, the process of the growth and that gain is fascinating to me.  The choices you make and how you make them, I love getting to see that and see how it changes over time.  You simply fascinate me.  I love to see you in your day to day life and I love it even more when you invite me to be a part of it.  That is when I get see up close and personal all the fascinating things about you. 

It also frees me to bless you so abundantly.  As you allow me into every aspect of you life, I get to bless every area of your life.  When you keep me out of some area.  When you don't let me into your friendships, your work, your play, then I can't bless it.  You lock me out.  But when you let me in, start talking about me everywhere and just stay in touch with me throughout the day, it really lets me be able to bless you abundantly.  Make me a constant and complete part of your life and we can do anything. 

All I want for my birthday is all of you.  I love you daughter.

It is time...

My prayer:
God, alone today with you...nothing better.  I am not so interested in talking tonight.  I know you have me covered and my life is in your hands.  What do you want to say tonight?  I love you Father!

What God Said Tonight:
It is time.  It is time for you to see the next step.  You have waited and it is time.  I love you my daughter and the time is here.  You are about to step into a new thing.  You are about to see things you have never imagined.

I am so excited to see you in this next stage, this next season.  You waiting has been hard but good.  You will know that it was all worth it soon.  I love you my sweet daughter.  You are mine and I love you.  You don't know how great this next season is going to be.  You have imagined things, you have dreamed, but the reality will be so much more.  You won't be able to believe it. 

I want to prosper you.  I want to guide you and direct you into this future that I have for you.  I love you so much and want only the very best for you.  Your trust in me is not in vain  Your waiting is not in vain.  You are going to see such great things.  You are going to be a part of things you have only dreamed of.  I don't want to say too much more.  I don't want to ruin it, but the time is here.  You will see it all come to pass. 

Don't be afraid, it is going to be more than you imagined.  I love you .  Rest tonight if you can.  The excitement is thick in the air.  I have already begun the party celebration in heaven in preparation of the next season.  Celebrate in advance with me?  Love you so very much!!!

FUN...

My prayer:
God you are so awesome.  Thank you for all you do and all that you are.  Thank you for a great day today.  It was just FUN and I needed some fun!  We are about to embark on a new adventure God and I put it in your hands.  I pray and ask for your traveling mercies and that you guide and direct me every step of the way.  I pray for smooth travel and your blessings and protection over me, the airplanes, the airports, the hotels, my home, Tess, my family and my friends.  I pray God that you make me a blessing every where I go.  I love you God.  What is on your mind tonight?

What God Said Tonight:
Your safety is assured.  Your plan, your goal is already accomplished.  Rest knowing that I have that and stay alert for opportunities to be my light on this trip.  Don't go into tunnel vision travel mode.  Be alert to opportunities to do my will.  Be alert to the plan and purpose on your life.  Don't worry about anything, just stay connected with me and I will guide you every step of the way. 

You frontiers and your territory is expanding.  You will see such great miracles.  I can't wait to show you.  I love that you expect miracles.  I love that you don't try to find alternate explanations, you accept them for what they are.  I want to show you more.  I want to take you to places you have never seen and show you things you have never seen.  I want to walk side by side with you into a great future. 

You are my love.  You are a part of me and I am a part of you.  Can you feel me with you tonight?  Can you feel my presence?  That warmth, that assurance, that peace, that love, that is me.  That comfort like a strong shoulder to lean on, that is me.  That warm glow is me too. 

I love you daughter. Stay in constant contact with me wherever we go.  I love you so much.  We are going to see some really great stuff together.  We are going to have such fun!  Love you more than you will ever know...here we go!

Christmas present...

My prayer:
Mighty God.  Seems like a lot of things aren't turning out the way I would expect them to right now.  But I am trusting you.  I know that you are in charge of my life and even though some of it seems a little crazy, I know that you will work it all out. 

God, you are doing so many amazing things right now.  Why can't I keep focused on those things and not worry about the things that don't seem to be working out right now?  Why is it that it is so much easier for me to focus on what is not happening instead of all of the wonderful things that you are doing?  If I concentrate, I can go through every amazing opportunity, the amazing success and favor you have on me, the love you pour out on me, the opportunities to bless others and more. The great thing is, I have specific examples for all of it.  You are doing so much GOOD in my life right now. 

God I want to concentrate on that and stop worrying about the things that are yet to come.  I want to, but I haven't been able to yet.  God I ask for your help to keep my mind focused on what I have and not on what I don't have.  I ask that you help me to keep my mind on the joy you have placed in me and not on the pain that comes from this life sometimes.  I ask for your help.  I ask for a strategy or a sovereign move in my life, what ever you think is best.  But, I don't want to continue with this focus on the lack instead of on the bounty.  I love you God.  Thank you for your help.

What God Said Tonight:
Sweet daughter, there is no lack in our life.  There is only what you have and what you are going to have.  You have been promised the desires of your heart.  They are all coming.  You couldn't handle it if you had them all now.  You would be overwhelmed by the joy and not able to actually experience it. 

You have a lot of life left to live.  Pace yourself. There is not a single dream in your heart that will not be fulfilled.  I put them there and I will ensure that you see them all.  But, to see them all right now, all at once, would ruin your ability to experience them. 

You are right to want to focus on what you have.  Your life is very rich.  You have such joy and favor on your life.  It is good to think on that often.  Then, when you think about the other dreams, the ones that you haven't seen accomplished yet, stop thinking of them as being lacking or missing.  They are simply in wait of the perfect timing, the timing that will best allow you to enjoy them. 

Think of them as your treasure chest.  They are being kept safe for the right moment.  When that time comes, you will open the chest and realize the next dream.  It is my great wish for you that you always have dreams that have been realized and more importantly you always have dreams in your treasure chest waiting to be realized.  The anticipation of the dream can be as fun as the dream itself when you see it like that.

It is also like a Christmas present. It is all wrapped up and waiting for Christmas morning.  You can see it, but you can't experience it until the time is right to open it.  Every day you look at it and it looks so beautiful.  You want it now, but you know if you open it early, you will be sad when Christmas morning comes and you have nothing to open.  Wait on the right time and then open your dream.  It is best that way and I want the best for you.  I love you daughter.  Rest well. Shalom.

In God's arms...

My prayer:
Hi God!  Today had a little bit of everything--pain, frustration, success and great joy--a bit of a roller coaster really.  It really hurt today when I found out that someone was making fun of me behind my back.  I was hurt, got angry and almost let bitterness settle in.  Thank you God for making me aware of it and showing me what to do.  I have felt so much better since I prayed, forgiving her and asking you to bless her.  Something so simple, but it really worked. 

And then, on the flip side, I get a message from someone who you are blessing so much through the blog, reminding me what is really important.  Reminding me that you, your kingdom, your message and getting it out the world is all that really matters.

God continue to reach people and touch people.  I ask that you continue to let me be a part of it.  It is all that truly matters.  Everything else fades to gray in comparison.  I love you God.  Thank you for your healing power in my life.  Thank you for teaching me about forgiveness.  Help me to maintain that forgiveness and not fall back into the hurt and bitterness.  Help me to keep focused on what really matters.  Help me to stay focused on the people being blessed and healed by you.  You are my God and I am forever yours!

What God Said Tonight:
I am sorry you were hurt today. I want to just hold you and love you tonight.  I want you to know my love.  You will always have people in your life who are blessing you and cursing you. Sometimes the same people will be blessing and cursing you at the same time.  But you can always rely on me to be there to love you through it all.  You can always trust me to bring you through it.  You can always count on me to be completely on your side. 

It is good for you to forgive.  It is healthier for you and it shows others my love.  Forgiveness is good for everyone involved.  True forgiveness stays and does not fade away.  You will maintain your forgiveness if you have truly forgiven.  Sometimes it is hard to know if you have really forgiven until you see if you are able to maintain it or not.  Forgiveness can be hard work.  Keep at it though.  You know it is worth it.  To forgive easily is to live free.  You live free of bitterness and anger.  Free of the bondage of anger and pain.  It is marvelous.  True forgiveness will heal and set you free. 

That being said, let me love on you tonight.  You are my daughter and I love you so much  Let me wrap you in my arms and have you sit with me.  You are my most precious child and I love you. I want you to feel my love tonight, to know my love to the depth of your gut.  You are made perfectly and I love you.  You are my intended and you are what I intended you to be. Remember they made fun of me too.  You will wake tomorrow stronger because of today. I will hold you all through the night as you heal.  Sleep in my arms tonight.

Delayed rescue...

My Prayer:
Awesome God.  I am so very grateful for you in my life.  I am so grateful for your power and your purpose. I am so grateful that I can call on you in any situation, mine or anyone's and you will help. 

God, there are so many people in my life with major struggles right now, death, divorce, loss, pain, sickness, money trouble, you name it and I have a prayer request already submitted to you right now.  God, I pray a blanket covering over those prayers and ask that you move quickly and decisively in these situations.  As hard as it is to wait on my own stuff, I think it is even harder to wait for other people's prayer requests. 

God, I want to see you move in their lives and change their situations. And yet, even as I pray I can hear you reminding me of the value of the struggle. The value of waiting.  Maybe I shouldn't be asking for it, but it just seems like this time of year, your kids should be celebrating instead of crying.  And, yes, we are to praise you in the middle of our struggle, but...there's that word again.  I guess I should stop right there. 

God, I just pray your will be done in every situation and in every struggle.  I pray that you help them in the way that you know is most helpful and in your timing which is always perfect.  I apologize God for second guessing your will and you timing.  I apologize that I almost put a condition on my praise of you.  God I will praise you forever, even if you never do another thing.  I praise you because I love you, not because of what you do.  Although, what you do makes me love you all the more.  What you do reflects who you are and that is my wonderful and amazing God. 

Wow, this prayer is all over the place God.  It is hard to see people struggle.  I just want to make it all better and since I know I don't have the ability to do that, I want you to make it all better.  What I want more than that is your will to be done.  Your will is always better for us.  In the end, it is always better.  I guess I would just ask God that you bring all of my friends through these trials as quickly and as painlessly as possible; but, your will be done above all else.  In Jesus name, amen.

What God Said Tonight:
Where is all this confusion from tonight daughter?  You know me.  You know that I don't ever let my children suffer longer than what they can stand or longer than what is best for them.  I love my children so much.  Sometimes decisions are made that have consequences on the people who make the decisions as well  as on other people around the people who have made the decisions.  I cannot stop those consequences but I can make sure that my children survive and that the pain and struggle are turned around for their good. 

You know from experience that pain can be a great teacher.  You know from experience that pain can make you more able to love.  You know from experience that the learning the art of forgiveness is the greatest gift I can give my kids.  And through it all, I will love you so much.  I will love you through the pain and the struggle.  I will  love you when you are a mess.  I will love you while you make the wrong decision.  I will love you when you hit bottom and choose me.  I will ALWAYS love you .  You are my very own and I will always love you. 

I cannot promise resolution to every struggle quickly but I can promise you resolution.  I can promise you that tomorrow will be different from today.  I can promise you that in the end, it will be you and me standing victorious over the situation.  I can promise you the praise report you crave.  When the time is right.  When I am done and when they are done learning what they need to know. 

Not every struggle is meant to be a lesson.  Most don't start out that way.  However, I can use any struggle to teach you something.  That is one of the keys to getting through the struggle.  Look for the learning opportunity in the struggle.  If you don't see it right away, stay alert and I will show it to you. 

I don't delay the rescue because I don't love you.  I delay the rescue because I love you so much!   I love you too much to let you keep you old hurts.  I love you too much to see you handicapped in this life.  Life is a process of healing in me.  One day, we will all live in heaven together and when that day is here, we all have to get along.  We all have to love on each other.  Every struggle is an opportunity to learn to love more. 

Trust me to love you and your friends enough to make sure you have everything you need to face tomorrow.  I will see this thing completed.  I will not abandon any one of you, ever.  We are in it for eternity.  I love you princess.  Rest tonight and trust me with it all.

Paths...

My prayer:
God. My God. God almighty. God who became flesh, died and was raised from the dead just so I could know you.  God, I am in total awe of you.  I am humbled by your awesome power.  I am lost in the wonder of who you are. 

God, let me see even more of you.  Let me know you even more.  Let me get even closer to you.  Sometimes I think I can't take anymore, you are so overwhelming, but then, I don't care, I just want more of you.  I don't care if I can take it or not, I just want more of you. 

I love you so much.  I don't know if I even knew what it was to love before I knew you.  I don't know how I made it through one day without you.  What a huge relief to know that I never have to live another second without you. 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!!! All of life fades into irrelevance in your presence.  I worship you God and rest in your presence.  I revel in you God.  Be my God forever. Be mine forever God.

What God Said Tonight:

Beautiful daughter.  My love for you has no bounds.  You are my perfect child, washed in my blood and ready to take on the world. 

You have more drive than is healthy sometimes.  You are learning though. You are learning balance.  You must remember to always keep the sabbath holy.  For you, it is most important.  Without it, you will work yourself to death.  I love that you are always wanting to do more for me.  I love that you work so hard but I want you in it for the long haul.  To do that, to not burn out, you must keep my sabbath holy.  It was made for you.  It was made to give you rest and keep you balanced.  One day, no work.  Make it happen. 

You are precious to me and I will not see you destroyed by too much of a good thing.  I will not see you harmed.  I will protect you even from yourself when needed. 

You have much more to do and plenty of time to do it.  Your journey is no where near done.  I have a path and plan and it is glorious.  I wish you could see the paths that I have laid out for my children.  From the air they look like beautiful multicolored strands of light criss-crossing the world.  All different colors and sizes.  Some go for a long time.  Others are brief but so bright.  Some twist and turn and some are straight as an arrow.  And while they are all different, they all work in harmony together.  They are more together than just their separate parts.  Together they make a mosaic of light that is so beautiful. 

Your paths are so beautiful.  What you do for me is so beautiful.  I love you so much.  Always shine for me and I will always love and take care of you.  You are my beautiful lighthouse, my strand of colored light stretching out across the world. I love you daughter, sleep well.

Perfect will...

My prayer:
Mighty God, ruler of the universe.  My prayer tonight is simple God, your will be done.  I pray God, in every situation, in every struggle, in every blessing that your will be done.  I pray God for your perfect will to be accomplished.  Nothing more and nothing less than your perfect will.  I pray God that every relationship in my life be in your perfect will, every action in my life be in agreement with your perfect will, every thought be in agreement with your perfect will.  God, I consciously decide to right now to choose your perfect will for my life.  In Jesus name, amen.

What God Said Tonight:
Good prayer my daughter and one that I can easily and readily see accomplished.  You are mine.  You are what I intended you to be and as such, my will is running at full throttle in your life. 

You are about to experience even more.  You are about to experience even higher levels.  I love you so much. You will continue in my perfect will for your life.  More than what is simply good, I want perfection for you.  You are poised for perfection through the blood of my sacrifice. 

You know there is some cost, there always is.  You will have your struggles, but only as a way of perfecting my will in you.  You will have your doubts but only as a way of strengthening your faith.  You will run in the wrong direction sometimes, but only as a way of being able to better see the right direction when you  correct your route. 

I love you daughter.  Keep me first and everything I have for you is yours.  Be the blessing I made you to be and live in my perfect will every day.  You are meant to live there forever.  Bask in my light and feel its warmth.  I am your beach, your ocean and your sun.  I am everything you need.  I am your mountain and your mountain mover.  I am all that you will ever need and I am yours.  Forever.

Addicted...

My prayer:
Awesome God!!! You are so incredible!!!! Thank you for what you did today!  Thank you for your anointing on the service today God. 

I tell you God, sometimes serving you is like a drug.  Sometimes I think I am addicted to serving you.  The more I do the more I want to do.  The more I step out of my comfort zone and do what you tell me to do, the more I want to do.  I want more God. 

Today was beyond awesome.  You were beyond awesome and I want more.  Wow, I know that sounds super selfish God but I truly think I am addicted to serving you.  I am not sure that it is a bad addiction.  I mean, it usually works out pretty well.  But it also leaves me never being satisfied, always wanting more.  God I want more of you.  I want to see you do more miracles in people's lives.  I want to be a part of what you are doing even more! 

Yep, sounds like addiction.  I don't know but I know I love you and worship you.  You are my God, my Lord, my saviour and apparently my drug of choice God.

What God Said Tonight:
If you are thinking of addiction as a bad thing, than no, you are not addicted.  But if you see addiction as always wanting more of something, then absolutely girl, be addicted to me.  Be addicted to serving me.  Be addicted without shame or worry.  I will always have more for you.  You don't have to worry about ever going into withdrawal because I am infinite I always have more for you. 

Those who are willing to lose their lives for me will gain them.  Lose you life for me and you will gain it.  Trust me to always have your next step, your next new thing. I love you so much.  Your "addiction" is nothing more than an expression of that love. 

I can't get enough of you. I will spend every moment of the rest of eternity with you and it will never be enough.  I will always want more of you.  It is only just that you feel the same about me.  It is only right that in this relationship of love that we are developing that we be so crazy for each other that we can't get enough. 

In this case my dear, addiction is a good thing.  Be addicted to me as I am to you.  I will never hurt you or harm you but I will honor your sacrifice and  obedience to me.  You are my precious daughter that I love you more than you can know.  I will make sure that you are never without...anything. 

I love you daughter.  I loved this day with you.  Keep wanting more because I have more to give. 

Basic principles...

My prayer:
God full of mercy and grace.  Awesome ruler, creator, healer and teacher.  God you are so awesome.  I stand in awe of your plan and your purpose.  God I could never have imagined what you are doing right now.  It is really amazing how you make everything work together.

I am sorry for all of the times I have doubted God.  I am sorry for the times that I doubted that the struggle I was going through was worth it or had any purpose.  As I look back, I can see your purpose and plan working so perfectly in my life over the last 10-15 years.  It is so beautiful.  Your plans are so beautiful.  Sometimes it is hard for me to see the beauty because I am too close to it.  When I get some distance and see the big picture of what you are doing, WOW!  You are an artist God.  You make everything work together for my good.  I mean, you really do! 

God I pray for services around the world tomorrow that your anointing be present and that you accomplish everything you have planned.  God I pray that your power be evidenced.  I pray God that people see you in a new way, a more personal way, a more real way than ever before.  I pray God that your miracles be witnessed and that they raise our faith to do even greater things for you.  I pray God that your blessing pour over us as we worship you.  I love you God and I am all yours.

What God Said Tonight;
What is the main thing that you need to remember right now?  What is the main thing that you need to do?  You are walking into the future you have prayed for and you must remember the basic principles so you don't get lost in it. 

Remember that you are my conduit and my light.  Remember that what people see is my reflection in you and that is what draws them.  Remember your job is to show up and be willing and the rest is me.  Remember that there are truly only two things you need to do, love me and love your neighbor. 

Basic principles.  Keep it simple and you won't wander off.  You are prepared and you are what I planned for you to be.  I am glad that you can see the pattern and the purpose that I have had over your life.  I want you to remember this as you doubt dreams in the future.  Even in the most confusing of times, remember that I have a purpose and a plan and I will work it out for your good.  When you doubt, revisit this time when it all is so crystal clear.  You won't always see is it so clearly but you can remember this time and trust me. 

I love you so much daughter.  You light up the world reflecting me and I want you to do it forever.  Your purpose is just begun.  Your plan is just beginning to unfold.  You are my blessed daughter who I love and trust.  Rest in that knowledge. 

Ahh, you are resting in my arms tonight truly my daughter and it is so beautiful.  Just lie back and rest.  I will cradle you and take loving care of you forever.  Stay here for a minute.  You are perfected in Christ and I love you daughter.  My sweet daughter, good night.

Insecurity...again...

My prayer:
Awesome Father, God all mighty.  Maker of the universe and lover of my soul.  God Thank you for today.  Thank you for rest God. You are my amazing God.  God I am not sure what to say tonight.  Life is generally good.  Exciting things on the horizon and nothing too tragic. 

I have all my usual insecurities.  They are kind of bad right now.  I think it is because I don't think I am good enough or what ever it is I need to be to give the message at church on Sunday.  I know that you have given me the message.  I know that it is about you and not about me.  And yet, (like how I didn't say "but" God?) what if I mess it up?  What if I can't deliver it the way you want it?  What if I get nervous and freeze?  What if, what if, what if??? 

When I use to give the message in the prisons, it was always small groups that couldn't leave no matter how good or bad it was.  This Sunday, it is my home church who I will see every week after this.  They are accustomed to great messages and great deliveries.  God, I don't want to disappoint you, Pastor Joe of the congregation.

I pray God in advance that you speak through me.  I pray God that I get out of the way so you can accomplish what you want to accomplish.  I ask God for the peace to know that you have this and I can stop worrying.  Thank you God for the opportunity.  Thank you God for all that you are doing.  Thank you God for being you and living in me.

What God Said Tonight:
What do you want to hear daughter?  You already know the answers.  This Sunday is not about you.  This Sunday is something that I have planned and prepared for.  You will be faithful and follow my lead as you do in every other kind of service. 

I love you and I will help you.  This is something I want to do. Remember daughter that I can use anyone.  I can use anyone who is willing.  I don't need you to be good enough or talented enough or charismatic enough.  I just need you to be willing and obedient.  You have shown yourself faithful.  You have shown yourself willing. 

You will see me in every act and every word.  You will see me shining and you will have peace knowing it is me.  I will give you the peace you want but really you already have it if you think about it.  Just remember to listen to all that I have told you and taught you about yourself, about me, about the Kingdom and you will have peace understanding that it is all in my hands. 

I love you and I will prosper you.  You are going to be amazed at the things you will see and do in the coming years.  You have wanted it for so long.  It won't always be easy.  Part of the waiting has been to be sure that you really want it.  There will be times when you wonder if the dream is worth it  You will question whether you really can or want to put up with the battles.  In those times, you can look back on the years of waiting.  That will remind you how much you want it and will help you get through the struggles. 

You are destined for great things.  All of my children are destined for such great things.  You are my kids and I am the creator of the universe.  How can you be made for anything but greatness? 

Find peace and rest in the assurance that this is me guiding you, directing you, talking to you and talking through you.  You are positioned perfectly and you have great things in your future.  Your future is golden and so are you. Shine.

Thankful...

My prayer:
Awesome God, thank you for today.  I love Thanksgiving!  A holiday just to be thankful, eat a lot of food and spend time with people you love, what could be better? 

God I am grateful and thankful to you for so many things from the air that I breathe, to salvation, to healing, to relationships, to opportunities, to just your amazing love for me and so much more.  God, I cannot believe how privileged I am to live this life for you.  What a huge privilege to know you, call you Father and serve you.  I am grateful beyond words. 

God I am nothing without you but with you all things are possible.  I am lost without you but you are a light to my feet and a lamp to my path and you will guide me always.  I am nothing but you are everything.  I am weak but you are strong. 

I love you Father.  Thank you for everything.

What God Said Tonight:
I love you too daughter and I am thankful for your life. I am thankful that you chose to live for me.  I am thankful that you come to spend this time with me every night.  I am thankful that you are faithful.  I am thankful for our love. 

I want you to rest a minute and let me take this tonight.  I want you to lay back and let me drive.  There are some things that need to be said.  You are on the threshold of some pretty important changes.  Some you know about and some you don't yet know about.  It is exciting and wonderful but I need you more than ever to be sensitive to my voice.  I need you more than ever to hear me and speak my words. 

You are so ready for this.  You are nervous, thinking that you are not ready but you are.  I want this for you.  I want your dreams to come true.  I love you and want to bless you everyday.  I love you and I want you to have the very best of everything.  I love you and I want you to be in constant relationship with me forever.  I want so much for you and the time is now. 

Remain thankful.  Remain grateful.  Remain humble in your knowledge that none of this you but all of it is me.  Remember to trust and believe that I can do anything and you will see such amazing things. 

I am thankful for what you are going to do.  I love you daughter.  Go rest now, I see that you exhausted and it is a little hard to get through the sleepy brain tonight.  But, I love you and you are ready for the next steps.  You will love them. 

Keep your thankful heart my child. You have much more to be thankful for in the days ahead.

SO COLD...

My prayer:
Mighty God.  Thank you for another great day.  Thank you God for a warm house and food in the cupboard. 

God there are so many tonight that don't have that and it is SO COLD!! God, on nights like tonight, all I can think about is the people who have no place to stay warm.  This is killing cold God. 

I don't know what else to do but pray and ask you God to please take care of the people tonight who don't have a warm home.  I ask you God to provide for them warmth, safety, food and a place to sleep.  I know God that the shelters we have are not enough on their own.  God I pray that you multiply the provision so that everyone is taken care of.  God I put them in your hands.  I pray God that you show me what more I should be doing.  I ask God that you show me ways to be effective in their lives.  I pray God that you show me how to better share the gifts you have given me. 

Now that I don't work downtown anymore where I use to see and talk to so many of the people who didn't have a place to live everyday, it is easy to just get busy with life and forget.  Until a night like tonight.  I sit here in my home, furnace burning and I am still wrapped up in blanket.  What are they doing God?  How will they survive the night?  They need a miracle from you God.  I pray and ask for that miracle tonight. 

Thank you God.  I love you and am so grateful I can talk to you and hear from you.

What God Said Tonight:
I love you daughter and I love the people who are downtown tonight.  There are many who have found warm havens for the night.  Many have heard my voice and have followed me to safety.  My heart breaks for those who have not, will not or cannot  hear me tonight. 

My heart breaks for those who are freezing both physically and emotionally right now.  Those who are frozen in their spirit from past hurts are the ones that pain me the most.  Sweetheart, I have heard your prayer and I will send my angels to them to help. 

I love you and love your heart to help.  You are helping more than you know.  Try not to feel guilty that you can't take away their pain, that you can't make it better for all of them.  The job is too big for any one person.  Continue to do your part. Give when I tell you to give.  Serve when I tell you to serve or when you want to serve.  Pray and leave the rest to me. 

I will continue to move my people to help and I will continue to send my angels.  Some will be saved tonight.  Not just kept warm but truly saved.  Those are the people who are most blessed tonight.  They will see the love of God through the kindness of one of my children and it will win their heart for me.  Show everyone my heart and see if they don't come to me.  I will save them. 

I love you sweet daughter and don't ever lose our heart to help.  It is a great gift and makes your service so valuable to the kingdom. 

Every day...

My prayer:
Wow God!  More opportunities today!!! You are so awesome.  I think I am actually beginning to understand when you say that you will pour out the blessing that I cannot contain!  Every day, there are new opportunities!  Sometimes, it seems like more than I can take on but as long as you are pouring out, I will open up and receive.  I love these seasons God!

I have had my fair share of dry, desert seasons where nothing seems to change and it is the same old thing day after day.  Those seasons are so hard.  I like this season so much more!  Life is exciting, fun and a little crazy! 

Ok, I will stop with the exclamation points but really...this is awesome.  You are awesome.  Life with you is awesome. 

God I pray that you guide me, help me to make wise decisions about the opportunities.  I pray God that you show me which are from you and which are not.  I pray God that you prosper the work of my hands so that whatever opportunities you tell me I should take, I am successful at. 

God I love you.  Thank you again.  "Thank you" is so paltry.  I really want a new vocabulary that lets me more appropriately thank you and appreciate you.  You are just so...well you know.  You are just so YOU!

What God Said Tonight:
I love you daughter.  You know that I love you more than I can tell you or even let you know in other ways.  I love blessing you. I love opening doors for you.  I love giving you opportunities to soar above what you thought was possible.  I love that you have lost the fear of stretching beyond what you think is possible.  I love that you are trusting me more and more every day.  I love that you are trusting yourself more and more every day. 

I love what we are doing in this season.  People are being touched and changed.  People are coming to understand me in a way that is more personal and more real than ever before in these last days. 

It is so important that people know me for real in these last days.  There will be so much deception and so much manipulation.  There will be so much misdirection.  People are going to have to know my voice as well as they know their own voice, their mom's voice, their spouse's voice.  They are going to need to be able to recognize me in the dark.  There are dark days coming and they will need to be able to recognize me to follow me out. 

I have a plan and future for all of my children.  It will require that they know me for real.  It will require that they know me for themselves.  They have to know me personally.  Not what someone told them I was but know me.  They have to know my heart.  They have to be able to recognize me to follow me out. 

Daughter, keep spreading the word.  Keep talking to me and about me.  Please daughter do not grow weary in well doing.  You are doing well.  Don't grow weary.  Stay balanced and run this marathon with me. 

I will always guide you, direct you and prosper you.  Those are solid promises on your life that you don't ever have to question.  Just stick with it.  Remain faithful, every day. 

I love you so much it hurts, but in a good way! Smile my daughter and rest in preparation of another day of opportunity tomorrow.  You are my golden light shining over the ocean of my people.  Guide them to me, shine on the rocks so they can steer around them.  Be my lighthouse every day.  Love you!!!

Just love...

My prayer:
God you are good.  You are just so good.  Today, was good.  You gave me favor and it was good.  You are GOOD!  I love you God.  I praise you God.  Did I mention YOU ARE GOOD! 

Thank you for being the Lord of my life.  Thank you for teaching me how to live life better.  Thank you for making me a better person.  Thank you for never giving up on me.  Thank you for loving me when I was at my most unlovable.  Thank you for sticking with me through it all. Thank you for always being there. Thank you for always having the answer. 

YOU ARE GOOOOOOOOOD!!!

What God Said Tonight:
Thanks sweetheart!  I love you an awful lot too.  You are my precious child and the purpose of my heart.  You are the apple of my eye and I have etched you on the palm of my hand, like a tattoo, so I never am without you again.  You are my commitment forever.  You are my daughter.  You are my created daughter who I love.  You are so precious to me. 

Nights like tonight are so precious to me.  Nights where we just spend time loving on each other.  Life gets so busy and there are so many challenges, it is good to take time now and then to just love each other. 

You should do it more and not just with  me.  I have put people all around you that need that love too.  Take more time to just love.  Take time to let people know how special they are.  Take time to hear how special you are.  Take time to remember how special I am. 

Don't take any of it for granted. Your life and your experiences are extraordinary and no one else in all of creation has the same set of experiences that you do.  I have uniquely created your life for you.  You get to make choices throughout but even those choices are uniquely yours. 

Now there are aways similarities.  Without them, we could not connect and you could not connect to each other.  But even in the similarities there are aways unique experiences that make them your own. 

Cherish this life.  Cherish the people in your life.  Cherish me as I cherish you.  You are the love I have hoped for. 

Maturity...

My prayer:
Hi Dad!  Thanks for today! 

The next couple days seem a little overwhelming if I think too much about it.  So much work and three days to get it done.  God I will seriously need your help.  I love you God and I am so grateful that you help me with the big stuff and the little stuff.  God thank you for getting it all done. 

Someone asked me the other day how I do it all and I told them, I pray a lot!  And that is really it God.  It is all you.  I couldn't manage half of the work, ministry, relationships if I was trying to do it on my own.  But you seem to figure it all out and give me each new thing so everything that needs to get done gets done. 

I ask you God to that again this week.  God I pray and ask that you make me effective.  I pray God that you make me successful.  I thank you God that you bless the work of my hands.  And God, in the middle of the potential craziness, help me to remember to be a blessing to the people around me.  Help me God to remember that the people are the reason behind it all.  Help me to remember that you are the purpose and the people are the reason.  I love you God.  Thank you for your help.  With you, all things really are possible.

What God Said Tonight:
You will be effective and you will be a blessing.  You are starting from the right place and I will help you. 

You haven't been asking for help much lately.  Not for the day-to-day stuff.  Please remember that I love you and I want to help you with all the areas of you life.  I want to be there for you in every struggle and challenge.  I want to help you.  But you do need to ask.

You do need to rely on me.  When you try to handle it yourself, you are trying to show that you have matured.  But true maturity in me means becoming like a child again with complete reliance and dependence on me. 

You will still have a lot to do.  I want you to be a part of what I am doing.  You have been given gifts that I want to use in the kingdom, but always remember that you need my help.  Always remember to start each day, each hour, each minute with the call of help and reliance on me. 

Let me be your strong tower.  Let me be your safe place.  Let me be the author and finisher of your faith.  Let me be your daddy. 

You don't have to be independent to be mature.  The thing is, the more dependent you are on me, the more mature you are in Christ.  Lean on me, depend on me, trust me and you will accomplish all that you have dreamed of and more.  There are many paradoxes in the kingdom of God and this is one of them.  To grow up in Christ you must be dependent like a child. 

It's time to rest now.  You will need energy this week  It won't be as crazy as you think but you will need to be rested.  I love you so much.  Let me be your rock.

Open the door...

My prayer:
Awesome Father, thank you for today. It was pretty great.  Sleeping in, great dreams, great movie, great hike, great friends, great message and great food, what more could I ask for? 

God you are the answer, always.  You are the provision, always.  You are the teacher, always.  You are the Lord, always.  I am really so grateful that I get to be your kid.  I am so grateful that I can know that whatever life throws at me, you will be there with the answer.  God, we talked about it tonight.  What do people who don't know you and don't have you in their lives do?  How do they get out of bed in the morning?  How did I before I had you and knew you? 

I don't know but I am grateful for you today. I am grateful for who you are.  I am grateful for what you do.  I am grateful that I get to be a part of the miracles that you do everyday.  I love you Father! 

God I pray over our worship services tomorrow all around the world.  God whether it is two people or two million people getting together in your name, I pray that your anointed presence accomplish what needs to be done.  God, I pray that we each have a very real experience of you during service.  I pray that we get closer to you.  I pray God that we are a blessing to you.  You are my God and I love you more than my life.  In Jesus name, amen.

What God Said Tonight:
Wait on me a minute.  You are so often in a hurry.  Even today, your sabbath, your rest day, you were running from place to place.  Wait a minute.  I need you to slow down the pace a bit so I an talk to you about something that I am serious about. 

You have given up on a dream that I need you to renew.  You have decided it isn't going to happen and I need you to reopen hope.  I know it is hard.  I know you are afraid of getting hurt.  But, I want to do this thing for you.  I want to give it to you. 

You have to be willing to receive it though.  You have to open the door.  You closed it because you were frustrated and worried about getting more hurt.  You didn't give up on it because I told you to.   I did not tell you to give up. I will never tell you to give up.  I will tell you to give in to me but never to give up. 

Your dreams are real.  Your dreams are given to you to help you more fully experience this life.  Dreams are as real as the table beside you.  Dreams are like the spiritual realm.  They don't function under the same rules as the natural world but that doesn' t make them less real. 

You will have the things that I have shown you in our dreams.  Both those while you were sleeping and those while you were awake.  Don't give up.  Open up the door again.  Please don't give up.  I really want you to have this. 

Remember when you wanted to give your truck away and you were afraid she wouldn't take it?  Remember how rotten that felt to want to give it so badly but worrying that she wouldn't take it?  Remember how great it felt when she said yes, she would take it?  Multiply that feeling by several million and you might begin to understand how I am feeling. 

I am so concerned that you won't receive what I have for you and it is so good.  You want this, you need this, open back up the door and trust me to protect you.  Trust me to love you enough to make sure that you remain whole.  Trust me to bring you only good gifts, but open back up the door. 

I love you daughter.  I am glad you had a good day and enjoyed it.  I look forward to being with you in service tomorrow.  Trust my love for you now and forever.  I will never bring you a bad gift, ever.

The tower...

My prayer:
My mighty and incredible God.  How I love and worship you God.  You are so good. You provide for every need, even my need to learn and to grow.  God please keep helping me to grow and be everything that you want me to be.  What an amazing journey this life is. 

Sometimes it is all so exhausting.  Between the struggles and the joy, between the work and the play, it can all seem like too much.  But, when I just shut up and trust you, it all works out.  Everything that needs to get done gets done and life goes on. 

That's the crazy thing God, no matter how rough it gets, life goes on.  Everlasting life is something that I don't think I have truly understood God.  That I will live forever with you helps to take the pressure off of today's deadlines.

I guess I am pretty tired tonight God.  My thoughts and my prayer are kind of wandering.  Before I stop and listen, I need to ask you to help my friends.  You know the situations and you know what they need.  God, meet their needs.  Do your work in their lives.  And, more than anything else God, give them a new sense of hope tonight God.  Give them a hope to know that you have amazing plans for them and that tomorrow doesn't have to be like today or like yesterday.  Thank you God.  In Jesus name, amen.

What God Said Tonight:
You have listened to me for many days and nights now.  You strive to hear my voice in every area of your life now and that is good.  I need you to listen to my heart tonight.  I need you to hear what I mean as well as the words.  I need you to be sensitive to my Spirit at new level.  Sometimes the things I want to tell you are too complex for just words.  I talk in circumstances sometimes just for this reason.  Sometimes what I need to tell you cannot be expressed in words but it can be expressed through an experience. 

I use parables a lot because of that.  Sometimes a story about a situation with the emotion and spiritual aspects can say more than words alone. 

You are building a tower.  The tower is not very strong yet but it is building both up and out.  It is new and you can still see the underlying structure.  It seems almost raw and fragile but if you try to knock it over you will see just how sturdy it is.  It is made up of many bands, many sinews.  Each of them are people, relationships, experiences in your life.  You are building a strong tower. 

You will want this tower in the days to come.  You will find protection in it and you will find a platform to speak on it.  Right now it doesn't look like much.  It is still mostly raw materials and mud.  But some day people will come from miles around to see your tower.  You will always point to the tower and say, "See what God did."  That is part of why the tower is so good.  You will never take credit for it and for that reason it will never be torn down.  Your tower will stand forever.  It will be monument to me and I am pleased with it. 

I am sorry to be so cryptic tonight but as I say, some things need to be felt and experienced more that just heard.  Listen with your heart tonight and you will be able to see the tower.  I love you daughter and will never ever stop.

Like the sunrise

My prayer:
Awesome, amazing, incredible God.  I love you God, so very much. I worship you God.  You are my everything.  Everything I need and everything I want.  I have complete satisfaction in you God.  Thank you God for a blissfully uneventful day!  After this week, it was nice to have a day where nothing bad or unexpected happened.  God, I am just happy to be in your presence tonight.  What is on your mind?  I sit at your feet and I am here to listen.

What God Said Tonight:
Walk with me, sit at my feet, listen to me.  You and I are making a great relationship better just by being together.  There is a great art in just being together. No expectations, no pressure, just being together. 

When was the last time you were just content to be with someone.  Not because you needed or wanted anything from them and not because you wanted to give them anything but just because being with them was so much better than being without them.  That is how it is with you and me.  Sometimes, it is good to just be together because being together is so much better than not being together.  No pressure, no need, just resting together, enjoying each other and loving each other. 

I love that you have come to understand the value of being together for no purpose other than to be together.  We were meant for this.  I created you to be with me.  We will be together for all eternity.  I will never leave you.  You can count on me everyday for the rest of your life.  I will always be with you.  I will be with you in the good times, the bad times and the neutral times. 

I am glad that you got rested today.  There are more challenges ahead.  But the one promise that you can count on unequivocally is that I will ALWAYS be with you.  When you feel me and when you don't, when you hear me and when you don't, I am ALWAYS with you 

My plan for you is so great.  Your future is so amazing.  My love for you is greater and brighter than you can fathom. 

I am like the sunrise.  You don't ever have to think about the sunrise; it is always there.  You don't ever have to wonder if tomorrow there will be a sunrise.  Even when there is a storm and the sun is completely covered, you still know there is a sunrise.  You can't see it, you can't feel it but you know it is there and will always be there.  That's what I am like.  You can always know that I am there even if you can't see me because of the storm.  Even when you can't feel my warmth, you can KNOW that I am always there with you. 

Rest well tonight.  We will do more tomorrow.  But thanks for just being with me tonight.  I love you my daughter.

Beauty in the struggle...

My prayer:
What a mess today was God!  Thank you for reminding me all day that the struggles and problems were not as bad as they could have been and that nothing happened that isn't fixable.  Thank you God for helping me to to be able to laugh at the ridiculousness of how everything just went wrong.  It was about the time that I dumped the entire full diet Coke onto the passenger side floor of my car that I realized that this was one of those days that I could either get REALLY frustrated or I could just laugh and know that tomorrow would be better. 

I don't think I could have realized that even just a few years ago.  Thank you God for all that you have taught me.  Thank you for always stepping in and reminding me of the lessons you have taught me.  Thank you for the reminders and thank you that I don't have to get stuck in the struggle as often as I use to. 

I love you God, so much!  I ask God that tomorrow be better than today.  I pray God that you help me to be better tomorrow than I was today.  I pray God that you always help me to be better tomorrow than today for as long as there is a tomorrow. 

What God Said Tonight:
Perspective is a pretty amazing thing.  No matter how bad a thing looks, from a different vantage point, it is not so bad.  Take my death for example.  When the disciples heard that I was going to be beaten and killed they got very upset and started saying that it couldn't happen.  I had to stop them because from my perspective, although the sacrifice would be painful, it would also be my greatest gift and provide a way for my children to come back to me.  To me it was beautiful.  To them it was tragic. 

Find beauty in every situation.  I will turn every situation for you good, so find the good in it.  Find the beauty in it.  When you struggle, not only do you learn something but it gives you one more thing that will help you help others.  That is the beauty in each struggle. 

I love you daughter.  I was with you today and talking to you all day but the best part was you were listening.  Even in the deepest frustration, you were still listening for me and you were still turning to me. 

That  is the key to getting through any problem no matter how big.  Listen and turn to me.  I have the answer for every problem.  Learn to listen in every situation so you can have the answers that you need when you need them. 

Every day is a lesson and every lesson is a step to another level of satisfaction and maturity in me.  Stay close to me and I will take you to such great heights you cannot imagine.  I love you so much.  You are mine, beautiful, wonderful and all that I hoped you would be.  Rest now, recover.  You are safe in my arms.

Darkness or light...

My prayer:
Awesome God, my father, teacher, healer and provider.  God, my thoughts and emotions are kind of all over the place tonight.  So much so, I think I just want to shut up and listen to you. 

I find it so amazing (not in a good way) that yesterday I can be so assured of your guidance and direction in my life and tonight be filled with doubt.  Doubt about where I am going, who I am, if I have any value. Whoever first said, "you can't trust your feelings" really knew what he was talking about. 

So, instead of listening to me whine, complain and wallow in my own self doubt, I want to hear what you have to say tonight God.  What is on your mind and you heart?  I love you God.

What God Said Tonight:
It isn't really important you know.  Your feeling, your doubt, your worry, all of it doesn't add up to much in the scheme of things.  Regardless of all of that, I will accomplish my will in your life, because you asked me to.  I will have the final say.  I will lead you into a great future, and no amount of doubt, self criticism, or insecurity is  going to stop me. 

I am your God.  I am your Lord. I AM.  My sovereign will is in charge of your life.  So, you can choose to remain in this dark place of self doubt that you have landed in tonight.  Or, you can get up, shake it off and walk into the brilliant light that is the life that I have ordained for you. 

It truly is that easy.  It is a choice like any other choice.  What do you want?  Do you want me or do you want darkness?  I already know the answer but you need to understand that is truly the question you face tonight.  If you choose to remain with the self doubt and the dark criticism on yourself, you are choosing darkness.  If you choose to remember all that I have promised you and all that I have said about you, you choose me and you choose light. 

Remember that you are the head and not the tail, you are above an not beneath, you are more than a conqueror, you are destined to succeed, you are the apple of my eye and you are etched in the palm of my hand.  You are the beloved of the most high God.  You are the servant of the God of the universe.  That is who you are. 

Will you choose to believe it or will you choose to believe the lie.  Will you choose to believe me or will you allow yourself to drown in your own emotions and the lies for the devil?  Make your choice.  It is an easy choice when you look at it clearly. 

I love you so much daughter and I can't allow you to spend one more minute in the place of darkness.  Come with me back to the light and the future and promise I have for you. Do not be discouraged.  You are mine.

Guide you always...

My prayer:
God, my God.  You are so amazing.  I never get tired of reveling in your presence.  I never get tired of being with you God. 

There are times, like now, when your plan, your guidance, your direction seem so clear in my life.  When everything, good, bad and indifferent, seem to be working together seamlessly toward a path and a goal that only you really understand.  Everything working together for the same purpose.  Everything coming together and achieving more than I could ever imagine. 

God thank you for your plan on my life.  Thank you for working everything for my good.  Thank you God that even those things that were meant to hurt me, you turn them for my good.  I give you all the glory and all the honor God.  Every good thing that is happening, everything that is getting done is only because of you.  I promise not to forget. 

I love you God.  Thank you for being my guide, my trainer and my father.  I will trust you and follow you forever.

What God Said Tonight:
"I will guide you always" is a promise that I  intend to keep my daughter.  I will guide you always.  You don't have to figure out this life on your own.  I am here, just continue to follow. 

When you follow me, do it the way I tell you to, it is so easy.  I have literally made a way for you.  I have a plan on your life that I have been dreaming about since the beginning of time.  Your purpose was born long before you were.  Your place, your  calling, your job, whatever you want to call it, has been waiting for you.  Waiting for you to be ready. Waiting for you to let go of the world and trust in me.  It has been waiting and now you are here. 

I will absolutely continue to work everything for your good.  It is another promise and I am the promise keeper.  I will not let you down.  I will fulfill every promise I have ever made.  I won't forget a single one.  Even the more obscure ones.  Even if every single person on the earth forgets about that promise, I will fulfil it anyway because I am the promise keeper. 

I will never leave you and we will do this thing together.  I love you my sweet daughter.  Rest for another packed day tomorrow.  More good stuff to come!

Rejection...

My prayer:
Awesome Daddy.  God how I love you.  You are my everything.  God I love that you love me no matter what.  I love that you provided a way to love me even at my most unlovable. God, that you loved me so much that you provided away to cover every mistake, every ugly part of me just so you could love me without reserve. Just so we could be together forever.  God, that is love.  That is what matters.

I am feeling  a bit rejected tonight God.  Why is that I tend to focus on the people who reject me more than the hundreds and thousands of people you put in my life to love me?  I should know by now that not everybody is going to love me, but a part of me is still not ok with that.  I just get to thinking, what's wrong with me? Or maybe it isn't me.  I don't know. 

God, I pray that you change anything in me that needs to change.  I ask God that you help me to focus on your love for me and the love of people you have put in my life.  I pray God that you help me learn what I need to learn from the people who don't like me, don't want me around and heal the hurt that causes in me.  Help me God to love no matter how they feel about me.  Help me to always reflect your love. 

God help me not to unknowingly reject others.  God help me to always see that inner value that you have placed in each person.  Help me to see them with your eyes.  God, help me to never make anyone ever feel like I do tonight.  I love you God.  Thanks for listening.

What God Said Tonight:
Rejection is hard, but always remember, they rejected me too.  If they rejected me, what makes you think they won't reject you too? 

Your prayer is right, you need to focus on the love not the rejection and you need to always love in spite of it all. 

Remember when I was on the cross.  In the midst of ultimate betrayal, all I could feel was love.  My whole purpose in going through it was because of love. 

You don't need people to accept you, to love you in order to love them.  You
don't need it because your love is not dependent on them.  Your love is dependent on me, and, I will never run out of love. 

You are going to see a lot more rejection in your life.  You will see a lot more love too but you will see a lot of rejection.  You need to decide to always respond in love.  Give people their space, but never stop loving.  I have put in you the love that never fails.  You will hurt, but love anyway.  I love you sweet daughter and I tell you dear, love anyway.