Prayers ... Praise...Encouragement
"Hear our prayer...Oh Lord"
THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER
HEAVENLY FATHER,
I THANK YOU
FOR SENDING YOUR SON TO EARTH…
TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN OF LIVING THAT
WOULD HELP DEVELOP OUR SELF WORTH…
FOR HIS OBEDIENCE
TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE
ON THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS.
SO WHEN OUR LIFE IS SURRENDERED TO HIM
THERE’S NO FEAR
THAT OUR SOUL WILL BE LOST.
I THANK YOU, FATHER,
FOR ORDERING OUR STEPS
AND OUR STOPS IN YOUR HOLY WORD…
FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION
AND INTERCESSION
AFTER WE’VE ACCEPTED YOU AS LORD.
FOR PERPETUAL KEEPING
AND JOY’S STRENGTH FOR THE DAY..
FOR DEFINITIVE GUIDELINES
TO KEEP OUR ROUTE
IN CHECK ON LIFE’S WAY.
THANK YOU, FATHER,
FOR FAMILY AND FOR FRIENDS
WHOSE LIVES WE DAILY SHARE.
FOR YOUR PROMISE TO BE WITH US
WHEN TIMES ARE CLOUDY OR FAIR.
THANK YOU THAT WHEN THE ROAD
UP AHEAD IS STEEP
AND IT SEEMS HARD TO PRESS ON..
WE’RE REMINDED OF YOUR JOURNEY UP
GOLGOTHA’S HILL WHEN YOU
HAD NOT EVEN DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
WE REALIZE OUR “LITTLE CROSSES”
THAT SEEM SO DIFFICULT FOR US TO BEAR
ARE OF NO COMPARISON TO THE THORNY
CROWN THAT YOU WERE
REQUIRED TO WEAR.
SO, FATHER,
IN SPITE OF DISEASE OR DIAGNOSIS
MADE BY MEDICAL MAN
WE THANK YOU..
THAT OUR COMPLETE HEALING
IS STILL WITHIN YOUR UNCHANGING HAND.
SO, FATHER,
IN SPITE OF DISEASE OR DIAGNOSIS
MADE BY MEDICAL MAN
WE THANK YOU..
THAT OUR COMPLETE HEALING
IS STILL WITHIN YOUR UNCHANGING HAND.
THANK YOU,
THAT WE ARE ROOTED,
GROUNDED, WRAPPED UP,
TIED UP IN YOUR LOVE.
THAT YOU WILL
TAKE US TO YOUR COMPLETION
UNTIL OUR PREDESTINED …
CALL FROM YOU ABOVE.
FATHER,
I THANK AND PRAISE YOU
FOR NO OTHER HELP I KNOW.
MY FAITH IS RELEASED,
MY JOY IS INCREASED,
AND TRUST
JUST GROWS AND GROWS.
POWER ME UP! FATHER,
THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT
THAT IS WITHIN.
DRAW ME CLOSER EVER CLOSER
TO YOU...MY DEAREST FRIEND.
ISAIAH SAYS, “FEAR NOT I AM WITH YOU,
BE NOT DISMAYED
FOR I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU…
YES, I WILL HELP YOU.
I WILL UPHOLD YOU
WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND”
FOR THIS JOURNEY,
I WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH.
THANK YOU
FOR THE DAWN OF A BRAND NEW DAY…
AND FOR YOUR PERFECT DIVINE PLAN..
HEAR MY PRAYER, OH FATHER
AS ON YOUR IMMUTABLE WORD
I CONTINUE TO STAND!
THE CONTINUITY OF YOUR LOVE
FATHER, IN FAITH, WE STAND FIRMLY
ON THE CONTINUITY OF YOUR LOVE.
RECALLING
THE HISTORY WE’VE ESTABLISHED
SINCE YOU JUSTIFIED US FROM ABOVE.
YES, YOUR SACRIFICE
ON THE CROSS TO RENDER US
“JUST AS IF WE’VE NEVER SINNED”
PREPARES US FOR VICTORIOUS LIVING.
REASSURED THERE IS
NO BATTLE WE CANNOT WIN.
BECAUSE WE
HAVE SURRENDERED OUR WHOLE HEART
TO REPENTANCE. BELIEF IN YOU
AS OUR SAVIOR AND LORD.
THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT
UNDERSTANDING INCREASES
AS WE READ,
MEDITATE ON
AND STUDY
YOUR IMMUTABLE WORD.
FATHER, JUST USE US AS VESSELS,
NOT TO HOARD BUT TO SHARE
THE CONTINUITY OF
YOUR LOVE IN ACTION.
NEVER ALLOW
MUNDANE ISSUES OF LIFE
TO CREATE
STUMBLING BLOCKS
OF DISTRACTION.
AMEN...AMEN...AMEN
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PLEA TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
HEAVENLY FATHER,
WHEN MY SHOULDERS ARE BENT
AND MY HEAD BOWED DOWN LOW...
BECAUSE OF THE PATH ON WHICH
YOU REQUIRE THAT I GO.
SEND FAMILY AND FRIENDS
TO PROP UP MY OUTSTRETCHED ARMS
TO REV UP
THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT
WHO EVER GUARDS ME FROM HARM.
AS THE EAGLE AWAITS THE WIND TO CARRY
WITH HER WINGS OUTSTRETCHED WIDE…
I AWAIT
THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT
TO ENABLE MY SPIRIT
TO SOAR UPWARD...THEN GLIDE…
HIGH ABOVE
DETRIMENTAL PERMANENT EFFECTS
OF PRESENT UNTOWARD CIRCUMSTANCE
THAT ROCK MY WORLD
AND MAKE ME THINK
THAT I CANNOT “STAND.”
FATHER,
THOSE “THINGS” YOU ALLOW
ME TO GO THROUGH…
I MUST REST IN THE CERTAIN ASSURANCE
THAT YOU ARE GOING ALONG TOO.
HELP ME TO SPEAK TRUTH
CONCERNING WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE…
SO THAT THOSE YOU HAVE SENT TO AID
ARE NOT ENCUMBERED BY MY PRIDE.
THAT THEY WILL SEEK OUT YOUR WISDOM
TO IMPART EVEN IN CONVERSATION…
THAT THEIR SUGGESTED COPING SKILLS
WILL NOT
BE CONTROVERSIAL
TO MY SPIRITUAL STABILIZATION.
AMEN...AMEN...AMEN
PRAYER AS I AWAKENED
PRAYER AS I AWAKENED
HOLY FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS I BOW HUMBLY BEFORE THEE,
THANK YOU FOR DRAWING AND SEEKING
SO THAT BY ACCEPTING YOU
I WOULD BE FREE.
THANK YOU LORD,
FOR WASHING AWAY MY SINS
WITH YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD.
SO THAT HEALING INNER PEACE COULD ENTER LIKE A FLOOD....
THAT RUNS DEEP AND WIDE .
FILLING ALL
THE EMPTY SPACES OF MY LIFE.
REMOVING SELF SO I
MIGHT NOT BE THE CAUSE OF ANY STRIFE.
BY ACCEPTING YOUR CLEANSING
I FEEL FREE TO LIFT UP
HOLY HANDS TO YOU.
ACKNOWLEDGING
IT WAS YOUR GRACE ALONE
THAT BROUGHT ME SAFELY THROUGH.
OH FATHER, BECAUSE OF CHRIST,
I NEED NOT BE ASHAMED
TO LIFT THESE HANDS.
FOR IT IS IN
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS ALONE, THAT I...STAND.
THE WORD SAYS THAT
YOU ABIDE IN THE TEMPLE,
AND IN THIS INSTANCE IT MEANS,
MY BODY,
THAT AWARENESS IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
SO FATHER, AS YOU ARE IN THIS TEMPLE AS I RAISE MY HANDS IT’S TRUE
THAT YOU CAN SILENCE, DOUBT, SORROW, GRIEF,
LACK OF FAITH OR FEAR
THAT DOES NOT EMIT FROM YOU.
SILENCE ANY UNGODLY EFFORT
TO TRY TO TAKE CONTROL...
OF SITUATIONS IN LIFE
AS STRONG BILLOWS BEGIN TO ROLL.
FATHER, YOU’RE THE ONE
WHO CALMED AND STILLED THE SEA,
AND OFFERED US THAT INNER CALM
THAT ONLY COMES FROM THEE.
I CONTINUE TO ACCEPT YOUR PEACE
AND YOUR PERFECT PLAN FOR US.
I’M TRYING TO OBEY YOU FATHER,
AND MOST OF ALL...TO TRUST.
I TRUST IN THE ONE WHO MOVES MOUNTAINS..
IN THE ONE IN CONTROL OF TIME.
IN THE MAJESTIC HOLY FATHER
WHO DREW ME WHILE IN MY PRIME.
I TRUST IN YOUR
OMNIPOTENCE,
OMNIPRESENCE,
OMNICIENTNESS TOO.
I TRUST YOU AS MY ROCK,
MY FORTRESS,
GRACIOUS,
MERCIFUL,
DELIVERER...
MY PRAISE I OFFER YOU!
AS I STAND ON THE PROMISES
THAT IN YOUR WORD, YOU GIVE...
THAT ENABLES ME TO PRAY,
WORSHIP,
STAND..
LOOK TO YOU..
AND LIVE.
I ACCEPT YOUR LOVE AS IT ABOUNDS MORE AND MORE...
GIVING DIRECTION AND EMPOWERMENT...TO PRESS ON…
TO ENDURE. AMEN.
SILENCE ANY UNGODLY EFFORT
TO TRY TO TAKE CONTROL...
OF SITUATIONS IN LIFE
AS STRONG BILLOWS BEGIN TO ROLL.
FATHER, YOU’RE THE ONE
WHO CALMED AND STILLED THE SEA,
AND OFFERED US THAT INNER CALM
THAT ONLY COMES FROM THEE.
I CONTINUE TO ACCEPT YOUR PEACE
AND YOUR PERFECT PLAN FOR US.
I’M TRYING TO OBEY YOU FATHER,
AND MOST OF ALL...TO TRUST.
I TRUST IN THE ONE WHO MOVES MOUNTAINS..
IN THE ONE IN CONTROL OF TIME.
IN THE MAJESTIC HOLY FATHER
WHO DREW ME WHILE IN MY PRIME.
I TRUST IN YOUR
OMNIPOTENCE,
OMNIPRESENCE,
OMNICIENTNESS TOO.
I TRUST YOU AS MY ROCK,
MY FORTRESS,
GRACIOUS,
MERCIFUL,
DELIVERER...
MY PRAISE I OFFER YOU!
AS I STAND ON THE PROMISES
THAT IN YOUR WORD, YOU GIVE...
THAT ENABLES ME TO PRAY,
WORSHIP,
STAND..
LOOK TO YOU..
AND LIVE.
I ACCEPT YOUR LOVE
AS IT ABOUNDS MORE AND MORE...
GIVING DIRECTION AND EMPOWERMENT...TO PRESS ON…
TO ENDURE. AMEN.
EARNEST PRAYER
THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER
THAT OUR HAIR AND BODY PARTS
DO NOT DEFINE US.
WE ARE DEFINED
BY SOUND MIND AND FAITH
IN OUR GOD
IN WHOM WE PLACE OUR TRUST.
DECISIONS ARE SUBMITTED
IN TOTAL, O GOD.
PLACED WITHIN YOUR DIVINE WILL.
GRANT DISCERNMENT
AND INNER PEACE AS
ALL NEEDS YOU CONTINUE TO FULFILL.
WALK WITH ME AS I TREAD DOWN PATHS
THAT TAKE ME
TOWARD UNKNOWN ROADS.
IN STRICT UNWAVERING FAITH...WHY?
BECAUSE
YOU HAVE ALWAYS CARRIED MY LOAD.
THANK YOU , HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT I
WILL ALWAYS BE “COMPLETE IN YOU.”
NOT IN SPITE OF CIRCUMSTANCE,
BUT IN THEM…
ALLOWING YOU TO WALK ME THROUGH.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FACT, OH GOD,
IS THAT LIFE’S JOURNEY
IS NOT BASED ON MY PHYSICAL WALK.
IT IS BASED ON
MY SPIRITUAL WALK OF OBEDIENCE
IN MY DESIRE TO “WALK MY TALK.”
YOU ALONE CAN STRENGTHEN
AND ENCOURAGE.
I AM IN YOUR CARE.
ON YOU I SHALL DEPEND.
THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER,
THAT IN THIS HOUR OF UNCERTAINTY,
YOU STILL REMAIN MY CLOSEST FRIEND. AMEN...AMEN
Prayers,Praise,Encouragement
TERRORISTIC THREATS
TERRORISTIC THREATS
BE CALM, AT EASE. BE CONFIDENT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR PANIC OR FEAR. WE KNOW NOT THE TIME OR METHOD WHEN TERRORISTIC ATTACKS MIGHT APPEAR.
WHILE WE ARE APPROACHING DIFFICULT TIMES GOD CONTINUES TO CALL HIS ROLL. AS CHRISTIANS... SATAN RULED TERRORISTS MAY AFFECT OUR BODY.
BUT ONLY GOD CAN POSSESS OUR SOUL.
THERE IS AN INNER PEACE THAT ACCOMPANIES SALVATION.
IT'S ONE OF THE GIFTS FROM THE FATHER ABOVE.
WE ARE SHELTERED UNDER WINGS OF PROTECTION
AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY HIS BOUNDLESS LOVE.
STILL, WE HAVE NO LICENSE TO ACT AS THOUGH WE DON'T EVEN CARE.
WE MUST STILL EXERCISE WISDOM...
BE CONSCIOUS OF CHANGE AND BECOME MORE AWARE.
THERE ARE SOME NEW GUIDELINES IN EFFECT
TO HELP US AVOID TERRORISTIC SNARES.
GOD'S WORD ADMONISHES US TO WATCH AND CEASELESSLY PRAY.
SO WE SHOULD NOT BUCK AT THE INCONVENIENCE
OF DOING THINGS MORE SAFELY EACH DAY.
THERE IS A WAR GOING ON. SATAN'S TERRORISTS WANT US
TO LOSE CONTROL OF OUR MIND
BUT IF WE PRACTICE TRUST AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WORD.
SOUNDNESS, POWER, LOVE , CONTINUED PEACE WE WILL FIND.
SO BE CALM, AT EASE, BE CONFIDENT IN YOUR FAITH. DO NOT PANIC.
DO NOT FEAR. FOR WE'RE SAFE IN THE ARMS OF OUR SOVEREIGN GOD
WHETHER TERRORISTS ARE AFAR OR NEAR. jane rhoda walker
SONG OF LOVE & PRAISE
LET'S SING A SONG TOGETHER.
A SONG OF LOVE AND PRAISE.
LET'S LIFT OUR HANDS UP TO OUR LORD AS OUR VOICES WE MELODICALLY RAISE.
OH HOW YOU LOVE US, O GOD.
ENOUGH TO SACRIFICE YOUR ONLY SON.
OUR EYES WE LIFT TO YOU IN HUMBLE PRAISE FOR YOUR BLESSINGS,
EACH AND EVERY ONE!
YOU'VE COVERED US WITH PROTECTION FROM DANGERS BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN. YOUR ARMS OF LOVE ENFOLD US WITH PEACE MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER DREAMED.
YOU HAVE SATURATED US WITH BOTH YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE.
WITH CONSTANT REASSURANCE OF YOUR GUIDANCE FOR LIFE'S RACE.
SOMETIMES, FATHER, IT IS HARD IN OUR SEASON OF LIFE TO BE CONTENT.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES CAN EVEN BE HEAVEN SENT.
BUT ESPECIALLY IN OUR SORROWS WE MUST STILL HUMBLY BOW
AND ACCEPT THE JOY AND STRENGTH YOU GIVE
DURING THE DARK TIMES WHICH YOU ALLOW.
OH, WE CAN STILL SING A SONG TOGETHER!
A SONG OF LOVE,
A SONG OF PRAISE,
A SONG OF TRUST.
YES, WE CAN COME OUT WITH OUR PRAISE HANDS UP...
TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD'S FAITHFULNESS NEVER FAILS.
TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR GOD WHO...
PERPETUALLY TAKES CARE OF US.
THANKFUL ATTITUDE
MY DEVOTIONAL READING FOR TODAY SAYS WINDOWS OF HEAVEN
ARE OPENED BY A THANKFUL ATTITUDE.
AS LOOKING UP WITH A GRATEFUL HEART WILL GLIMPSE GLORY FOR YOU!
YOU CANNOT YET LIVE IN HEAVEN BUT YOUR EXPERIENCE GLIMPSES REVIVE HOPE!
BOADENING WIDELY YOUR PRESENT SPIRITUAL SCOPE.
THANKFULNESS IS NOT A MAGIC FORMULA.
IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
TRANSPORTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OUR SOVEREIGN GOD ABOVE.
IT ALLOWS US TO REJOICE IN OUR FATHER
IN THE MIDST OF ILLNESS, TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS.
ENHANCES THE JOY OF THE LORD AS OUR STRENGTH IN EVERY SITUATION.
SO LET'S LIVE TODAY WITH A RENEWED ATTITUDE OF GRATEFULLNESS.
STRIVING TO WALK THE UPWARD WAY
WHILE EXPERIENCING GOD'S GRACE...IN THE PRESS.
PSALM 87:7B "ALL MY SPRINGS ARE IN THEE"
ALL MY SPRINGS ARE IN THEE...LORD
REFRESHING SPRINGS ACCORDING TO THY WORD.
SPRINGS OF CONTENTMENT AND INNER PEACE...
SPRINGS OF COMFORT AND COMMUNION WITH THEE.
SPRINGS OF SATISFACTION IN TRUSTING YOUR WORD...
SPRINGS OF KINSHIP AS AN HEIR OF THINE...LORD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REFRESHING SPRINGS
SWEET...COOL...AND EVER FLOWING.
THANK YOU FOR ACCESS TO THEM
AND A GOD WHO IS...ALL KNOWING.
THANK YOU FOR RENEWED STRENGTH
FOR THE COMMITMENTS MADE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU FATHER
FOR I KNOW YOU WILL SEE ME THROUGH.
Thank You For Peace
GOOD MORNING, LORD.
I THANK YOU FOR SOUND MIND AGAIN TODAY.
FOR KNOWLEDGE OF WHO AND WHOSE I AM
AS I TRAVEL ON LIFE'S WAY.
THIS LIFE, DEAR FATHER, SEEMS SOMETIMES TO BE ONE GREAT CONTINUOUS WAR.
I AM THANKFUL THAT IN EACH BATTLE YOU ALLOW MY SPIRIT TO STILL SOAR...
WAY UP HIGH BEYOND THE CIRCUMSTANCES MY SPIRIT CAN FLEE.
ASSIGN BODYGUARDS OF GODLINESS, GRACE, AND MERCY,
MINDFUL OF YOUR WILL THAT WHAT WILL BE...WILL BE.
YOU ALONE, FATHER, ARE IN INFINITE CONTROL OF MY SOUL.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT.
YES...YOU REMAIN IN CONTROL.
SHOW ME THE PATHS WHERE I SHOULD WALK.
TEACH ME, FATHER, TO HUMBLY, WALK MY TALK,
SO THAT I MAY CONTINUE TO BE IN YOUR CIRCLE OF BLESSING.
AWARE THAT IN EACH PHASE I MUST LEARN YOUR INTENDED LESSON.
YOUR TIMING, PROTECTION AND FOREKNOWLEDGE
OVERSHADOW MY LIFE WITH YOUR FAVOR.
IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL PEACE YOU PROVIDE
SINCE I ACCEPTED YOU AS MY SAVIOR...
THE SMALL CHALLENGES OF LIFE LOOM LARGER AS I GROW OLDER.
BUT STUDY AND MEDITATION
ON YOUR WORD GROWS FAITH THAT IS STRONGER AND BOLDER.
SO AS I TRUST YOU AND STRIVE TO OBEY,
MAINTAIN MY MIND IN A MODE OF PEACE
AS I FACE EACH BRAND NEW DAY.
THE SONG WRITER SAYS IT THIS WAY..."PEACE,PEACE, WONDERFUL PEACE,
COMING DOWN FROM THE FATHER ABOVE.
SWEEP OVER MY SPIRIT,
FOREVER, I PRAY, WITH YOUR FATHOMLESS BILLOWS OF LOVE."
THANK YOU, FATHER,
FOR THE PEACE THAT ONLY COMES FROM YOU
AND THAT THOSE BILLOWS OF PEACE WILL CONTINUE
AS I AM STRIVING TO GO THROUGH. AMEN...AMEN
Steadfast Prayer & Praise
OH GOD, MY HEAVENLY FATHER, I FACE EACH DAY
AS A BLESSING AND AN EXTREME CHALLENGE.
THE PRESSURES OF LIFE SOMETIMES MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO MAINTAIN MY INNATE SENSE OF BALANCE.
YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY GIVEN ME A MIND THAT NORMALLY ACCEPTS MULTI TASK. THEY ARE PILING UP ALL AROUND ME,
FATHER I CAN ONLY TRUST YOU...TO KEEP ME STEADFAST.
STEADFAST IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN CONTROL.
STEADFAST KNOWING YOU ALLOW TIMES OF SORROW
THAT WILL REEK HAVOC ON MY PSYCHE
BUT WILL NOT OVERTAKE MY SOUL.
STEADFAST, FATHER, STEADFAST...
KNOWING I AM DOING ALL THAT I CAN.
OBEDIENT TO YOUR WORD, FATHER
I AM DETERMINED NOW..
TO JUST STAND.
IN PRAISES, FATHER AS YOUR WORD SAYS I SHOULD DO.
I PRAISE YOU FATHER,
SPECIAL PRAISE I OFFER YOU.
I WILL STILL PRAISE YOU.
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH.
I WILL STILL PRAISE YOU AS RECIPIENT OF YOUR AMAZING GRACE.
I WILL STILL PRAISE YOU GIVER AND SUSTAINER OF TIME,
YES, I WILL STILL PRAISE YOU
MY REDEEMER...
PROTECTOR
NEVER FAILING,
FAITHFUL,
FRIEND OF MINE!
YOU GAVE ME LIFE, HOPE AND PROMISE OF A SOUND MIND TOO.
I WILL STILL PRAISE YOU FATHER. I...WILL..STILL...PRAISE...YOU!
AMEN...AMEN
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My Own Shoes Prayer
HEAVENLY FATHER, LET ME BE COMFORTABLE IN SHOES THAT ARE UNIQUELY MINE. NOT TO WALK ANYONE ELSE'S MILE WITH STRINGS THAT TOO TIGHTLY BIND.
YOU ARE ALPHA AND OMEGA THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
I PRAISE YOU DEAR FATHER. LET MY FAITH NEVER WAIVER OR BEND.
MIRACULOUS THINGS LET ME EXPERIENCE..
NOT ONLY DAY TO DAY BUT SECOND BY SECOND...
YOU ARE THERE AS YOU POUR OUT CONTINUAL BLESSINGS
OF YOUR PRESENCE LET ME BE MORE AWARE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, PRAISES UNENDING I GIVE.
JUST TEACH ME MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY WITH YOU IS A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE YEARS.
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU HAVE WALKED ME THROUGH
HAVE SHOWN ME IN THE REAL LIGHT OF DAY
THAT YOUR WILL IS THAT I WALK A MILE IN MY OWN SHOES.
NO NEED TO COMPARE TO THE WALK OF OTHERS,
FATHER, MOTHER, AUNTS, COUSINS, UNCLES SISTERS OR BROTHERS.
AS A UNIQUE CHILD OF GOD HE IS DIRECTING MY INDIVIDUAL PATH
THROWING OUT THE WELL WORN SHOES
FOR NEW SPIRIT FILLED ONES THAT WILL LAST.
LET ME NOT BE PRESUMTUOUS TO SAY I'VE BEEN THERE,
RIGHT WHERE YOU NOW ARE.
AS EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE HAS VARIENTS AS DIFFERENT AS GOD'S CELESTIAL STARS.
THANK YOU FOR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM YOUR HOLY SPIRIT'S PEN.
SOUND WISDOM FROM YOUR WORD AND EXPERIENCES I'LL NOT NEED TO DEFEND.
LET YOUR PEOPLE BE A WITNESS TO WHAT WALKING IN YOUR WILL CAN DO.
AWARE THAT YOU OFTEN DO NOT WALK US AROUND TROUBLES
BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS WALK US THROUGH.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO EXPERIENCE...THE JOY, THE LOVE CONNECTION ...THE SPECIAL WALK WITH YOU AS YOU GRANTED ME THE WISDOM AND STAMINA JUST IN KNOWING
HOW TO BE A WIFE AND MOTHER ALSO TO CARE FOR AGING SIBLINGS AND PARENTS...
MY FAITH & TRUST WERE STILL GROWING.
EVEN THROUGH THAT SEASON OF LIFE YOU SHOWED ME
I CAN BE COMFORTABLE
WALKING IN MY OWN SHOES
AS YOUR SEEDS OF LOVE I AM SOWING.
AMEN...AMEN
THY WORD
THANK YOU FATHER THAT...
THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY PATH,
A LIGHT UNTO MY FEET.
IT SHOWS SURE METHODS
FOR NONINTERNALIZATION OF DEFEAT.
IT PROMOTES TRUST IN THEE
AND DELIVERANCE FROM TRIALS GREAT AND SMALL
WHILE EMPHASIZING THROUGH IT'S PAGES
THAT YOUR GREAT LOVE...ENCOMPASSES ALL.
YOUR WORD REVEALS YOUR OMNIPOTENCE,
OMNIPRESENCE, OMNISCIENCE TOO.
THANKS FOR PROVIDING
THY WORD
AS A MANUAL OF TRUTH.
AMEN...AMEN
Encouragement, Affirmation
BE ENCOURAGED
(Excerpts Ephesians 3:14-21 TLB)
DO NOT BE OVERWHELMED BY THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES
OR RELATIONSHIPS HERE ON EARTH.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF YOU
THEY STILL DO NOT DETERMINE YOUR WORTH!
YOUR WORTH IS DETERMINED BY YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND MAN.
AS YOU FACE BATTLES IN THIS LIFE ON HIS WORD,YOU MUST CONTINUE TO STAND!
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAYS THE LORD IN ISAIAH FIFTY-FIVE EIGHT.
GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS.
OUR GOD IS NOT CONFINED TO THE FINITE IMAGINATION OF MAN.
WE FILL OUR MIND WITH PLANNING BUT HE EXECUTES HIS MASTER PLAN.
FOR THIS REASON WE MUST BOW OUR KNEES
TO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
FOR WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY OF HEAVEN AND EARTH IS NAMED.
HIS HOLY WILL FOR US...MUST STILL SUFFICE.
OUR DESIRE IS THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU,
ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY
TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT
THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN YOUR INNER MAN
AS IF IT WERE MANDATORY.
THAT CHRIST MAY CONTINUE TO DWELL IN YOUR HEART, THROUGH FAITH.
THAT YOU, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND WITH ALL THE SAINTS; WHAT IS THE WIDTH, LENGTH, DEPTH, AND HEIGHT.
TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSES KNOWLEDGE.
THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED
WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD WITH SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING
SUPERIOR TO WHAT IS LEARNED IN COLLEGE.
FOR OUR GOD IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR EVEN THINK! ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKS IN US. HIS HOLY SPIRIT IS THE LINK.
TO HIM BE GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS TO ALL GENERATIONS FOREVER AND EVER OUR RELATIONSHIP AND SECURITY IN JESUS, NO MAN, OR CIRCUMSTANCE...CAN EVER SEVER. BE ENCOURAGED BY THESE TRUTHS AND CONCEPTS FOUND IN GOD'S HOLY WORD. BECAUSE THEY DIRECTLY APPLY TO US ALL SINCE WE'VE ACCEPTED HIM AS LORD.
Daily Bread Prayer... O Lord give me
the grace to be Content with what you give to me.
No! more than that...Let me rejoice in what I have.
IT’S ASSURING
HEAVENLY FATHER, I LOVE YOU, ADORE YOU.
IT'S ASSURING TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE NEAR.
AS I AM SURROUNDED BY LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES..
SOVEREIGN GOD, YOUR VOICE IN YOUR WORD..IS STILL CLEAR.
I MUST CAST ALL MY CARES UPON YOU.......
SO...ALL MY CARES...
I NOW CAST UPON YOU.
THAT INCLUDES PRINCIPALITIES , POWERS, AND DIVISIVE, NON SINCERE PEOPLE TOO. YOUR WORD SAYS
THE BATTLE IS NOT MINE.
YOU ARE THE CHIEF IN CHARGE.
I MUST PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR IN YOUR WORD...
EVEN BEFORE THE ENEMY LOOMS LARGE.
THE BELT OF TRUTH AND BREASTPLATE OF YOUR APPROVAL,
WEARING SHOES THAT ARE ISSUED BY YOU TO WALK IN PEACE WITHOUT REMOVAL.
WITH FAITH AS MY SHIELD TO PROTECT AGAINST SATAN'S DARTS,
THE HELMET OF SALVATION, SWORD OF YOUR SPIRIT.
OH MY MAGNIFICENT FATHER...HOW GREAT THOU ART.
I MUST PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. ASKING YOUR SPIRIT TO INTERCEDE.
FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT ALONE IS AWARE OF YOUR WILL.
YOU, DEAR FATHER, KNOW WHAT I NEED.
EMPOWER ME, FATHER, TO SPEAK WITH OTHERS IN KINDNESS AND IN LOVE.
TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACCEPT YOU.
TO BE READY FOR YOUR CALL FROM ABOVE.
I THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER.
I'LL LOVE AND ADORE YOU..ALWAYS.
SOVEREIGN GOD, IT'S ASSURING TO FEEL YOUR PRESENCE.
I WILL TRUST YOU FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS.
IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEDGE
IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEDGE, OH LORD, TO WORSHIP THEE.
IT'S A PRIVILEDGE AND AN HONOR THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN ME.
IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEDGE AS MY HUMBLE PRAISES ASCEND. IT'S A PRIVILEDGE AND AN HONOR ON YOU TO DEPEND.
MY LORD, IT'S A PRIVILEDGE.
MY GOD, IT'S AN HONOR.
HOLY SPIRIT, IT'S A PRIVILEDGE...
I THANK YOU
FOR INDWELLING POWER.
CONCERNING FAITH
HEAVENLY FATHER, CONCERNING FAITH EACH OF US HAS BEEN GIVEN "A MEASURE". THE EXPERIENCES OF FAITH IN YOUR HOLY WORD HAVE NOW BECOME MY TREASURE. "FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR"
THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE CANNOT SEE.
THANK YOU FATHER
FOR FAITH TO ACCEPT WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW IS TO BE.
FOR FAITH IS MY CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS IN CONTROL
OF MY LIFE, OF MY SUBSTANCE AND MOST ASSUREDLY OF MY SOUL.
FAITH DEAR FATHER, CAN ONLY BE INCREASED BY YOU.
FOR YOU ALONE ARE AWARE OF MY "MEASURE"
AND ITS ABILITY TO CARRY ME THROUGH.
MUSTARD SEED SIZED FAITH IS CERTAINLY ACCEPTED BY THEE
WHEN THE QUALITY NOT QUANTITY IS GREAT ITS VALUE NOTHING ELSE CAN EXCEED.
HEAVENLY FATHER, GRANT FAITH THAT MIGHT BE WEAKENED
BUT WILL NEVER BECOME "UNDONE".
A QUALITY FAITH OF VICTORY KNOWING THAT BATTLES OF LIFE WILL BE WON.
GRANT THAT FAITH, FATHER THAT COMES FROM HEARING YOUR WORD.
AS YOUR WORD INITIATED FAITH. NOW INCREASE THROUGH YOUR WORD DEAR LORD. LET ME NOT BE DECEIVED THAT FAITH IS INCREASED BY "MORE THINGS".
FOR FAITH COMES FROM TRUST IN GOD
THEN REMAINS WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCES LIFE BRINGS.
YOU ARE MY "STRENGTH" O LORD AS YOUR WORD SAYS
"WHOM SHALL I FEAR"
FEARS BECOME LESS AND FAITH BECOMES FULL AS I SUBMIT ALL EVEN MY CAREER. INCREASE FAITH FATHER AS YOU HAVE ELIMINATED ALL FEAR OF MY PRESSING FORWARD AND UPWARD KNOWING YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR.
AS FAITH INCREASES HEAVENLY FATHER AND ITS QUALITY IMPROVES WITH USE.
SHOW ME HOW TO WORK MY FAITH AND NOT SUBJECT IT TO ABUSE.
FAITH IS ALSO INCREASED BY WITNESSING FAITH OF OTHERS WHO NEVER WAVERED AS THEY HELD ON TO THE TRUTHS IN YOUR HOLY WORD
AFTER THEY ACCEPTED YOU AS THEIR SAVIOR.
"MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE"
LORD AS YOU INCREASE "MY MEASURE"
THANK YOU FATHER FOR INCREASED FAITH.
I ACCEPT IT AS MY TREASURE. (Excerpts from Pastor V. Grigsby)
I SAMUEL 3:9 SPEAK LORD, FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH.
GOD SPEAKS...
GOD SPEAKS TO US IN A WHISPERED HUSH IN OUR DAYS OF FUN AND PLEASURE
BUT HE SHOUTS LOUD SHOUTS WHEN EVER WE ARE PAINED
TO GET OUR ATTENTION BETTER.
FOR PAIN OF BODY OR OF MIND DRAWS US MUCH CLOSER TO HIM.
AS OUR MAN MADE CRUTCHES ARE REMOVED
OUR NEED DEEPENS ON HIM TO DEPEND.
WE WERE NEVER PROMISED THAT WE WOULD ESCAPE PAIN...
ONLY THAT IN SUFFERING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GAIN
FATHER...AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP. A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE.
A SURE PEACE WITHIN...A MIND THAT IS SET FREE...
FROM GUILT OF PAST DEEDS FROM WHICH YOU'VE GRANTED FORGIVENESS
FROM OUR BLOCKING THE POWER OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US.
WHETHER IN A CROWDED ROOM OR WHEN NO ONE SEEMS TO BE AROUND OVERSHADOW US WITH YOUR PRESENCE GRANT REST BOTH SAFE AND SOUND.
FATHER, AS WE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR YOUR HUSHED WHISPERED TONES
OR SHOUTS OF PAIN FOR OUR ATTENTION
THANK YOU FOR NEVER LEAVING US ALL ALONE.
PSALMS 103:1-5A & 22 TLB
I BLESS THE HOLY NAME OF GOD WITH ALL MY HEART. YES, I WILL BLESS THE LORD AND NOT FORGET THE GLORIOUS THINGS HE DOES FOR ME. HE FORGIVES ALL MY SINS. HE HEALS ME. HE RANSOMS ME FROM HELL. HE SURROUNDS ME WITH LOVING KINDNESS, AND TENDER MERCIES. HE FILLS MY LIFE WITH GOOD THINGS. LET EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE BLESS THE LORD AND OH HOW I BLESS HIM TOO!