Prayer
ARE YOU WILLING?
Yesterday as I was driving to my hair appointment, I found myself tearfully praying, “Lord, can you really use me in all my weakness…in all my failures…in all my mistakes?”
As soon as the words left my mouth (I pray out loud most of the time), I heard the Lord’s loving, gentle voice in my spirit say, “I am bigger than your weakness, failures or mistakes! Yes! I can use you!”
I am sharing this to encourage anyone who thinks that God couldn’t possibly use them! It doesn’t matter where you are in your life or what you are experiencing – God can use you for His Glory!! If you are willing…He is willing!!
Are you willing?
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV
Walking With Jesus
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016
PRAYER WALK
We had a powerful prayer time this morning! At one point I was in front of the group lifting up the churches in our area and I found myself praying for unity. I found out that another walker, who was bringing up the rear of the group, was praying the same thing – unity! We were far enough away from each other that we didn’t hear each other. Praying God’s heart- UNITY -for His people!!
I prayed this morning for God to give us another “divine appointment” and He did! As we were walking across from the hospital, I felt the nudge from the Lord to walk in the drop off area of the Emergency Room/ Hospital.
As we began to walk in that area, we saw a woman walking from the parking lot to the hospital. She had just dropped off her daughter at the Emergency Room. I was able to pray with her for her daughter’s healing. We serve a God of Opportunity! And He sets up the opportunities!! Hallelujah!!
Thank You, Jesus, for walking with us during this focused set-aside time!!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!!
Prayer…
Asleep at 12:00 and awake by 4:00am. I guess there is just too much going on…
Lord, may Your peace settle upon me and all who are reading this. May Your Presence gently touch all who are hurting…all who are depressed…all who are crying out for You!
Father, I intercede for all those who just have no words to pray. Hear their hearts, Lord, and may they feel Your Love!
Flow, River, Flow into the deep valleys and into the dry places of their lives! May their spirits, souls, and bodies soak in Your precious life-giving Water!
Thank You, LORD, and Amen!
JESUS IS OUR PATTERN!
As I sit quietly sipping my coffee this morning, I hear the Lord saying:
“I have not called you to be like everyone else.”
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have a problem with comparing myself to others. Especially those that I believe are further along God’s path than I am.
As I was hearing God’s Word to me this morning, I knew it was not just for me…but for all of us!
Brothers & Sisters, we are each uniquely and beautifully created! God delights in our uniqueness. He takes delight in seeing us moving and ministering in the Gifts He has placed within us through the Holy Spirit.
Don’t ever feel that you are lacking or not good enough! Don’t ever feel that God could not possibly use you! He is abundantly able to do wonderful and powerful things through YOU!!
We may not be doing things exactly how we see someone else doing them – but God has called us to do things as we see HIM doing them!!
May we seek the Lord in the coming days and pattern ourselves after His guidance and direction and not rely on patterning ourselves after other people.
JESUS is our pattern!
“…be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and… put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:23-24 ESV)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12 NASB)
LOOK UP!
The RAIN finally came!! As I was in Choir practice, I could hear the downpour outside and the cracking and rumbling of thunder.
But as I left the church, I saw it had stopped. As I got closer to my home, my attention was drawn to the night sky – beautiful!!
But what awaited me at home was not! My husband reported seeing hail (in Florida!) and the indoor/outdoor carpet on my porch was soaked. One bird feeder pole was on the ground…the other one leaning to the side. One heavy potted rose bush was about 2 feet from where it usually sat on the patio. And my poor plants looked like they had been in a boxing match!
My husband estimated that the wind gusted about 50mph at times. When I got home all I saw was the result. There was no wind, no rain, and no thunder.
And as I saw the devastation on the ground, I once again looked up and saw the beauty in the night sky – reminding me to keep my sight on things above – reminding me to keep my sight on God!
In the coming days, we may not see what is happening spiritually…but we definitely will see the result!
Open our eyes, LORD, that we may SEE! Open our ears, LORD, that we may HEAR! And open our mouths, LORD, that we may PRAY!
Can’t Sleep?
I have found that some of my best times with the Lord are late at night or early, early morning (3:00-4:30am).
I don’t choose to not sleep or to wake up that early…but sometimes He invites me for a late nite chat or early morning wake up call. And I don’t ever want to miss an opportunity to connect with Him!!
So! If you can’t sleep – don’t fret – draw near to God and be assured, He is ready to draw near to you!
CONNECTION
Good morning! May we find someone today that we can connect with and let them know that they are loved! Sometimes all that is needed is to smile and to give them your full attention if they speak to you.
And if they begin to share something happening in their lives – sickness, relationship problems, etc. – can I encourage you to be bold and ask if you can pray with them?
I have connected with strangers in the grocery store and Walmart that are so desperate for release from their problems, that they begin to share personal parts of their lives with me. The Lord opens the door for me to gently take them by the hand and lead them to the One who can bring them through their circumstances.
And the Lord will open that door for you too! Be expectant and be ready!
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