Thank you Lord for 365 Days of Prayer!

I will save you from all your sins, meaning not only vices and degradation,
but from doubts, tears, tempers, despondence, despair, impatience.
Lack of love in big and little things.
Do you need deliverance from cowardice, adverse circumstances, from poverty, form failure, from weakness? God Calling

Our great desire is that you will keep right on loving others as longs as life lasts. hebrews 6 

How diligent are you?
Are you hard working in the place God has called you?

MARRIAGE:

Let us become best friends as two hearts stirred to cherish each other, experiencing together life's joys and struggles.
Let us enjoy the specialness of two lovers sharing passion, expectation, and the desire to be one.
Bless our journey together Lord, with many intimate moments.
Fellowship, friendship, passion.
Kindness is essential in winning anyone's heart.
It is a battle to be consistently known in our own homes.
Have you ever heard yourself with your harsh reprimands?
Whether we are yelling in anger
or speaking in a sarcastic, biting tone,
these types of words will have the effect of closing our spouses and children's hearts.
Seek to elevate kindness in your home.

Lord soften our hearts towards each other.

Have a hard time dealing with all the negative and outright evil news?

The Christians of Philippi might have had their lives stained by continually letting their thoughts dwell on what they could not help seeing and hearing and feeling.  But they were told to consciously thing of things that were true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, of good.

"If there by any virtue, any praise, think on these things."  Phil. 4:8

We must make a conscious effort to look at the good in the world and those around us.

MARRIAGE

Let the wife see that she respects her husband.  Eph. 5:33

Lord, Your spirit can show us how we hurt each other.   

What ever is true, honest,

pure, lovely, good, if there is any virtue, any praise thing about these things.   Phil 4:8  

This includes talking about each other!

One of the secrets of happiness is to think of happy things.

Follow My rules, faithfully honor, esteem, value your spouse.  

Love simplicity.

The daily call of surrender and obedience.

I weep over lives that seek to live without My sustaining power.

They will not come to Me that they might have life.

Live to bring others to Me,

the only source of happiness and heart peace. -God Calling

Servants obey in everything your bosses, not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men, 

but with singleness of purpose,

with all your heart,

because of your reverence for God and as a sincere expression of your devotion to Him.

Whatever your task,

work at it heartily as from the soul,

as something done for God and not for man.

Do not be over come with evil,

but overcome, master evil with good.

If your enemy is hungry then feed him.   Romans 12

How do we tell people about You?

How do we tell people about You?

"I weep over those that seek to live without My sustaining power.
They will not come to Me that they might have Me."  
Live to bring others to Me, the only source of Happiness and peace. -God Calling

Servants obey in everything your bosses not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men,
but with singleness of purpose,
with all your heart because of your reverence for God and
as a sincere expression of your devotion to Him.  col .13

With God there is no partiality,
no matter what a person's position,
whether he is the slave or the master.   Romans 12

Do not be overcome with evil,
but overcome, master, evil with good.
If your enemy is hungry, feed him.

Work and prayer - two forces to ensure success.
Your work and My work.
Pray believing that I am working for you and with you and in you.
Go forward gladly and unafraid.
I am with you.
With men your tasks may be impossible, but with God all things are possible. -God Calling

MARRIAGE
Let our loving responses to our spouses pain and vulnerability make our marriages a place where pain can be understood and we both can grow.
Help our marriages to become places of caring love and respect.

"Nothing is more beautiful than a strong, humble, God fearing woman who knows who she is and whose she is. If we walk closely with God, we must expect Him to change us,
heal us, transform us.   As we spend time with God and do what He says, our capacity for His influence in our lives supernaturally increases.
Believe that God's redemptive purposes are at work in us right now.   Imagine yourself embracing the days with greater clarity and purpose,
choosing more carefully where you put your time because you are convince more than ever that your life matters.
God will do this work in you to the extent that you trust yourself to Him.
Don't let moments of humiliation define you.   Don't let them derail you.
Let God use those painful vulnerable experiences from your past to shape you into a woman of bold conviction.
There is absolutely no excuse to stay where you are at right now.
If you are weak, He can make you strong, 
If you are timid, 
He can make you brave.
If you are a pervert,
He can make you pure.
If you are selfish, 
He can make you selfless.
If you are a shepherd, 
He can make you a kind.
If you are plain or mediocre,
He can make you a mighty one of valor.

Lord, I entrust my soul, my hopes, my dreams to You.
Forgive me for clinging more to my fears that I do to your promises.
Make me a mighty woman of faith.
Shine your light on my face and light up my countenance
so when others encounter me, they encounter you."

How do we know God's will? Do the next thing. December 28

We cannot be really fed, strengthened, purified, enriched, and made holy unless we fulfill the duties of the present moment.   abandonment to divine providence.

You must never fail to keep this time apart with Me.
The greatest work you can do is done in this time apart with Me.

A life of discipline and joyous fulfillment is to be yours.
Let no riches , no ease entice you from the path of miracle working with Me upon which your feet are set.
Love and laugh.
Trust and pray.
Ride on in a living humility to victory.  -God Calling

Who is wise and understanding among you?
Let him show by GOOD CONDUCT that his works
are done in the
MEEKNESS OF WISDOM.  James 3:13

MARRIAGE

Lord help us not to compare our spouses to others but to love our spouses in  in understanding way.

What ever a man sows, this he will also reap.  gal. 6:7

How we spend our time reflects our priorities.
If God has called you to write,
how much time do you spend writing?
The priorities of life - loving your spouse or talking with your children.
Keep track of how you spend your time!
See if your life is truly reflecting your passion and your priorities.
Always pray until prayer merges into praise.
That is the note that prayer should end on.

How do we know God's will?   Do the next thing.

It is in the small daily mundane decisions of life that we gain ground for God.
We want a dramatic change,
but we gain ground and move from chaos to change in small steps.
When we get out of the drama and chaos onto level ground,
we can go full speed ahead,
one foot in front of the other.
Step by Step.

Teach me to do Your will 
May your good spirit lead me on level ground.  Psalm 143:10

We just don't know what is having an impact on the other person.

What have you been called to do?

What are your priorities?

Keep track of how you spend your time.

Is it reflecting your calling?

If God has called you to write...   are you writing?

You are the Apostles of the 'little services'.

The sun light of My presence is on your paths.
Trust and go forward unafraid.

Please empower us.  Show us Your answers!

Money to hoard is not for My disciples,
journey throughout the world simply seeking the means to do My will and work.
Never keep anything you are not using.
Could you think of Me as hoarding My treasures?
You must never do it.
Rely on Me.
Live in the Joy of My constant presence.
Give Me every moment.
Perform every task however humble, 
as to My gentle bidding, 
and for Me,
for love of Me.
Live, Love, Work.
You are the apostles of the little services.  -God Calling

Lord give us your eternal view of life,
placing priority on things that will last forever.

"May the Lord give you understanding in all things."  2 Tim. 2:7

But what you do in the small things,
people are most repelled or attracted.

So, let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth,
but what is necessary for building up,
that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love
so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.  Psalm 90:14

"The next morning, Abraham was up early and hurried out to the place where he stood 
in the Lord's presence.   Genesis  19:27

Adoration OR hatred of another person always betrays the depth of our own insecurity!

I was alone.

It was not long ago that I was alone.

You have turned our empty house into a crowded home.
Thank you for the blessings.

Please help us to love our families and to be a reflection of Your reality.
When we allow God to strengthen us and ignite our heart,
we gain strength to share.

He fills us up and out of the overflow,
other lives can be changed.
Changed lives are a result of allowing God to continually change you!
Fill up on God and let His light and love overflow to the world around you.

Don't think you can be a reflection of Him?
Think you don't have the resources?

Your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask Him.  Matt. 7:12

If in doubt as how to love others, this is the direction to take:
Do to others what you would have them do to you,
for this sums up the law and the prophets.   Matthew 7:12