I learned a lesson from what I saw......

Dear Heavenly Father

Sometimes Father the ground is covered with weeds and there just doesn’t seem to be any hope but when I come to you in prayer I can see the beauty under those weeds and know in my heart if I just dig a little deeper, look at the situations a little closer there is something down there worth digging for. I am so grateful for a heart that seeks you daily, I need You daily an Your honest answers is like new life breathed into my soul daily. Thank you for the time it took to get things done yesterday it kept me in Your word for hours and Father thank you for taking me back to the scriptures that comforted me in the past and comforted me again yesterday in my fears. I often don’t know what to say or how to say it but I have prayed often for Your knowledge and Your words to be the controlling factors in my judgment about what I say and do and yesterday Father I just want to thank You so much that I had some good judgment and words to fall back on. Thank You for guidance and knowledge and strength. It’s like being rescued because Father you know I am growing weary. There is so much wisdom in Your words Father and it’s a rare and beautiful treasure. I come with a very humble heart to just praise Your knowledge and understanding. Thank You Father for sharing with me, for giving me hope, for saving me from myself! I can make such troubles for myself when I just rant and rave but because of You I don’t find myself gong to that level very often. What a blessing.

Father, be with my list today. I pray for them everyday. Roland, Debra, Robbie, Mark Goode, Glen and Peggy, Nathlie Carroll, Philip Pratt, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Bridwell, Carol Fabian, Virginia, Geraldine, Lois, Charlene Zaun, Bubba Kay, Sunshine, You know it Father it doesn’t change but sometimes there are new names added. Father a special prayer for Ricki Lane help her to understand me and whatever it is that is the driving force behind her actions let us both come to terms so we can both continue to be productive servants for Your church. Give us both good judgment and let our actions not ruin the good that has been done. Help both of us to be careful in what we say and do for it is not to cause harm or hurt feelings as these matters can do. Give us conviction to be a blessing to Your church. Father we both need Your guidance. Help me to realize my part in this and send your Holy Spirit to test me and make sure my motives are pure and not selfish.

In closing Father, I thank You for Your son who makes all these blessings and prayers possible for it is in His Holy name that I can pray my concerns into Your loving hands. Thank You. ………Amen

Let Our Fate be as You would have it..........

Our Most Holy God

I am so thankful for a life in You. Father I can not even express today the range of emotions I have and I thank You for the balance that Your promise gives to me in dealing with my days. I have completely given over to Your will all the fears I have in this life. I am walking and living under Your hand and today Father because of that its gona be a good day. I am ready to face whatever this life has to throw at me and I thank You because of Your love it’s possible. I have prayed to You a thousand times to give me a voice and knowledge to let me say the things I need to say in the proper way with the right results I pray it again today. I know You will help me set the things that bother me right. Not my will but Yours will resolve matters with the best results I am trusting in You for this Father. I am also surrendering to Your choices. There is so much to be done don’t let me slow down because of worry, gossip, heartaches. Just make whatever choices be Your choices. You live in me Father walk within me so Your will is right there take over the thoughts, the actions and make Your will foremost in me before I speak or take any action on any matter. Thank You for prayer, thank You for reassurance, thank You for all the blessing I see in You daily as I walk in this world wanting so badly to be in Yours.

Father I want to Thank you for the good view Roland got at work. It took a lot of the fears he was having and put them to rest. Thank you for letting him know that he is supported in his choices at work and now he can relax just a little and be reassured his job is in good standing for the moment anyway. We never know from day to day if the money will hold out but in Your house there is hope and You care for Your children. We have been so blessed financially in all these years so Father we thank You for the coverage and protection You have given. Father let it always be on our hearts to help others who are in need and give with openness to those who are not. You guide me in my giving and I thank You for that guidance it blesses my life and the lives of others so let it continue as You would have it be.

Father, with a heavy heart I bring the Culpepper family to Your feet. Bless those children and husband in that family as they watched their mother die at the hands of someone who just drove away. Thank you that she did not suffer. If life has to be taken so harshly there is comfort in the fact she did not suffer. For her family it is not the same story they suffer greatly today and will for a long time…please be with them. Father I can not even think how horrific it would be to be going out for a nice outing and lose a loved one in the events of the day. We are not sure of our hours here on this earth Father so in all measure let each and everyone of us use our time wisely so when our hour comes no matter what we are ready. Curse Satan for the evil lies that made it be this way. Take away his power Father and grate Your children freedom even now. Guide us with the Holy Spirit in dark days such as these so we will not be lost in our heartaches and fears.

There are others I will bring before you today Father. You know the needs so glory and honor to Your will Father in all matters that concern these people. Ricki Lane, myself, direct us Father by Your hand. Patsy Wallance, Tammy Mathiugh, Charlene Zaun, Brian Shelley, James Spears ….a special blessing for James Father because he is dear to me look on his needs with an extra measure and Alma as well. Ella Mae Arnold, Eddie Bridwell, Carol Fabin, Sarah Fall Ashley Foster, Tamar Johnson, Linda Allen, Bubba Kay and our sweet sweet Dorothy. God bless them hold them close to you and give Your favor upon each of their lives. Father, I beg it daily for You to watch over Mark Goode and all those who serve for the freedom that I have. Let those who have given their lives not be in vain. For policemen, firefighter, people of public office I send cries for mercy upon them all to do the right things by this nation. Be with Debra, she’ll be interviewing for a new job today and Father You know the heartaches in that for her and the fears of rejection she has so give her a boldness today to take her place in this world. Put in her Father the ability to survive this world with the pain of depression at bay. Let her know Father that You go with her to that interview and You’ll help her get a job that she can do even with her problems such as they are. Make her know she has a place in this life and with You all things are possible. No one is a stranger here we sing that in a song to You so make a place for her Father where she can be comfortable in her own body. Give her something she can handle and develop some pride in so she’ll feel better about herself and her worth. Father she talks about suicide and we know that people who talk about it can do such things if their worth in this world is not established. We do all we can Father but we can’t do it for her only You can give her a stronger base to work with. Many of my prayers don’t get published they are private and I don’t put this information on the blog but I fear Father if I don’t go a step more I might just lose her to this horrible thing they labeled depression. I asked that You send the Holy Spirit to her side each and everyday to make sure she does no harm to herself and make me ever aware if things are going wrong. Let me be there Father to help her and guide her and make me stronger than I have ever been to handle this matter. Show me where to go for help, what signs to look for, where to be and when, if I should back off or stand firm only You can let me know and my ears are keen to hear Your voice in all that concerns this matter. Help me Father; don’t let this be our fate.

I pray all this into Your hands Father and I put it all at the foot of the cross of Jesus Christ for Your will in all matters. In acceptance of Your glory I pray it all in the name of our savior and Lord Christ Jesus. Amen.

One Day at a Time Sweet Jesus........

My Lord and King

Today I come to you with surrender for Your ways, a consideration for the gifts given to those of us who receive them so uniquely and don’t even realize it. Father I know that in You is the ability to craft an experience that would be appealing for every soul but we seem to get in our own way in the process. Forgive us Father, I know in you nothing was overlooked give me peace in that knowledge. Father, I have my own desires but I know Yours come first and in services and worship I heard Your voice saying there is no finish line. It really hit a cord with me because I have forgotten in You there is eternity and we are working toward it daily in our preparations even in this present day. Thank You for Paul Fagala and his message it touched a lot of hearts. Peggy Hemmenway had even written it down to be a reminder as she fights so hard dealing with a daughter-n-law that torments them at this very defenseless time while Glen is so very ill. Father touch Jennifer and make her realize the harm she is doing to her father and that her actions could do damage that is not repairable. Father we all know that time is not on Glen’s side and each moment of each day there is constant testing. Give Glen and Peggy both the courage and faith to endure for in Your hands there will be safety and no more tears and heartaches so let them do what ever it takes to get through this to be restored, in health, in mental anguish, in heartaches so they remain in You and You in them while they are walking through this hell on earth. Strike down the evil forces that cause them such pain. Let us be Your arms around them until this storm passes by.

Father there are many others, Mark Goode, Lois Allen, Lucy and Daniel, Carol Fabian, Pat Grisham, Janet and Mark Dolecki, Debra, Robbie, Crystal, Valentin and Mary Padraza, Father, My God please extend your hand this list goes on and on. Father, even Roland hasn’t been able to get a handle on the things at work but he gets up and goes in everyday to face things I don’t understand. I haven’t ever been in his shoes I don’t know how hard it is and he knows we depend on him and that makes it even harder because of his dedication to his family. Give him some peace Father and send blessing on the ones who torment others so they can release this death grip of need for constant control over other people. Father, lay it on the hearts of those who bring burdens to others that You are in control.

Father, I want to Thank You for the sisters in Christ who have prayed with me for my burdens, For Darla, for Lucy and all the others who I visited with in my time of anxiety. Thank You for the words of encouragement they were able to provide to help me know what direction to take. They were good sounding boards to bounce my actions off of before I just acted without thinking it through. They are good listeners Father and I thank You for each of them in my time of troubles. I thank You for the realization that it is for You that we work and continue on and not for any other reason so it is in that comfort that my work has no finish line. I often say “I’m done” but on Sunday I found in Your words delivered by Paul…I am not done and I will never be done with Your work it is eternal. Father, don’t ever let me forget that. Each day is into Your service and for Your glory and it’s about nothing else ever. Thank You for the sweet prayers of Lucy and the long talk we had on her couch. It blessed my life and her words are so pure and straight forward. Bless her kindness! Her life has been filled with heartaches just like so many others but she rises above it Father and fully understands Your will in her life. Thank You. Your help does let us rise above all the problems we have and Your love does cover our burdens. Thank You Father.

Be with us guide us, lead us, and beyond all measure let us fall at the feet of Jesus for he is the Savior of the world and He is with us until the end. Turn our faces toward His accomplishments and bring Your sons and daughters back to glory when all of this is finished. It is in Your perfect timing in which I wait in faith and hope in Jesus name I pray it all. Amen.

Trusting in Your will Today Lord.........

Father

Today as always I am grateful for a way to express myself to Your will. I am hopeful for understanding today and for ways to resolve ongoing problems that are causing me a great deal of tension. You bless me everyday Father with knowledge and You keep a other wise nasty temper at bay and I know it’s Your hand on my shoulder that keeps me in check so before I take any action today I am coming to my heavenly Father for advice and Lord if it is not in Your will for me to do what I plan today lay that knowledge on my heart and stop anything that would cause harm. My words can cut so deeply that it becomes a way of manipulation to get what I want at the expenses of another. Father I am having a great deal of conflict with a sister in Christ and it is affecting my spiritual work for Your church. It seems that nothing I say makes a difference so Lord what are the words I need what is the path to take? I know my plans Father but I would much rather use Yours. Just be with me keep me in Your will and let me be mindful that everybody has needs that they seek to be addressed. There are heartaches everywhere so when I address someone let it be with love and kindness so no hard feelings develop. Give peace in this matter Father for it affects what I am willing to do for Your church and Father You come first in all things so if it’s time to back off let that be and if not Father don’t let the call for me to go to work because I have work in Your church and I know it needs to be done first and formost. I don’t need a job Father You have provided for everything so do not let this bump cause me to withdraw from working at the church because of a conflict. I am a full grown woman in both body and mind and I have dealt with more than most people in dealing with difficulty and conflict with people. I am not timid Father when I speak and You know the harm in that as You often bind my tongue. I thank You Father because it was in You that I found a great relief in thinking it but not saying it. Father I can be quite harsh and I can be quite selective in people. I try my best to be open and accommodating but Father You know I am not. It creates limitations that I don’t really want but don’t seem to be able to control. I pray it is Your hand and guidance and not my stubborn will. Just be with me Father walk these days with me hand in hand and give me the right methods to take care of this before harm is done that is not repairable.

Father be with those I love today, keep them safe, watch their walk and keep them under Your guidance. Be with Mark Goode as he protects our country, be with Lois Allen and give her comfort. Be with the eldership as they deal with matters that concern Your church. Let this issue be completed with the hurricane and the contractors. Give us a way to move forward and without conflicts that will weigh us down. Let the good continue that was started at the first of this year. Your hand is on Your church Father we can see it and let us all honor and glorify You in our words and actions. If we need to be strong willed and express ourselves if it’s for Your glory to make our church here better give us the ability to be bold enough to move forward and bless us with a first fruits church if it is Your will.

I pray to You Father today with the unique opportunity of calling on You by the sacrifices of Your Son Christ Jesus for it is in the love for You that I asked it all with thanksgiving. Only in You is there this provision………Amen

212 Send an Angel through out the days........

Heavenly Father King of all Kings

I spent a very early morning in Your word. Father, I realize You are the answer to all of this life’s worries. There is peace and hope and real power in Your ways. Father, thank you for the correction You send to us in Your word. Let us be mindful Father of how short sighted we are to refuse Your correction. We are not going to find a firm footing in this life without You. We are chasing whims of our own. Thinking we’ll find the right way to handle these things that break us down on our own. Forgive us Father because we know that is wrong. It’s not possible and I know that there is no satisfaction coming when we try to handle the problems of this life without You. I seem to fight the same battles day after day and it feels like a smoke screen of deceit. I loved my week-end away it was so beautiful to be in nature. I thank you for the ability to do such things. I know it’s Your gift to comfort the heartaches that I have and it’s Your way of telling me hold firm these things I fight are temporary. You always give me a path that is bright so that I will not loose my way in this darkness. I think You know better than any the heartaches of loosing a well fought fight. I am trusting in You for the satisfaction that will come when these days are no more and the evil of this world is over. Father, I will not be headstrong and I will call upon Your name and the sacrifices of my Lord to help me through my disappointments no evil can over come when we stand with Your light guiding our path. Rash words cut and main but there is healing in the words You have left for us so Father let our hearts embrace those words and hold them close to our hearts. Father, let us find a freedom in our work, do not let us broadcast our stupidity so evil can overcome us. Keep us all as children who are willing to listen to our Heavenly Father. Lead us into helpful conversations as careless talking could ruin everything. Help us to overcome the temptation to just scream! Give us the ability to have a steady diligence to endure whatever this life throws at us. Unrelenting disappointments leave us heartsick with worry but in Your hand Father there could be a sudden turn around, a good break directed by Your will not mine. Tear it down for me brick by brick so I can understand it is Your will that I must accept and not my own. Watch the steps of my adult children Father sometimes their actions are such a slap in the face. I know You know the feeling it’s such an insult and it leaves our emotions out in the cold so give me a deeper understanding and a slowness to anger because what I see and think may not be the way it is at all. The evil one has for years left me feeling powerless with these browbeaten lies. Stockpile in me Your love Father and let it come out in my actions toward every person I have to deal with. Everyone is fighting their own battle and I know You are alert to the good and the evil that goes on. It is a mark of good sense to use kind healing words guided by Your hand. Misspent lives go bankrupt after such a long while of not being able to turn things around so knowing You can read the human heart if it’s Your will Father make the corrections and let these prayers be genuine so they might reach You and give You delight that I call upon You. Your perceptive words can spread knowledge in us that will calm and heal the broken. Sadness makes it hard to get through our days and a miserable heart leads to a miserable life so give us the love for a simple life that is not pretensions or arrogant. Send an angel to deliver us from every evil. Forgive us of our sins and do not refuse to correct our misdirection. Love Your children by disciplining them. Send the Holy Spirit into the hearts of those who have a sad heart, those who might feel forgotten, and those who think they still stand outside the door even after they have knocked. Don’t let them believe the lie of the evil one who tells them Your love is not for them.

Father, bless our church, bless those who have taken Your ways on in baptisms. Help the work that is going on in Your house. A new breath of life is at work there and we thank You for the love and hope You are sending our way. Bless and be with our leadership help us follow the guidance of these men. Give us humbled hearts and new acceptance to be able to follow Your will for this church. Care for those who are hurting, Pat Grisham, Ella Mae Arnold, Eddie Birdwell, Floyd Dickens, Liz Miller, Ricki Lane, Glen and Peggy Hemmingway, Marijane Hammel, Doc and Dorothy Hart, Sonny and Karen Goode, Teresa Goss and Mike, Debra, Robbie, Tamar Johnson, Summer Neal, Christy, Donald Pratt and family, Jacob Lorfing, Ann Young, Susan and Mickey and her mom Myrtle Dugat, Lucy and Daniel Rouse and Bubba, Jack and Rebecca Zaun, Karen Vasquez, Merle Wagnon and of course and always Roland. Comfort them Father as only You can.

Father, watch over Mark Goode and all who sever to keep this country safe. Be with the leaders of this country and if they don’t follow Your will Father strike them down with a might blow. I beg for Your hand to be on this nation for it is in You that I trust and only You. Save us Father from our greed.

Father please deliver us let our prayers be heard by the name and sacrifices of Your son Christ Jesus for it is in His holy name that we can pray. Amen.

207 Another Day in Prayer

Heavenly Father Most High

Father we were able to enjoy a calm day with some good cooking and nice company. It was an easy flowing day that doesn’t come often. I appreciated the everydayness of it all. I thank you Father for days like these not over burdened with work or worry but enough to keep me busy and active. I remembered a few important things today and got them done. Father, Roland and I are taking a week-end away and we really need it due to the pressure he has been under so I thank you that it is possible for us to take this time away from everything. Be with us while we travel and make sure Debra is cared for while we are away. Watch over her Father and help her be able to handle the house while we are away. Let her take good care of Cinnamon and the things she needs to do at church with the trays. She has been doing a good job with that Father and I want her to continue for it is a reminder of why we go to this church and why we act as we do toward it.

Father I don’t have any request today for I know that you are with Mark Goode, and those I pray for daily. I need not beg Your watch I know it is there. I sometimes pray it for my comfort and not because You need it prayed over and over. It’s a reminder for me as well to take these people into consideration each and everyday and do what I can to make their lives better and productive. Father, I do believe we are Your hands and feet and Your voice is heard in our actions so let them be acceptable in Your sight.

Father, with all my heart I humble myself and drop at Your feet for all the blessing in my life. Forgive the sins that are within me and let my life be a living sacrifice for You. Keep me with You Father and remove any and all fear that I have in me. Keep me moving forward and never to go back to things in the past. Be with me always Father for it is You and Your will that I seek daily in these prayers. It is in the glory of Your son that I pray in the name of Jesus …until it ends here or You come for us let us be ready to hear Your call………Amen

Prayers Prayers and More Prayers

Dear Heavenly Father

Thank you for a day scattered with much needed rains. Thank you for a nice cup of coffee in a cup sent to me by friends. Thank you for those dear friends that remembered me with a small gift. Thank you for a husband that loves me and a home that I am comfortable in even during rough times. Thank you for the constant message of salvation for all peoples in all times. Thank you for Your word. Thank you for hope… help me to take possession of it and treat it like the gift that it is. Thank you for every good thing in this life and the protection from those things that are not so good, from the evil we face daily. Father help me to bow down to Your will over mine. Father I ask you to let me hear the cries from those who need help. Let the things that I know in Your love be and provide and accessible backdrop to the Bible narrative that You have given us.

Father, I am asking again for your watch over some today. Roland, Lois Allen, Mark Goode, Karen, Robbie, Debra, Ella, Pat, Janet and Mark, Ricki, Darla, Amber, Big Mike, Dorothy and Bubba, Sonny, David and Kim, Bo and Shirley, Harold and Linda, Pat, Mike and Liz, Jane and Bill those who we love and wish only the best this life has for them. Watch over our Harvey and calm his needs Father, hard choices are still hard choices but in life we have to act so let him have comfort and growth in his journey. Give him peace. Be with Rebecca and Jack lead them Father with Your will and hand. We are all at cross roads from day to day let us all make the right choices to benefit our lives and Your church. Be with our eldership Father when they make a choice let us be supportive of them and honor the hard work they do. Stretch out our love toward them and let them be at peace with this great service that they have taken on. Father we know that they have to do this willingly and they have choice not to be servants and let us honor the fact they do serve. There would be no balance or growth without leadership so let us be mindful of the things we do in regards to these men.

Keep all of us safe Father, our country is facing a most difficult time. Pray for our leaders of this nation. Put conviction in the hearts of those who believe in You to move forward with boldness to save our Christian nation. We know if You withdraw from us Father our faith and civilization in cradled in the balance of harms way. Do not let us become a barren land and do not with hold Your living water. Make us a cultivatable land that will only supply new growth and hope to our nation. Forgive those who can’t see You in the future of this country. Give us a vast public Father that will call upon Your name. Take Control I beg it in the sacrifices of Your son. In His name I ask it boldly.

Father as I close this prayer with thanksgiving for all I see in You. I want to honor Your son by praying it all in His name for Your glory and power forever………Amen