My Lord,
Good morning and thank you for your faithfulness. Pastor Wagner said that faith is present tense and that faithfulness is past tense. YOUR faithfulness is present in my past testimonies and my faith is present in believing Your best for my life and my future.
You were so good to me in the past, but like Pastor Tony Evans said, "I want a fresh wind and a fresh fire." I want more and more of You each and every day!!
I never want to be content, complacent, or comfortable with where I am and with who You are. YOU are a BIG God and You are capable of MIGHTY Works. Father I want to experience You newness day after day. I want to add a layer to my testimony and faith walk and always have something #new to share with others when I talk about Your goodness. I want my words to be laced with past, present and future things that You've done and will do.
I want to forever have Your praises on my tongue and I want to always shout that the LORD IS GOOD! Not for anything that You have gifted me or my children with and not for protecting and caring for my gran-girls but because Your Word says that You are GOOD and that Your grace abounds, Your mercy is new and Your love endures forever! I want it all! #John 10:10 (ALL)!!
Lord, I was texting with Ruth and we were bragging on Your amazing display of cloud formation. Lately, You've been creating and designing awesome artwork and I have been sitting still and daydreaming about going home. I cannot even imagine seeing Your face and having You touch my cheek with the hand that bore the nails for my sins. I cannot wait to sit at Your feet and bask in the all consuming God that sent His #precious Son to die for me.
I am not lonely nor am I overwhelmed or depressed. I simply love you so very much and I long to be with You. I know that Your timetable is different than humans and I believe that You still have things for me to do for You and for others in Your name. I embrace that and I am excited and anxious to be used by You, BUT that does not stop me from wanting to go home.
With Your Faithful Presence, Your Word and my #desire to be faithful, I can #sustain the days I have left here on earth. But like the Apostle Paul, I am torn between the two....staying and leaving :-)
But then again, You are an all knowing God and this is not news to You! I love You!
PRAYER Request: Mommy, Kimmy, Pochie, Marty, Barbara J., Mrs. Diana, Nancy R., Carolyn S., Brian, Eleanor, Lynoxx, Jessie, Sabrina, Bella, Anna's parents, dad, Bryant family, sisters, T., Alex, Jane B., Patricia, Hope, Mother Williams, Jennie, Alicia, Kenny, Sean, Don, David, Raymond, Charlie, Kathy, Angela, Washington family, Missy, Josh and the Kings, single moms, elderly, soldiers, our government, homeless, the crime rate, unemployed, prisoners, addictions, our youth, our churches, our leaders, those that are traveling, our brothers and sisters in Christ, the Nones, atheists, the lost, broken hearted, Nepal, Haiti, World Vision, Compassion, Life Action Camp, Samaritan Purse, WAVA Ministries, those in mourning, lupus, cancer, diabetes, and many, many more. And
Father I have a special prayer for the Saints! I pray Lord God that we would rise up and be heard and seen. That we would not just read the Word of God, but that we would believe it and live it. That we would be so bold and so on fire that no amount of fire engines could put us out! I pray that many would call 911 and report a fire and then be amazed that it's a flame that NO one can extinguish! FATHER help us to die to self and to LIVE FOR YOU! Help us to lay aside anything that prevents us for doing just that. Help us to See whose we are and that in YOU we are already equipped to live out Your will for our LIVES! We have to get the GOSPEL out into the world, starting with our homes, communities and workplaces. We can make a HUGE impact for YOU if we would just "do it!" Help us to move ahead in FAITH!!!!!!! Help us to Believe that the HOLY SPIRIT is indeed #Alive in each and every Believer and we are not to doubt but to Believe!!! Lord, let it be a FIRE; not a flicker or a flame, but a FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Jesus' precious name, amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eternally yours
