Prayers of DT Boy

Sunday November 1, 2009

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Dear God, I am not where I need to be. I want to be in the place where I want to just be with You. I haven't been there in a long time. You know my fears. You know what holds me back better than I do. Remove all of those things that do. Remove the barriers. Open my eyes to see the opportunity that it is before me. Show me the path that leads to simply wanting to be in Your presence. I know that hear my prayer. I know You see my heart and my mind. You know the weariness. You know about the desire to quit. You know the sense that I cannot fail. You know the pressure I feel. You know that my mind has answer to these things but my heart is not satisfied my the answers. Change this in me. Change this is however You see fit. Open my heart and my mind to the change.

You are God alone. Only You can do this. Only You can take me to the place that I need to be. I trust and believe that You will. I know that You will answer this prayer because You have promised us that You hear and and answer all of our prayers. I may never fully see how You answer and work all of this out but I know that You will. You have to or You are not who You say that You are. My heart cries out to You this night.

As I write this my mind things of so many others who need You. I think of Emily and James, Barb, Josh and Danielle, Brittany, Deanna, Rosie and so many others. You know so much more about them and their needs. Touch them deep in their souls. Draw out the lost to Your side. Bring the wandering back to You their Master just as I know You will bring me back.

God I come before by the only means possible and that is through the shed blood of Christ.

Sunday July 19, 2009

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Gracious God, I feel so stretched in so many ways. I feel pulled in so many directions and I barely feel as though I have any energy to move in any direction. I feel so distant from You yet I see You working in very specific ways in my life and in my family's life. I want to be closer to You yet I feel so frail to even begin to do that. I feel as though I am surviving from one day to the next. Some days I feel as though I get so much done and accomplished and then the very next day I can't seem to accomplish anything. I want to work at Wal-Mart yet I don't. Sometimes I want nothing more than to see people though your eyes and sometimes I just want to escape in to a hole somewhere in a corner. I feel so all over the map.

I know You have seen all of this and more in me. I know none of this comes as a surprise to You. I am sure that much of it saddens Your heart. I am so sorry God. My emotions are so jumbled up that I can barely even begin to put words to them. You can see in to my heart far better than I can. Show me what is there. Hear the cry of my heart through the muck and sin. Bring me to that place of rest and peace. I seek Your presence. I have no right except the blood of Christ to even think this a possibility. You have told us that we can have confidence to come before because of Christ blood. I seek to come before with this confidence. I come to simply be in Your presence. I have many things that I want to ask for and seek You for but in the end I that trust being in Your presence is what I need. I trust that You will show me what I need to see and tell me what I need to hear.

I hope that others have not suffered because of my lack of commitment to You. I especially hope this is true of my family though I am sure it is not. Do not punish them for my sins. Angie is so sweet and wonderful God. She works so hard to do what she believes she needs to do. She has worked so hard over the years to meet expectations that I have had of her. She works so hard to simply make sure that our fmily is happy and taken care of. I am sorry for the ways I have viewed her. I am sorry for all of the unnecessary burdens I have placed on her. I know I have no real understanding of what all of them are. God forgive me and show me how to change. Father forgive me for the mistakes I have made with the boys. Forgive me when I have been too harsh and too easily angered by them. This has been especially true with Anthony. I am so sorry. Let him know how sorry I am. God show me how to be fair and true to both of them. I want them to see You in me.

Father heal me in places I do not know need to be healed. Take me to place in my walk with You that are beyond anything I can begin to imagine. Give me the desire to seek You and Your word. Give me a thirsty for knowledge and understand about You that cannot be quenched. I want to learn. I want to see more and more dots connected. I want to see the simple and the dynamic in new and incredible ways. I want to simply know You. I want to be able to rest in Your presence. I want You to be first in my life. I want to be both fearful and confident in Your presence. You are the only one who accomplish this in my life. I look forward to seeing how You will change me and grow me.

God You truly are the great provider.
God You are so much more than I can express. I love You. Thank You for listening to my heart and mind tonight. Thank You for always listening though I do not deserve Your attention. I anticipate Your power and change. Amen.

Saturday May 16, 2009

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Father God, today may be one of those days. On the outside it seems rather dreary and bad. On the other hand it cares with it great potential. This day could turn out to be one of those special days that it not soon forgotten. Or it could become of those days that easily slips in to the back recesses of my memory. For You this is not true. Miraculous things will happen today and You will never forget this day. People will make decisions to follow You. You will be doing and performing all sorts of miracles in people's lives. Help me to see this day as You see it. Open my eyes to see and open my heart to understand. So much drama. Use me as your agent of change in this dark and dying world. I have failed You often. I have neglected so much of what You want me to be doing. I am sorry. I do not want to be that way. I desire to be focusing more and more of my heart and life on You and Your desires for things around me.

There is so much before us. So much potential. So much opportunity. So much heart ache. So much work to be done. Allow me to be Your worker. Give me the strength to accomplish all the work that I am assigned to do. Make my assignments clear and beyond misunderstanding.

You know the desires of my heart deeper than anyone. You know what I need most. Give it to me this day. You are gracious and merciful to hear my prayers. I wait in expectation for the answers. In Jesus name I say and do these things.

Monday May 4, 2009

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Father God show me your plans for this day. Show me Your will. Open my eyes to see the path You are creating. You have a reason and a plan for all things. Open the doors and grant me the courage to run through them.

I seek not to be selfish in this moment yet my mind things of all those things which I "need." I do not want to dwell of these things yet my mind always comes back to them. Yet I also know You desire for us to share with You in an open and honest way. Today, I do not feel as though I am in a good place. I feel physically tired. I am stressed. I desire Your rest. I desire to simply desire to rest in your arms. You are gracious and mighty and I know You will supply all that I need for this day. Yet I seek more than that. I desire for You to pour out more than what I need. I seek to live in the abundance of whatever You want to give me. I seek the abundance You can graciously give us.

I pray these things will be the same for my family today. I ask that You would give them more than what they need for this day. That You would provide strength and healing. You would give peace and joy to our home this day. May all of us set our minds and hearts towards you.

Monday April 13, 2009

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Gracious God, it is amazing to me that You are here in this place. So much that is going on and so many of the people have no relationship with You. They are living their lives and give You no thought. How do I change this? What is my role in changing the hearts and minds of so many. I know ultimately it is You who must change them yet You have chosen to use many to accomplish much of Your work. Show me your will.

Thank You for the time to pray at Waubonsee. You are the Lord of that place and I desire to see You to break forth in a mighty way across that campus. Use those students to change the world for You. Use my family in this adventure and this plan.

I praise You for my family and the love they give me. They are so amazing. Thank You for how Angie takes care of our home. She makes our home a place of rest and a place of joy. Give her the wisdom and strength she needs to teach our boys and lead them closer to You during the day.

I praise You that Aiden wants to tell people the story. That he just tells people without fear or anything. May You develop that in him. May that desire to tell Your story never leave him. Anthony wants to be like his brother yet be his own person. Continue to develop him and mold him in to the person You want him to be.

Thank You for this time to come before You. Thank You for allowing me to watch people and pray for them.

Monday, March 9, 2009

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Gracious God I seek Your presence and peace for this day. So much stress, worry, etc.. is going on around me. I know Your peace is greater than all of these things. Holy Spirit come and grow Your peace in the people who need it.

I praise You for this home and new place to live and serve. The longer we are here the more we can see how You guided us to this place. It may not have been exactly how we envisioned our new home or anything like that but it is how You envisioned it and the longer we are here the more I can see that. It is so amazing to see Your hand at work and how You have started to bring so many wonderful things together. I look forward to meeting the families, dogs, cats and other family pets that live here. I look forward to sharing our lives with them and through that sharing Your word and grace. Show me this day how I can do that. May no opportunity to share Your truth pass by me today.

Angie has done so much to get us settled and I thank You for giving her the strength to do that. I would ask that You reward her sacrifice and hard work. I would also ask that You give her the patience and wisdom she needs today especially when it comes to balancing the work she is doing and taking care of the boys. I praise You for the wonderful life You have blessed us with. You have carried us through some terrible times yet You have also taken us up to some of the highest heights. I do not know what else You have in store for us but I am thankful that You have given Angie to me as someone to spend my life with. I praise You for how You use her to reach people that I cannot. I love how You use her in ways she never thought possible.

The boys have done a pretty good job adjusting to their new life here in Sugar Grove. I know much of this is because of You. Thank You! Thank You for the little ones at Cornerstone. Draw the boys near to Your side. Help them to make the good choices that they need to make. Use them to bring in Your peace.

Use me this day for Your glory and Yours alone. I seek You in Christ name. Amen.

Sunday January 25, 2009

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Gracious God is it true what I see? Is this how you are answering our prayers? We need to know. We desire to know. I especially need to know if this is Your will or me jumping in too soon. I know nothing is impossible with You. I know You open and shut doors in ways that do not always make sense to us or to the people around us. I know there is a huge part of me that wants this to work out but in a way pleasing and honoring to You. I desire to go and to leave. I desire to be starting new things and doing new things. I only want this in the place and time of Your choosing and not mine. I ask as Solomon did to have Your wisdom. I hang on to the promise that that you hear and answer the prayers of Your people.

I praise You for the ear You give to my words. I am humbled that the God of all creation would even consider hearing what I have to say much less be so involved in my life. You created my bodily form and You recreating the rest of me now. It is an amazing thing. It is amazing to know that You understand cats, dogs, plants, lizards and those things that we seek to understand. You are the one who knows why they make every step they make. You know why they make the choices they make. You alone understand these things. I praise You for that understanding.

Bring Angie and I to the same place on the choices before us. Lay passions upon our hearts. Take fears away. Bring us together in new and exciting ways. I look forward to watching You work in this.

Continue to work in the hearts and minds of the boys. Prepare them for this move and change. Help them to understand. Help them in those moments when they miss the people the care about. I would especially ask that help Aiden deal with leaving school.

You are an amazing God and I praise You for Aiden's 4 years with us. It has been amazing to see how You have done so much in his life. I look forward to seeing You continue to do this.

I praise You for the pretty snow this day. Help us enjoy all that You provide for us. Christ I thank You for saving me and for allowing me to come before the Father in Your name. Amen!

Tuesday January 6, 2009

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Gracious God I look to You and wait. I wait for You to once again open up Your hand and provide for my family. I praise You for the abundance You have poured out upon us. May we always look to You and wait for You to provide. You are so awesome at this and I am always so amazed by it. Today I look to You for provision for travel and new ministry. I believe that if we are to be in Atlanta then You have already composed a plan of provision for this. I also believe that You have a plan of provision for whatever new ministry You have planned for my family. May we earnestly seek to be on the path/plan You have designed.

May You heal Angie. Give her and her body the rest it needs. I praise You for the work You are doing in heart especially with regards to having a little girl someday. It is so awesome to see what You are doing there. I praise You for the love and support she gives me. May I reflect Your love towards her. Show me what she needs me to be to draw her closer to You. Show me what she needs to me to be. Give her the wisdom, strength and whatever else she needs to be the kind of mother You desire her to be. Grant her release for the battles she faces. I would ask that You release her from the prisons she finds herself in some days. She is Your child and I trust You will always take care of her.

I praise You for my two boys. I praise You for the wonderful personalities You are developing inside of them. May they seek after You and Your salvation. May Angie and I always point them towards You. May they receive great rest today. May they learn today. God help/cause Aiden to make the turn in his potty training. It seems as though we were nearly where we needed to be and now it seems as though we have moved backwards. We need to Your wisdom. We seek it from You in this moment. Help him to understand what he needs to do and then to do it. Grant Anthony the sense of security that mommy will return and that it is ok for her to leave. I know it isn't all about security but there is a part of me that thinks that it is. May he become at peace with all of this. Prepare their hearts and minds for the move You seem to be getting us closer to. May they want to move because of You.

There are so many issues and struggles with so many at work. You know each and every one of them. Use me there. Help me to be more willing to be used. Place a fire in my bones about doing Your work and ministry no matter the time or place.

I trust You have heard my prayers. I trust You see them through the blood of Christ and You hear them through the groans of the Holy Spirit. I know not how You will answer all of this things but I know You will and I look forward to watching You do it. May I not miss it and may I praise You for each answer that You give.

2009-01-02T08:53:00.002-06:00

Gracious God I need your special guidance today. I have this need to be doing with people yet I have no way of knowing how to work that out. You have answered my prayer for a fire again and I can feel it rekindling within me again. Is there one place in particular that I am to focus on. I desire to be on the campus so desperately. Show me the campus You want to move me to. I need the wisdom for those right choices. You have me at Wal-Mart now and I desire to know my role there. There are some days it feels as though I am to be reaching out to some there and others it does not. On the other hand I hear so much about blooming where I am planted. Such confusion. I need clarity from You. I need courage from You. I need peace from You. Where is the outlet?????

I pray for good choices and peace in my household today. I desire for Angie's body to be healed and her right should/arm pain to be gone. May our house be as You would have it to be today. May my boys make good choices. Help Aiden to do well with potty training today. May he tells us when he needs to go. May the boys listen. May we have patience. I especially ask this for myself, I need patience with them. Help Anthony to listen and obey.

May Angie and I be able to spend some time together today and may that time be sweet and pleasing to You. May our hearts and minds be in the same place and may we have time today to find that place together. We seek to do Your will. May today not be an elephant day for Angie. I love You and praise You in this moment. I come before in Jesus name. Amen!

Wednesday December 31, 2008

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Gracious God, You are so awesome to me and my family. You never leave us or abandon even when we may not always be seeking after You. You do not turn Your ear from us though we not always realize that. I am sorry for not running towards You in the way that I should I seek You forgiveness and trust in Your grace that You will hear me even now. I seek Your wisdom and guidance. I seek Your confirmation or denial. I seek to know if we should be moving towards Sugar Grove or some other place. I want to have an incredible passion for the place You want us to go. I desire for this to be evident to all people. Light that fire in me for whatever You want. Light that same fire in all who would be working with us. I hope that Chris' assessment went well and I hope that have spoken clearly to IBSA and his family about where You want them to serve. There are so many details to be worked out and I trust that if this is the place You want us to be then You will begin to work all of them out. I look forward to watching You do some amazing things in the future.

I praise You for the way You are moving in the lives of so many around us. I thank You for Amber and Eric's baptisms. I thank You for allowing me to be part of the wonderful journeys You are taking them on. I hope that these moments of baptism will serve as markers and turning points for them and that they will grow even closer to You.

Gracious God hear my prayers and bring peace and joy this day to my house. Amen.

Tuesday December 9, 2008

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Lord God I do praise You for Your enduring love and mercy. I am thankful that it will never fade or leave me. I am thankful that no matter how much I mess up or fail You, You do not forsake me. I seek Your kindness and ask that You forgive me for my sins. I ask that You wipe away the mistakes I have made specifically I think of the ones with Angie and the boys. My attitude has not been good with them of late and I am sorry. Let them know in ways that my words cannot fully express how sorry I am for how I have acted. You are an awesome God and I trust You will do these things. You so amazing and I cannot even fully understand how great You truly are.

I seek Your rest. I seek after Your peace and comfort. I seek to know Your will. I seek to know more about the plans You have for our family. I want to know so much more yet I want Your peace about it more than anything else. When You give me that peace may I simply rest in it. I praise You for listening to me today.

I would ask that heal Angie's body. Allow her to receive wonderful rest right now. May she be able to once again be the energetic woman she desires to be. May she accomplish all of the things she wants to do. May You multiple her efforts far beyond herself. May she and I be in the same place when it comes to church planting, adoption and all of those decisions in our lives. May we take the time to be with You as we should. May our marriage reflect You.

There is so much that distracts me from You and that should not be true. There is no real reason as to why I do not focus more attention on You. You should be the beacon that I focus in with all that I do. Help this to become true for me.

Help this to also be true for my family. I especially think of my boys. May they see Your light and run towards it. May You be the thing the desire most in their lives. May the knowledge, understanding and acceptance of Your salvation become real to them far sooner than I could ever imagine. Show Angie and I how to best lead them in this direction. May the truth of Your stories leap out at them. I praise You for the progress Aiden has made in his potty training. It has been amazing to watch him come so far with no real explanation beyond You. Anthony's speech explosion is nothing short of a miracle. I would ask now that You take the incredible amount of energy they and use it to glorify You and Your name. I look forward to seeing how You will do this. I praise You for how they have handled the transition away from UBC. I am thankful for men like Mr. Tom who Aiden simply seems to adore. I look forward to seeing how you will continue to take care of them as we begin the process of making another transition in our lives. It is so amazing to me how you have taken care of their needs far beyond us.

Your provision has been great. May we be good stewards of what You have provided for us. Help me fight those urges to spend money we don't really have. I love You God. I praise You. I seek to be Your servant the day. I seek to show people Your truth. Show me how to do this at work. There are so many who seem so lost and hurting there. I feel as though I have such a short time and I need You to show me Your task(s) for me there. May I not run from anything You lay before me.

I praise You again for hearing my prayers. I trust You have heard and listened. I also trust that You have heard thsoe things that I did even express in words. You are so awesome and amazing. Thank You again for allowing me to come before in the Name of Christ my Savior. Amen!

Monday November 17, 2008

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Gracious God, today is a day of change for our little family. I know You know about everything that si going on and that You have known about this change. I also believe that You have been preparing us for this day in ways far beyond we can see or imagine. I trust in this. I trust in Your providence and provision. To the best I know how I seeking to cling to You and Your greatness. I am come to You now even knowing that I do not deserve to be in Your presence except by the blood of Christ. Even then I know that Your are still holy and I am not yet You see me as one who can come into Your presence. I do not understand but I am thankful.

You are so awesome and mighty. You are so far beyond my comprehension. Place my agitation at rest. May Your amazing and wonderful peace flood over me in ways I have never conceived. You are the great and mighty King who is worthy of my praise. I praise You now with all that I can. Holy Spirit take these offerings and make them even more pleasing to the Father. I seek Your wisdom. I seek Your guidance in the path that I should take. Gracious God send me, use me, make me a light for You in this place. Jesus, help me to Your beacon of light and hope at Wal-Mart. Open doors for me to share Your love. May the seed of truth be planted in hearts because You have used me. If it is Your will and desire then allow me the honor of leading one of my co-workers to Christ. Show me the people You want me to minister to. Make it beyond clear to me. Grant me the courage I need. Meet me where I am and provide what I need in that moment as You always do.

I know things will be more difficult for Angie now yet I know I You are right beside her. You will are there to protect her and provide for her. Thank You for allowing me the honor of serving her in those kinds of ways. Thank You for using me to fulfill that for You. Place her fears and anxiety at ease. May Your incredible peace rush over her mind, body and soul in a way she has never experienced before. Give her the words to speak to our boys when they ask those hard questions. Give us both Your wisdom as we seek to raise our boys up in Your way. Forgive me the times I let you down in this area. Forgive me when I am not the kind fo husband You want me to be. Spriti, show me when I am wrong and give me the opportunities to make it right (whatever that may mean).

The boys are growing up so much. I see those increedible personalities You have given each of them become more and more mature. May You use those boys in such incredible ways for Your Kingdom. Even now prespare their hearts and minds for You. Prepare Angie and I's hearts and minds for how You will use them. Draw them to You so that they will know truly know a day without Your forgiveness and grace. Jesus be real to the boys.

I praise You for how well Aiden has been growing especially with his potty traiing. Help Aiden make those last few hurdles in his potty training. Help him to make new friends in all of the new places we may go. Comfort him when he misses his old friends and family. May he have wisdom and understanding far beyond his years.

I praise You for how Anthony has developed. His speech is siply amazing. His personality is exploding into our lives. God may You take his stubborn indepence and use it for Your glory. Help him as he begins potty training. Comfort him when he misses friends and family. Help as he develops new friends in all of the new places we will go.

When I take the time to ponder You and who You are it blows me away. I am amazed with You. May I never lose this amazement. I rest and trust in You in this moment. Help this continued the rest of this day.

Amen!

Tuesday November 4, 2008

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Gracious God I thank you for wonderfully beautiful day you have given us today. You know the pain that is in my heart. You know all of the difficult thoughts that are bouncing around within me. We continue to seek Your will and Your path for us. We trust the future holds things that will be more incredible than we can imagine.

Help the boys to understand and to come to a peaceful place in their hearts. Help Angie and I to know how to get them to that place.

Holy Spirit become real in a new and exciting way to me this day. In Christ Name. AMEN!

Tuesday October 7, 2008

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Gracious God I praise You for You. I praise You for the wisdom that You so freely give and the life that have given to me. Thank You for all that You do. It is so amazing to watch how You teach our boys and are raising them up in Your Word and love. I do not understand Your ways but I trust them beyond reason and rationale. Show me the steps I am to take today. Show me what tasks must be completed and give the energy, strength and wisdom to get things done. I look forward to a wonderful time at Catalyst. I know You have something special planned for this week.

I lift up and lay down all of the teenagers and college students in the ministry You have given me here. I do not know all of their needs but You do and I praise You for taking care of them. I am so thankful that You have chosen me to serve them and to seek to make a difference, through You, in their lives. Light the path towards Your future for them.

I praise You for my family and how we are able to serve and minister together. I praise You how the boys have been able to minister to people. I praise You for how Angie has a heart to stand beside me and work with me.

Today is a good day. It will continue to be so because of You!

Wednesday October 1, 2008

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God I am in need of your wisdom. I need You to light the path before me. I seek Your light. You have a great mighty plan. You have incredible wisdom. I am calling out to You in my hour of need. Lord I look forward to Your answer.

Monday September 15, 2008

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Gracious God it is in the name and by the power of Christ blood that come before You this wonderful morning. Gracious God, I praise You for the wonderful weather today. The coolness in the air and breeze. It is so amazing to watch the change in seasons and how each one show us something wonderful about You. I praise You for the wonderful email I received this morning. I thank You for reminding me that You are still working in the lives, hearts and minds of young people. You have not forsaken them or abandoned them. You desire to see them to grow and serve in ways none of us could imagine. I praise You for the birds. I praise You for the calmness of this hour. I seek after strength to come from this time.

I call out to You for Your wisdom. I desire to know what are the choices I must make. There are so many before me. So many that do not seem to have a clearly wrong answer. I believe there is one that You want me/us to make. Show us this day. Teach our hearts the answer. God You are so good. You are mighty and powerful. Help me to fear You today. May I both fear and seek to be in Your presence.

Clear out the busyness in my life. Allow my heart and mind be cleared to focus on You. Remove the fog and haze from my eyes. Open my eyes to new and wonderful things and blessings. Open my ears so that they may hear You. I do not want to turn away from You. Forgive me for when I do. Accept me and my prayers.

Spirit teach my boys great and mighty things this day. Open their eyes to the glory that is all around them. May they hear and see You in us. May we be Your light for them. Answer the questions they have in their hearts. Show them their need for You.

Jesus thank You for carrying us.

Bring Angie and I to the same place and page. May we be one in our thing on many things. Especially when it comes to having more children. I believe You have a path You want us to take and You want us to take it together. You want us to be in the same place and seeking after the same things. That is what it means when two become one. Show us this unity and togetherness in all those things that are before. Answer our questions with clarity beyond reason.

I praise You for all that You continue to do my life. You are awesome and incredible. You are so far beyond any words or thoughts I could ever imagine about You. You are incredible. You are matchless. Thank You. Thank You for Your Son. Jesus I thank You for Your death and Your willingness to suffer for me. Thank You for all of the pain You suffered to give me life. Your blood is so amazingly powerful. It is hard to comprehend how all of this works. I know that it does though. I know the truth. I know who You are and I know what I believe. I praise You for this confidence. I praise You for faith. May they truth I know be seen my others. Show me in each step that I take the best way I can be Your light. Show me how to best be Your witness. Thank You for hearing my prayer this day. Amen!

Tuesday September 9, 2008

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Gracious God, I thank you fro all that You do. I praise You for how You provide and how You do answer prayers. I praise You for a wonderful first morning with Aiden going to school. Help him to do well and to follow directions. Help to make new friends and learn more about You. May You give peace to Angie and Anthony while he is at school. Help their time to be wonderful and fruitful.

You are a great and mighty God. You are mighty beyond my understanding or imagination. All nations should fear Your name. Your name alone is mighty among the nations. Your grace is all sufficient. You justice is pure and righteous. Your wisdom is so far beyond any of us. We are Your creation and Your special ones. You have a plan for all people. It is a personal and mighty plan. It is one that is full of great triumphs and tragedies. It is one full of knowledge, wisdom and fun. It is one filled with hard work and times of relaxation/rest. May I always praise You no matter the season of life that I am in. May the circumstances around me never prevent me from worshiping You.

Correct me yet just as Jeremiah asked to be corrected with justice and not wrath so do I. Correct me in Your love and not Your anger. Show me my wrongs. Show me how to grow and move forward. Help my heart and mind to move beyond those things which trouble and frustrate me. May the fears and struggles I have been calmed because of Your presence. May Your peace flood over me like nothing I have seen and experienced before. You know the personal and ministry struggles that I am having. You know the pain deep within my heart. Heal that pain. Show me how best to use and work with the burdens You have given me. Show which burdens are of You and which ones are not. Open the doors that need to be opened and close the others. May Your will and path be unmistakable. May it glow in the darkness. You have awesome plans for so many things.

So many people need to know about You or know more about You. There are so few who are willing to do what needs to be done. To present the truths that they know without fear. May Your people step out in boldness. May Your people do whatever it takes to reach those who need to hear from you. May they put aside all those things which are of this world. May they no be worried or concerned about money or even time. Move it all aside.

I do not know what You have in store for UBC and Macomb. I know Your desire is to have more people in relationship with You and for deeper relationships with You. Use me to accomplish these goals. Use my family to accomplish these tasks. Show us Your perfect will and path. You are the one true God and the Creator of everything. You are Lord. You are my Lord and my God. I praise You this day for that. I praise you Christ for Your work. I praise You Holy Spirit for Your wisdom and guidance. I praise You for allowing me to come before You. I know that I can only do this without fear of death because of the blood of Christ. It is by His blood and His name that I do come before You. Amen!

Sunday August 10, 2008

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Here are some prayers from our 4's -3rd grade Sunday School Class.

Dear God help me in all of things I do. Help my mom and dad, and Jack to learn how to go to the door.-Rachel

Dear Jesus, Thank you for this wonderful day and wonderful sunshine. We just pray that today would be a great day and that we would have fun.-Angelina

Father God, we love You. We thank you for all that You do for us and how You take care of us. Help us to learn more about you today. Help us to worship You the best we can.-Mr. Patrick

Sunday July 13, 2008

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Gracious God, I know You have perfect timing. I believe things are well within your hands yet I wish I could see more. I wish I could have a larger understanding. I see so much of the puzzle yet there are pieces that desire to see that I cannot. You are might and strong. You are working out a plan far beyond my imagination. May we simply seek to follow after that plan with all that we are. With all that You have made us to be. I am desperate.

I thank You for the peace about Dash. This is so different than last time and for that I say Thank You! I look forward to the milestones of pregnancy. I look forward to seeing if You have given us a girl or a boy. I look forward to seeing the heartbeat. I look forward to hearing the heartbeat. I look forward to watching the baby dance in the womb. I look forward to the day they are born. I look forward to the many first in his/her life.

I ask that you would continue to protect Angie and her body. Give her the wisdom to know when to rest and the peace to follow that wisdom. Give us both the strength we need to continue on with life and the opportunities before us. May Your peace simply reign in our lives. May Your peace guard our hearts.

May the songs I sing today be pleasing to your ear. Holy Spirit I take hold of the promise of Your convicting power today. May it start with me. Wrap your arms around me so that I may feel your calming grip. May Your great strength be felt in mighty ways today. In Christ name I lat these words before You.

Wednesday July 9, 2008

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Gracious God, I simply pray for a good night. I need your strength, wisdom and endurance. I need your peace. I desire to have your yolk. I trust You will provide all that I need to continue along Your path for us. I know You have great and mighty plans.

You awesome in power, strength, grace, and holiness. Draw me into Your presence. Change my heart. Search me. Convict me. Help to take hold of the power You have promised. May I be able to speak boldly for Your glory. May only truth come from my lips. May only truth in love come from my lips. I seek to do Your will. I want nothing more or less than this.

I praise You for Dash. I am in awe of how You create life. I am thankful for this newest one. Grant Angie and I the wisdom and strength we need to be in Your will in all that we do. Give her body rest. Protect her mind and heart from those things which would see herself for anything less that what she truly is. Keep the lies of Satan away from her.

I am in awe of how You listen to our prayers. I am in awe of the power of Christ Name and Blood. For it is in His name that I come before You now. Amen.

Sunday July 6, 2008

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Gracious, Holy and Merciful God. You are awesome and mighty. You are truly beyond words. I praise You for all that I can and cannot understand about You. You see and know so much more than can be conceived by any of us. You see all of eternity yet you also see every nanosecond of time. It is all in your hands. You gave us day and night. You invented the very idea of time itself.

You know the great and mighty burdens on my heart. You know how my heart breaks for so many people. I would ask that come in mighty ways into the lives of those here in Macomb. Come in a way that you may have never come to them before. I know You can if You so chose. You know the desires of my heart. You know the burdens. I seek after Your comfort and peace.

I look forward to how You shall answer the cries of Your people. Lord hear our prayers.

Tuesday June 24, 2008

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Gracious God I am so thankful for last night's rest. I am thankful that You have placed my spirit at rest so that I am able to sleep at night. Thank You. I praise You for this time here at Super Summer. I praise You for the wonderful co-laborers. They are great and wonderful people and I know You are using them in mighty ways to change the lives of teenagers. I am thankful for all of the teens You have brought here this week.

I do not know all of the issues that they laid down last night but You do. You know them far better than any of us. I ask that You take care of those things. I ask that You would provide all these students need to deal with these struggles. Free them/us from all that would hinders and stop us from being bold proclaimers of Your word. You are mighty and awesome and I know You hear my prayers.

I praise You for the wonderful first day at VBS in Eastland. May my boys continue to have fun and learn about You. Give Angie and Julie the peace and strength for today. May You multiple their supplies if needed. Nothing is beyond You. You will take care of them and those children.

Give my family rest and peace. Heal them. Allow them to rest in You. May they allow You to carry them. I trust You will be taking care of them in ways that I have not even thought about. I am thankful for this. Your provision is far beyond my understanding or sight.

Today is going to be a wonderful day. I have hope for all that is going on around me. You are that hope and I cling to that today. I am in awe that You have listened to me today. In Jesus name, Amen!

Saturday June 21, 2008

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Gracious God I praise You for today. I praise You for my family's safe travel. I praise You for being here in Greenville. I believe the upcoming week is not going to be anything like any of us planned. Part of me believe something big is going to happen. I have no idea with who or where or what. There is a part of me that wants certain questions and issues taken care of but I do so only if it is Your will. Please do not allow my mind or heart to go places and make decisions that are not of You and not from You.

You are great and mighty and holy. You are the creator of the Universe. You are my friend. You are my God. You are the one and only God. There is none like You. There is no before You and there will be none after You. Only can see the fullness of eternity. Only You know the time of Christ return. Allow my heart to rest in You. Allow my body to rest in You. Allow my mind to rest in You.

I ask that You draw Angie into Your peace and rest. Allow here physical body to heal. Allow her mind to be at easy about the things that concern/worry her. May joy reign in her heart. May she simply rest in Your arms, her great and mighty Father. Give her the patience she needs for the struggles and issues that will come before her. May she spend time with You in the midst of the craziness. Give her the answers that she seeks. Give her all that she needs.

Help Aiden through the emotions he is dealing with. He is obviously going through some new things and it is difficult for him. Help him to be the wonderful 3 year old You have made him to be. You have given him such a sweet spirit and hope and pray that it burst forth in great abundance while in Texas. I also would ask that You show us how to help him in the areas that he is struggling with. Help us help him even when we dont know what is wrong. I specifically ask that You help us all with the potty training and other preparations for pre-school.

I praise You for the progress Anthony has been making. I look forward to his continued growth and development into the incredible little boy you want him to be. I look forward to seeing how You will use his stubbornness for Your glory. I know that somehow You will mold and shape that into a powerful weapon for Your sake.

Guide Angie and I as parents.

I am thankful that You listen to my prayers and the words of my heart. I am confident that You will be doing great things. I praise You for this time with You now. Thank you.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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Gracious God words can not even begin to express where I am right now. You see into the depths of my heart. You see the pain I am feeling. You see the sadness. You see the frustration. You also see the hope. You see the confidence. You see the peace. You know even better than I do what is swirling around inside of me.

I desire to see great repentance and revival sweep across my church. There are so many who seem to have their eyes blinded. They can not even see clearly what is right in front of them. I know You have a great and mighty plan for this church. I believe we are at a major fork in the road and how this church handles certain issues in the immediate future will greatly impact how she will be able to function in the future. I know that You have not given up on UBC. There are days that I have wanted to simply give up the good fight but I know You have not abandoned this church and because of that I can not abandon this church. This is the place You have lead my family to and it is where we will stay until You move us (if You ever do).

I have not been the best husband of late and for this I ask Your forgiveness. I deeply desire to be Your kind of husband. I feel as though I am learning so many things about what that means yet the more I learn the more I see how much I fail. Keep showing me. Keep teaching me. I am sorry that I have failed You and that I have failed Angie.

So many hurting people. Why does it continue? When will it stop? Will ever get any better?

Show me Your vision for my family! Sow me Your vision for this church! Show me Your vision for the students! Show others these same visions and allow us to come together to work towards these visions. I pray for Your supernatural unity.

You are a mighty and awesome God! I praise You for how You restore people and how You change their lives. I praise You for how You have changed my life. I praise You for loving me in site of my sin. I praise You for wrapping Your arms around when I need that the most. I praise You for the rest You give to the weary. I praise You for even allowing to live much less come before Your throne. You are truly awesome in this place my mighty God!

Thursday, April24, 2008

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Gracious God I praise you for the beautiful green grass and the wonderful blooms. I thank You for the change of seasons. I thank You for the change of seasons in my life. I Praise You for how You move me from one place, time and activity to another. You are gracious and awesome in how You work. I praise You for the great opportunities of this week. Thank You for the wonderful student contacts this week at our gum giveaway. I look forward to many more weeks of contacts and seed planting. I ask that you guide the heart and mind of the young lady who took our pamphlet and Your son. Use it and others to lead her into a saving relationship with You.

You are awesome in this place mighty God, my Abba Father. I life up Your name before all who read this. I am unworthy to even call upon Your name yet here I am before You with boldness. This boldness I have is only because of the shed blood of Christ. In His name I seek Your face. In His name am I able to be in Your presence.

Spirit release within me the power that I need. Show me the path. Make it bright before my eyes. May my heart simply follow. Teach my mind and heart to seek with all that I have. Keep frustration and bitterness away from me. May You work past and through these kinds of things. You know the plans for our church and ministries. Show us beyond a shadow of doubt. Make it clear. Renew hearts and minds for you. May passion for you and spreading Your gospel explode among us. May Your labors not grow tired and weary. May they have people come and hold up theirs arms. May you grant wisdom and understanding to our leaders. May You speak mightily through Kelly. Spirit come lead people to action.

Draw my family into this passion for action. Draw my boys close to You. May their prayers be sweet and innocent. May they never know a day without You as their mighty Savior. Jesus be real to them. May my wife know You are there. May she lean on You and You alone always. Comfort her when I fail her. Comfort her when I cannot. Draws us closer together as we grow closer to You.

I know you can do so much more than what I ask for or seek from You. You know the needs of our church and our world. Meet those needs in miraculous ways today. Use us to expand You kingdom and influence here in Macomb.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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Gracious Heavenly Father! I praise You for the rain. I praise You for the newness of Spring. I praise You for the regrowth and of the Earth. I praise You for the renewal in me. I praise You for the renewal in Angie. I praise You for our family. You have blessed with me with so much more than what I deserve. I humbled by your provision. I am humbled with being able to even come in to Your presence. As best I can today I lay my life, my will, my desires, my everything at your feet. I know no other way to bow before You. I lay my spirit before You. May You find my gifts acceptable despite the fact that I know in and of themselves they are. My gifts are not holy and unacceptable unless they are washed in the blood of the Lamb. Through His blood I come to You with great boldness to worship, praise and petition.

There are so many hurting souls in Macomb and WIU. There are so many people who long for Your love and yet they do not seek You. I desire to see their lives changed. I desire to see many lives changed. Help me to be both patient and expectant. Show me how to expect You to do great and be patient in waiting for You to do that. Help me to see the "small things" as great and mighty things. You know all of the situations and relationships that are surrounding me. You know their unique needs and concerns. Use me to speak Your truth in to them. Use me to change them. Use me to point them towards You and may I step back and let You do what You do so well, fix our broken lives and relationships.

You are awesome and mighty. I know You will do great things. You are doing great things. I ask that You will show this truth to those who need to hear it most.

Tuesday March 25, 2008

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Gracious Heavenly Father! I am so sorry for not spending the time with You that I needed to. I feel the distance between us growing and I do not like that feeling. I ask Your forgiveness for this. Please draw us back together. Draw me closer than I have ever know before. Show me things about You that I never imagined. Teach me more about You this day. Show me just how glorious and awesome You are. There is so much I want to learn about You yet I am not even sure what those things are. I just know I have so much more to learn about You. Your love si amazing. It is so comforting. It is the source of so many things in life.

Christ I am so amazed at how Your deity and humanity existed together. How I can read Your story and both are so clear. You are my great high priest. You continue to work for me yet I have been called to accept You as my Lord and my shepherd. Guide me in Your ways. You are holy! You are the great sacrifice for me and the world. You are the only reason I cam even come before the Father today. Your blood and sacrifice make it possible. I look forward to the day when I am no longer hindered by this fallen world in my ability and desire to worship You.

Spirit I praise You for the seal You have placed on me. I am thankful for the guidance and direction You give to me and my brothers and sisters. I ask You show me how best to guide and lead those in the flock you have given me charge over. You know their needs far better than I ever could. Draw out my passions. Show me how best to use them for Your glory.

I praise You for my family. I ask that You heal them. I ask specifically that You heal Angie’s sore throat. Help us all to get things ready during the week. I praise for the good report on my knee. I am thankful for the loving care of Dr. Shih. Grant Aiden peace about the shots. Help him through it. I praise You for Anthony’s good checkup. I simply ask that You draw them near to You. May they accept Your son’s sacrifice as soon as the can possibly understand it’s meaning. May they never know a day where they are not one of Your children.

I praise You for all of those who love on teenagers and college students in Your name. There are so many yet the need is so much greater. Raise up great and mighty men and women to help lead these students to You and Your glory.

Wednesday March 19, 2008

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Gracious Heavenly Father I love You. I love all of who You are. I know there is so much I do not understand about You. I desire to learn more about You. I want to know You to praise You. You are a great and awesome God. You are the one and only true living God. You are the masterful creator of the entire universe. Holy Spirit You are the fire in my soul, the passion that wells up from within me. I praise You for this passion. You are the source of life and hope in my life.

I praise You for the many blessings You have poured out upon me. My wife. She is so beautiful. She is so perfect for me. She is truly the best helpmate I could ever imagine. I love her passion. Thank You for her passion. Thank you for how You use her to minister to people that I could never reach.

Thank You for teenagers. Pour out Your incredible love for them. Show them Your great love tonight. You are awesome and amazing. Bring forth a great multitude tonight! Amen!

Tuesday March 18, 2008

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Gracious God You are so awesome. It still amazes me how much You orchestrate, lead and guide us. I am blown away that You would even take the time to do that. You are holy and I am sinful. I am prone to mistakes and shortcomings while You are always perfect. I am thankful that You see me through the eyes of Christ. I am thankful that I can come into Your presence. That is such a privilege and honor. I can not even begin to wrap my brain around such an idea. I can not understand how or why You do so much for man much less me. I accept Your gift. I accept Your love. I praise You for all of these things. You are awesome in this place and world. You are mighty in this world. You are the Ruler of all things. You change people. You draw them close to You. You go after the lost and wondering. You are so much more powerful and awesome than I could ever understand.

Thank You for the week we had in Florida. Thank You that we have all returned home safely. Thank You for the changed lives. Thank You for Denise's testimony and changed heart and mind. Thank You for the work You did in Vicki's life. Thank You for their willingness and boldness to share. Thank You for the roles each us plays in Your plans. May the lessons learned in Florida not be lost on any of us. Use all of the students to become great beacons of light and hope in a dark and dieing world. May the lost go running to them and may they simply open their months and let You speak to through them.

May the teenagers do the same. May they see the lost that are all around them. May their hearts be broken for those who hurt and who long for Your love. May they simply see people like You see them. May they run to the hurting and provide comfort. May the lost run to them for the hope they desperately need. May the lost run to my brothers and sisters for hope and life. May we be Your people in this place. May we see and pray for the lost around us. May we be a light on the hill. May we praise You and life You up. Use us to draw men unto You. Use us to expand Your Kingdom here. Remove all bitterness from those in our fellowship. Bring us to our knees for forgiveness. May we be a people who comes to You with hearts that are truly seeking You as we pray. May our church cry out to You constantly. Hear our prayers in this very hour.

I am Thankful that You hear my prayers.

Thank You for my family. Thank You for my wonderful wife. Thank You for my boys. Thank you that they have returned home. Thank You for how I see Aiden developing a sweet love for You. May that continue in him. May he always love You. May he continue to be a great model for his younger brothers. Thank You that You have used Angie and I in showing them an example of love. May Your truth continue to ring true for them. Thank You for how Anthony has become our son. Thank You for bringing him into our lives. I can not even imagine our family without him. I ask that You be working in lives and families of their future wives. I pray that they too will always love You and that they will have a great desire to serve You in mighty and wondrous ways.

Angie is my koishii. She is my perfect mate. She is my wonderful lover. I am so thankful that You brought us together and that You made us perfect for each other. I am thankful for her love, her support and the woman You have made her to be. It is so awesome to see Your fingerprints all over her. I look forward to many many more years of loving her and serving with her. I look forward to the ways in which You will use her to change people's lives.

So many lost and hurting here in Macomb. So many! May You use me to reach one today.
Use me O Lord. I desire to be Your servant this day and in this hour. My heart longs to be in Your will. My whole body wants to be of use to You this day. The very depths of my heart cry out to You. I am crying to You in the name of Jesus my Savior and Lord!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

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You are an awesome, mighty and wonderful God. Change hearts, minds, wills of all who lay this branches before You. May this not just be an outward act may in be a true reflection of their hearts. I beg of You to change people in mighty and great ways even in this moment.

Wednesday March 12, 2008

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Gracious God You have been so awesome to all of the Beach Reach crew. You have orchestrated so many happenings and events. You place people together. You arrange meetings. You are so awesome. You are in complete control. You are the creator of all things. You see the lost and the lonely and You seek to comfort them. You feel the sting of their rejection yet You continue on. You see Your people stray and yet You never leave our side. You are the mighty One. You are the one true God. You are the great and mighty One of the Universe.

Hear the cries of Your people in the place tonight. Draw them close to You. Fill our hearts in ways we could never imagine. Fill us with Your joy and love. You are the great and glorious One. I love You more than words could ever express. I know You love me more than I could ever imagine. Give me Your eyes so that I may see the world as You do.

I do not understand why You do what You do. It can only be because of a love that I can not fully understand. It is Your love. A love that I can never understand. A love that I can not live without. A love that has no end. A love that breaks through all to save all. It is love that is so far beyond reason. I am amazed at it. I want to know more about it. I want to experience it in more and more depth. I desire to help bring others to experience it.

Search my heart and find that which keeps from being closer to You. Search and find it all. Remove all of it. Show it to me if that brings You glory. I want to bring You glory in all that I do. I desire to die to self. I need You to to accomplish these task. You are the only way this happens. You are the source of all things. You are my strong tower. You are the reason I live. I am nothing without You. You are the only thing that gives me worth ad value. Without You there is no real reason to live.

You are the One great God. You know all of the needs in this place tonight. Answer their cries to You. Be real and make Your presence known in mighty and powerful ways. I praise Your love. I praise Your holiness. I long to know more about You. I long to see more of Your great power and might. You are the only One I need. Show me how to get more of all that I need. Carry me through my unbelief and my failings. I fall so short of Your standard. I will always fall short of this. I praise You for still loving me and never giving up on me. Place peace in my heart take away my guilt.

Show me. Show me. Show me. Show me. Teach me. Break myself. Break my heart. Break my will. You are so awesome.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

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Father God, I praise You for this day. I praise You for my little ones. I praise You for the little ones in our church. Teach them Your mighty ways. May our songs truly bring us into Your presence today. May our hearts simply bow down before You. I May You change hearts on lives today. Open our eyes so that we may see. Open our ears so that we may hear. Open our minds so that we may understand.

Spirit speak through Kelly this morning. Spark revival in our hearts. Awake our hearts for You.

Tuesday February 12, 2008

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I praise You for who you are! I am in such awe of how you are working in the lives of so many students. I am amazed at how real You to so many of them. I thank You for the encouragement they have brought to me. I ask that You just continue to draw them to You.

I do not understand why so many terrible things are happening to some in our fellowship. I kills me to watch it. It kills me to watch the effect it has on the children. I want it to stop. I want there to peace in this people's lives. I want you to reign in their hearts and minds. I know You can heal all marriages. I ask that You do that in those marriages that hurting so badly. I pray for conviction for all wrongs by all parties. I just want to yell at people and say "enough is enough! Honor your commitment! Work through it! Let God perform a miracle in your marriage and your life!"

I pray for those who are trying to minister to, guide and comfort all who are involved in these messes. I trust that Holy Spirit You will be guiding these. I specifically pray for Angie as she ministers to the children and for Kelly as he councils the adults.

I pray for the expansion of UBC's influence and ministry here in Macomb. I know You will bring forth fruit from the efforts in our men's, women's and children's ministry. I ask that You bring forth a great multitude of children and their families. Guide Angie as she leads this ministry. I ask that You heal her hand. May your peace reign in our home today. Help the boys to get along. Help them to grow. Help them to love You and others. Guide Angie as she watches them and loves on them today. Grant her the patience and wisdom that she will need. May our boys see You in us.

I ask for your courage for each one of the students here. I especially ask that You would lead the teenagers to be bold witnesses for You today. May they bring back great stories of how You empowered them to do so much more than they could have ever imagined. You are such an awesome God. You are so good to them. May they share Your love in new and different ways today. Speak clearly to them.

You are a great and mighty God. There is truly none like You. May You show yourself in might ways to Your people here in Macomb today!

I praise You for hearing my prayers. In Jesus name I come before You. Amen!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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Gracious God, thank you for allowing me to come into Your presence this day. I am still so amazed that You allow me to come before You. I know it is only by Christ blood that I can. It amazes me that You made the sacrifice so I could come before You. There is nothing that I could have ever given to make this possible. I am humbled by this fact. I ask that You the heart of my prayers today. Spirit may You communicate to the Father that which I can not put into words.

Open my eyes so that I may see. Open my hears that I my hear. Open my mind so that I may understand. I have so many things swirling around in my head. Filter out that which is not of You. Remove the fog that comes from Satan.

Grant peace and joy to Angie and the boys today. May today be a great day for them. May they have fun together. May the boys behave. Grant Angie the wisdom, patience and strength she needs. You are and amazing and awesome God. I praise You for my family. I praise you that Anthony's Adoption in to our family is now complete. May we grow into the family You want us to be.

I praise you for the 3 I had last night. I am thankful for how You provide. Thank you for the lesson. May You ignite a passion for the lost in their hearts. Open their eyes to see people in ways they have never seen them before. Help them to see their pain, their lostness, their confusion, and their need for Your love.

May the plans Kelly and I work on be Your plans. May You guide the hearts and minds of those in leadership towards You and Your vision. Spirit I ask that You come in great power and might upon this church. Stir the hearts of the people. Turn them towards the Father in a way they have known before. Clean my heart of all that separates me from where I supposed to be.

I know that I will not and cannot lose the Spiritual Battle I am in. You are with me and that is all that I need for victory. I claim and take hold of this promise You have given to Your people and Your church. I claim it for UBC. I claim it for Angie. I claim it for Kelly. I claim it for Vicky. I claim it for all of our leaders. Open our eyes like You open the eyes of Elisha's servant. Helps us to see Your army all around us.

I submit these words to You in Christ Name. Amen!

Saturday, December 29 2007

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Through Christ Blood I come before You this morning. I seek to have the Spirit open my eyes and my heart to all of You today. I ask the same for the youth with me today. Awaken their hearts for passion life for You. Show them how to be truly excitied. May we worship You with a pure heart and mind today. Clear away the distractions that so easily keep us from You.

Heal Angie and the boys. Give her the strength and wisdom she needs for this day. Give her strength far beyond herself. In Jesus Name Amen!

Tuesday December 18, 2007

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I am not worthy to come in to You presence except by the blood of Christ. I pray You will see me and hear my prayers through his sacrifice. Holy Spirit take my words and complete my thoughts so that the Father can fully understand my heart.

Gracious Heavenly Father I praise You for another day. I am thankful for all that You have given to me. I am humbled by what how You use me. So many times I find myself in disbelief of where You have brought me to. I am thankful.

I ask for peace for Angie's heart. I ask that You would protect her today. Calm her fears and worries. Grant her the strength she needs for her task(s) for today.

Help Aiden to feel better. Help us to get the answers we want to have. Help us to take good care of him. Help Anthony to understand. Help him to continue to grow and learn. Grant us Your wisdom as parents.

I lay all my students before You. So many choices and decisions they must make. So many opportunities. Give them the courage to stand for You. May they me Your light in their schools. May they be bold in all they do for You. Show each one of them the purpose(s) You have for their lives.

Heal the pain in Elizabeth's heart. Give strength to lil'k. Give peace and strength to Kermit. Give clear direction to Kristin.

Give our church leadership Your plans and goals for us. Give us Your direction and purpose. Expand our influence for You in the town.

Help me to grow closer to You in all that I do. Amen!

Monday, December 10, 2007

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Gracious Father, I praise You for another day. I Praise You for saving me. I am thankful for all that You have done for me in my life. I scarcely understand it all. I accept on faith alone the grace You have given me. I cannot understand the depth of Your love for me. I am some how worthy and unworthy of the calling I have received. It is only by Christ's blood that I have any right to come before. Yet because of his blood I can come before You without fear. Somehow You make it possible for fear and boldness to exist together within me.

I praise You for Angie. Pray peace and direction for her. I ask You protect her. Give her strength and wisdom. Give her all of the patience she needs for the boys. I ask that You have the boys get lots of rest. Keep them free from sickness.

I lay Denise and John before Your throne. May their relationship be honoring to You. Give Denise clarity of mind and thought to have her focus be on You and You alone.

I lay Johnathan and Sonya before You. May You continue to guide their time together. Grow their relationship. Help them to continue to be themselves yet begin to grow together.

I ask for Your wisdom in how the Youth ministry is to move forward. What are the plans You have for us? Show us Your purpose! Provide all that each one of the students need for today. Help them to be Your light on their campus today.

I praise You for how you will provide for Lynn and his wife. I pray for reconciliation. I pray for no bitterness to linger. I ask You grant supernatural wisdom through all of this.

You are a truly awesome God. I love You. I fear You. I adore You. I desire to do Your will. Hear my prayers. See them through the blood of Christ. Amen.

Monday, December 3, 2007

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Graciously Heavenly Father. I praise You for the good things You do in my life and in the lives around me. I seek to come into Your presence by the Blood of Christ. I desire only that you hear my prayers and that You give me the courage and peace to accept the answers You give. I praise You for listening to me today. I praise You for my family. They are such a blessing for me. Angie is an incredible woman of God and I in awe of the passions You have given her. The boys are so unique and that is all because of You. You have made those boys to be wonderful. I ask for peace when they fail to follwo directions. We desire Your wisdom in how to raise them. We ask for smooth sailign with Anthony's adoption. We look forward to the day when he is legally ours. I thank you for bringing him in to our lives.

I praise You for Denise and the work she puts in to the ministry of our church. Give her peace in her heart and body. Grant her rest. Grant her the wisdom she needs. Place a great desire in her heart to seek You out with all of who she is. I praise You for all of the leaders in our church. I praise You for those new leaders who will be stepping up into Councils and other places here soon. I praise You for Mrs. Jean's willingness to help with little people on Sunday nights. Thank You for Sue and her willingness to help watch the boys during practice. You are so good to us.

I ask for growth of this body. I ask Spirit that You come and move in great and mighty ways in the hearts and minds of those in our congregation. I ask You open my eyes to see Your work. I ask You open my heart to how I must change to become a better servant for You. I praise You for Your willingness to send Your son to save me and it is by His name that I come before You. AMEN!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

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Father God I praise you for who You are. I praise You for being holy. Help me to understand this holiness better. I am thankful for the wisdom you give to Your children. I am thankful that I am one of your children. I praise You for my wife. I praise You for all of my children. Each one is so precious to me. Thank You for how Anthony is growing, learning, and developing. Thank you for Aiden's generally sweet. I look forward to how You will continue to grow them. It is so awesome to watch You work through them even now.

I am so thankful for Angie. I am so proud of her. She is an awesome wife and I am so blessed to have her. I look forward to how You will use her of over the coming days, weeks and months.

I ask for Your wisdom as we move towards an international adoption. If we are not to go down this road then I specifically ask that You place roadblocks in our path. You are such an awesome God. Thank You.

I pray for the youth and college students. Pray for their protection as they travel this week. I pray for the youth who are upset over Lynn leaving. Grant him wisdom. Grant them peace and understanding. Use them at their schools to shine Your light.

I thank You for allowing to come before You. In Jesus name. Amen!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

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Father God I praise You for who You are. I am both thankful and overwhelmed by Your Holiness. I am in awe of how I am able to come before You. I am scared yet at peace. I do not understand why you listen to the prayers of sinful man. I know in my head that it is through the blood of Christ but I just do not understand how that works. I am thankful that it does though. I praise You for how You are connecting dots for me. I am excited about how You are opening my eyes to so many truths around me. I am thankful for musicians like Petra and Robin Mark. It amazes me how You continue to work through their songs long after they are first written.

I praise You for Angie and all she does in taking care of the boys and myself. Grant her the rest she needs. Heal hear and the boys. Expand her ministry. Give her the opportunities to do what You have called her to do. Reward her faithfulness to You. Protect her. Encourage her.

I lay the students before You. You know their names. You know their needs. Protect them as many of them and their families will be traveling this Thanksgiving. Show them how to be a light on their campuses. Grant wisdom to my parents. May You draw them closer to Your side. Help them to be Your kind pf parents.

Provide rest for Kelly and his family as they travel. Grant him your wisdom on providing leadership to our church.

Open the hearts of those who will be here on Sunday. Bring us new faces. Open the hearts of those who have been running from You. Break down the walls. May Your words be my words.

I look forward to what You will do today, tomorrow and for the rest of my life. I ask for Your wisdom in the adoption process. You have a great plan for me and my family. May we stay on Your path.

Thank You for listening to my prayers today. In Christ name I present his prayer to You. Amen!

Friday, November 9, 2007

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You are a holy God. You are so incredibly holy. You are so far beyond my comprehension. Hear my thoughts and prayers tonight. Listen to my heart. Holy Spirit sift through my words and present my prayers to the Father in ways that I cannot.

Father God I praise You for this day! I am so thankful for all that You have given me and my family. I thank you for my family. I thank you for all of the children I have been blessed with. I am blessed to know that at least 3 of my children have fulfilled their purpose in life. I pray that my other 2 children and future children will also fully fulfill their purposes in life. I pray for a passion for people in both Aiden and Anthony. I ask they will also have a passion for You. Give wisdom and patience to Angie. Protect her mind and spirit from the lies of the Evil One. Encourage her heart. Remind her of the calling You have placed on her life. Guide her actions. Allow her incredible rest tonight. Relieve her tiredness.

I thank you for each one my teens and college students. I pray you give them the boldness they need to live completely for You. I pray for the lost among them that You will bring them into your family. Draw them closer to You this night. Send Your children to speak truth in to their lives. I thank You for my Sunday School class. Give each one my students the opportunity to share what they know about You to their friends. Give each one of them the chance to invite friends to church on Sunday! Give their parental units the guidance on how best to bring them up in Your ways. Grant me the wisdom on how best to teach them.

Once again I praise You for all that You do for me. I am not worthy of the blessings You pour out. I thank you for Your son's blood and how You came after me. You made a way for us to have a relationship. May You hear my prayers through His sacrifice. In His name I pray. Amen!

Monday, October 29, 2007

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Father God, I am scared. I feel so lost. I want to help my bride but I do not know what to do. I have no idea what is best. I know that You do. I desperately need your wisdom. Protect Angie. Keep her safe as she goes through this. May it all goes as well as possible.

You are holy and just. You are the great God. The almighty God of the Universe. All thing are under your watch and control. I know You can do whatever You want. You can relieve pain. You can heal a body after miscarriage. I ask that Angie's body would be fully healed and repaired after this loss. I pray You grant us Your incredible wisdom and what to do next. Give us the strength we need to make those next steps. Take care of my wife in ways that I cannot.

Take care of the students tonight. Speak to their hearts. Teach them great things tonight.

Encourage the youth while they are with their friends. May serving You be a priority in their lives.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

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How do I process this all? Is being relieved o.k.? What do I do now God? Where do we go from here? You have answered my prayers and for that I am thankful. I know You will answer these questions and more. I claim Your that You will answer when we call and that You will teach me. You will continue teaching us.

I lay Angie before You. Grant her rest. Grant her peace and comfort. Help me to present her as a blameless bride before you.

I am thankful for the wonderful time at the Youth Lock-in. Thank you for providing all that we needed. Thank You for bringing just the right amount of teenagers. Thank you for the rekindling of relationships. Continue to move forward in expanding the youth group. You know where we are to go. You have great plans for us.

You know my heart. Hear the cries of your child.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

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What a day God. So many ups and downs. I praise You for never leaving my side. I am so thankful to know that You will always be there. I do not know what the future holds for Angie and I. I know that You do. I am so tired of thinking about it. I just want to be able to live for You right now. I do not want to be concerned any more. How do I get to that point to just let You worry about tomorrow? Get me there God. Move in my heart. Move my mind and heart to that place.

Protect Angie as we continue to move forward. Guard her heart and mind. Guard this child. Protect them in ways I cannot imagine. Protect us from having thoughts that are absolutely false. Keep the evil one away from us and our minds.

I praise You for how You do answer prayer. I am not sure what Your answer will ultimately be with this pregnancy but I know You will provide the answer. I ask that we would no longer remain in this feeling of limbo. Move us in one direction or other. I believe anything is possible with You. No life is too far gone for You to be able to restore. Give us the peace to move in whatever direction You have for us.

I thank you for the contacts You have allowed me to make in the past couple of days. May these contacts produce great fruit for You. I ask that You would continue to expand the ministry of UBC. Search me and what I have been doing. Show me my faults so that I may grow into a better servant for You.

Watch over those students you have placed into my flock. Give them the grace and strength to make right and good decisions. I praise You for how you are moving in their lives. You are so awesome and mighty. It amazes me to hear what You are teaching them. Help them to be sources of hope and light in their classes. Use them in mighty ways to change their schools. I look forward to seeing how You will work through them.

Help my boys get great rest tonight. Grant peaceful rest to Angie and I all night long. Amen!

Wednesday October 17, 2007

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Father God, I praise You for all that You do. I love You beyond anything I can understand. I need Your Wisdom. I ask, as Solomon did, for the wisdom to see truth and lies. I desperately need your guidance for so many things in my life. So many things are up in the air. Am I working in vain? Am I working on my own path and ideas? If I am stop all things that are not of you, close all of those doors. Slam them shut. Show me my wrongs and short comings.

Bring forth the students. Tell me why they do not come. Where are those youth that I believed you were raising up to be strong leaders in this church and ministry? Is there fault in me that is causing problems? I beg for you to show me. I beg for You to move this ministry towards great heights. Use the students to change their world. I know you have called each one of them for great things. Hard for me to imagine You doing anything differently. I praise You for how You answer prayers. I praise You for how immediately You will answer prayers. Thank you for bringing Matt and Ben here tonight.

Monday, October 15, 2007

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I come in to Your presence humbled and amazed and Your holiness. I cannot understand how I am allowed to come before You. I accept it with a great full heart. I bow before Your throne. My mind and heart bows before You. I do not deserve to be able to come in to Your presence. Jesus cleanse my heart and lips this day so that they may be pleasing to the Father. Spirit guide my heart and mind while I am in His presence.

Father God I praise You for all that have you done in my life and the lives of those around me. It is so obvious to me that You are working and dong some great things in the lives of so many and that You want to do so much more. I praise You for where You have brought Angie and I. Help us in our unbelief. Protect Angie and the baby. To the best I can I take hold of your promises of protection and successful pregnancies. I pray things are clear on the ultrasound this week. That we can easily see a heartbeat and that everything will look normal. May You truly be the Prince of Peace for us this week.

Heal Aiden. Remove his fever. Comfort him until it is gone. Give Angie patience and strength as she cares for the boys. I praise You for the incredible wife and mother that she is. I praise You for her calling. I praise You for the opportunity You have placed before her to be such a wonderful servant of Yours. I look forward to all of the wonderful ways You will be using her to change the lives of children and families here in Macomb. I praise You for how she loves on and ministers to the youth and college students here.

I again lay each one of my students at your throne. Remove their barriers. Clear their time. Allow them to complete their tasks. May they place you first. May you be before homework, before band, before class, before sports, or whatever it is that they spend their time doing. Show this church how to best raise them up. I pray for the couples among us and that You give them wisdom on how best to go about their relationships.

Show us how to expand our influence here in Macomb. Expand it beyond our wildest imagination. May we be bursting with people who want to praise your name. Even today give courage to the people in our church to share their faith with friends and co-workers or people they have just met. Fill the student house! Fill the SS rooms! Fill the pews on Sunday.

Grant to Kelly te rest he desperately needs. Even without sleep energize him. Spirit move on his heart. Give him this day the message for Sunday. Allow him to complete his tasks early and have the time to rest in You all weekend long. I praise You for the little ones I have on Sunday AM. They are such a blessing. I pray for their next teacher. I ask your wisdom in showing me to best serve this church on Sunday Mornings. Expand my role.

I praise You for this wonderful day and look forward to talking with students tonight. AMEN!

Thursday September 27, 2007

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Father God, I am humbled by your holiness. I am in awe by who You are. I feel so unworthy to even call upon You this day. My heart bows at Your presence. Jesus cleanse my words with Your blood.

Gracious God I praise You for the wonderful weather You have give me this day. I praise you for the young men I met today. I thank you for getting to see Peter again today. May You be real all of these young men's lives. I praise You for all that You do for us. I thank You for Angie and all that she does for our family. I would ask that You would give her body the energy and strength it needs to allow baby barnacle to grow. I hope and pray that this pregnancy will go well. Help the boys to sleep well tonight and to have a great time with the Hedges and Reeds this weekend.

I thank you for each one of the students You have allowed me to meet. I especially ask for wisdom, guidance, reconciliation and strength for the parents of the teens. For each of the college students I would ask that you lead them to closer relationships with You. For all of the students I would ask that You make them incredibly bright lights for You on their campuses.

Give peace to those students who need it. Give Kelly the wisdom he needs for the message this week. Prepare our hearts for worship. Guide Josh as he leads us. Open the our hearts as we go to Axiom. May we be totally open to what You have in store for us.

In Christ Name I come before You tonight.

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A Quick Update....

Some people have made the comment that I must not be praying much since it has been so long since I have posted anything. That is not the case. I simply have not felt the need to share some of my prayers of late. They have been intensely personal, especially about others and I just felt it best to not share all of those thoughts.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

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I praise You in this storm. I praise You for this rain. May this all bring Your glory.

Use the rain to cleanse me. Clean up issues which are many. Remove the unnecessary junk from my life. Prune off all the excess. Prepare my heart for the new growth. Help me to feel you carrying me. Move the knowledge in my head into something that is real and tangible. I desire to have a personal revival. I desire so many things. May my desires and thoughts truly be Yours. May I remember that You are not necessarily slow to act so much as it is that You are patient. Thank you for bringing this rain upon my life. I desire to grow from it. Grow me!

Thank you for the rain in my family. Heal the pain and suffering. Provide the wisdom to raise our boys. Show us hoe they are different and unique. Show us what this means in raising them.

May You bring the rain upon MJSHS. Use Your children there to do great things in Your name. Use Your church to impact the lives of the students, teachers, staff and administration there. Break the campus. Break the people. Tear down the fear. Tear down the walls. Tear it all down. Use students to reach teachers. Use teachers to reach students. No fear

What am I to be doing?

Bring rain upon WIU. Raise up your children to stand for you. NO FEAR!

Whom shall we fear?????????None!!!!

Friday, August 31, 2007

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I praise you Father God for the beautiful day you have given us. I think for the time with my boys this morning.

Thank you Father for all of the many blessings you have poured out upon us. Thank you for my wife and children. Strengthen and encourage Angie today. May she be a special blessing to someone today. Help us to be the great ministry team you desire us to be. May we be your servants. Show us the young couples you want us to minister to.

I lift up the teens in our church. Grant them great courage and strength today. May they be bold for you. May they be bold with their peers and their teachers. Help them to be the absolute best at whatever they are doing today. May you grew and increase the influence of the UBC Youth Ministry. I pray for Nancy and I am thankful for the special and strategic role you have placed her in at the school. Give her increased boldness to stand for your truth and show her how best to teach and encourage the youth.

I pray for wisdom and guidance for our church. I thank you for the leaders who are serving. I look forward to seeing whom You will raise up for the new church year. May all be willing to heed your call to serve.

I am looking forward to all that you have for our church in the near future. Expand our influence. Grow our members. Teach me what I need to learn to lead the Student Ministry. Search me and show me my faults. Provide me the strength and wisdom to change what needs to be changed. May I be a good steward of all that You have provide for me this year. Show Angie and I how to be Your kind of parents. Help us teach our boys about You. May they never know the darkness of living without You. May their future spouses and their families be drawn to your side today. May they know You are real and true today. I come before you in Christ Name. Amen!

Tuesday August 21, 2007

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Gracious God, I praise you for this day. I praise You for the light you have given to me, my family, and some of my friends. I praise You foBlogger: Prayers of DT Boy - Create Postr my wife. Strengthen and encourage her today. Give her the patience and grace she needs for all that she will encounter today. Heal her body. Heal her pain. Heal our pain. Carry us through this week. Guide our steps even when we do not see it. Thank you for my boys. Draw them to your side. Teach them more about You this day. Help them learn Your Word. Help them learn the words and signs. Place a spirit of peace and calmness within them.

I praise you for the students from last night. May the BCM and UBC be used to minister to them. May we be spring board for them to minister to other students. I desire to see students brought from darkness and into light. Show me my role in this. Bring students into my path so that I may reach out to them. Show me how to best be a light of hope for hurting students. Show Denise, Lisa, Meme, Vicky, Sonya, Johnathan and others how they can show the love and light of Christ to those around them. I praise you for Denise and the ministry she has done this summer. I look forward to the wonderful ways You will be suing her this semester. I praise You for the wonderful things you did with Johnathan this summer. May the stories of Your wondrous deeds be told over and over again all over this city.

I thank you for all of the youth You brought to us Sunday Morning. May You bring even more tomorrow night. Guide us as we study Your word. Raise up leaders for them. Provide us with all of the space we need. I desire to grow and expand our youth ministry. I look forward to how you will be working on Sunday Nights. Provide all that we need. Help the youth to have the consistent time they need and many of them want to have with You. Show them who they are to share the Gospel with. Give them a heart for the lost. Burden them for their friends and classmates who do not know You. Burden them to change their campus.

Expand the ministry of UBC. Raise up the leaders we need. Grant us new Sunday School leaders, new council leaders, new Deacons, new ministry leaders and small group leaders. Raise up people who have a desire to reach the lost and do whatever it takes to accomplish this task. Grow us beyond our imagination. I praise You for the new members we have. I praise You for Angelina and her acceptance of You and her desire to be baptized. Amazing!!!! May she be a beacon of hope in her classroom. May she tell her friends all about You and the choice she has made. Use more than her parents to teach her. May her friends ask her questions about church. Give her the answers. May she invite her friends to come and watch her baptism and may they ask questions because of it.

I praise You for the sacrifice of Your son. For it is in His name that I can and do come before You this morning. Amen!

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

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Gracious God thank You for this wonderful day. Thank You for all of the children You have brought to us for VBS. I praise You for the wonderful conversations and lessons that are going on each and every night. I know many of these little ones have rough homes and I ask Your protection around them. I plead with You for the salvation of them and their parents. Use our church to reach our and minister to them. I thank You for all of the workers who have given so much of their time for VBS. I thank You for Angie and her willingness to serve as our Director. Grant her and all of the workers strength and courage for the rest of this week.

I praise You for all of the wonderful time I have had with my family lately. Thank You for Angie and her love and how she takes care of our home. Thank You for my two boys. Help Angie to accomplish all that she needs to get done today. Protect her mind, body and spirit today. Encourage her. Show her Your direction for ministry and service. Give her the boldness to step up and do whatever You desire her today. I praise You for Aiden's continues healing. I praise You for how he is growing and learning so much. I thank You also that my youngest boy is growing so much and learning so many new things each day. Continue to help him with his speech and all of those things that he needs to improve on. I lift up their future spouses and their future in-laws. May they be walking in will this day. May you provide abundantly for their needs today.

I lift my students to You. I pray for those who will be returning to Western soon. I beg that You show us how best to reach them, how best to bring the lost sheep into Your fold. I pray for the teenagers who will soon be returning to classes. May Your children be bold this year in sharing their faith with their friends. Grant to them the courage to stand up for what is right. May they be bold in telling their friends what is right and wrong.

Show UBC the direction you desire us to go in. May we be bold in our witness to Macomb. Show us how to get back to the streets! In Christ name. Amen!

Friday, July 20, 2007

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Gracious God, thank you for Angie and all that she means to me. Thank you for her love. Thank you for all of the work she does in keeping our family together. Thank you for how you have gifted her to be a wonderful mother and wife. Thank you for the calling(s) you have placed on her heart. Guide us with Your wisdom as a couple, as parents, as ministers and as friends. Thank you my boys. Help us to raise them up in Your glory and grace. May they seek after no other god. May their hearts be focus on You. May their future wives be the same. I pray for their parents. Do what ever you need to do to bring all of them to a saving faith in You.

Give strength to my mom as she prepares for another school year.

I thank for our church home. I praise You for how You are beginning to move among the people here. May we see where You are working and how You want to use us. Hope the hearts and minds of all those who come here. Use this church to heal those who are hurting. Grant wisdom to Kelly and I. I thank You for his friendship. May You richly bless the Reed family.

I pray for Tammy and Kevin and their pregnancy. Prepare their minds and bodies for the work of being a parent. I thank for Keith and his family. I praise You for the ministry you have allowed Keith to have. Grow their ministries. Grow them.

Grow the ministry of UBC. Grow it well beyond anything I could ever imagine. Help me to have the patience to wait on You and the wisdom to know we to run at full speed.

In Christ name I come before You. Amen!

Saturday, July 14th

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Gracious God, please heal Aiden. Remove the infection or whatever is causing his fever. Heal his bone perfectly. May his cast come off on Tuesday. Help him to understand. Grant Angie rest. Protect her mind, body, and spirit. Thank You for caring us this far. Thank you fro the many ways you are beginning to grant to us the desires of our hearts.

Holy Spirit move in Kelly's heart. May he speak with incredible passion tomorrow. May his word be Your words. Show us where You are moving.

Bring us the little ones. I Christ Name, Amen!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

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Father God protect and heal my family. Give Angie and my sons great rest tonight. Draw Angie closer to your side. Draw close to You my friends who need you most in this hour. Guide me as a leader in Your church. I thank you for all that You have done. I praise you for the many blessings you have given to me and mine. You are an awesome God. You give more than we could ever imagine.

Thank you for allowing for to find old friends. May You use these relationships to further Your Kingdom here on Earth. Spark a revival in Your Youth at UBC. Holy Spirit light a great passion within them. Give their parents renewal, guidance and strength. May Angie and I be Your kind of parents.

Give to us more children at VBS than we can handle alone. Increase our influence on the children and families of Macomb. Increase our numbers at UBC. Increase our influence on Macomb. Increase the spread of Your Gospel. Use UBC to spread the Gospel. Break down the walls and hard hearts in our church. Bring forth a great Spirit of Unity in purpose, mind and deed. Show us Your vision for our church. I praise You for You. Amen!

Thursday July 5, 2007

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Gracious God, I thank you for this wonderful day you have given to me. The grass is so green. The sky is so blue. I thank you for the lunch date with Angie. Thank you for Linda being able to watch the boys during nap. Thank you for all of the wonderful blessings you have given to us since we arrived here in Macomb. It is so hard to believe that it has nearly been a year.

Thank you for Angie and her love. Thank you for her passion for children. Clearly show her Your will. Show her the ministry You have for her here. Protect all her. Grant her rest. Heal her body. Continue to heal her headache.

Continue to heal Aiden. Comfort him. Teach him through this. Show Angie and I how to be Your kind of parents to both of the boys. Continue to work in a special way in my youngest boy. May we give him any of the special things he may need. Help them both to sleep well tonight. I pray for their future spouses. Grant wisdom and guidance to those young ladies' parents. May they raise her in the understanding that she is princess of the King. May they become princesses of the King. Keep the boys and their spouses sexually pure all of their lives.

Thank you for the plans that you are laying before the BCM. Thank you for Denise's hard work on the fall. May we be faithful to You. May we never miss an opportunity to share Your love with all those who cross our paths.

Grant Angie and I rest tonight. Thank you for Your great love. Thank You for Jesus and His sacrifice. I praise You for all that You do. In Christ name. Amen!

Tuesday July 3, 2007

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Father God I thank you and praise you for this day. I thank you for the wonderful sunshine and the nice outside temperatures. I praise you for the green grass in my yard. I thank you for the home we have. I thank you for my wife and her gracious love. I thank you for my little boys. I pray your healing touch for my oldest. I pray you comfort him in his frustrations. May his bone heal even faster than the doctors could ever imagine. I ask that you would also comfort my youngest. He has been so grumpy. Show Angie and I how to be the kind of parents they need us to be. Heal Angie's migraine. Restore her to full health.

I lift Angie up to you. I pray for her mind, body and spirit. Show her your will for her ministry her in Macomb. Be beyond clear to her and to others. Send others to her to guide her towards Your will. Grant us both the complete joy of our salvation.

For the people of Macomb I ask you to pour out the spirit of revival. Start with me. Start with the UBC youth. Place in their hearts an intense desire to share your good news with all of their friends and classmates. Help them to get it, to grasp your amazing will for their lives. Show me how best to lead them to the promise land of Your will. Show us how to reach those who are lost. How do we most effectively bring them into the fold? Grant your supernatural courage to all of those who have the opportunity this day to share their faith in You. I know you could fill our church building at any moment. Show us how to prepare and to expect such an out pouring.

I lift up Denise to you. Pray your rest for her. May she simply rest in your powerful arms. She has been such a wonderful blessing. I praise You for bringing her to UBC and my family. Give her courage to make the decisions she knows deep down that she must make. Give her peace. Show her Your calling upon her life. May she always use the passions you have given her to proclaim Your word. Bring her family to salvation. Use her time with them this week to bring them in the fold.

May your healing touch be on Gayle, Mark and PJ, my mom, Kelly's mom, his brother. Grant wisdom and guide to Kelly, myself, our Deacons, our Councils and other leaders. May we lead the church down Your path.

I know you can and will do so much more than I have asked for today. I look forward to seeing how gloriously you will respond to my prayers.

It is Christ name that I come before You. Amen!

Power of Prayer

2007-07-03T13:59:00.000-05:00

I have heard my whole life that there is power in prayer. Long before I was a Christian I knew that when I was in need I should call out to God for help. This concept of prayer has lingered in my thinking in the years sense my salvation. Even today I have to fight the temptation to only see prayer as something I do only when my back is against the wall.

There is some truth in prayer being there for us in our times of need. Prayer is so much more than that. It is God's special gift to us where He allows us to come before Him with everything that is on our hearts and minds. As I have be retraining my mind to have a larger view of prayer I have come to truly realize that God can do so much more than I could ever ask of Him. It is my hope and yes prayer that my mind will continue to grasp more and more what God desires of my prayers.

To this end I want to begin sharing with you a portion of those things which I share with God. It is my hope that you will receive encouragement from the words that you will find here. Please feel free to share your prayers with me and others.