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
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!
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
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!
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
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
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!
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
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!
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
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
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
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