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
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!
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
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
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.
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
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.
Spirit speak through Kelly this morning. Spark revival in our hearts. Awake our hearts for You.
Tuesday February 12, 2008
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!
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
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!
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!
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