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!

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!

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

Sunday July 13, 2008

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

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

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.