Saturday, December 29 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!