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Monday, November 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
1 Peter 1
God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
May God give you more and more grace and peace.
8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9 The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
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Thank you Lord for encouraging me to be glad even in the middle of my trials. Help me to lean more into and less into my own self. Thank you for bringing wonderful joy in areas where I have seen so much loss; some days I don't soak in that joy, help me to remember that joy you gave, even in the area of restoring and giving me children. I do really enjoying being a Mother.
I really need your wisdom on how to encourage my kids to eat; and in the midst of the times where they just don't eat, give me peace and help me not to compare my kids and myself to others. I need your strength to refrain from yelling and getting upset at the kids for not eating. I want to do your will, not what the doctor or what the world wills or says should be the normal. My kids are far from normal, cause you are their creator and you made them unique. Thank you Lord for helping me to see and love them through your heart and eyes. I am truly depended on you today. Thank you for your grace and mercy that is new for me today. I want to be the Mother you want me to be, not what the world wants me to be. I don't want to live with regrets on how I Mothered my children. Give me your heat for them, a new desire to show them the love of God.
Lord, I lift up Lael to you, I ask that your arms would surround her and her family right now as she is dealing with the final hours of her Dad's life. I pray that you would be her strength in the days to come, especially with the holidays approaching so quickly. Release her into a new freedom, and give her hope about the future with her parents. I also ask that you would comfort her mother during this, as I am sure the death of her husband is a challenge. Give her now the okay to pass on as well, in your time. Give Lael a peace that passes all her human understanding and give her the joy that comes, especially after enduring so much trial and for so many years. Show me how to encourage and pray for her and her family during this time.
I also lift up Patricia King. Give her new ideas, new teachings, and new visions on "The Throne Room". I also ask for all her needs to be met, physically, spiritually and emotionally. That she would see a 1000 fold increase in the year 2011. She truly is an incredible woman of God and a fantastic teacher. I am honored to be under her leadership. Continue to pour into XP church and media, that all needs would be met, and that you would sell the cattle on the hill side just for their needs to be met. Thank you Lord.
I lift up Ivan and Kirsten to you. I know you have great plans for their lives and where you want them to go next, but for some reason their fundraising is at a stand still. I ask that you would reveal the reason behind this and give them the patience and faith they need to endure this lingering season. There is no real lingering season in you, as everyday and every season has a purpose, and whatever is unfinished here that is holding them here for time, I ask that you would help them to walk in completion. Whisper your ways and your desires for this season to them, even if it be for a longer time frame or shorter, only you truly know. Give them a peace in the middle of the waiting. Remind them that You do in fact have all this in control and you have them right where they need to be for this moment in time. Be with them also during the holiday season; comfort and give them joy in the midst of sorrow. You are their joy and strength even today and in this season.
Thank you Lord for my husband Jeremiah. Sometimes I feel like I fall so short loving and being a good wife. Give me your ideas on how to love him, and to be the perfect wife for him. You know him better than he knows himself, and you know him better then I will ever know him. I need some little nuggets throughout this week and month. I want to love him, encourage him, praise him and be the wife that he needs. I put aside myself desires and needs I ask that you would give me a heart to love him anew.
I pray for my Dad today, give him your speed, so he can finish his work in MN so he can make it home before Wednesday. I ask for a special anointing on his hands and mind as he finishes things up. Give him peace as he closes things up and as he prepares to head home. Put your angels around him, have them minister to him and keep him safe as he travels. Teach me how to love my father more.
Help me to fall more and more in love with you today. And give me creative ideas on how to teach my children to love you too. You are the strength of my day, and now I put you as the center.
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I do not have to compare myself with anyone us. I have the mind of Christ. I am not just anything, I am a Child of God. God loves me. I am new creature in Christ!
May God give you more and more grace and peace.
The Hope of Eternal Life
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4 and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. 6 So be truly glad.[b] There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9 The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
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Thank you Lord for encouraging me to be glad even in the middle of my trials. Help me to lean more into and less into my own self. Thank you for bringing wonderful joy in areas where I have seen so much loss; some days I don't soak in that joy, help me to remember that joy you gave, even in the area of restoring and giving me children. I do really enjoying being a Mother.
I really need your wisdom on how to encourage my kids to eat; and in the midst of the times where they just don't eat, give me peace and help me not to compare my kids and myself to others. I need your strength to refrain from yelling and getting upset at the kids for not eating. I want to do your will, not what the doctor or what the world wills or says should be the normal. My kids are far from normal, cause you are their creator and you made them unique. Thank you Lord for helping me to see and love them through your heart and eyes. I am truly depended on you today. Thank you for your grace and mercy that is new for me today. I want to be the Mother you want me to be, not what the world wants me to be. I don't want to live with regrets on how I Mothered my children. Give me your heat for them, a new desire to show them the love of God.
Lord, I lift up Lael to you, I ask that your arms would surround her and her family right now as she is dealing with the final hours of her Dad's life. I pray that you would be her strength in the days to come, especially with the holidays approaching so quickly. Release her into a new freedom, and give her hope about the future with her parents. I also ask that you would comfort her mother during this, as I am sure the death of her husband is a challenge. Give her now the okay to pass on as well, in your time. Give Lael a peace that passes all her human understanding and give her the joy that comes, especially after enduring so much trial and for so many years. Show me how to encourage and pray for her and her family during this time.
I also lift up Patricia King. Give her new ideas, new teachings, and new visions on "The Throne Room". I also ask for all her needs to be met, physically, spiritually and emotionally. That she would see a 1000 fold increase in the year 2011. She truly is an incredible woman of God and a fantastic teacher. I am honored to be under her leadership. Continue to pour into XP church and media, that all needs would be met, and that you would sell the cattle on the hill side just for their needs to be met. Thank you Lord.
I lift up Ivan and Kirsten to you. I know you have great plans for their lives and where you want them to go next, but for some reason their fundraising is at a stand still. I ask that you would reveal the reason behind this and give them the patience and faith they need to endure this lingering season. There is no real lingering season in you, as everyday and every season has a purpose, and whatever is unfinished here that is holding them here for time, I ask that you would help them to walk in completion. Whisper your ways and your desires for this season to them, even if it be for a longer time frame or shorter, only you truly know. Give them a peace in the middle of the waiting. Remind them that You do in fact have all this in control and you have them right where they need to be for this moment in time. Be with them also during the holiday season; comfort and give them joy in the midst of sorrow. You are their joy and strength even today and in this season.
Thank you Lord for my husband Jeremiah. Sometimes I feel like I fall so short loving and being a good wife. Give me your ideas on how to love him, and to be the perfect wife for him. You know him better than he knows himself, and you know him better then I will ever know him. I need some little nuggets throughout this week and month. I want to love him, encourage him, praise him and be the wife that he needs. I put aside myself desires and needs I ask that you would give me a heart to love him anew.
I pray for my Dad today, give him your speed, so he can finish his work in MN so he can make it home before Wednesday. I ask for a special anointing on his hands and mind as he finishes things up. Give him peace as he closes things up and as he prepares to head home. Put your angels around him, have them minister to him and keep him safe as he travels. Teach me how to love my father more.
Help me to fall more and more in love with you today. And give me creative ideas on how to teach my children to love you too. You are the strength of my day, and now I put you as the center.
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I do not have to compare myself with anyone us. I have the mind of Christ. I am not just anything, I am a Child of God. God loves me. I am new creature in Christ!
1 Peter 1:13-15
1 Peter 1:13-2:10
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Lord, I so need help to think clearly and exercise self-control. There are days where I feel like I fail in all realms: parenting, being a wife, keeping You as the center of my life. Help me Lord to be honest with you, myself and others. I really do want to honor you with my life and live obediently to You. Put an angel at the door if I try and turn back to my old ways. Lock the door and throw away the key, help me to say on track with you and your holy ways. I am so in need of you and your guidance in my life. Help me to be holy in my parenting; give me wisdom on how to train my children in the right way. Give me little nuggets throughout the day on how to get them to eat....Lord this is a big frustration for me. I lose my sanity over the fact that they eat sooo little. Please give me ideas on how to get them to eat, and how to eat right. I feel as though I am beating a dead horse some days, especially yesterday. Forgive me for losing my patience with the kids and their lack of eating. I really do need your grace and direction in this area. I ask that you would enlarge their appetites, even if they do drink a 2 oz of milk/pedisure here and there throughout the day. They need more calories...but Lord in end, you created them, you know them better than I know them. Help me Lord today to be patience, very, very slow to anger and rich in love towards my 3 little ones.
Lord, I pray for Holly Culver today. I ask that you would her wisdom in regards to her marriage. If its your will, heal their marriage. Sometimes, I just don't know what your answer would be for her, and therefore I don't honestly know what would be right or wrong. But you know the right answers all the time, whisper softly to her heart.
Continue to help me to be the friend you have called me to be, just like you are the ultimate friend that sticks closer than a brother. I realize that life is often crazy and busy but help me to be there in the times she needs me the most.
I also lift up Colleen Charnell...Lord I know her heart is aching and so desires to see the promises of God fulfilled in her life in the area of marriage. Lord, whatever it takes, heal her heart, set her on the right path that is in sync with yours. Bring the right, GODLY MAN, into her life. Help her to get her eyes off the things she doesnt have, but the things she does have. Help her to run straight to You, and then she'll find the one she's looking for as she turns to her right or to her left...help me to know how to encourage her throughout her life.
I again lift up Pastor Lael to you. Lord I don't fully know the circumstances at her home right now, but you know it all. I ask that you would meet her, Andrew and her mother right where they need it. Comfort and strengthen in the midst of this season of things coming to an end with her Dad's life and her Mom's life hanging in the balance. Reassure her heart over and over that you are in control and you know what is best, regardless. Bring your refreshing rain to their hearts.
I lift up Angel and her family to you. Give them the strength they need to get through this waiting period with her dad. Lord, you are all knowing and the ulitmate physician, if it your will, heal Angel's Dad.
Help me to fall more and more in love with you TODAY. I quiet myself before you today; whisper to me throughout the day, - I'm listening.
A Call to Holy Living
13 So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. 15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”[a]---------------
Lord, I so need help to think clearly and exercise self-control. There are days where I feel like I fail in all realms: parenting, being a wife, keeping You as the center of my life. Help me Lord to be honest with you, myself and others. I really do want to honor you with my life and live obediently to You. Put an angel at the door if I try and turn back to my old ways. Lock the door and throw away the key, help me to say on track with you and your holy ways. I am so in need of you and your guidance in my life. Help me to be holy in my parenting; give me wisdom on how to train my children in the right way. Give me little nuggets throughout the day on how to get them to eat....Lord this is a big frustration for me. I lose my sanity over the fact that they eat sooo little. Please give me ideas on how to get them to eat, and how to eat right. I feel as though I am beating a dead horse some days, especially yesterday. Forgive me for losing my patience with the kids and their lack of eating. I really do need your grace and direction in this area. I ask that you would enlarge their appetites, even if they do drink a 2 oz of milk/pedisure here and there throughout the day. They need more calories...but Lord in end, you created them, you know them better than I know them. Help me Lord today to be patience, very, very slow to anger and rich in love towards my 3 little ones.
Lord, I pray for Holly Culver today. I ask that you would her wisdom in regards to her marriage. If its your will, heal their marriage. Sometimes, I just don't know what your answer would be for her, and therefore I don't honestly know what would be right or wrong. But you know the right answers all the time, whisper softly to her heart.
Continue to help me to be the friend you have called me to be, just like you are the ultimate friend that sticks closer than a brother. I realize that life is often crazy and busy but help me to be there in the times she needs me the most.
I also lift up Colleen Charnell...Lord I know her heart is aching and so desires to see the promises of God fulfilled in her life in the area of marriage. Lord, whatever it takes, heal her heart, set her on the right path that is in sync with yours. Bring the right, GODLY MAN, into her life. Help her to get her eyes off the things she doesnt have, but the things she does have. Help her to run straight to You, and then she'll find the one she's looking for as she turns to her right or to her left...help me to know how to encourage her throughout her life.
I again lift up Pastor Lael to you. Lord I don't fully know the circumstances at her home right now, but you know it all. I ask that you would meet her, Andrew and her mother right where they need it. Comfort and strengthen in the midst of this season of things coming to an end with her Dad's life and her Mom's life hanging in the balance. Reassure her heart over and over that you are in control and you know what is best, regardless. Bring your refreshing rain to their hearts.
I lift up Angel and her family to you. Give them the strength they need to get through this waiting period with her dad. Lord, you are all knowing and the ulitmate physician, if it your will, heal Angel's Dad.
Help me to fall more and more in love with you TODAY. I quiet myself before you today; whisper to me throughout the day, - I'm listening.
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