Allow The Lord to lead your heart

May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ. (2 Thessalonians 3:5 NLT)

God help me serve with a heart that is filled with your love and patience. Often times, I find myself becoming cynical and I know this type of attitude is not how you want us to live 

Allow your mind be filled with God's thoughts

So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. (Romans 8:6 NLT)

Lord it's difficult to not follow my selfish ways. Spirit show me to allow you to control my thoughts so my choices bring outcomes pleasing to God 

The way is perfect when God is at the Center of your heart

God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect. (Psalms 18:32 NLT)

Since God is always by my side; how do I ever stumble in my selfish ways? My human body is weak and I need God to give me strength to overcome my harmful choices 

Testing and trials in our lives

Put me on trial, lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart. (Psalms 26:2 NLT)

Lord I would not be truthful if I said I like taking tests or going through trials to be examined. I strive for perfection but know I fall so short. It's by Christ that i am even able to get through each day. Reveal the things of my heart that cloud your plans for my life. 

God never leaves you

You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. (Psalms 73:24-26 NLT)

There is so much encouragement in God's guidance! He has never failed me, even in my darkest hour....he never left my side. God hurts when I hurt, cries when I cry and laughs when I laugh; so there is no one better than HIM, that I know that will ever let me down

Happiness

Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. (Psalms 119:35 NLT)

Lord I often forget that my happiness is always found listening to your voice and following your ways. When I have strayed and thought I had all the answers, I have failed miserably...help me follow the path that leads to true happiness found ONLY in you!! 

Find comfort in God's embrace when suffering a loss

I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. The faithful love of the lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. (Lamentations 3:20, 22, 23 NLT)

Thank you Lord that you hold us tight when we need your strong arms to embrace us, because our sadness can feel overwhelming at times 

Seeking God and finding hope

But I will keep on hoping for your help; I will praise you more and more. (Psalms 71:14 NLT)

God I want to seek you daily

Be free from your guilt

Yes, what joy for those whose record the lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! (Psalms 32:2 NLT)

Lord what a blessing to have eternal forgiveness that we dont deserve. I can be set free from any guilt that the enemy would lay in my path

Great peace when you follow God

Those who love your instructions have great peace and do not stumble. (Psalms 119:165 NLT)

God I want to follow your instructions so I don't have to experience the negative consequences of bad choices 

Easter Sunday 2014

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” (John 11:25, 26 NLT)

Lord my wonderful Savior...your sacrifice was GREAT but your LOVE is GREATER! Thank you for knowing me and caring about me when you died on the cross!!! But we rejoice on this day because you LIVE and defeated death!!! 

Being right by God through faith

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. (Romans 3:22 NLT)

God accepts us wherever we are! It's amazing to me how our creator has so much patience; yet we continue to test our limits with him. Help me Lord to see that I don't have to test you

Restoring our relationship with God through the sacrificial blood of Jesus

For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. (Romans 5:10, 11 NLT)

Thank you Lord for restoring our relationship with you! Thank you for cleansing us and taking away all guilt and giving us freedom

Allow integrity and honesty be a guide to keep from making the same mistakes

Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O lord. May integrity and honesty protect me, for I put my hope in you. (Psalms 25:7, 21 NLT)

How greatful I am Lord that you choose to see your Son's blood over my imperfect ways. Thank you Lord for HOPE, even in our darkest hour 

Waiting quietly for God

Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. (Psalms 62:5 NLT)

Lord help me practice to listen to you quietly without trying to give you direction; but rather I want to honestly take direction from you

Being new through Christ

Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit......(Ezekiel 18:31 NLT)

Lord remind us that when we decide to follow you that our old ways should be forgotten. Help us see the new path before us, because through you......You make us new 

Comfort during my troubles is promised by God

Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. (Psalms 119:50 NLT)

Lord you are my comfort and shield. Remind me to trust you in during my life troubles

Lord your life is our ultimate gift- nothing compares to this greatness

Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! (Psalms 150:2 NLT)

Lord you deserve all praise; just because of your glorious mercy and love and we should never expect anything in return- yet you gave us any ultimate gift (free) salvation through your son

Eternity with God

“With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home. (Exodus 15:13 NLT)

God thank you for your guidance to an eternal home that is far better than we could ever imagine 

Seek God first and see the glorious path he will guide you to

Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. (Proverbs 3:6 NLT)

God help me see past my selfish ways so I can seek your will! 

God is the foundation of our lives

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. (Colossians 2:6, 7 NLT)

Lord I want you to be my foundation! Thank you for being dependable and gracious in all that you do 

God's great thoughts has done wonders

O lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts. (Psalms 92:5 NLT)

How thoughtful you are Lord to not allow not even one small detail of my life not be planned out. The perfect Creator in all your wisdom....my desire is to listen and follow you wherever you lead and not complain in the process 

Renewed thoughts and attitudes each day

Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. (Ephesians 4:23 NLT)

Lord this is my prayer each day! Help me be willing to change the thoughts and attitudes that don't reflect your love, mercy, and righteousness. Forgive me that even with my thoughts I have failed you; yet you still love me as much as you did the day you created me 

I can come to God without fear

Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength. (Job 9:35 NLT)

Lord thank you for allowing us to come to you without any fear. In all your might and power, you are still as gentle as a baby's face. I can speak to you as my best confidant without any reservation. Your spirit gives me strength to listen for your quiet voice 

Delight in The Lord

The one thing I ask of the lord — the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the lord all the days of my life, delighting in the lord ’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. (Psalms 27:4 NLT)

Lord when I meditate in your greatness and have my focus on you; all the worries of my life fade away. Help me focus on your perfect ways and teach me listening prayer-where I keep still and don't speak but wait upon you 

To know God and the depths of his understanding

Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. (Isaiah 40:28 NLT)

Casting Crowns said it best-"God to know you is to never worry about my life; to know you is to never give into compromise; to know you is to want to tell the world about you, because I can't live without you!"

The Bible teaches us many things about God's promises

Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled. (Romans 15:4 NLT)

God your Living and Breathing Word is a guide; remind me that I can find truth in what I read and help me practice what I learn; instead of thinking it's just another book 

God as your Great Counsel

You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. (Psalms 73:24 NLT)

God we want to trust your ways daily but often forget that our road to destiny was never promised to be perfect but Only that you would never leave our side as we walk along this path. The end result will be glorious with you! 

Your relationship with your spouse

The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the lord. (Proverbs 18:22 NLT)

I am reminded today how important God values marriage relationships. I often wonder how he matches us with another person to share some of our most intimate thoughts and deepest fears, then I am reminded that our spouse should be an extension of God's love in human form...to have a relationship just like we are to have that personal relationship with Christ. I am far from the perfect spouse and I constantly ask God to help me make right choices when it comes to relationships 

Lord you know my heart

But as for me, lord, you know my heart. You see me and test thoughts...... (Jeremiah 12:3 NLT)

God I can never hide anything from you. The moment I think of something or the moment I feel something; you have already known what was we place in our hearts. Help me with my thoughts that do no harm to others or myself. Keep me from my own self destructing ways and allow me to follow you without hesitation