Your Promise

Father God we are your people. Your word says in 2 Chronicles 7:14 AMP:
If My people, who are called by My name shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Father God we are your people and we call you by name. We confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that your word does not go out in vain. Thank You for hearing our prayers and moving your Spirit in our land. Lord do not let our spirit fail us because of fear. We worship and adore you Lord. We desire to humble ourselves before you Lord.

I thank You Lord for quiet time. For a time to seek you out. Give me a spirit of humility. Search my heart Lord. Remove that which is not like you. You know my thoughts before I speak them. You know my heart's desires. I am transparent to you Lord.

Forgive me for judging inappropriately, for complaining, for criticizing men, women and children who have been leaders, followers and participants in my life. Lord release your living waters to heal our nation. I desire to follow your lead and to conform to your ways and your will. Search me, guide me, direct me.

I believe, if I could just touch the hem of his garment, then I too shall be healed. I Believe in God's Promise in my life. He has not forgotten, abandoned me or turned his back on me. He Loves Me with an everlasting love. He loves Me. Thank You Lord for loving me. Glory Be to God. Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone.

The Verdict

If my life is to be judged by the quality and level of my obedience, then I am not going to be judged very favorable. I'm guilty. I have committed the offense and I am guilty. They have the proof. I know the truth. I have not been there on time like I should have. I have not spent the time doing lesson plans, correcting papers, making the right decisions at home. Following through with my financial responsibility. Paying my bills on time. The list goes on and on. I am guilty. I have not prayed when I should have. Read the bible when I should have. Loved more intensely. Written in my journal, when I should have. I have been negligent.

Keeping God's word in my life. Restoring faith in someone who has lost faith. Have I been bold in speaking and talking to a non Christian? Have I encouraged others to believe in God and to have faith, and to trust?

I believe in God's faithfulness. Let God be true and man be a liar. God could condemn us now but His word gives us forgiveness and faith and trust. Trust in the Lord. I didn't earn it, I was given it .As a gift, a present.

Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone.

A New Location

Lord I ask you to guide and direct my path while I go through this relocation. Finding a new place is not the easiest thing to do. Allowing an old place to be let go is tough also. Give me guidance to do the right thing. Prioritize what is important and keep my focus on that. Lord forgive me where I have fallen short of your expectations for me. Forgive me when I have been self absorbed or too much in another person's life. Forgive me Lord when I have doubted your interest in my life and problems. Forgive me Lord for ever taking you for granted and just being negligent about our relationship. Forgive me Lord for being disrespectful and distant. Lord forgive me for all of the times that I have fallen short of your expectations for me. Forgive Me.

It's Not About You

Its nothing personal and its not about you. There is nothing you did wrong. You didn't say anything or do anything to make me mad or upset. I havent changed my mind or gotten depressed and moody.
I'm just trying to do too much and because I ignored that building for so long I now have to pay more attention than I really want to. I'm trying to get more family involved so its not just me.
I didn't realize it would be so hard for me to get rid of all of his stuff. Its different if he's dead, but he's still alive. Doctors say he could have twenty more years. He wont always be with me for that time. What do I do? I search God for the answers.

I Put My Trust In Thee

In thee O Lord do I put my trust. I shall speak of your righteousness all the day long.

I will hope continually and will praise you all the day long.

O Lord be not far away. I will walk in your strength. Do not cast me off in my time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails. O Lord be not far away and make haste for my help.

Lord take my adversaries and confound and consume them. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor those that seek to hurt me.

Lord don't forget me. Father God take care to keep me near. Lord you are my everything. My strength, my life. In you I make my being. May God be the glory. I put my trust in you Lord. - influenced and prayed about from Psalm 71
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone. I love you.

I trust and I believe

Inquire of God and He will guide and direct you,

Even though the same enemy may come to slay you, trust in God, seek his counsel and wisdom and let God do the strategizing.

Trust in Him. Call on Him. Wait on His Word.

I'm trusting, I'm believing, I'm waiting on God's Word in this situation and every situation and relationship in my life. Let me hear your plan for me.

Let me hear that still small voice. Let me hear direction and wisdom.

I confess and believe that the decisions made by the leaders are right and just.

I pray that my breakthrough is forthcoming. My life is in God's hands. I trust you and I believe in you.

God bless you today and everyday. Be blessed and be a blessing to someone.

Asked And Agreed Together

Father God we thank you that as we have asked and agreed together, you have heard our prayers. We thank you for hearing our prayers and connecting us with people who are also working for the good of those that love the Lord.

Thank you Lord for people in our lives who are not just paying lip service to the problems or throwing money at an area that is not going to be useful or productive. Lord we have seem quick fix solutions and this cannot be one of them.

This is a long and arduous journey. Thank God for new beginnings. Let today's journey be a successful one. We are on the road to recovery. Thank You for placing the right people in the right place of our lives.

I pray that having had an opportunity to renew and refresh that I go back with a new attitude towards my students. I want to not be a thorn in their side and for them to not be one in mine. I know its not sunshine and blue skies but let me find a place where I am calm and in a mode of control. Let me find patience and even more patience when necessary.

Let my classroom management improve. Reduce the noise and distractions. Allow the science projects to go off without a glitch. Allow the low readers to be successful. Let my lesson plans be appropriate. Let my words be uplifting and educating.

Let my thoughts be more along the lines of Gods thoughts and ideas for my life and the people who I influence on a personal and professional level. Let me be successful in my personal and professional relationships. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Let me hear and understand what I need to know. Let me be open to new suggestions that are from the heart.

Lord let me get some tenants in that building. Let's get that building sold. Let's make something happen over there. This is just too much for me to keep together. I need new ideas, new options, something has to change with this Lord. May God bless you and allow you to be a blessing to those around you. Be blessed and be a blessing to someone.

Thank You for the Man

Lord thank you for a man who is dedicated to justice. Thank you for a man who has kept his head about him when it seems as if all others are just plum crazy. Thank You God for giving him the ears of those who can make a real difference. I pray Lord that he is able to voice the real problems and that together they are able to come up with a concrete solution, proposition a start for improvement. Lord I don't expect an all together final plan but something must come out of this that give hope and direction. Everyone must be involved. We all take blame in this catastrophe. We all have a hand in making it better. We are treating the behavior, the outcome, violence. We have to treat the reason for the violence. There are so many factors for the violence, we have to spend less time pointing fingers and more time working together. Stop this constant bleeding of money. These SES programs are funded but with poor attendance. Why aren't the students coming. They don't want to walk home in the dark. Its dark by 5pm in the winter and they say they wont come to a program that lets out that late. Why cant we provide some sort of bus transportation to ensure that they get home safely? Get some more counselors in the schools. Children have so much hate and anger about every little thing. I constantly have requests from children to see the counselor. For reasons from the death of a parent, friend, relative, family illness. These children have problems and no real coping mechanisms to handle them. I just thank God for you. I thank God that you care and you continue to care. Thank you God for a caring and loving man. Lord allow him to rest tonight and to wake refreshed and renewed. Give him the words to say and the ability to work together for a solution. Let him be successful in his endeavors. Show him love, let him express what needs to be said in a clear and concise method that is understood by all. Guide his thoughts and let his words be your words. May God bless you tonight and always.

Relationships

A relationship that brings a sense of connection, that demonstrates how I am cared about, and that I have an intimate relationship that displays how I am heard and valued.

This works both ways. I am bringing a strong connection to the relationship, I show how much I care about the other person, I have displayed an intimate relationship and I hear and value the other persons feelings and thoughts. Is this really happening on any level?

How can you say you love me when you have some very devoted and loving women who are good women, who have devoted their lives to taking care of you? I would rather believe that you are in love with them and have moved on from me. These women feel entitled. They have given up a lot to assist you in every way. They love you and expect that if you are ever going to have a loving, intimate relationship then its going to be with them. At least one of them. After all they have earned it. Dont they deserve your love and attention?

I would think that love would be faithful and rewarding. If I've done the most noble of things,then I deserve the reward, the prize, the love. What are you thinking with these relationships. Are you being supportive? Are you keeping things bottled up? Who are you confiding in and are you making decisions when you are not angry or hurt?

I have been spending a lot of time on my own since we started our break a week ago. I have one more week to go so I am now trying to finish things I didnt get to previously. I'm not saving the world, just trying to keep my head about me when everything else seems to be confusing and demanding. Trying to stay sane. I'm no good to anyone if I am delusional.

Lord I pray that we can find the strength and courage to make a calm and appropriate choice and stick with it. Our children are making erratic choices made from anger over the smallest of things. Do we give up and just keep housing them like cattle in jails and poor housing? Is the Harlem Children's Zone really the answer? Maybe its an answer. It seems to be something that my Area is buying into. Does it work? Can we see change throughout and not just in random pockets? Is there a secret, a recipe, a formula? If we do this, and this, then it will work.

Now that we are no longer worried about the olympics, something that was the greatest longshot anyway, can we now concentrate on the safety of our children? This is so layered its almost impossible to change. Students raised by people who are at and below the poverty level. Ao you know they are angry and depressed. Government and business who feel any help is turning our society into a socialistic government rather than keeping it the capitalistic society. The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. Not until the economic situation changes, will the violence change. To reach their heart we have to get their attention. How do we get generations of non readers and non contributors to the main stream society to care about wanting something different?

How do we support each other to allow growth and depth to occur? Where do we find the strength to make the hard choices? Its never too late to make a change. Make a step towards change.

“Although you can not go back and have a brand new beginning, you can still create a brand new end”

My Soul Pants for You

Where can I go to be in relationship with you?

God wants to be in relationship with me. God wants to teach me about love. I want to know what love is. I want to know what real love is. I must seek the Lord. Until I seek the Lord I cannot receive His real blessing. Am I in position for a blessing? Am I the prey or the predator? Is this role interchanging? How do I protect myself. The enemy knows that it can wear us out. It can send us to other sources to find our refreshment. But the psalmist says I want to run to God. I want God to be the one that refreshes me. I want God to handle my attackers. I need something that will fix me for the long term. Not a temporary fix, I need something that can sustain me for the long term. A relationship with God.

Fellowship is important, you can be in relationship but not in fellowship. I want to be in fellowship. I want to care and know about your day to day happenings. I want to know how your day is going. What was good about it and what was difficult. From the smallest thing to the largest thing. What was important to you today. What are you occupying your time with these days? What are intimate with. What has given you passion that you want to seek it out and develop it to the utmost. Who are you intimate with today?

Intimacy promises joy. Not happiness but joy. Joy comes in the morning. I got that Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy down in my heart. The Joy of the Lord is my strength. When you have joy you are strong. You can have a harmonious marriage. You can go through the fire and still lift your hands and praise God. You cant get joy at a liquor store, smoking blunts, or abusing drugs. There is not any joy. Joy is the revelation that God is inside of me. God is with me.

Keep your mind stayed on Jesus.

I'm tired and I need to be close to you. I need to be refreshed, rejuvenated. Pick me up. I don't understand anything right now. I'm confused and tired. Wrap me in your arms, show me the way, I need you to guide me and direct me. I need you. I need you I need you. I want to know your ways and I want to wait for understanding from you. I dedicate myself to you. I stretch my hands to you. I need you, daily.