My Prayer

This was todays prayer, I pray it also becomes yours.

Heavenly Father. God of eternal love and mercy. Father I plead the blood of Your Son upon me, cleanse me, deliver me, change me, exchange my heart for Your heart. Make me a priest that ministers before Your presence continuously. Dress me in Your holy garments make me the apple of Your eyes, that I may never depart from Your presence. God I need You, more than a career, more than my family, I need You. I desire You.

God I want to be utterly consumed by You. Take me over oh God. Find pleasure in me. Dance over me with gladness and thanksgiving. Rejoice over me. Be pleased with my heart. Heavenly King search me, know me, have me. God I long for You.

Holy Spirit, precious Spirit be my friend, my all consuming fire, be my holiness and righteousness. Holy Spirit captivate my spirit, let my spirit fall in love with You, let my spirit know You. Let my spirit be poor, contrite and broken. Let it be irresistible to You.

Hear my cry oh God, don't turn Your face from me. Hear my prayer oh Lord, I need You Father for what can I do without You, who can I trust if not You? I call out to You for You are faithful and hear the prayer of Your people. You who sits on the highest throne, You that hold the universe in Your hands, You who knows the heart of every man and woman. You who silence the waters with a simple command. You who quiets my soul with love. You who rejoices when I rejoice and feels my pain and anguish. God I want to love You with everything I do, with everything I have, with everything I am. For what I do is by You, what I have is because You gave it and who I am is who You made me.

My God You made me with a purpose, You created me with a plan in mind. I ask what was that purpose? What was that plan? What did You create me for? Father if it was to love You, teach me to love You with all I have, let me be head over heals, crazy in love, madly in love, no one else can please me like you in love with You. If it was to be a giver, give me a giving heart and provide that I may always have something to give. If it was to speak of You, give me a voice, bold and passionate. If it was to serve You, give me a servants heart, willing to do as commanded without questioning or fearing.

God You have me, now use me! You possess me, You contain me, You consume me, You please me, You give me joy, peace, rest, laughter, passion, boldness, courage, desire, longing, thirst, hunger, compassion. God You created me, I was fearfully and wonderfully made. You saw me before anyone else knew I existed. You knew me by name, knitted me in my mother's womb, held me before anyone, loved me before anyone could love me. Saved me when I was ready to drown, healed me when my wounds were so deep I though I would die. You held me in place when I was ready to flee. You renewed my mind. You restored me. You my God have me. I am Yours. Your possession.

Papa to be found in You, to be lost in You is my only desire.

For God so loved the world

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should no perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16

Many have read this verse, many probably know this verse by heart but I don't think we understand it's meaning. The verse reads, "for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..." Yes, because He loved you, He gave His only Son but that's not the only reason Jesus died on the cross for you. He gave His Son to save not only you but a dying world. We need to spread the good news, Christ lives and there's hope of salvation through Him.

I must confess I am one of those that have read this verse as, "for God so loved me that He sent His Son to save me" a very selfish way of thinking of this. God loved you when He sent His Son to save you. God loves you when you sin against Him and He is willing to forgive you if you willingly and wholeheartedly repent.

God longs for a deeper, more personal relationship with His creation. God sent His Son to save not only you but a world and it is our job, our right and our responsibility to spread the good news to all those that are willing to believe in Him. That is God's only condition for salvation, is that we believe.

Thankful

Thanksgiving came and left, Black Friday was probably not as black as other years (in the finance world black= profit, that's why its called Black Friday). The holiday season has begun, Christmas is around the corner and soon 2009 will be over.

Time is going by too fast, I have 6 classes left of undergrad and then "real" world here I come. The economy is not what it was a few years back, the world whether we want to admit it or not is getting worse. But when everything else fails, there's one thing that remains, God's faithfulness. When the world comes crumbling down, God will remain unmoved. Nothing, No One can change HIS will, His plans will come to pass. So when you find yourself having a bad day just take a few minutes to count your blessings. Sure sometimes we feel like we have more bad things happening than good, but take a few minutes and you'll realize that even in your darkest moments there are things to be thankful for, if you're reading this you have eyes, a computer, electricity, a home, I'm pretty sure you have clothes on, you ate something today, you drove, you worked. All those things are blessings although sometimes work might seem like a pain, there are many that don't have that.

With this year coming to end quickly, just look back and think of everything that you have gone through if its good be thankful for it and if its bad give thanks anyway because you have overcome it and it will be soon be in the past.

christmas is on its way

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May God bless you and always strengthen you, remember God never moves from where He is, many times it is us that walk away from Him. So when you feel lonely or distressed just give Him some time, if you only have 5 minutes give it to Him and He will surely renew your strength.