Abba's Girl

  Lord Jesus, You are the the Dayspring from on high, You have visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace You are Lord of all, please shine Your light into every fiber of my being and bring healing to the lonely broken places within me. Lord God Almighty, We lift up the enemies of the Jewish people to You, You know them all by name, You sent Your Son to redeem them and save them. We ask You Holy Spirit to minister to them, to break the hardness of their hearts and pierce their very souls with Your Word which is sharper than a double edged sword. Jesus, please make Yourself known to them, fill them with Your love for themselves and all people. We also lift up Christians who are prejudiced against Jewish people, please show them how destructive this is to their walk with You, we cannot truly love You if we hate or dislike entire groups of people. Ezekiel 36:26 : I will give you a new heart and put a new s...

  As we draw to the close of 2021 on the secular calendar, we are in week 2 of the new year on the church calendar. As preparation for Christmas and holiday gatherings continue, we must not overlook the contemplative time Advent is supposed to be. We need to sit quietly with the Lord and reflect, we need to listen, spend time in His Word and in prayer.  Are we where we need to be, are we headed in the correct direction, or are we sidetracked or worse did we make an U turn and are now headed in the wrong direction?  Life is a series of seasons from bounty to famine and everything in between, we must not only grow during a season of bounty, we must learn to flourish during times of famine as well. We need to be sure what we are planting in our hearts and minds is good seed and the soil is watered and not allowed to go fallow.     Ponder these words of Jesus and flourish:   “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.     He cut...

  Good Morning Lord Jesus, John 10 tells us You call Your own sheep by name and we know Your voice. We want to hear You and recognize Your voice at all times. You give us eternal life and we will never perish or be snatched out of Your hand. We want to be in Your word not to know more about You but to know You more, in this world we throw the word love around - I love my dress, I love enchiladas, but we want to know You more so we fall more in love - real love - with You each day. There is no point in this life if we are not fellowshipping with You, serving You, spending time with You. We are created in Your image, help up be more like You in every way as we press in and continue the race You have set before us. Revive us when we need it, remind us You are waiting at the finish line, speak to us in the quiet, speak to us in the clamor, help us always hear You, the Good Shepherd. For Your glory we pray. Amen

 Luke 15 gives us the Parables of the Lost, we read about the lost sheep, the coin, and the son.  It becomes clear God has a heart for the lost and so should we.  1 time a relative told me her son wasn't a believer and said if he goes to hell it's his fault. He was 20, so he was and adult and was responsible for his own choices.  I was quite sad over 2 things - the young man's lack of Salvation and his mother's attitude which was shallow and seriously nonchalant.   I've prayed for him for years. He excelled in college, excels in work, and has a beautiful family. What he does not have is the greatest, most costly Gift ever given in the history of creation - Salvation. I continue to pray for him. From Luke 15:  And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them.  Not many days later, the younger son gathered...

  Most Holy Lord, You have clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of [Your] righteousness. Your Word tells us to put on love and wear the armor Your provide. But in my Christian walk at times I ignore wearing love and putting on my armor, I walk around in sinful rags, my prayers are stained with sin and self. I have been guilty of pride, unbelief, neglecting to seek You first, not caring about Your will for my life. At times I have been slow to repent and confess, slow to learn, and quick to forget. Holy Spirit, I ask You to show me any vain imaginations flowing through my thoughts, self-righteousness I am am wearing, and pride I am so accustomed to I no longer see. I don't want any part of them. Please give me a new heart and put a new spirit in me; please remove from me my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh. In Jesus' holy Name I pray. Amen

 Lord Jesus, our Redeemer,  Before your Cross, I kneel and see my sin, my iniquity that caused  You to be made a curse and die for me.  You were arrested, beaten, and mocked. A crown on thorn was placed on Your head and bets were made for Your clothes.  Your body was broken and Your blood was shed, You paid the price in Your infinite  compassion for me, Your love endured my curse, Your mercy bore my stripes.  I kneel before You, a sinner saved from God's wrath by Your grace. Absolved of my guilt. I am forgiven of all my sin. Past, present, future. Redeemed by Your blood - the blood of God's Lamb.  I am forgiven! Hallelujiah! How then could I ever withold my forgiveness from other people? Lord, I forgive: ___________________________________________________ In expression of my worship of You, I forgive others as I have been forgiven.  Jesus, I pray in You holy Name. Amen

 Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would see such division in the Body of Christ over masks and vaccines. I don't care if you're anti mask, pro mask, anti vaccine, pro vaccine, that is not my point. My point is the anger, division, the my way or the highway attitude seen throughout the church.  Do legalistic Facebook posts win people over to our side or more importantly to Christ? People post about the love of Christ 1 minute, the next they cast stones calling people idiots. Disagreeing with someone's viewpoint is very different than calling them names.  How do we navigate the waters in this long season keeping our hearts filled with love and our eyes on Christ? Perhaps spending more time in prayer than posting on social media is the answer. Perhaps spending more time in the Word than calling out people and telling them they are going to hell. Perhaps fasting from social media. Step away from the screen, take a break, go outdoors...  We should examine our own ...

 Creator of the Universe. Ruler of All. Lord of the Nations. Are You not the Judge of all the earth? My heart is broken over what happened in Afghamistan yesterday. Lord God, help us remain in prayer for our Afghani brothers and sisters in Christ, our military,  and the conversion of hearts among the terror factions there. Holy Spirit covict us if we murmur and complain and begin to cast stones at politicians. We know from Scripture You do not like grumbling or gossip. Please give us the unction to pray for those in office to do what is right in Your sight. Transform the hearts in DC of those who are far from You. Open their eyes to Your Word, Your ways, Your solutions. We ask You to protect Christians who are in hostile Muslim countries,  if they want to leave, please work out the details for them.  Please urge us to fervently pray those serving false gods with loving hearts. Please help us focus on their eternal home not the violence here and now. In Jesus' Name we...