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Hearts Burning

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When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:30-32 (NIV)

Ignite

That’s exactly what I want. What is exactly what you want? I want you to ignite my faith. I want you to give me a passionate desire to love, follow and serve you. Do you not already have a passionate desire to love, follow and serve me? Yes, I do. I love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. But, I want more. What more do you want? I want to burn white hot for you. I want to shine brightly for you in this dark world. I have heard it said that I could shine brightly like a star in the universe for you. That’s what I want. I want to be so passionate in loving you that nothing will stop me from moving forward with you. I don’t want to move forward slowly. I don’t want to move forward reluctantly. I don’t want to move forward half-heartedly. I want to be all in. I want to faithfully go where you guide me. I want to boldly do what you ask of me. I want no retreats. I want no regrets. I want to hold nothing in reserve. That is very good.

How will you receive what you want? First, I believe that I want what you want. I believe that all I have said I want, comes from you. None of these desires could have originated in me. That’s true. These desires did not originate in you. That gives me great confidence. Why is that? I know that you are both a giver and granter of desires. I know that I can confidently ask you to grant a desire that you have clearly placed in my heart. Yes, you can. So, I will receive what I want by asking for it from you. I will seek you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. I will keep on asking you to set me on fire for you. I will keep on asking you to make me burn white hot for you. I will keep on asking you to help me to faithfully go where you guide me to boldly do what you ask of me. Then I will shine brightly like a star in the universe for you. Then I will bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Yes, you will. 

Lord, I will make myself attentive to your voice. I will listen carefully to everything you want to say to me. Lead me through all the setbacks, and disappointments of life. Ignite my faith. Set me on fire. Give me a passionate desire to love, follow and serve you. Amen

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I Put My Hope In You

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Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Psalm 25:4-5 (NLT)

Humbly Ask

Do you want me to show you the right path? Do you really want me to point out the right road to follow? Do you want me to lead you? Do you really want me to teach you? Without hesitation, I will say to you, I want you to show me the right path. Yes, I want you to point out the right road for me to follow. With all that is within me, I will say to you, I want you to lead and teach me. That is very good.

If you want me to lead and teach you there are some things that you must do. What’s that? It is not enough for you to say with your words that you want me to lead and teach you. What must I do? You must humbly ask me to lead and teach you. Notice that I have used two very important words. What words? I have used the words “humbly” and “ask”. What has prevented you from listening to my teaching and following my guidance in the past? I see, I have pridefully relied on myself. I have followed my own guidance. I have listened to my own instruction. Where has that led you? I have mistakenly gone where I should not have gone. I have foolishly done what I should not have done. Since, I was not listening to you, I have been unable to know and do your will. What will help you to know and do my will? I will humbly come to rely on you. I will humbly ask you to lead and guide my life. I will humbly ask you to teach me. I will place all my hope in you. That will be very good. 

There are two more things that you must do if you want me to lead and teach you. What’s that? Once you have come to rely on me in prayer you must wait for my answers to your prayers. What has happened when you have not waited for me to answer your prayers? I might as well have not prayed when I have not waited for your answers. Why is that? Once again, I have rushed off and gone where I should not have gone to do what I should not have done. That’s true. So, will you wait for me to answer your prayers? Yes, I will. Then there is one more thing that you must do if you want me to lead and teach you. What’s that? You must listen to my instruction and follow my guidance. It is not enough to pray and then wait to hear from me. You must put into practice what I will teach you. You must go where I guide you. You must do what I ask of you. Will you do that? Yes Lord, I will. I will humbly come to you in prayer. I will wait for you to answer my prayers. Then I will listen to you. I will go where you guide me and do all that you ask of me. In every way, I will place all my hope in  you as I love, follow and serve you. That will be very good. 

Lord, I have often pridefully relied on myself for my own guidance. I have mistakenly gone where I should not have gone and foolishly done what I should not have done. I have learned my lesson. Now, I will wholeheartedly rely on you to teach and guide me. Amen

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I Had To Be

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“Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Luke 2:49-50 (NIV)

Your Business

I want to be about your business. I want to know and do you will. I want to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans. I don’t want to go about my own business. I don’t want to live out my own plan. To do so, would be misspending my life. Of that, I have no doubt. Of that, I am absolutely certain. That’s good for you to know.

How will you come to know and do my will? How will you have any idea of what my purpose and plan is for your life? How will you know if you are being about my business? How will you know the difference between your plan and my plan? Those are all very good questions. They only have one answer. What’s that? If I want to be about your business, I must come and meet with you in prayer. I must ask you to help me to know and do your will. I must ask you to show me your purpose and plans for my life. That’s true.

Will I unfold my purpose and plan for your life all at once? Certainly not. Why not? You want me to live in an intimate relationship with you. If you unfolded your entire purpose and plan for my life, I might come to think that I could, “take it from here.” I might come to think that I only need to occasionally check back in with you. That would mistake. Yes, it would. Tell me why. It would never work. I would never stay on course. I have not been made to live a life that is separate and independent with you. Your thoughts and ways are so much higher than mine. I will continue to need your wisdom and direction every day as I love, follow and serve you. Most importantly, it is your purpose and plan that I live in an intimate relationship with you. Everything else in life is secondary to that.  That’s true.

What do you already know about being about my business? Meeting with you in prayer is being about your business. Being about your business is not different or separate from meeting with you in prayer. How so? You will accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans in and through prayer. Prayer is work. It is not like I will stop praying and start working. You will give me prayers to pray. Yes, I will. Your work will be accomplished through prayer. Yes, it will.

What steps will you take to be about my business? Every day, I will meet with you in prayer. I will talk with you. I will listen to you. I will pray the prayers that you give me to pray. I will ask for your guidance. I will follow your direction. I will go where you guide me. I will do what you ask of me. Then I will be about your business. Yes, you will. 

Heavenly Father, I certainly need to be meeting with you in prayer. Meeting with you in prayer is the desire of my heart. Fan that flame of desire. Draw me closer to you. Show me how I can be about your business. Give my life your purpose and direction. Amen

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Forget Not

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Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits– who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV)

Remember

I don’t ever want to forget. I want always to remember all that you have done for me. I don’t want to be thoughtless. I don’t want to be callous. I don’t want to be forgetful. I want to think deeply about all that you have done for me. I want to return to give you thanks and praise for your many blessings. You have given me so much. You have richly blessed my life. How? How have you blessed my life? Yes, that is my question. I’m sure you know. Yes, I do know. It will be a good thing for you to remember all that I have done for you. Do you have a specific reason in mind? Yes, I do. But, you tell me why it is a good thing for you to remember all that I have done for you.

You like to hear me express my thanks and praise to you. Acknowledging your love and compassion is one way for me to tell you that I am relying on you. I know that my help comes from you. I have not redeemed my life from the pit. I did not pull myself off the road that led away from you. I could do nothing to earn your forgiveness. I could not scrub myself clean of my unrighteousness. I could not heal my own diseases. I could adopt myself into your family. Only you could make me to be your child. You have lavishly and generously demonstrated your compassion and love to me. That’s true. You have heard my prayers. You have both given and granted the desires of my heart. Like what? What desires of your heart have I given and granted? It is the desire of my heart to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to love you with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. I want to live my life with and for you. I want to know you. I want to listen to your voice. I want to go where you guide me. I want to do what you ask of me. In every way, I want to do what is pleasing to you. I also want to give all my thanks and praise to you. I want to acknowledge every way that you have blessed my life. None of these desires have come from me. No, they have not. You have both given and are granting these desires in my heart. Yes, I am. 

Lord, you have done so much for me. I almost don’t know where to begin to give thanks and praise to you. Except, I know I can start with your biggest gift. You have forgiven my sins and cleansed me of all my righteousness. You redeemed my life from the pit. Amen

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When I Am Weak

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Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (NIV)

Being Weak

Do I have to be weak? Isn’t there any other choice? Can’t I be strong? Can’t I be bold and courageous. Can’t I be steady and immoveable? Can’t I be a force to be reckoned with? Maybe, I’m going a little over the top. But, why can’t I have and be everything I need? Those are questions of the past that frequently occupied my heart and mind. I have never been a fan of being weak. I have never enjoyed not having or being everything, I need. I have wanted to be equal to every task. I have wanted to be bold and confident and strong. I have wanted every gift and talent and ability so I could accomplish every plan and fulfill every purpose. But, I have come to understand that it is a very good thing I have not had or been all I have needed. Why is that? As weak as I am, I have still struggled with being self-reliant and self-sufficient and self-centered. I could keep listing how I have depended on myself. There is no need, we both get the idea.

It has been good to come to realize that I don’t have and am not all I need. Why is that? I have come to rely on you. I have come to ask for your help. I have asked you to be strong in my weakness. My weakness has caused me to live in a more intimate relationship with you. That’s true. You have heard and answered my prayer. How so? You have worked in and through my weaknesses. You have given me your courage and strength. You have made me bold and steady. You have given me all I have needed to accomplish your plans and fulfill your purposes. It is only because I have relied on you that I have been able to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Only in my weakness have I come to know that your power was resting on me. That is very good.

So, I give you thanks and praise for not making me strong. Thank you for causing me to come to rely on you. Thank you for working in and through my life. Thank you that I can live and walk in an intimate relationship with you. Nothing has been better than knowing that you are working in and through my life. Keep on relying on me. Yes Lord, I will.

Lord, I don’t like being weak. Being weak has been frustrating. Being weak has been scary. Being weak has been uncomfortable. I can give thanks for being weak. Being weak has caused me to rely on you. Being weak has allowed you to work in and through me. Amen

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As He Had Done Before

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Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Daniel 6:10 (NIV)

Time And Place

Here I am Lord. This is the time. This is the place. What do you mean by saying this is the time and this is the place.? I have always wanted to meet with you in prayer. I always thought that I would develop a regular, daily pattern of meeting in prayer with you. What happened? Nothing, happened. I had good intentions. Every day I thought that some time would open up and we would be able to talk together in prayer. But, time never opened up. The demands and busyness of life filled up every moment of my day. There was never a good time to meet with you in prayer. I noticed. That’s not good. I agree. That is why I am saying now is the time and this is the place when and where I will set aside to meet with you in prayer. I’m making meeting with you in prayer a priority in my life. Let me correct that statement. Go ahead. I am making meet with you in prayer the priority of my life. Why is that? I have no higher priority than to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to talk with you. I want to listen to you. I want to live my life in a constant dialogue of prayer with you. That will be very good.

What do you want to talk about? That’s not where I really want to start in prayer. Where do you want to start in prayer? I want to start by listening to you. I want to hear your voice. I want to receive your guidance. I want to follow your instruction. I want to sit at your feet. I want to rest in your presence. This is a good place to start in prayer. I have no doubt about that. What do you want to say to me? It pleases me that you want to live in an intimate relationship with me. It brings joy to my heart to know that you are making your relationship with me the priority of your life. You will have what you want. What’s that? You want to live in an intimate relationship with me. You want to live your life in a constant dialogue of prayer with me. Yes, that’s right. Keep on coming to me. Keep on drawing near to me. Keep on praying to me in all the circumstances of life. Keep on seeking me with all your heart and mind and soul and strength then you will live and walk in an intimate relationship with me. Then I will lead you through all the difficult circumstances of life. I will keep praying to you. I will keep on seeking you. We will continue to meet in our time and place. That will be very good.

Lord, help me to develop a daily pattern of prayer that will continue through all the circumstances of life. Thank you, that I can pray to you today, tomorrow and all the next days of my life. I will ask for your help now and every day in the future as I follow you. Amen

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Come To Me

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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

Rest

I don’t know how I got here. I’m not sure how I arrived at this place. Can you be more a little more specific. You know exactly what I am saying. You know what I don’t even have the words to express. Yes, I do. I’m not asking you to say more so that I will understand. I’m asking you to be more specific so you will understand. Oh, I see. Then, I will say more. I’m weary. I’m worn out. I’m depleted and exhausted. I feel like I can go no further. I can’t take another step. If someone asks anything else of me, I think I’ll scream. Maybe that’s part of the problem. What’s that? You have been saying yes to too many things. You have been running yourself ragged. You have wanted to say yes to doing a thousand different good things. In saying yes to too many things, I have done nothing well. In saying yes to too many things, I have not done the most important things. My life has been random and scattered and unfocused. I have no direction. I have lost purpose. Now, I’ m feeling paralyzed by what has been left undone. That’s a problem. That is a heavy weight. It is easy to see why you are weary and worn out.

What do you want to do differently? What is most important to you? I want my life to be centered on you. I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to draw near to you as you draw near to me. I would like to receive guidance and direction from you. I would like to receive purpose and meaning and hope from you. I would like my life to have a rhythm and balance that comes from you. What would that rhythm and balance look like? I’m not sure. You don’t need to be sure. Just tell me what is the desire of your heart. I want to rest in you. I want to be refreshed by you. I want to be vibrant and alive in you. I want to be filled with joy that comes from you. I want thankfulness to overflow my life. I want to be energized by you. I want my life to overflow with all that you have given me so that I have boldness and power and vigor and energy in going out in the world to serve you. I want you to empower my life so that I can be effective in accomplishing whatever you ask me to go and do for you. You are on the right track. How so? Your life Is in need of balance. You need to rest in me so that you can be sent out by me. You need to receive power from me so that you can bear fruit for me. Will you come and rest in my presence? Will you allow me to fill you up so that you will have my power working in and through you? Yes Lord, I will. That will be very good.  

Lord, I have allowed myself to become weary. I have allowed myself to function on my own energy and strength. I have been running hard without rest. Help me to come to rest in your presence. Revive, refresh and restore my soul so I can vibrantly serve you. Amen

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Fan Into Flame

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For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:6-7 (NIV)

Fan Into Flame 

I don’t want anything to be unused and go to waste. What’s that? I don’t want any of my spiritual gifts to be unused and go to waste. I don’t want any of my spiritual gifts to go undiscovered and undeveloped and underutilized. I want to bear an abundance of fruit for your kingdom. I want to bring glory to your name. That’s good. My own timid and feeble efforts will accomplish none of that. I will not be able to go and do your will without your help. I will not be able to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans without you powerfully working in and through me with the spiritual gifts that you have given to me. That’s true.

Who wants to see you discover and use your spiritual gifts more, you or me? You’ve got me there, I’m sure that you want to see me discover and use my spiritual gifts more than I do. Yet, you are quite passionate about wanting to discover and fully use all your spiritual gifts. Yes, I am. Where did this passionate desire to discover and use your spiritual gifts come from? Did you work up this desire in your heart by yourself? Certainly not, it is you who has fanned the flame of this desire in me. Let’s stop and talk about that word. What word? Let’s talk about the word desire. What do you know about me? What do you know about godly desires that are in your heart? You are the giver and granter of godly desires. What does that mean? If you put a godly desire in my heart, then you will certainly grant it. So, you have a godly desire to powerfully use all the spiritual gifts you have been given so you can bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. Is there any chance that I will let that passionate desire and prayer of your heart go unheard and unanswered? No, there is no chance of that. That’s right.

Will you keep on serving me? Will you keep on following me? Will you keep on allowing me to work in and through you? Will you continue to go where I guide you? Will you continually do what I ask of you? Yes, I will. Then you have no need to fear that any of your spiritual gifts will go undiscovered, undeveloped, or underutilized. I will powerfully use you to bear fruit for my kingdom and bring glory to my name. For that, I am very thankful. 

Heavenly Father, thank you for the spiritual gifts you have given to me. Help me to discover and use my spiritual gifts. I don’t want any spiritual gift that you have given me to be unused and go to waste. Powerfully use my gifts to bear fruit for your kingdom. Amen

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Trust In The Lord

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Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8 (NIV)  

Trust Me

What would my life look like if I was not leaning on my own understanding? What would I be doing differently if I trusted you with all my heart? How do you know when you are leaning on your own understanding? When I try to figure everything out by myself that is a clear indication that I am leaning on my own understanding. What would you do if you decided that you were not going to try to figure everything out by yourself? I would ask you for help. I would ask for your wisdom. I would rely on your guidance. I would meet with you in prayer and listen more attentively to your voice. How would it help you to rely on my insight and guidance? I would not take so many missteps. I would not make so many mistakes. I would not so often go where I should not go or do what I should not do. I would better know your will. I would better walk in your ways. My life would have greater focus and a clearer direction. I would not bounce from one thing to another.  I would be more able to bear fruit for your kingdom and bring glory to your name. Is that what you want? Yes, in every way I want to live the life that you are calling me to live. That is very good. 

So, will you meet with me in prayer? Will you ask for my help? Will you ask for my wisdom? Will you seek my guidance? Before you answer my questions, I want you to consider what answering them affirmatively will require of you. I know the answer to that question. Let me hear your answer. If I am to rely on you and ask for your help, then I will need to let go of my pride. I must not be wise in my own eyes. I must not think that I have the answer to every question. I must not think that I can solve every problem.  I must learn to come to rely on you. I must give myself entirely to listening to you. I must learn to trust in you with all my heart. No longer will I rely on myself. That will be very good.

What will happen to you when you trust me with all your heart? I will no longer be in charge. I will allow you to lead my life. I will hear from you as I ask for your help. You will guide me. You will guard me. You will direct me on the path as I follow you. Following you will lead me away from evil. Following you will bring your health and healing and wholeness into my life. No longer, will I live under the anxiety and stress and pressure of trying to rely on myself. I will be able to recognize and acknowledge and give thanks for your activity in my life. Yes, you will. That will be very good.

Lord, often I have tried to figure things out on my own. I have relied on my own understanding. I would like all that to change. Instead, I will prayerfully trust in you with all my heart. Help me to recognize and acknowledge your activity in my life so I can follow you. Amen

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