Sunday Prayer

    Almighty God, open our hearts and know our desires.  There are no secrets hidden from You for You are Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come. We come to You because of Jesus and all He sacrificed to bring believers into Your presence. Thank You for Jesus; that we have a perfect Father in Heaven who longs to share life with His own. Lord, we confess to being self absorbed and busy with things that bring temporary satisfaction. Forgive us for being so frail. May we turn our hearts to You and Your Word for rich, purposeful and abundant life.

                Strengthen us with Holy Spirit power to live in authentic faith;  lives that are rich and full because we have a Savior sufficient for every need. Thank You, Lord for human life and the express love You have for mankind. You created and designed us to be relationship with You - to love and to be loved. 

           In the faith of a little child - pure, innocent and unscathed by this world - we pray for hearts to be cracked open and filled to overflowing with the love of Jesus Christ. Bless those who already know Jesus is real and that He loves all people. Settle in us, O Great Jehovah. We know that in Jesus name, ALL LIVES MATTER.  We pray for Truth to prevail and a spirit of unity. We believe that life is sacred and that souls are identical and priceless.  Heal our world, O God. Heal our nation. Let there be peace on earth and may that peace begin in the hearts of Your people. In the beautiful, powerful name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. 

Happy Three-Month Birthday, Maisy!

What a thrill to arrive in Seattle two weeks ago and to finally hold you, MaisyGirl! We celebrate your life everyday, but being with you         everyday is a MONGO (a Dan Huck word 💗) blessing.               Happy three-month-old birthday today, Little One!  

Maisy, I am sharing more Verse-Mapping with you because it's all about you! These are Bible passages I studied and prayed for you     before you were born, Little One.                                                          On your three-month birhday, let's map Job 10:8a                                                 

Your hands shapped me and made me.....      (NIV)

You formed me with Your hands..... (NLT) 

Your hands have fashioned me and together totally....(KJ 2000) 

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one...(Darby)

Thy hands have taken pains about me and They make me together round about  (Young's Literal) 

Your hands, Thy hands -  Hebrew hand =masculine, singular, a technical sense or sign; the stays or support of the tabernacle lover 

shaped me, formed me, bound me together, taking pains about me. - Hebrew=to cause pain; to stretch into shape; to form or copy and fashion. Oh, Maisy God took great pains in making you. He freely and intentionally takes pains of express care in making evry human being

made me, fashioned me - Hebrew= to accomplish or produce; to make an offering; to order, press or squeeze; forming with the highest diligence and care 

together totally, as one, together round about - Hebrew= altogether. round about=on all sides, head-to-toe and all in between (that's every tiny inch of you!)

• Tabernacle lovers (tabernacle servants) washed their hands to perform priestly duties. So it is, with sancified, clean and purified hands God's design of a human being is an act of worship. He created us to be in relationship with Him, Maisy - to live for Him, serve Him and to make His world a better place. 
• Conception is a union. Conception is God's gift to unite Himself with a human being.  You are His pleasure! I pray you will never forget that you are God's pleasure 💖

You were made to love God and for God to love you. He gave you to us for a grand purpose, as well. He fashioned you for us to love, completely and unconditionally. You were made to love your Mommy & Daddy, your grandparents, family and others. The sanctity of life is revealed in human conception. God esteemed you; held you as holy from the very instant you were formed by the union of your parents.

• We know that creating life is accomplished only by God - the mysterious miracle of life! Humans may be instruments or vessels to achieve life, but conception is totally GOD'S accomplishment.  In addition, He is fully aware of His design whether it is different, like a parent, perfect or imperfect. You are no surprise to Him, sweet child! You are exactly how He intended you to be.                                     
• Regardless of outward appearances and physicial states -internal or external, God creates every soul perfectly! Your soul is the most sacred part of you, Dear One.  Always and forever watch over your soul, Maisel.
• The formation of every human being stands exactly and precisely on the same divine footing, male and female alike.  We are as Adam and Eve in Genesis 1: men and women with equal dominion over all creation and God with dominion over His people. It was God's perfect plan, Maisy.  That all changed when Adam and Eve made a decision to do things their way. We will talk about that more on another day!                                                                                                                                                                 Thank You, Heavenly Father, for purposefully, painstakingly  forming this little girl of and for Chip and Rebecca. We know that You made her for all of us to love. We delight in the vast possibilities that lie ahead of her in life. I pray that she will be a tabernalce lover and readily come to know You and live for You. Our hearts are full to overflowing with thanks and praise for the gift of life You have provided in Maisy. We trust Your design and Will for this precious child. In Jesus' name, Amen 

Priorities

"Put God in His rightful place and one thousand 

problems are solved at once." 

- A. W. Tozer 

Sunday Prayer-Father's Day

Great Father in Heaven, today we honor fathers. Above all, You know the importance of fathers for we see Your love of Jesus, Your only begotten Son. Such amazing fatherly grace reminds us of how blessed we are to belong to You. Lord God, have compassion upon those who have no earthly father or have a father who never demonstrated Your goodness.

May we reach out in love to those who are hurting today because of a painful father relationship. Every person - every situation is so different, yet all are known by You. Thank you for the Divine love You show to those without dads. Inspire us to practice extra grace for those who wrestle with the concept of a loving Father. Inspire us to support ministries which focus on the fatherless.

Father of All People, heal our land; heal our world. Grant us unity, peace and comfort, as only You can do.    In Jesus' blessed name I pray, Amen

Great Father in Heaven, today we honor fathers. Above all,You know the importance of fathers for we see Your love of Jesus, Your only begotten Son. Such amazing fatherly grace reminds us of how blessed we are to belong to You. Lord God, have compassion upon those who have no earthly father or have a father who never demonstrated Your goodness.  Today, we reach out in love to those who are hurting today because of a painful father relationship. Every person - every situation is so different, yet all are known by You. Thank you for the Divine love you show to those without dads. Inspire us in how to support ministries which focus on the fatherless. Father of All People, heal our land and grant us unity, peace and comfort, as only You can do.  In Jesus' blessed name I pray, Amen 

My God Will Provide

God give us more by going deeper than we ask. 

He wants not only your whole heart . 

He wants your heart whole.  

- Max Lucado 

Sunday Prayer

Lord of All, The Psalmist wrote: “You are near, O Lord; and all your commandments are Truth. Of old we have known from Your testimonies that You have founded them forever.” Father, we worship You and to wait on You. Help us to grow in understanding Your ways; and not to succumb to impatience or discouragement because our personal timetable does not coincide with Yours. We stand on the promise that You make all things beautiful in Your time for You have set eternity in our hearts. Sweet Savior, strengthen our faith to fully depend on Your perfect timing. Everything you have done will remain forever.  There is nothing to add to it and nothing to take from it. You spoke and called all creation into being. You spoke to the ancients and used their minds, their vocabularies and their experiences to produce the perfect, infallible, inerrant Word that we love and study.  Thank you, for giving us written certainties to understand that the inspiration of Your Living Word is not of human writing, but Your very Words ....Your account of relating to man from moment of the first beam of light that shone in the darkness.  We believe that when Scripture speaks it is You speaking, Lord God, may Your Sacred Scripture never be altered, just as You can never be altered. You are the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. You are our unchanging God. You knew we need help to work our way through this earthly life. We need positive training to behave in a manner that is Holy & acceptable to You. Thank you for Sacred Scripture.  Christ’s  Words are Your words and may they be the very words that remain etched in our hearts and on our minds - words that can change our lives, our families, our communities and our world. May the power of Your ancient words heal our land, heal our minds and hearts and bring equality to all Your people.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.