Breathing Prayers

As I'm driving along, it came to me I needed to pray for someone  right away. I began praying  all the way to his house. I prayed that God would free this person from Satan's chains and be filled by the Holy Spirit. I asked God to wrap His  arms around him and protect him. When I got to his house, I prayed over him.

Suddenly it hit me, there isn't a doubt in my mind God had heard and would answer.

Now I know why God allowed me to experience so many painful trials. I knew pain and when I see others so lost and in pain , I feel it with them. Their hurt becomes my hurt and this causes me to pray more passionately.

Often it would be easier not to care but I asked for this. I asked God to dig deeper in my heart and make me more like Him. God knows our pain. He felt it through Jesus while He was on earth.  His love and compassion is deeper than we are able to comprehend.  He was giving me a bigger vision of this.

I had talked to God since I was a little girl. Through the years He kept taking me deeper. There were times it seemed I was far from Him, but then He picked me up and took me to the next level of faith.

For the past few months, it seems like I have been breathing prayers. Without prayer I cannot breath. There are too many things to learn from God, to talk to Him about, to praise Him for and to cry on His shoulder about, to stop praying. There are too many people who need us!

As I pray, I see more and more work that needs to be done.  I cannot waste time.

We need to get on it. We need to reach out.  We need to share the good news with the LOVE He fills us with as we ask.  Love is the key that opens all doors. Pride and selfishness will slam it shut.

I am taking all my experiences and letting God use them where He wishes. I do not look  back and feel bad for myself because I had a Heavenly Father who got me through it.

I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

Yes, Lord , You may keep taking me deeper. You know my heart. You know each person I have prayed for according to your will.  You have promised to answer, and I know you will. Amen.

Walking on Water

Ever feel like Peter who  attempted walking on water and sank?  I think we can all relate somewhere along the way. Maybe that is the reason this story of Peter was added to the scriptures. God knows us and knew we would sometimes feel like we are drowning!

Jesus is reaching out his hand and wants to pull us up  . The question now is will we take His hand or just keep trying to save ourselves?  If we are in the middle of an ocean , how long can we really continue on our own? Perhaps we are so busy trying to save ourselves, (or helping ourselves) we don't even see that He is there, ready to help.

We drown ourselves with temporary things and miss out on a deeper, supernatural walk with God.

I am at this very moment reaching for his hand and believe it is possible to walk on water!

Lord,  take us all to a deeper level with you!

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And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

John 6:18-20

And Jesus said  unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say  unto you, If ye havefaith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say  unto this mountain, Removehence to yonder place; and it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible  unto you.

Matthew 17:20