Prayer and Words for Those in Need

Today, I checked the stats on the blog, and a few read the last post, which is exciting.  Then, the Lord asked me to pray for these people in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and the United States.  So I did...I am.  I pray for peace and joy and love to enter their hearts, minds, souls, spirits, their lives.  I ask, Lord, that they would see more of You and have boldness well up inside them to step out and say yes to You every day.  I pray that their hearts would be so consumed by love for You and Your people that they can't help but say yes in radical ways.  I ask You to fill them with more of You, fill them with joy and abundance, wisdom and grace.  And, Lord, may each of them feel loved by You in a way they never have before.

The Lord is telling me that one of you is really hurting, and He wants you to know that He is there with you.  He wants you to know that He is proud of you and delights in you every day.  Your efforts are not going unnoticed.  He is telling me that you mother many, raising them up, encouraging them.  He delights in how you do this.  He also wants to bring new resources to you and fill you with peace.  He will heal every hurt and wipe away every tear.  He loves you very much.

For another, you are a hard worker, someone who is in need of rest.  The Lord is telling me that He will bring it.  Keep going.  Revelation 3:7-13 is for you:

To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

I pray this blesses you and all you touch.

To another, you are frustrated by your work.  God is going to open a door for you, and He is going to keep it open.  Remember that you are highly favored and that God loves you very much.  Also remember that you are special to God.  You are His masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10, NLT):

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. 

May this also bless you.

And there is one more.  For you, the Lord is showing me that you are tending a garden.  It is alive and green.  The ground is a bit dry, but the Lord is bringing rain to revive the land and to refresh you.  He will give you all you need and give you a great abundance in the harvest.  May this bless and strengthen you today.

The Lord wants to show up in each of our lives in so many ways through prayer, words of encouragement, a hug, an act of kindness...even from a stranger.  Ask the Lord how He wants to use you.  Ask Him to open your heart and spirit to what He has for you and make you aware, giving you wisdom and understanding of the gifts He has given you and wants to release in and through you to a hurting, broken, and dying world.  Life and death is in the tongue.  Won't you step out in obedience to God and speak life to someone today?

Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death,

and those who love it will eat its fruit.

John 6:63b (words of Jesus)

And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.