Amazing God!

This past week has been amazing for me. It seems like everyday God would surprise me with provision for the House of Prayer. I would thank Him and say, God, You are so awesome and amazing. Somewhere along the way I began to catch on that He was fulfilling His dream through me. This 24/7 House of Prayer is in the heart and mind of God and we are fulfilling His beautiful dream in the city! Be Glorified Sweet Jesus! How I love you!

Praises Rise Like a Weapon in Your Hand

Lord, I pray that today at NHOP our praises to You will rise like a weapon in Your hand! That today we will be moved by Your heart for our city and all of it's inhabitants. That we would worship you Lord and You alone! That you would be glorified and magnified in all we say or do! Lord You are our treasure today! May we search for You like the Pearl of Great Price, that we would sell all we have and give all of ourselves just to have YOU! That You would be moved with compassion and love as we seek You today. Lord, I plead Your blood over our sins and the sins of this nation, God end abortion and send revival to America! I love you Jesus!

Weak Love

I am singing Misty Edward's song that actually comes from the Song of Songs, "Dark but lovely." There are dark places in our heart and God still says we are lovely, and we are beautiful. The song says some how MY weak love has overwhelmed you, somehow my weak love has stolen away Your heart. thinking on that alone will wreck you. My heart fills full than empty, full than empty! She also says try as I may to chase another lover, I find, I find there is none other. Who are the other lovers in our hearts? He won't relent until He has us all! I won't relent until I have all of Him! He will not allow us to miss this time in our lives....if we do it will ony be because we have blown past all His signs of love on the road and refused His love! So at the moment I am very weak and praying for Him to be very strong!

Something of Substance

Have you ever just eaten junk all day long? You start off eating it and all throughout the day you do he same. You never really get satisfied. I have done this and just find myself really craving a full meal that will satisfy. I think back over the day and realize I had nothing of substance that would sustain my hunger! I cry out today Lord for Something of Substance from You! Only You can satisfy! Man does not live by bread alone but every word that proceeds form the mouth of God! Speak Lord Your servants are hungry for that which will satisfy!

Hurry up and FIX ME!

When you are sick where do you go? To the doctor right...you want to go in and get the medicine and then start feeling good again, right? If I am going through something in life, I want to sometimes go to church and get a quick FIX. Hopefully the preacher will be preaching on something that will hurry up and FIX ME! Now don't get me wrong..We are to run into the Lord and be safe...We are to cry out to Him and He hears....We are to go to church and hear the word of the Lord....but sometimes it is a band-aid or a tourniquet to stop the bleeding long enough for you to heal....Are you ever in a place where the Lord says, when you leave this meeting tonight you will NOT be FIXED, you are still going to hurt and go through the process!? Last night at our weekly School of the Spirit the Lord would not let us FIX anyone! He wouldn't let us rush in and be the comforter and FIX each other will with well meaning words or actions...He just said, You will feel the pain and I will be the one who comes to you as you realize your total desperation for me and not man! My cry today is Lord, FIX ME! He says ok, Let's walk through the process......but Lord it still hurts! I know says the Lord but it won't hurt forever!

Love and the Day of Adversity

I woke with this scripture ringing in my ears..Pro 17:17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. So here I am on this love journey....... The Lord is speaking to me as I open my eyes this morning, Denise a friend loves at all times! The next part is what I was hearing over and over, A brother is born for adversity...hummm? Matthew Henry's commentary says this about this scripture: No change of outward circumstances should abate our affection for our friends or relatives. But no friend, except Christ, deserves unlimited confidence. In Him this text did receive, and still receives its most glorious fulfilment. So to me this scripture is saying, Denise i want you to love all people all the time! Not your conditional love but My love...and I want you to know that you are to stick with this love for others when it is hard and goes against what you think...I do not want to be a fair weathered friend do you? I love where Matthew Henry says, "No friend, but Christ deserves unlimited confidence! I am not finished chewing this...Lord teach us to love all the time like you do.....What are your thoughts as you read this?

Made Perfect in Love

1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Even though this perfect love is very foreign to me at the moment, I am determined to be made perfect in His love!