February 2012
4 posts
Father, i’ll pause now, to be near you…. thank you for today.  Thank you for the opporutnity to be near you and rejoicing in you today.  Lord, ipray that my actions today and always will glorify you.  Father, in the name of JC, i ask you to cover me today, HS, be over me and working through me today to help me to be a better leader, husband, father, and CHristian.  Father today i pray...
Feb 23rd
Lord, today I pray for my dear brother Justin.  I pray father that you would continue the miracle of his life.  I pray that you would continue to shine grace upon this man, a Godly man, a man nonetheless, with struggles just like me.  I praise you for  grace that has set him, and me free.  Father, thankyou for freedom.  Father forgive us for forgetting that we are free, set free by CHrist’s...
Feb 21st
Oh Lord, I praise you today for actively working in my life.  I praise you today for rescueing me from the grips of sin, paying my ranson, and setting me free.  I praise you for putting in me an unquenchable desire to share the Good News with more people.  I praise you allowing me to work in so many ways inside your Kingdom.  I praise you for the safety and protection that you have afforded me...
Feb 20th
Father, i praise you for this day!  Thank you for providing the urgency in my heart to be here with you.  thank you for great times wtih Roberto this morning.  Father, thank you for providing the amazing amount of resources that this mission needs to be able to operate daily.  Thank you for our bread today and I pray, in the name of JC that you will provide again tomorrow.  Lord, i pray for the...
Feb 14th
December 2011
1 post
Father I praise you today.  I praise you for all that you do.  I praise you because of how exciting it is to live and walk with you daily and Lord, i ask in the name of Jesus Christ, that you’d help me to walk closer daily.  I am blessed to know that you’ll let me walk this journey alone, but I’m humbled to know that if i walk with you the journey will be much better, perhaps...
Dec 22nd
November 2011
2 posts
Lord what an amazing blessing to be part of the works that you do, daily.  Father, thank you for the great weekend that I had in PA.  Lord, thank you for the folks that received me and for hte folks who’s lives were touched by what you had to say through me.  Thank you Lord for allowing me to be a part of what you are constantly doing.  Father, pull me, wrangle me, don’t let me drift...
Nov 14th
Father I praise you today, in midst of this story, for your powerful plan.  It’s is perfect and thank you for helping me see that.  Thank you for the choreography that you have put in  place for my life, my family, and this ministry.  Forgive me Lord when i forget that its not about me, in ministry and in my marriage.  I pray Lord for your will to be done.  I pray today for the meetings at...
Nov 3rd
September 2011
3 posts
Lord, i praise you today!  You know my burdens but you also know my joys.  I have a slight concern about our financials but I know how real you have been with us for Soooo many years, so I fear not.  I know that Lord, you will provide.  So, today my prayer is for you to put this ministry on the hearts of others, that you would open the doors for financial income, father, we thank you for our bread...
Sep 22nd
Lord, i want to hear from you.  I want to know what you want me to do.  i want to be humble and wise enough to be able to follow your direction and your prompting.  Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, i beg for you to speak to me, more importantly Lord, i pray that you would block out all of the static around me that prevents me from hearing you.  Lord, help me to be able to focus daily and...
Sep 13th
Father, I come to you once again, praising you for your power and majesty.  Thank you Lord for your blessings that you have poured out on M and his health.  Father God, i pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that you would continue to use him and to challenge him, Lord, i pray that you would give me opportunities to grow closer to him and to share more with him about the amazing things that...
Sep 12th
August 2011
2 posts
Father, I come to you today praising you for all that you do.  Thank you father for allowing me to be blessed by your hand.  Lord, i pray in the name of JEsus that you would continue to protect me and keep me from my own self destructive tendencies.  Father, I praise you for rescuing me time after time.  I praise you for allowing me to work for you and for you working through me.  Father, in the...
Aug 29th
Father I come to you today a humbled and joyful person.  The world would not know why i could by humbled and feel joy, but through you I do know this amazing feeling. Thank you Lord for trusting this servant of yours, for empowering me and gifting me with your Spirit, and to working through me to transform lives.  Lord, i have so much thank you for today.  I’ll start in my home.  Lord, thank...
Aug 10th
June 2011
9 posts
Lord, how you have blessed me today.  Thank you for those small gifts that you gave me this morning.  I praise you for that.  THank you for yoru beautiful creation.  Thank you for letting my family be able to live in that beauty and be in a healthy place.  Lord, in the name of Christ, i ask for you to equip A and I to be better parents.  To protect our children from the snares of this world, from...
Jun 29th
Father, thank you for the rain last night.  Lord, i know that there are many farmers in TX who really need some rain.  Father, i pray in the name of Jesus that you would send them this rain that their crops and livestock need. Lord, today i come to you confessing, what you already know, fear and anxiety for the situation with my daughter.  Lord God, in the name of Jesus Christ, i love you and want...
Jun 29th
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, i come to you today with a building level of anxiety.  The source of this anxiety continues to be unknown to me.  I pray father that you would help me give this to you.  Father, in the name of Christ, i ask you to take this anxiety from me.  Lord, Holy Spirit, cover me with your presence today, fill me with your goodness today, and resonate through everything...
Jun 27th
What can I say Lord.  You are amazing.  Father, pray this morning for your continued covering over me and my family.  Lord, protect and guide us.  Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus i ask you to bind up any evil attacking me, my wife and my kids.  Holy Spirit, bind up pettiness, bind up jealousy, bind up anxiety, bind up fear, bind up pride, Holy Spirit, i know you are powerful and working and I...
Jun 24th
Father, i thank you for a beautiful morning.  I thank you for a beautiful place that i get to live in.  I thank you for providing for my family, for our daily bread.  We are so rich, I can’t complain about what i don’t have, you have provided for everything that we need.  More would be nice but excessive, and we have what we need.  thank you father.  I pray that you would continue to...
Jun 23rd
Father, i pray today for R.  Lord in the name of Jesus Christ, i come asking for your guidance for this man.  Lord, i pray that you would discipline him to be able to be with you.  Lord, i pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that you would give him an abundance of wisdom.  Lord, grant him knowledge, knowledge from you, discernment from you, prophetic knowledge that will guide him as he leads this...
Jun 22nd
Lord, i come to you not knowing where to start.  so much is going on and so much hurting.  it’s overwhelming.  i know you are there lord.  i don’t question that.  I pray father that you would find more servants that you can work through.  i am willing but am i ready?  only  you know.  I want to do more but i know that i have my own struggles.  how capable of serving others and...
Jun 21st
Lord today I thank you for keeping my family together for so long.  I thank you for my children.  I thank you for allowing us to travel and work together and live in the same place.  Lord, i praise you because it’s been surreal what we’ve been able to do, truly a sign of your working.  Lord, today i pray for the judge and the papers and the other folks who have to sign off.  Lord, i...
Jun 7th
Lord, I praise you today for opening my heart to receive so many blessings.  Thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity to bless Roberto. What a blessing to be able to share your blessings with him.  Lord, i pray that you would give him a double portion of your love, of your Spirit, and that you would use him for things that are much larger than his or our capacity!  Father, today you know that...
Jun 1st
May 2011
7 posts
I come today anxious.  Of what i am not quite sure, i cannot nail it down.  Lord, i pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that you would take that anxiety from me.  Lord, Holy Spirit cover me today, bless me with a knowledge of your power to prevail against the dark of this world that surrounds us all.  Lord, take this pressure from me.  Lord relieve all anxiety related to my marriage, Lord, relieve...
May 26th
Father I come humbled today at your patience that you have with me.  You don’t have to have hte last word, you don’t have to one up me.  You are not concerned about you, i do believe that our salvation is what interests you.  Praise You!!  Lord, today i ask you to help me to get out of hte way to let you shine.  Lord, help me daily to examine what i do and to recognize errors and to...
May 25th
Lord, i praise you for this day.  I praise you father for adopting me and making me a part of your family.  I praise you Lord because you are my dad, my papa.  Thank you.  I rejoice because i can come to you at any time with any struggle and you will not strike me with the back of your hand.  I know that you will love me and accept me just how i am.  I pray father that you would help me to be that...
May 13th
Father.  I wish that i was in the mood to dedicate meaningful time to you every day.  I talk to you a lot but i enjoy dedicating this small time to focus more directly on talking to you.  Thank you for constantly talking to us, i pray that you will constantly help me to be more aware of what you are saying.  Lord, i pray that you would help me see through the clutter of this life, help me see...
May 12th
I praise you today Lord.  I thank you Lord for adopting me.  Thank you Lord for your plan.  Thank you for making sure that i am part of that plan.  Keep being patient with me, i’m trying to get it right but its a hard process.  thank you for my family and how you blessed us to richly.  Lord, today i ask for you to finish the legal process thats pending.  Lord, today i ask for you to provide...
May 10th
Oh God, you are my God, and i’ll for ever praise you!  You’ve been with me through good and bad and ups and downs.  I’ve been scared and you’ve conforted me.  I’ve been in tough situations and you’ve worked through me.  how wonderful it is to be your child and to know that you are near.  That you love me, and that you will not abandon me.  Thank you Lord for...
May 4th
Praise You Lord.  Praise You Father.  What a blessing it is to be your son.  To know that you are working constantly around what i am doing.  That you are constantly looking for me even when i’m hiding from you.  Father, i praise you.  I bless your Holy name.  Thank you for the protection that you have afforded my family.  Thank you Lord for keeping us together.  Thank you Lord for providing...
May 3rd
April 2011
5 posts
Lord today is another great day.  Lord, i praise you for showing me your power daily.  I praise you for taking care of those that look to you for guidance.  thank you Lord for hte resolution that you made happen with the volunteer issues and our board.  you are might and worthy of praise!  i praise you for the team of folks that you have brought together to serve your people in Honduras.  I pray...
Apr 20th
Father God, i am humbled today, knowing how much you’ve allowed me to do, how much you’ve allowed me to mess up, so that I would learn, so that I would come to know you, so that I would be sure of who I am and what I am doing.  Not imposing your will on me, rather allowing me to follow my own will and ego, but I praise you for never leaving me, for being with me even in dark times, for...
Apr 18th
Lord, i can only imagine what you are.  I can only imagine how amazing it will be to be in your presence.  I know you love me, us, your children.  If we could only comprehend that love that you have for us.  Faith, have mercy on me.  Humble me Lord to be more like you and your son.  I repent of ego and pride.  I repent of doing it my way and forcing my will.  I repent for neglecting family to...
Apr 14th
Lord, as i ponder the thought of your existence and your plan i am overwhelmed as i look back at my life.  Father, i praise you because you do exist and you do have a plan.  The many many times that you rescued me when i did not even know that i needed rescuing humble me now as i think about being chosen to be in your family, not just haphazardly ending up there.  Why i was protected from so much...
Apr 13th
Lord, i come to you today, praising you for how patient you are with us.  I am overwhelmed with the tasks at hand.  i am overwhelmed with the carnal struggles that i encounter daily, managing people, managing resources, and doing it all with a Godly point of view.  Lord, i pray for guidance.  Holy Spirit i ask you to be with me constantly and show me your will and your ways.  Lead me through this...
Apr 11th
October 2010
1 post
Seeking
I was raised in a very traditional and conservative Christian home in Tennessee.  My family has been part of a protestant movement known as the Church of Christ.  She traces her roots back to the early to mid 1800’s.  What started as a movement to get back to our Christian roots and follow the simple structure of worship from the first century has turned into one of the leading...
Oct 5th
September 2010
1 post
Seeking and Finding Begins
My purpose in creating this blog is to have a place to gather my thoughts, ideas, revelations, and experiences on my journey to know God and to allow him to work through my life.  I will post ideas of mine, that i am working through.  I in no way intend for this to be a place to find strong theologically sound information, rather, a place where i can voice and explain what i am experiencing as a...
Sep 26th