Thursday, February 28, 2008

LORD JESUS, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING UP AT 5 IN THE MORNING ON MY DAY OFF, BUT MY SPIRIT IS TELLING ME TO GET UP AND PRAY AND MY PRAYERS IN MY MIND JUST SWIRL AROUND AND AROUND, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET DOWN THE CARES OF THIS WORLD ON PAPER TO SOME HOW MAKE IT TANGIBLE FOR ME. LORD, LET ME START WITH PRAISING YOUR HOLY NAME FATHER.  YOU ARE MY DADDY, AND YOU HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW.  YOU ARE THE FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS, AND I KNOW IN MOST SAD CASES THESE DAYS, THE FATHER CHOOSES NOT TO BE IN THE CHILDS LIFE, BUT IN MY CASE, I HAD AN INCREDIBLY AWESOME DAD THAT YOU ALLOWED TO PASS AWAY WHEN I WAS 13.  MY ONLY CONCLUSION AS TO WHY IS THAT YOU WANTED TO SAVE MY SOUL, AND RAISE ME YOURSELF, AND FOR THAT, I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.  YOU'VE PROVIDED ME WITH MY DAILY BREAD, AND ALWAYS COME THROUGH WITH SUCH PRECISION THAT I HAVE NO DOUBTS WHAT SO EVER IN MY FAITH IN YOU.  I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I AM BLESSED BY YOU MORE THAN I COULD EVER IMAGINED.  NOT THAT I'M FLOSSIN' IN ANY WAY, BUT MY SOUL IS AT PEACE AND I AM HAPPIER THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY THAT YOU DESERVE. LORD JESUS, I JUST PRAY RIGHT NOW LORD THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND PROVIDE FOR MY WIFE AND I.  I HAVE HEARD IN MY SPIRIT THAT IT'S TIME TO MOVE, SO I DO PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PREPARE A PLACE FOR US THAT CONTINUES TO GIVE ME A SPIRIT OF YOUR PEACE, COMFORT, AND PROVISION.  I PRAY LORD THAT YOU WOULD SHOW DANIELLE THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT LORD.  I BELIEVE THAT HER FAITH IS STRONG, BUT IT'S A BLIND FAITH, AND LORD I WANT YOU TO MAKE IT VERY REAL AND TANGIBLE FOR HER.  YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE, AND YOU KNOW WHY YOU SENT ME TO HER DOOR STEP.  IT WAS TO FORFILL HER MOST FERVANT PRAYER AND DESIRE THAT SHE HAS EVER HAD, AND THAT IS TO BE A MOTHER OF A CHILD OF HER OWN AND FROM HER VARY FLESH.  GOD I STEPPED OUT IN FAITH AND TOLD HER THAT SHE WOULD BE PREGNANT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND I DO KNOW THAT I DO TALK OUT OF MY ASS ALOT, BUT LORD, PLEASE ALLOW THIS TO COME TRUE FOR DANIELLE, SO SHE CAN FULLY SEE THE POWER OF YOUR GLORY LORD. LORD JESUS, I GOT SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE IN MY HEART THAT ARE HURTING PRETTY BAD RIGHT NOW, AND MOST OF THEM IF NOT ALL OF THEM ARE YOUR CHILDREN LORD.  DADDY, IT AIN'T FAIR FOR ME TO BE SO HAPPY AND BLESSED WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SUCH A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW, SO LORD I WOULD JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LIFT THEM UP AS WELL, AND SHOW THEM THE POWER OF YOUR GLORY AND MAKE IT VERY REAL FOR THEM LIKE YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.LORD, I LIFT UP JEN'S NEEDS AND CONCERNS TO YOU FATHER, SHE IS YOUR CHILD LORD, AND YOU HAVE MADE HER A LIGHT TO THIS WORLD THAT JUST SHINES LORD, MUCH LIKE MYSELF.  YOU JUST SEE HER AND SHE STANDS OUT AND LIFTS OTHERS UP LORD, WELL THAT LIGHT LORD HAS A DARKNESS COVERING IT RIGHT NOW, AND YOU SAY IN YOUR WORD THAT YOU DON'T COVER THE LIGHT, BUT YOU LET IT SHINE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, SO LORD, I JUST PRAY TO YOU THAT WOULD REMOVE THE DARKNESS AND ALLOW HER TO SHINE ONCE AGAIN AND LIGHT HER PATH TO YOUR PERFECT WILL AND PERFECT GLORY.  JESUS, THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR JEN, STEPH, KRISTEN, AND MATT LORD THAT YOU WOULD SHINE YOUR GLORY ALL OVER THEIR LIVES AND THEIR ENTIRE FAMILIES LIVES IN JESUS NAME. LORD MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATION OF YOU BY FAR THAT BRINGS ME MUCH COMFORT AND PEACE IS THAT YOU ARE IN THE BLIMP OVER THE PARADE ROUTE OF ALL OF OUR LIVES.  WE CAN ONLY SEE WHAT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US, OR REMEMBER WHAT WE HAVE PASSED ALREADY, BUT YOU ARE UP IN THE BLIMP KNOWING WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR US, AND YOU WHISPER IN OUR SPIRITS, "DON'T WORRY MY CHILD, I GOT YOU."  SOMETIMES YOU EVEN WHISPER TO US WHAT'S UP AHEAD LIKE WHEN YOU TOLD ME ABOUT DANIELLE 3 MONTHS BEFORE I EVEN KNEW SHE EXISTED.  DADDY, I KNOW YOU ARE TELLING ME ABOUT MY UNBORN CHILD(PROBABLY A BABY GIRL) THAT IS AHEAD ON MY PARADE ROUTE, JUST LIKE YOU'RE TELLING ME ABOUT THE PEACE AND THE HAPPINESS THAT IS AHEAD FOR MY GOOD FRIENDS JEN, STEPH, KRISTEN, AND MATT IN THEIR LIVES LORD, AND SO LORD I PRAISE YOUR NAME, FOR THAT IN WHICH I CAN NOT SEE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S COMING AND COMING VERY SOON.  COME ON DOG, WHY SHOULD I BE THE ONE TO HAVE ALL THE FUN.  COME ON JESUS, SPREAD THE PEACE AND THE LOVE FOR MY CLOSE HOMIES TOO.   IN JESUS CHRIST'S HOLY AND RIGHTIOUS(DAMN, I CAN'T EVEN SPELL IT) AND PERFECT NAME, AMEN AND AMEN. I LOVE YOU LORD, NOW PLEASE HOOK AND BROTHA AND A SISTA UP AND MAKE IT DO WHAT YOU DO FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IT FOR.  PEACE, AND I'M OUT.