Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Heavenly Father...A new day begins in You! Already, however, my mind is going in a million different directions. So, in this moment, I take the time to still my heart and thoughts in Your presence ________ (take the time to do this). Ahhhh. Thank You, Holy Spirit for calming me and preparing me to open Your Word to hear Your voice ________ (do this, even if you only have a minute or two, we must start somewhere, right?). I pray to bring Your name glory in everything I say and do today. I seal this prayer in King Jesus’ Almighty Name. Amen!

But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
1 Corinthians 2:9

Morning Prayer ~ June 1, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...With so much going on in the world, I am grateful that when I set my heart and mind on You, as I do this moment ______ (take time to do this by speaking words of praise and worship), I am kept in Your perfect peace through the Holy Spirit. You are my ally in every situation, and as I face this day, I know that You will guide my every step as I lean into Your still, small voice in my heart. I praise You that there is no confusion in Your presence, and I walk in the clarity of Your Word and love today. Let’s go! In Your Superlative Name, King Jesus. Amen!

 He is my loving ally and my fortress,
my tower of safety, my rescuer.
He is my shield, and I take refuge in him.
He makes the nations submit to me.
Psalm 144:2 NLT

Morning Prayer ~ May 31, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Heavenly Father...Today I know that I am cupped in the palm of Your Almighty hands, and I worship You with a full and grateful heart. There is no one like You who holds my life so intimately and loves me still as You continually bring healing to my life. I pray to walk in Holy Spirit power today, and may every encounter I have bring glory to Your name and encouragement and restoration to any who cross my path. Open my eyes to see like You do. In the Name of the One Who Loves Me Most, Lord Jesus. Amen!

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.
He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.
Psalm 23:1-2 AMPC

Morning Prayer ~ May 30, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer…

Dear Lord Jesus...As I lay the burdens of my heart at Your footstool, I know that You are aware of every intimate detail surrounding them. I surrender my thoughts and desires for how I think You should intervene in each of these situations and the folks involved. I know that You are going to do things that my heart can’t even imagine and as Holy Spirit gives me the patience and power to wait, I pray for the perfect unfolding of Your plans in these areas of my concern ______ (name them). In the Name of the King of Angel Armies, Lord Jesus. Amen!

But as it is written:
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9

NOTE: So sorry for missing a few of the prayer posts this week. Randy and I are at a pastors’ conference in D.C. Blessings to all…

Morning Prayer ` Memorial Day 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Heavenly Father...I humbly draw near to You. Although You invite me to come boldly into Your throne room to find all the grace and mercy I could ever need or imagine (Heb. 4:16), today I come requesting Your sovereign move across my nation ______ (name it and take time to pray for it). Everyone everywhere needs Your touch. Everyone everywhere needs Your delivering hand. Everyone everywhere needs Your real and profound love. I ask today for revival. As I take the time to remember those who gave themselves for my freedom, I still am reminded that You paid the highest price of all so that those who receive you by faith, everyone everywhere, could have eternal life starting now. In the Almighty Name of Your Son, King Jesus. Amen!

…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:1

Morning Prayer ~ May 26, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...In this quiet moment, I lean into Your presence. I quiet my heart and mind _______ (take time to do this) so that I may sense the Holy Spirit’s leading. Instead of requesting those things I think You should do (like, really? I would even have a clue?), I am learning to wait for Your leading for those people, places, and circumstances that YOU desire my prayer partner ship with. I thank You for leading me to pray for these things __________ (do so with His leading). What confidence it gives me to know I am praying according to Your will, not mine! In Your Majestic Name, I pray, King Jesus.  Amen!

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
1 John 5:14

Morning Prayer ~ May 25, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer…

Dear Lord Jesus...I start this day from a place of rest in You (Heb 4). How grateful I am that faith is the door to Your rest, and there, every care, worry, or burden has been handed over to Your almighty hands. I no longer need to strive, be driven, or perfect in my own eyes or in the eyes of the world, because Your finished work is enough to take care of everything that concerns me. I choose today to live in the unforced rhythms of Your amazing grace. I love You, King Jesus, and seal this prayer and praise in Your name. Amen!

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.
I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.
Matthew 11:28-30 MSG

Morning Prayer ~ May 24, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer…

Dear Heavenly Father… I pray to finish this week well. I take time now to quiet my heart before You. I pray for Holy Spirit discernment for all the things that I will face today. May everything I do exude Your presence and Your love within me, and may every task I set my hand to be done for Your glory and to promote Your Kingdom, and not my plan or that of anyone else. Lord, please fill my cup, and may it overflow in every encounter I have. I know that You will take of everything else that concerns me, and I leave my cares into Your capable hands. In the Name of the One and Only, Lord Jesus. Amen!

The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.
2 Corinthians 13:14 MSG

Morning Prayer ~ May 22, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer

Dear Lord Jesus...There has never been a time when I called to You and You didn’t come to my aid. I am so grateful for the open invitation to enter Your presence and find grace and mercy in my time of need (Heb. 4:14). Today, before all my work, school, home, and marketplace duties and activities begin, I once again ask for Holy Spirit anointing to be a light in a dark world. I pray that You would pour through my life in Your love and might. I choose to walk without offense and be a conduit of Your grace and mercy too. I am ready to begin this day because I sense Your presence within me. Let’s go! In the Name Above All Names, King Jesus, I seal this prayer. Amen!

 In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
Psalm 18:6

Morning Prayer ~ May 21, 2021

Morning Moment of Prayer…

Dear Heavenly Father…I am here in Your presence today. May I be solely Kingdom-minded even in the most hectic and frazzling situations that I may face. Your peace and calm are the eye of every storm. I am so grateful for the Holy Spirit’s gifts that lead me in your discernment as I battle-pray for those around me. I especially lift up loved ones facing difficult family situations _________ (name them). I pray, first and foremost, that each member involved will receive You as Lord and that their hearts will be turned to live in Your love toward one another. Please make me a vessel of Your grace toward them. In the Almighty Name of King Jesus. Amen!

Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!).
Psalm 150:6 AMP

Morning Prayer ~ May 17, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...I begin my day with praise and worship in my heart and on my lips for You! When I lift up audible praise (even if it’s only a whisper!), I know that the enemy takes notice and flees. When I set my gaze upon Your greatness, Your power is magnified in my life because I know that You hold me in Your all-powerful hand. You alone are my defense and refuge in the day of trouble, and You have never failed me yet! Even when I wondered what You were up to, I later saw You had a more significant plan in place! I am forever grateful, and I seal this time of worship in Your Limitless Name, King Jesus. Amen!

But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalm 59:16

Morning Prayer ~ May 15, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Heavenly Father...What strength and encouragement I have knowing that I belong to You! As I begin my day, I rest fully assured that I am totally and completely accepted in Your Beloved Son. From this position of acceptance, I come to You now, sensing the Holy Spirit leading me to do battle in the Spirit for these folks in my life who are struggling financially, emotionally, with health issues, or relationally ________ (take time to name the first three the Holy Spirit brings to you mind and heart). I declare Your breakthrough, conviction, assurance, and deliverance that is needed for each of these in the name of the One and Only Lord Jesus. Amen!

...to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:6

Photo: Mission Trip Croatia 2024

Morning Prayer ~ May 14, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...You truly are the way-maker! Honestly, when every door seems closed, every window tightly fastened, or every pathway is blocked, You make a way. Time and time again, I have seen You do this in my life when I live in total surrender to You. So once again, I lay every aspect of my life at Your feet, giving You complete and total control ________ (take time to thoughtfully do this). What a relief! What freedom from fear and anxiety. I am so very grateful to start my day hidden in you.

Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19

Mother's Day Prayer ~ May 12, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer for Mother's Day...

Dear Heavenly Father… Today I pray for all the moms in my life ______ (name a few of them!). I speak a blessing over their lives and all that they do for their families. I pray that each one that I have named will feel celebrated and loved, and they will receive such great encouragement to keep going and not grow weary. I especially lift up those who I know are struggling ______ (take time to name them as well!). I ask that You draw them to Yourself and that they would experience Your love, power, provision, and peace. In the Beautiful Name of Lord Jesus. Amen!

Her children rise up and call her blessed…
Proverbs 31:28

Morning Prayer...So Sorry that I Forgot to Mention...

Hi Everyone,

Someone just reached out to me to say they weren’t receiving their Morning Moments of Prayer. I forgot to let you know that I was taking a few weeks off, and the prayers and devos will return on Mother’s Day! LOL, that’s how much I needed a little break to concentrate on some things the Lord is doing at this time.

I’ll see you this Sunday!

Morning Prayer - April 24, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...How incomprehensible is Your grace in my life! By it You have not only given me everything I need to walk in healing, deliverance, and strength, but it is also the free gift of the Holy Spirit to work effectively in and through my life beyond what I could ever imagine or think. May this day be filled with Your light and leading as I walk through this darkened world. I pray my every word and action glorify You and bring many closer to Your embrace. All. Because. Your. Grace. Is. More. Than. Enough! In Your Sovereign Name, I pray, King Jesus. Amen

He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:7 AMPC

Morning Prayer - April 23, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...I start this day surrendered. Before I speak another word, think another thought, or take the next step forward, I ask that You be Lord of it all. Especially my blind spots, Lord. Please open my eyes to my failings and faltering, my selfishness and self-will. I can’t see these areas without your help, especially with my family. I desire to see the areas that need Your healing touch, and I make myself available for You to speak into my life. I am Yours. In the Name of the One and Only, Lord Jesus. Amen!

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24

Morning Prayer - April 21, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...How grateful can one person get? As I begin my day in Your presence, I am reminded that I can never outrun Your love. You have pursued, loved, and beckoned me to live life in Your felt presence through the Holy Spirit. Your Word never fails. Yet, I have often wasted so many minutes, days, and weeks. Yet, You never ever gave up on me, and as I ardently seek Your face now, I am blessed beyond imagining in Your love, no matter what my circumstances currently look like. I glorify and worship You in this moment and surrender all. In Your Omnipotent Name I seal this praise and prayer, King Jesus. Amen!

 The faithful love of the LORD never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Lamentations 3:22 NLT

Morning Prayer - April 20, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer…

Dear Lord Jesus… How amazing You are! You surround me with Your love and power, and I sense Your presence as I quiet my heart right now. I surrender all. I mean, everything. Every relationship, my health, finances, future, and dreams. I find it easier and easier to trust You with everything because You never fail to open every door needed, provide Holy Spirit power and strength through every storm, direct my path perfectly, and supply all my needs. I am so in love with You, Lord, and in Your Everlasting Name, King Jesus, I pray. Amen!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Morning Prayer - April 16, 2024

Morning Moment of Prayer...

Dear Lord Jesus...With wars and rumors of wars taking place, my heart safely rests in You. I pray for these conflicts around the globe ________ (name them). You gave Your life so that every man, woman, or child from every tribe, nation, and tongue could be redeemed by Your selfless and sacrificial love. Today, in my small corner of this planet, I pray to be Holy Spirit empowered to demonstrate Your love, healing, and deliverance. Make whatever adjustments are needed in me to accomplish the work of Your great commission. I love You with all my heart and in Your Name Above All Names, I pray, King Jesus. Amen!

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
Psalm 36:8