IpraytoGodmysoultokeep

So grateful for Thy Love.  

So blessed to talk with You. The difference these conversations are having on my life are undeniable. Thank You for blessing Chloe. Please bless Suzy with Thy presence. Help her find the comfort she needs. Help her benefit from counsel and allow her to feel Our Love for her. Help me be present. Help me be mindful. Help me be there for Mary tomorrow. Help me be there for Kayla. Fill me with Thy Love. Bestow Thy Grace on me so I may be a good father, lead my family, provide abundantly, protect, uplift, inspire, and glorify Thee, praise Thee, worship Thee, and Love always. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.  

Thank You for bringing me home safely. Please bless Chloe tonight. She seems so upset. Please grant her restful sleep and calm her mind. Let her feel Thy Love.  Please help me find my voice and help others find theirs too. Please help me know my mind and follow my heart. Help me make a differe. Help me be still. Calm my mind. Kindle my Spirit. Feed my Soul. Nourish me with Thy Grace. Heal me with Thy Mercy. Glory be to Thee. What Thy Will will be. Bless me to see it. Abide by it. Love it. Be it. I am That, I am. Thou art the All-knowing, All-wise, Everlasting. Praise be to Thee. In Thy Son's name, Emmanuel I pray. Amen.

Thank You for who I am. But seriously, who am I? Please help me know. I pray for my authentic self to be revealed. There's this guy I usually am. This guy I am always trying to be. The harder I try to be the man I think I want to be the more I become someone else. When I try to be me the more it seems to be all about me. And I hate when I am that it's all about me guy. I do not want to be that guy anymore. Is the answer really to just stop trying? To just be. To just do what comes naturally. God help me. Help me be. Help me be OK with who I am now. Me. Help me make it about them and Thou. Help me make it about her. I ask this in the of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hallowed be Thy name. So much so I know not what to call Thee. I'm sure You don't mind what I call Thee as long as I don't call Thee late for dinner! Ha. Funny? Anyway, I've been thinking a lot lately about how well everything has been going and something I read not long ago keeps popping up in my head. Success is always preceded by temptation. That it is always just before reaching your ultimate goal you will face your greatest temptation. If you surcum to this temptation you shall surely fail. I believe this has played out in my past so I ask Thee, dear God, please lead me not into temptation and delivery me from evil. Lay me down in green pastures. Though as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil as Thou art with me. Please grant me the strength, wisdom and courage to be professionally successful. Please help me with this employment transition. Please keep me safe on the road tomorrow and bring me safely home the next day. Please protect my f

Thank You for today. Thank You for family and friends. Thank You for my grief and being able to understand what Suzy is going through. Please comfort her and bless her with restful sleep. Please comfort her parents, heal them and let them feel Thy presence. Help us all face this Monday with courage and good humor. Please help me align my body, mind and Spirit. Bless me with confidence, optimism and a keen sense of humor. Help me bless those around me. Grant me the productivity to complete my projects, to prepare for the week ahead and organize what needs to be done before I leave. Help me be confident in my decision. Help me support those who need me. Help me lead my family. Help me be the man they deserve. I Love Thee. Thou art my Protection. Thou art my Comfort. Thou art my Hope. Thou art Great. Thou art Here. You Are. I am that I am. As am I. I am that, I am. I Love You so much. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Thank You for the new opportunity. Please help me in this new transition. I am grateful for where I am and excited about where I am going. I Love Thee. Grateful for what You have done for me. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.

Thank You for the opportunity. Tomorrow seems pretty huge and a little intimidating. Please grant me restful sleep tonight so that I may face it's many challenges. Please show me the way. Help me be true to myself. Help me listen before I share. Help me see instead of stare. Help me understand what is asked. Help me answer true. Grant me confidence in what I do. I'm the morning when I rise. Paint the day before my eyes. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to Thee my Soul to keep. In Jesus' name I pray. I Love Thee. I praise Thee. I worship Thee. Amen.

One hundred prayers I've written here. In hopes of drawing Thee near. What I have begun to see. You have always been with me. These words I write to You at night. Have turned my darkness into light. They've opened up my eyes to see. What life with Thee can truly be. Sometimes in rhyme I seem to find. What is really on my mind. What I really had to learn. Your Love I need not earn. You give it freely every day. Doesn't matter what I say. Doesn't matter what I do. Your Love for me is true. When I know that I am loved by my Father up above. It makes me want to do things right. To share Thy Love and righteous might. I pray Thee grant me all I need. To spread Thy Love to plant Thy seed. Help me when I loose my way. Help me know the words to say. To share Thy Love and soften hearts. To see the end before I start. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray to Thee my soul to keep. If I die before I wake. I pray to Thee my soul to take. If I wake and do not die. Give me strength to rea

Thy Kingdom is within me. Praise be to Thee. Thy Love sustains me. Glory be to Thee. Nearness to Thee is my healing. Love for Thee my grace. Thy mercy brings joy. Thy nearness hope. I worship Thee. I seek Thee. I listen. I invite Thee into my life. I pray to Thee for my wife. Bless her. Ease her worry. Grant her wisdom, faith and courage. Let her know Thy presence. Let her here Thy voice. Speak to her. Let her see her own beauty as we see her beauty. Let her know her own strength. What I pray for her also grant our daughters. Help them know Thy Love. Lead them not into temptation. Deliver them from evil.  Grant me Father the ability to be a good husband and father. Help me lead my family with love, kindness and wisdom. Help me be a blessing to them. Help me be a good example. Help me provide for them. Help me support them. Help me know when to be silent and when to speak.  Thank You for our dogs. Their love is true. Their devotion real. Please grant them long and healthy lives. I pray

Thank You for bringing us home safely. So grateful to be home after such a great trip visiting family. So good to be home with our dogs. So good to be in our own beds. Seeing our parents and uncles and cousins and nephews and nieces and spending time together as a family is such a blessing.  A little time away from work and school as a family always makes me see things differently. Driving through the vast dessert landscapes of Utah and Arizona always gives me a sense of awe and wonder. So desolate. So beautiful. How big the girls have grown sonce only last year when we were there last. God, thank You for another vacation as a family. So grateful you have help me become a better father. A little more in control of myself. A little more wise. A little more faith in Thee. A little more of Thy beauty I see. A little less sure of myself, but sure now it's not all up to me. A little more able to be free. Thank You for being with us. Thank You for being righteous and glorious, victoriou

I bare witness to Thee. That Thou hast created me to Love. That Thou hast set me free, as freedom is essential in the creation of Love. I choose to be with Thee. I choose to take the time to commune with Thee. I choose to write these words as an expression of my Love for Thee. I testify at this moment that alone I am flawed, weak and powerless. With Thee I am perfected. More perfect in every way. Strong, sure and able. Responsible. With Thee I am kind. With Thee I am wise. Please allow me to always recognize Thy presence and acknowledge Thy Will. Please show me the way. Please give me the words when speaking to my daughters. Please help me listen. Please help me know what is up to me and recognize what I should leave up to Thee. Please speak to me. Tell me clearly what I need to know. Place before me signs that I can clearly understand. Help me ask the right questions. Give me the answers. Help be share Thy knowledge to those who need it. Help me share Thy Love. Help me lobe a good son

Thou art Truth, The Light, The Way, knowing You the way I do. Makes it easy to be true. To myself and to mine. I've come so far to find. To speak my mind. To speak from the heart. This is where I start. Writing rhyme. Passing time. With You. It's true. Nothing I'd rather do. To know You. That You know my name. Nothing's the same. Now. Wow. What I am writing? Why was I fighting? Trying to be right. Lying awake at night. Thine answer out of sight. Needing to be shown. Trying on my own. To figure it out. So full of doubt. So full of shame. Myself to blame. Life's a game. Almost insane. Failing in life. Then You brought my wife. You did bless. I did confess. I was a mess. This dream I was given. To know I'm forgiven. An angel from heaven. With three children Thou hast blessed. Miracles for me to see. Hope for me to be. More than I am. I am that I am. Could this be? Is this me. Here with You. Being true. Having faith. Knowing Love. Given strength from above. Thanks f

Thank You for this moment. Thank You for Your support. Please grant me restful sleep tonight. Be with me as we drive to Phoenix. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Thy presence gives me Hope. Hope makes the difference. Hope brings reason. Hope finds purpose. Hope copes. With Hope Love endures, weakness becomes strength, suffering endured, challenges faced, mountains climbed and races run. Hope is self-evident. Hope needs no justification. Hope is an expression of the future in the present. Hope transcends time and space. Hope floats. Thank You for Hope. Please grant more of it. Thou art Hope, Love and Life please grant me abundance of all three that I may share with all those around me.  I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Thank You for delivering me home safely. For the opportunity to be there for Suzy and my girls. So grateful. So humbled by Thy Grace. You brought Joy to a difficult night. You brought Hope to an evening of doubt. You brought Love in a time of fear. Taco Tuesday, Kayla's call to Mary, the ride to DQ, Chloe getting the front seat, bringing Mary-berry a snack in bed, all of it was a very special evening. Amen.

I want You to know I wouldn't change a thing. Not a single minute of it. This is a wonderful life. Extraordinary. The beauty. The mystery. The tragedy. Everything. Thank You. To know this with so much of my life yet to live is a very special gift. I'm ready. You and me God. We've done some great stuff already, but we're just getting started. Aren't we?   I now realize the only thing keeping me from You has been me. It's terrifying to think everything is possible. That all I've ever needed to succeed You have already given me. That You have been here the whole time and still Love me. How is that even possible? Because with You everything is possible and without You it doesn't even matter.  Thank You for being here. Thank You for answering my prayers. Your presence changes everything. I pray for the wisdom, strength, and courage and ability to use them to know Thee and abide within Thy Will. Please help me with work. Help me worship Thee by being effe

I am grateful for this opportunity to speak with You. I wish to speak candidly about how I feel and what I need. Funny talking to You about my wants and needs as You know how difficult it has always been for me to separate the two. As the Ultimate Authority on what I need I leave them completely up to You dear God. My wants are now entirely to fulfill the needs of those You have entrusted on to me. I do wish to have some say over my own feelings and emotions. You have blessed me with more than my fair share of both. Most of my life I have felt cursed by them, lately I've begun to see the blessings in having passionate feelings and tidal waves of emotion. For all the sorrow, grief, frustration and rage there has been equal portions of happiness, joy, victory and love. My current medical conditions aside, I thank Thee for providing safe haven from myself, I ask Thee please help me maintain my balance. Please bless my Doctors and care givers and help them help me. I ask for this so th