Peace That the World Does Not Give.

Lord...thank you for your Presence at the funeral today...I don't think I could have made it without You there to sustain me...especially when so many didn't want me there.

My greatest fear is that of failing to have done all You required and then stand...steadfast and unmoved...

Thank you that the minister took the opportunity to confess your name before those who refuse to acknowledge it...

Their attacks were like vipers, come out of the fire...You were my defence and comfort...you delivered me from their lies...you are my confidence in Truth...they know not what they do...I do not hold anything against them...I too, am a sinner saved by grace...

I commit this day and my loved one into Your loving and merciful hands...discipline me, make me to see those things where I must ask for forgiveness, humble me in your presence, thank you for calling me to be a part of your family, for giving me your name...may I walk worthy of it. Amen

Lord, You Are My Happiness

Lord, You are my joy and crown...the lifter up of my head, you restore my heart

in the confidence of Your faith...Your authoritative Word...

Renew a right spirit in me, Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on me...

Take not your Holy Spirit from me Lord...my very life depends upon the Light of your presence in me...

All that I am in this life is as nothing to me...You are my joy and crown...

in the midst of every circumstance and situation...

every relationship and aspiration...

I bow before you...most Holy and Righteous One

I surrender to Your sovereign will...

I do this not REALLY knowing what HOLY is, Your

Righteousness is, what Surrender is, or even your

Sovereign will...

I desire with all my heart to come before you in all

Truth...with a spirit that is fully surrendered to

my circumstances in complete trust and faith that

I can walk with You unafraid, and rejoicing in You

as You lead me faithfully in the Way of Happiness...

Blessed are they.............Happy are they, that put

their trust in you Lord...

Lord...do you feel my pain?...There's a part of me that KNOWS that you do...and there's a part of me that is standing here crying out your name...Jesus, Jesus, Jesus...hear my cry.

I have come to see that there is no depth in the walk I've been walking...It is because of my simple and uncircumstantial life Lord,,,and now I've stepped off and into deep waters where there is no footing...the current of the unforeseen has caught me and would pull me under, along with others who have suffered in the midst of this same fate....

I have known only light afflictions in comparison to this trial...I have been at ease and comfort, not knowing it...there is no depth in me... You my Lord were a man of sorrows and familiar with grief...You have said that, "it is better to agree with the Word knowing that we cannot enter Your Kingdom except through much tribulation...and that if we (I) want to reign with You...then I must suffer with You...

Lord...tell me...how do I tell these devastated and hurting souls how to surrender to more pain...how do I tell them that they must enter in to the straight gate, the narrow gate, when they are already being pressed to the uttermost...?

I do not want to tell them anything that would compromise Your Truth, that would compromise your Holiness, your sacrifice, your grace...I stand back and I am frozen and helpless to speak....HELP ME LORD! HELP ME!

Beloved of my soul...give me depth, and wisdom and the compassion and understanding that leads to Your Life, Eternal Life....make me a soul winner...a laborer in Your Harvest Fields...

Holy Spirit, reveal Christ, in all of this...that I and this family may come to know You in the power of Your Resurrection....that we might in turn declare your wondrous works and the heights and depths of Your Love.

Establish in me the promises of Your Word...1 Peter 2:9

Let us drink from your eternal springs, and be renewed...may we sing your high praises, even a sacrifice of praise...here in the depths, where there is no footing...bear us up in Your Faith...commanding this storm, "Peace, be still".......and I will rejoice with thanksgiving and in the joy of my salvation, and the salvation of my household, and Your household Lord....this I ask and pray, in Your Holy and Trustworthy name...amen and amen..........