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Foundation Scriptures: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:1-2 Reflection: The prayer is to receive God. Once I receive God, the pressing into His presence is necessary to become holy. Perfect peace flows to the one who keeps their mind stayed on the heavenly places. So if I stay in the presence of God, in every morning, fresh oil flows and covers me in this sacred pursuit of holiness. To be so imperfect, and to have fallen in His sight, but yet, to still so gracefully be pursued by a perfect God who is still willing to give me His identity is truly the greatest love story I’ve ever known. If I Acknowledge My Imperfection “Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.“ 2 Timothy 2:21 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:8
2 Corinthians 7:1
If I Receive His Promises "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26 I cast down my flesh in my prayer so that I can become holy and receive what You have for me. When I press and receive what You have in store for me, sin becomes undesirable. Leaving Your presence becomes undesirable. That's why I always come back to You, Lord. That's why I enjoy abiding in Your presence. Because my flesh will never be pleasing in your sight, but my spirit can be. I can run to You to make me over. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14
If I Confidently Submit "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7
What keeps me is my right mind is my pursuit of holiness. I enter the prayer not just asking for the bad thought to go away, but I am asking to be made holy. I am communing with God. Every day, I am living to be made holy. And because I carry His presence with me and draw near daily, God is making me holy. And God is loving on me through this journey so zealously. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
Declaration: “Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16 In Your presence, If I stay, I know that You will strengthen me. If I stay, I know that I will have perfect peace. If I stay, I won’t cheapen what You have for me by entertaining sin. If I stay, I can purge anything out of me that is not like You, in Jesus’ name. If I stay, and if I cling tight, I will have authority to rule over my flesh because of Your supernatural power that You bestow in me. If I stay, You meet me here in the torn veil ready to receive me and make me holy; all I have to do is abide under Your wing. What a beautiful exchange this is. Prayer: Lord, I love You so much. I love being here in Your presence. Being with You is the sweetest place I could ever be. You are my hiding place. You are my refuge. I want to stay right here. I want to carry You with me in everywhere I go. I glorify all that You are. Thank You for being my Father and wanting to be near me. Thank You for Jesus-- the gift that keeps on giving. Thank You for waiting on me. Thank You for loving me and pursuing me, unraveling and wrecking me so gracefully, through and through. Lord, today I need Your help. Teach me how to live a life that is pleasing to You. I give You permission to purge anything out of me that distracts me from Your Word and the call that You have strategically placed on my life. I submit my flesh to You, and I declare it to bow to my spirit in which You dwell. In James 1:8 it is written that, "Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do." I refuse to have a double mind. Purge it out of me. I know that with You, nothing can keep me bound. I know that my Savior Jesus Christ tore that veil. So, I declare my spirit free from any sin that I am struggling with. I don't want to block what You want to do in me because I am dwelling in ways of the world rather than dwelling in You. God, I know that I am imperfect. Remove any shame or guilt that may reside in me for falling short of Your glory. Strengthen me, Lord. Perfect me, Lord. Do a new thing inside of me from my head to my feet. Make me holy. Make me new. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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Opening Thoughts: I must be intimate with God more than wanting to be used. I can’t be a vessel and take people of God to a place that I haven’t been to myself. I have to be intimate with God and rest in His presence so that I can be used. But the prayer isn’t to be used. The prayer is to dwell with God. The rest follows. Introduction
“God use me," And less “God, I surrender. Have Your way and do Your Will,” “God, give me You.”
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:1-2 I am reminded of the woman at the well in John 4. Verse 11: “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:11-13 Continuing at Verse 23: “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” John 4:23-26
Once I receive God, I will never be without. Once I receive God, I give Him permission to come and purge anything out of me that isn’t like Him. Once I receive God, who is the greatest promise, the rest—the blessings, the purpose manifestation— will follow. If I Make Room to be Accessible
The rest— His promises to me— will follow as I draw near Him daily. If I Make Room for God's Voice If I make room for God and cast down negative thoughts, God will have room to show me revelation about my circumstance. He’s not going to speak to me in my chaos. He's not going to fight to speak over me. He’s going to wait and speak to my spirit when I submit and surrender. “Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.” I King’s 19:11-12 “Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that God corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.” Proverbs 3:6-12 I recognize God’s voice by pressing into the Word a little deeper each day. This is why making room for intimacy with God is so important— so I will know and discern what are His thoughts and reject any thought that isn’t His. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:16–17
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23: 1-4 If I Make Room for Jesus “Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” Hebrews 7:25 “For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5
Prayer: I don’t want to block my blessings, God. I want to submit. I want to make room for You to move, dwell, and abide in me. Above all else, I want to be intimate with You. I confidently know that the rest will follow because You are a promise keeper. You are El Roi— the God who sees me. You know what bothers my heart and keeps me from rest. I want to know what You’re thinking. God, I pray that I learn how to count small victories as victories, still. I know that any move of God is still a move of the Most High God. God, help me to cast down negative thoughts as they come, and since You’re always working for me, teach me to celebrate and praise You when I don’t feel my best. Because I know that if there is still breath in my lungs, You are not finished moving. God, even though I doubt, and carry worry, still, flaws and all, I know that You make room for me, so I must make room for You. Help me to always make room for You. God, help me to trust that You will move. I know that You give me power to declare and decree a thing and it be so. So, I need Your presence. I declare Heaven to touch my heart. In Jesus’ Name. I know that Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God interceding for me like He’s always done— since You’ve always purposed Him to do. Right now at this moment, I declare breakthrough over me. I want to receive You and all that You are in this prayer, whether that is patience, love, joy, peace, or any other fruit that You bring. I want to receive Your wisdom. Make me holy. Make me new. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Read after "If I Allow".
Chapter on my heart: Psalm 23 “You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Introduction:
The peace comes when I turn to my Creator. Though creating the mountains and the valleys and abiding in Heaven, You will still come to this fallen Earth to dwell with me. You still desire me to press into You. You look at me in awe like I've never failed you, Father. You still choose me; You still promise me. "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." Psalm 37:5
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." Mark 11:24 “‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’” Jeremiah 33:3 “’I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.'” John 15:5 If I press, He will meet me with His presence. For my submission, most importantly, I receive God. God is the promise above all else. The rest will follow.
My purity journey began at 15, and it is one of my most sacred pursuits. If I press, I know You will meet me there. In Your Presence there is fullness and joy. (Psalm 16:11) I feel that every time I press into You. I know that You are with me on this. "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us" Matthew 1:23 Immanuel, You sent Yourself in Your Son to dwell among us. You broke the veil to reach us. I know that I am never alone.
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." Psalm 46:1 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 Prayer: Immanuel, give me strength in my promise to You. Give me strength to press confidently into You and cast down flesh when it rises. Help me to submit my heart to you. And help me trust You to write my story. When the ocean of doubt comes, engulf it in Your presence. When I press, I know that you can reach me and transform me. I know this to be true because You are the true vine. You tore the veil. You are my greatest promise. I love you, God. Make me whole. Make me holy. Make me over. In Jesus’ name. Amen. Introduction:
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.” 2 Corinthians 2:14
May I always allow myself to make room for the crazy thing. God will blow my mind, if I allow Him to.
God's voice is stern and constant, and repetitive until I receive it. The flesh voice is weak and unstable. Ex: One day I may feel this, the next day I may feel this. If I allow myself to tune myself out, I will receive heavenly revelation. If I allow myself to surrender, in exchange I will receive clarity.
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1 “LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.” -Jeremiah 10:23 Prayer: God, teach me how to reject my flesh and accept Your thoughts. I know that if I give You permission— if I lay this life down, You will clearly show me the way. Find me here God. I allow myself to be sought after and received. And I will listen. I'm tired of running this race in my own strength— it fails me every time. But the supernatural power of God makes it all make sense. Make me holy. Make me over. In Jesus' name, Amen. |
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