In the quiet of my soul
In the stillness
I hear Your voice call
I know that it had to be You keeping me awake at 6:30 in the morning. NO one else could do it. I guess I am slow to obey because it is after 7. Thank You Lord for waking me up to spend time with You in a quiet house. Thank You for working and speaking and moving where I can see.
Thank You for some really great time with family. Thank You for being able to see Lindsay and spend time with her and the kids. Thank You for looking forward to the beginning of school and seeing my girls active and doing things they enjoy. Help me Lord to show them Your love and teach them Your ways. I am not sure I am very effective at either sometimes. Please forgive me for falling so short.
Thank You for Val. Thank You that someone besides me sees the potential and the value in my son. Thank You for answering a prayer I had no idea that I should be praying. Thank You for keeping him safe through the difficult years so we could get to this place. Thank You for not giving up on him and for speaking Your love to him continually. Please continue to speak and reveal Yourself to him. Thank You for Your encouragement, the things that You have given me concerning him. Thank You for settling this mother's heart. I know that I can trust You with the people that I love.
Thank You for meeting me at my need. You knew exactly what I needed. Thank You for providing.
Lord, I ask boldly for the right pastor for AGF. I know that I can trust You to provide. I know that AGF was born from a vision that was correct and valuable within Your kingdom. I trust that You will honor our desire for Your will and send the right person for this place. I know that Your plans are not for AGF to falter or to fail. I know Your plan is for the salvation of Boone County and Southern West Virginia. Please Lord, help us not to slow down Your plan. Help us to work with You and not against You. Help us to listen intently for Your will and search Your word to hear You more clearly. I ask that You would bring the selection committee the right applicants and the wisdom to see clearly the one that You have chosen for us. Thank You for a group of people who are willing to listen for Your leading and attempt to follow it.
Please be very present in the lives of those who are fighting cancer. There are far too many who are struggling. I ask that You would be their strength, build up their immune system, make the cancer weaker or the fighter stronger. I pray that You would give rest to them and their families and allow them to recover and be encouraged. Linda Ray, Vicki, Ruby, there are more but these are the names coming to mind now.
Please be with Hannah as she carries the twins. Please make her body strong and fully able to nourish both babies through to term. Please give her extraordinary strength to mommy two while carrying two. Please meet their needs and bring encouragement to them daily. Please knit those babies together perfectly according to Your will.
Please be with my "babies" and help their feet to walk Your path. Please send people to teach them of Your love and help them to find You. Please draw their mommies to You and their families to You. Please bless them and walk very close to them. You know all of their names, even when I have forgotten some. Please wrap Your arms around the mommies who lost babies. Hold them close and remind them of Your love. Please walk closer to them on those difficult days like birthdays and holidays and just plain days that for some reason become difficult.
Please be with the families who are affected by the layoffs. Please provide for them and be very close to them reminding them of Your love and Your ability to provide from Your storehouses that are endless. Please help folks to find different jobs that provide well for their families.
Please continue to draw all of my children closer to You. You are a faithful and loving Lord! Thank You for being the lover of my soul, my provider, my strength, but most importantly my salvation. Thank You for making a way for me and You to have this conversation and relationship. Thank You for being very, very real to me.
In Jesus Name
Amen
