Not because we are good!

"He doesn't love us because we are good. He just loves us. Period!" 

May we rejoice that God "sees our past and love us;" sees our present, who we are "now and love us;" and He even sees who and "what we can become, and love us!" "He doesn't love us because we are good. He just loves us. Period!" 

 May we fall into His big and wide and open embrace and live loved, beloved and full of joy!  

Let us be people of prayer who pray to be people of God

Lord Jesus, please help us "to be pure and undefiled followers" of Your will, Your Word and Your way! Lord Jesus, please help us "to be people of integrity, who know that we have been redeemed and bought at a price." Help us to live with rightful awe and worship, declaring the beauty and majesty of Your Name, the glory and power of Your Salvation, and Your goodness and love of "to every nation, tribe, language and people."

This is what we are praying for today

Lord, we want to slow life down and feel the weightlessness that comes from casting our burdens on You and taking up Your yoke instead of the heavy weight and burden of the world. 

This is what we are praying for today, Lord, to receive the soul healing, heart mending and mind regulating peace, hope, and love of Your presence and salvation. 

LORD, our Lord, give us the peace that passes understanding, and the unspeakable joy of being with You and knowing that You are in us.

Hope when fear has become your strange bedfellow

"In our deepest, darkest moments, when it seems God is absent and unaware," when our prayers feel like they've fallen on death ears, and doubt and fear have become our bedfellow remember His Name and His promise. 

He is the God who sees (El Roi), the God who is with us (Emmanuel). He is the One who has promised to never leave us or forsake us, and to be with us even until the end of the ages.

May we come confidently to "the One who loves us and listens to us," and sees us, and believe that He will help us through every season and situation of life—today and tomorrow and forever.