Hello there!
Do you know what I learned? God loves to be involved in every detail of our lives. I talk to Him all day long. Sounds silly but I go to Him for everything. If I cannot find something that I misplaced, I ask Him to help and show me where it is. Then I find it. If I'm at the grocery store and I'm looking for something and can't seem to find it, I pray to find it and pray for His favor that the store has this item. Then....yup....there it is! When I go to a restaurant I pray for good service, delicious food, and God's favor and He always does some crazy things for us. We've received free dessert (without asking at all), discounts on our bill, extra food and drinks without charge, surveys to take while seated in order to receive a discount, and coupons to return for our next visit, etc.
I often ask God to bring opportunities to share "HIM" with others. Recently I was at my gym and shared my faith with a man who I had seen there and met not too long before. He seemed interested when I spoke about the Bible and my faith, so I took advantage of that opportunity. I encouraged him with some Bible verses and gave him a crinkled up gospel tract that I had in my small gym wallet that I carry. It had been in my wallet for months and I guess God wanted me to give it to this particular guy. I often ask God what I can do for someone to 'make their day' or make them 'feel special' and God loves to answer those prayers.
At bedtime, I pray to have sweet dreams or no dreams at all so that my mind and body can properly rest and recuperate at night. Once the lights are off, I recite (silently and sometimes aloud) a few Bible verses that I've memorized so that is the last thing on my mind before I doze off. When I do this, I never have bad or stressful dreams.
I asked the Lord to heal the stye I have in my eye caused by crying so much about the recent loss of my doggy, Kiki. I prayed for healing of my toenail fungus. LOL! In the past I've even prayed for healing for other minor health issues too embarrassing to mention. I pray about every detail because HE really does care about every detail. God knows the number of hairs on my head (Matthew 10:30) and if He cares enough to know that, He cares enough to know about anything that is bothering me or just things that I need help with. I drag Him into everything - big or small, major or minor, serious or humorous.....EVERYTHING. God reminds me to "pray continually" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
I encourage you today.....start talking to God about everything in your life!
Psalm 8:4 NIV - "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" God cares about everything we care about!!
Do you know what I learned? God loves to be involved in every detail of our lives. I talk to Him all day long. Sounds silly but I go to Him for everything. If I cannot find something that I misplaced, I ask Him to help and show me where it is. Then I find it. If I'm at the grocery store and I'm looking for something and can't seem to find it, I pray to find it and pray for His favor that the store has this item. Then....yup....there it is! When I go to a restaurant I pray for good service, delicious food, and God's favor and He always does some crazy things for us. We've received free dessert (without asking at all), discounts on our bill, extra food and drinks without charge, surveys to take while seated in order to receive a discount, and coupons to return for our next visit, etc.
I often ask God to bring opportunities to share "HIM" with others. Recently I was at my gym and shared my faith with a man who I had seen there and met not too long before. He seemed interested when I spoke about the Bible and my faith, so I took advantage of that opportunity. I encouraged him with some Bible verses and gave him a crinkled up gospel tract that I had in my small gym wallet that I carry. It had been in my wallet for months and I guess God wanted me to give it to this particular guy. I often ask God what I can do for someone to 'make their day' or make them 'feel special' and God loves to answer those prayers.
At bedtime, I pray to have sweet dreams or no dreams at all so that my mind and body can properly rest and recuperate at night. Once the lights are off, I recite (silently and sometimes aloud) a few Bible verses that I've memorized so that is the last thing on my mind before I doze off. When I do this, I never have bad or stressful dreams.
I asked the Lord to heal the stye I have in my eye caused by crying so much about the recent loss of my doggy, Kiki. I prayed for healing of my toenail fungus. LOL! In the past I've even prayed for healing for other minor health issues too embarrassing to mention. I pray about every detail because HE really does care about every detail. God knows the number of hairs on my head (Matthew 10:30) and if He cares enough to know that, He cares enough to know about anything that is bothering me or just things that I need help with. I drag Him into everything - big or small, major or minor, serious or humorous.....EVERYTHING. God reminds me to "pray continually" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
I encourage you today.....start talking to God about everything in your life!
Psalm 8:4 NIV - "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" God cares about everything we care about!!