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GOOD NEWS from Psalm 9: 18 For He Who SEES shall attend to the needs of the needy forever; He shall always build up the hopes of the poor. HE SEES ME Dear Heavenly Father God, Thank You for SEEING me so closely and so clearly that You know every hair on my head. I adore You for also counting the freckles on my face and knowing each crinkle my eyes form whenever I smile. I adore You for SEEING every detail about me. Since You SEE the number of hairs on my head, You are that much more attuned to SEEING all the thoughts in my heart. I trust You  to SEE and attend to all my needs and meet each one of them with Your Abounding Love. When my heart worships You for taking good care of me, I am gently reminded to taste and SEE how Great is Your Faithfulness.  You always succeed on my behalf. You are turning my life around to face and SEE You, Who are redeeming me, regardless of what  it looks like to my earthly eyes, and to whatever they have yet to SEE, Thank You for letting me c...

GOOD NEWS from Solomon 2: 4 He brings me into His Banquet Hall, and His Banner COVERS me with His Love.   Everyone can see how much He Loves me. Dear Heavenly Father God,  Thank You for Your Infinite Bounty which COVERS all who show up.  You are The One Who brings me near to Your COVERING in the first place. Jesus paved the way for me to enter Your Banquet Hall and I will answer YES! to His Invitation. I am asking for Your Wisdom to help me understand Humility and the Infinity of Your Love that COVERS me. COVER me with Your Comprehensioon. I know that You welcome me into Your Family and designate me as a favored child. Today, may I see how the length, width, depth, breath, and height of Your Love reaches into my life and COVERS me . COVER me with Your Goodness and draw me into Your Courts where I can feast in Your Presence again.  I am so grateful that You always turn toward me, You always stay with me, keeping me UNDER YOUR COVER when I try to wander off on my own. ...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 119: 147 Early in the morning before the sun is up,  You are HERE. I rise before dawn praying and pointing out how much I trust You and how much of my HOPE I put in Your Words. HOPE IS HERE Dear HOLY ONE, Thank You that I can put my attention and my HOPE on You today because You are HERE. I am releasing and surrendering everything in my heart to You, coming HERE before You with a heart fully open. My life feels like a continuous ebb and flow on my energy and resources, I am encouraged when You change everything until it all works together for my good, right HERE and right now.  I will continue coming to You with High HOPE that while I am calling to You for my help, You are already turning a listening ear toward me. Right HERE and right now Lord, my HOPE is that You are meeting me with Your Powerful Presence. I need to know You are HERE! Show Yourself Strong, God. I HOPE in You. You have everything Good to give. Refuel my heart with Your Love, renew my HOPE...

GOOD NEWS from Lamentations 3: 24 My soul claims The Lord as my Portion, my Inheritance and my EVERYTHING; therefore I will hope in Him. EVERYTHING I NEED  Dear Heavenly Father God my GREAT SUSTAINER, Thank You for holding EVERYTHING in me together in the incubator of Your Love, even in the midst of EVERYTHING going on in my life right now. You heal EVERY part of me and restore my soul. Although there is so much in life that is outside of my control, EVERYTHING in life is inside of Yours. I know that You, Lord are a Liberator and Your Sovereign Rule is Gentle, Kind, and Forgiving. EVERYDAY You give me Grace to learn and to grow, to err and to change. You are Gracious in Your Guidance, and You have an Abundance of Wisdom about EVERYTHING, which You so generously give to all who seek after it. When I look at my life and see what it yet can be, I know that is my cue to wait on Your Provision. You have and supply EVERYTHING I need. You are EVERYTHING and EVERYTHING is You You revive an...

GOOD NEWS from Isaiah 61: 3 To all who mourn in Israel, He will give His Beauty, Joy, Peace and Praise into their LIVES: His beauty for their ashes; His Joy for their mourning; His  Peace for their souls; His Praise for lifting their heaviness.  For God has planted His Beauty, Joy, Peace and Praise into their LIVES like strong and graceful oaks for His Own Glory. NEW LIFE COMING Dear Heavenly Father and RESTORER God, Thank You for always having a plan for renewing my LIFE. I adore You for taking what is dead and bringing NEW LIFE out of it. I adore You for always staying with me, and filling me up with hope in this LIFE. I adore You for always coming with Your LIFE giving Presence and breathing Your Fresh Power and Peace into every area of my LIFE. I adore You for giving me Your Beauty, Joy, Praise, Peace and Hope to LIVE on. I lay my LIFE before You like an open book.  Here is my heart, Lord. I trust You to Come into my heart with Your Peace, Your Power and Your LIFE sus...

GOOD NEWS from Lamentations 3: 25 The Lord is wonderfully GOOD to those who wait for Him, to those who SEEK for Him. ALWAYS GOOD Dear Heavenly GOOD FATHER God, Thank You for the relief to my heart because it knows that You and Your GOODNESS are readily available to me whenever I SEEK You. You show Yourself Strong and You show Yourself GOOD.  You are with me through it all, including the part of my journey that goes through the entire obstacle course called life on earth. You strengthen my resolve. When I call, You Answer. When I look for You, You are easily found. Your GOOD GOOD Wisdom is within my reach and within my position to obtain. You freely give Your GOOD Perspective and Understanding to me whenever I SEEK You. I have so many questions about Your GOODNESS that I've been keeping on the backburner of my mind. Today I choose to be open with You about everything, You Who can make ALL things work together for GOOD! Over and over You have shown Yourself Strong,  Trustworthy,...

GOOD NEWS from  Psalm 36: 5 Your Steadfast Love, O Lord, is as INFINITELY great as all the Heavens.  Your INFINITE Faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. INFINITE LOVE Dear FAITHFUL GOD, Thank You for all Your INFINITE Kindnesses; They are more than I can recall in my life. Thank You for every prayer You Answered, and every hope You Fulfilled. INFINITR Hope breaks through the soil of my heart again today. Even in the waiting for Your Help in my present situation and circumstance, I find Your Very Present Help and INFINITE Grace in the here and now. Open my eyes to see how big and how INFINITE Your Love is. Expand my heart to include Your INFINITE Mercy meeting me just as I am. As I look to the Heavens, my awareness shifts to the Greatness of the world around me, both seen and yet to be seen. Expand my focus to see the bigger picture, rather than one small part of my life. As I lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help, fill and refill my mind with clarity that a br...

Romans 5: 5 Then, whenever that happens, we are able to hold our heads high with whatever happens and know that all is well, for we know how dearly God LOVES us, and we feel His warm LOVE everywhere within us because God has given us The Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His LOVE. LOVE POURS IN Dear God OVER ALL, Thank You that I can come and stand under the waterfall of Your LOVE, Grace and Mercy today. Wash over me with Your LOVE and Kindness, reminding me of the steady flow of Goodness from Your Nature. Your Everlasting LOVE  is my source of strength in every moment. I can only go on with Your LOVE. I only want to go on with Your LOVE.  Refill me again and again to overflowing, that I may have so much of  Your LOVE overflowing from me, it generously immerses everyone I meet today. I am in need of much of Your Strength and Your Energy and Your LOVE today. I come to You all the more, turning my heart and my attention over to Your Merciful LOVING Gaze over and over agai...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 33: 22 Yes, Lord, let Your Constant Love surround me with Your RADIANT HOPE, for all my HOPE is in You alone. RADIANT HOPE  Dear Lord,  Thank You for letting me look at my life and see the spaces where my loved ones once stood, and then rely on Your Strength to face these spaces with me. I know that You will always find me, and refill my heart with Your RADIANT Joy. You bring the comfort I need. In the night, You are present with Your RADIANT Goodness. You bring Hope inside the light of Your RADIANT Presence, and I find Strength in that place with You. Right now, I ask You to fill my heart with Your RADIANT Peace that far surpasses my understanding. You remain constant. You remain calm. You remain RADIANT.  When my heart starts to wander, You come in close with the RADIANCE of Your Love. Thank You for holding me together through it all. 🎶 IN CHRIST ALONE sung by Charmaine Gayle Ang https://youtu.be/0ve803u7xCM?si=94ZVeiOTtski3WHI SUGGESTED MANTRA: I ...

GOOD NEWS from ISAIAH 41: 10 Have HOPE because I am with you always. Be delighted for I am your God. I strengthen you; I help you; I uphold you with My Victorious Right Hand. NEED TO HOPE Dear Lord, Thank You for being the HOPE support I need in this life. You hold me tight, making sure I'm always within Your Grip of Grace. You lift me up; You set me straight; You put a new song of HOPE in my heart, a hymn to the Lord, our God!  Worshipping You assures my HOPE, my Faith, and my peace, and reminds me again and again of Your Steadfast Love that always remains the same. You are more faithful than the most loyal lover and more attentive than the most involved parent. You give me HOPE when the mountains are high and the valleys are low.  You are perfect in Your Leadership and Your Intentions are as pure as Your Love. You are the best comfort.  I place all my HOPE is You. Thank You for drawing near to me today with the Power of Your Presence and let HOPE break through the soil ...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 130: 1 O Lord, from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, I can always call for and receive your HELP. HELP IS HERE Dear God my Heavenly HELPER, Thank You for being The One I can look to for HELP. You are my sustaining HELP in the ease of sunny days, and on all other days. I need Your HELP more than I can express with words. Thankfully, You always show up strong, HELPING me with Your Power. You come through with Your HELP for me again and again. You are my only Hope. You are my only True HELPER  In my current reality, I rely on You to be my HELP and my rescue. I take this opportunity to invite You and Your HELP into this very moment. Holy Spirit, come close with the peace of Your Everpresent HELP and settle me. I am craving You and Your HELP, as You can clearly see. "HELP me Lord" THANK You for always being here with Your willing HELP and support, even when all I can muster up to speak is, "HELP me Lord" 🎶 HELP IS ON THE WAY sung by Toby ...

GOOD NEWS FROM 1 PETER 5: 7 Cast all your anxiety and cares on Him because He cares for you and He can TAKE them! HE CAN TAKE IT! Dear HOLY ONE, I come to you today with every situation and circumstance for Your TAKEOVER. Some days I can TAKE it when they are quieter than others; other days the noise level needs lowering before I can hear anything else. I know that You can TAKE it and help me carry the weight. It TAKES You to mitigate every possible outcome in my life to make them all come together for good. There are numerous unknowns to me and yet all are known to You. Lord, You see the end from the beginning and every moment in between. Divert the energy I spend on assumtive possibilities to TAKE and accept the peace You offer me of Your ALL Knowing Omniscient Presence. You know what tomorrow holds so I can TAKE it one day at a time and be free of having to figure it out. I will trust in You Lord until I die, You can TAKE ALL of me. Give me the confidence that comes with The Nearnes...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 16: 1 Thank You for preserving, saving, and SUSTAINING me, O God, whenever I come to you for refuge and put my trust in You. MY SUSTAINER Dear Heavenly SUSTAINER, Thank You for Your very real and everpresent capability to lift me up until I find myself SUSTAINED in constructive cycles. You See where my healing originates, and You Know how to preserve and SUSTAIN me feom within, until I allow You to establish Your Higher Power. I trust You to SUSTAIN me in all of my situations and circumstances,  knowing that You are strong enough to save and SUSTAIN me, and You are dedicated to my restoration. You are the Only One I hope in, for You Hold the Key that opens Your Door to SUSTENANCE and to every Solution. I can take it easy; I need only rest in You and Your SUSTENANCE.  So today, Lord, quiet and SUSTAIN my soul with Your Perfect Peace and help me stay my mind on You alone. Flood and SUSTAIN my mind with Your Wisdom which is full of clarity. You are everything...

GOOD NEWS from Job 6: 8 Oh, that God would grant the thing I ASK for and hope for most. TOTAL 360°PRSPERITY for BRITTANY+LES, and each of their Dear ones! ASK AGAIN Dear Father God, Thank You for allowing me to ASK again and again, and then rely on You in every season.  Granted, it's easier to trust You during seasons when all seems to be going right in my life. When my circumstances change, You always remain the same. You always love me. I am always Your Child. That is Your Truth. I ASK for Your Truths to be my Truth. I ASK You to sink Your Truths deep into my heart of life's enduring values, until I have profound knowledge that Your Truths are always True, rather than a wish for them to be so. You continually persue, transform and strengthen me whenever I need it or whenever I ASK You. So today, I come to You with all that is in my heart to ASK this of You. I ASK for the transformative Power of Your Zealous Love and Joy in every area of my life. I ASK for the transformative P...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 31: 10 O Lord, have mercy on me and RESCUE me until I am joyful again; RESCUE me until my eyes are clear with Your laughter again;  RESCUE me until my health is renewed with Your Vigor again. RESCUE me until I am exhilarated again;  RESCUE and Lengthen my years, until my joy is freely flowing again. RESCUE and Strengthen me with Your Grace and Mercy until I stand tall with gladness, esteem, and worthiness. POSITIONED FOR RESCUE Dear God, Thank You for turning toward me. You see my depths, and Your Word says that You Care for me. You come to my RESCUE and lift me up and out. You're the only One Who can. I am trying to be better. I am trying to think more positively.  I am trying to change my habits. All of these things require You to heal me, save me, and RESCUE me. You, Lord are always faithful to come through. I have watched You RESCUE me before, and I believe You Will do it again and again. Come RESCUE me and heal my heart. Cocoon me in Your Love an...

GOOD NEWS from James 4: 6 God gives us EVEN MORE strength to stand for all good longings. As the Scripture itself says, God gives His Grace and His Strength to the humble and sets Himself beside them. EVEN MORE Dear Lord OVER ALL, Thank You for being the Complete Source of everything I need and for every situation I face and EVEN MORE. I know that whatever comes my way is known to You and You provide EVEN MORE than I could EVEN ask for, dream of, or imagine if. I am covered by Your Loyal Love and EVEN MORE in every moment. You are faithful to supply all that I have need of and EVEN MORE. In Your Persistent Presence, I find MORE and MORE of Your Strength to keep going, and MORE and MORE of  Your Wisdom to step away whenever necessary.  What MORE could I want? You see all my areas right now in this moment. You meet me with MORE abundance of Your Peace.  You empower me MORE and MORE. You bring EVEN MORE clarity to my mind. You bring EVEN MORE understanding with Your Light of...

GOOD NEWS from Matthew 11: 28-29 Come anf RELEASE ALL to Me and I will give you rest—all of you who work so hard beneath a heavy burden. RELEASE it! In its stead, wear My Yoke upon you—for it fits perfectly—let Me teach you---for I teach you perfectly---;and then learn from Me for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls; for I give you only light burdens.” UNLOAD, RELEASE, AND LEAVE THE BURDENS Dear MERCIFUL GOD, Thank You for being so quick to respond in love. You bless me with Your Compassion over and over again as I come to You to UNLOAD, RELEASE AND LEAVE my burdens. You are always ready to take them whenever I RELEASE them. In exchange for my RELEASE, You give me Your Peace. Partnered with You, I find that You always do the heavy lifting and give me the lighter load. You teach me how to RELEASE and leave the heavy lifting to You, and you help me learn how to live UNLOADED in Your Peace. I really need the peaceful rest You offer, Lord. Your Way is so...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 27: 13 I am expecting the Lord to rescue me again, and re-ROOT blooms into the break in my heart, so that once again I will grow to believe in, be ROOTED in, and see His Goodness take ROOT in me here in the land of the living. ROOTED IN GOODNESS Dear GOOD God,  Thank You for quickly coming to my aid. You hasten to meet me right where I am, and ROOT me in Your Goodness whenever I cry out for Your Help. You hasten to anchor my ROOTS in the stability of Your Strong Love during every moment and every grief wave, until the  weight of grief lifts and makes space for Love to take ROOT in its place. Your Compassion wraps Your Comfort all around me, my ROOTS and my circumstances. Your length of Love increases the healing in my heart and ROOTS it deeper into Your Love. In the middle of the night, I know You are my Constant Compassion, Who waits up with me until I sense Your Hereness. You stay with me until I perceive everything You Provide to sustain me and my ROOTS...

GOOD NEWS from PSALM 62: 5 REST in God O my soul. Stand silently before the Lord, waiting for Him to restcue me. For my hope and my salvation come from Him alone. LEARNING TO REST  Dear Lord, Thank You for the silence I find in REST.  Some of the best music is heard in the REST! In silent REST I find my questions rise more easily to the surface. In silent REST, Your Answers come out clearer and creep into my consciousness. Help me welcome them in and realize You are here in my REST.  REST would do me good. Today, I will be brave and steadfast of what the stillness of REST reveals. I know You see it all. You are aware of all the thoughts and feelings that are RESTING in and leaking out the breaks in my heart. You Omniscient God, are ALL Wisdom.  Speak Your Wisdom to my questions lying bare and RESTING in the cracked spaces of my heart. I expect You to act because I know You will accept me as I am and turn toward me in joy and gladness. You are such a patient loving Fa...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 119:28 COME encourage, strengthen, and cheer my heart and my grief with Your Words, O Lord. COME AGAIN Dear LORD, Thank You for COMING again to see about my heart and my grief and then filling my every reserve with Your Strength. COME and still me until I am refueled with something to give, then You can require more of me. COME in close with Your Tender Presence and surround me with Your Peace. COME and sit with me in the midst of it all. Yours are the only Hands that hold and keep me together. Only when You COME to me, am I able to rise through You and accomplish things through Your Abilities, while the reality of my earthly loss is hitting me like a tsunami. When I wander through my inner world, wherever I look, You are right there in the middle, COMING to meet me wherever I am.  Somehow You COME and You bring order with Your Peaceful Presence.  The only thing I need to do is COME to You and rest in You right now.  Thank You for COMING again and aga...

GOOD NEWS from John 1: 16 We all benefit from the rich blessings of GRACE He brought us—blessings upon blessings, GRACES upon GRACES heaped upon us again and again! SO MUCH GRACE  Dear God of GOODNESS and GRACE, Thank You for being full of GRACE, Mercy and Kindness, Compassionate and Forgiving me today and everyday. I come to You with all things, like anger, resentment, and impatience to trade them in for Your GRACE and MERCY that brings me freedom, and gets Your Foot in my door. I release everything to You, for I know ALL the GRACE You give in return is so much better than anything else I can release and let go. I am so GRATEFUL for Your Infinite Love. I am so thankful for the welcome I receive whenever I freely come to Your Throne of GRACE anytime, day and night, asking  You for anything in accordance with Your Will.  You always freely give to me GRACE out of the vast abundance in Your Kingdom. When the waters of life wash me, and I need strength to stand up in them, I ...

GOOD NEWS from HEBREWS 11: 1  What is faith? Faith is the confident assurance that something we want and HOPE for is going to happen.  Before we can even see it up ahead,  Faith is the certainty that what we HOPE for is waiting for us.   CONFIDENT HOPE Dear HOLY ONE, Thank You for Your free gift of HOPE in Your Goodness. I hear, and have confident HOPE in, all the ways You treat Your Children: You are Kind, You are Tenderhearted, You are Patient, You are Compassionate. You are Powerful beyond all measure. You Heal and You Raise. You are Persistent in Your Rescue, always meeting me when I call on You with Your Powerful Defense. You turn toward my curious heart, and You only require what I can give. God, You are perfect in Love. You meet me with the Power of Your Presence.  You give me HOPE to carry on. You change my life, renewing me again and again. I HOPE to follow You. Come closer, Lord, and transform me from the inside out. Let my optimism turn into confident...

GOOD NEWS from PSALM 3: 3 Lord, you are my SHIELD, You are my glory, and You are my only hope. You alone can lift up my head until my eyes gaze upon Your Glory. The Lord is my strength and my SHIELD; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me.” – Psalm 28:7 SHIELD AROUND ME Dear LORD, Thank You for attending to me and SHIELDING me when situations and circumstances attempt to pierce my armour of God.  You see far more than I, and others, could ever dream of, ask for, or imagine if.  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are Your Ways, Your Thoughts, and Your Omniscient Vision, higher than mine. You see the end from the beginning, and You see every detail in between. I trust You to SHIELD, heal, and restore every part of me. Only You can, and I believe You Will. You are so much better than any other love I know. You are constantly reaching out for me, checking in with me, and extending Your Love and Your SHIELD toward me. I am always inside of Your Compassion becaus...

GOOD NEWS from  Psalm 40: 2-3 When I wait patiently for God to help me; Then He listens and hears me; Then He lifts me up and brings me out; Then He sets my feet SOLIDLY, on His firm and SOLID path; Then He steadies me as I walk along; Then He gives me a new song to sing, of praises to our God, whenever I wait patiently for God to help me! SOLID GROUND Dear FATHER God, Thank You for being the only SOLIDLY firm foundation that steadies me in this world. Your Word is as SOLID and as true today as it always was, and always will be, because Your Word always remains the same, Yesterday, Today, and Forever. Your Faithfulness is SOLID and far surpasses any other.  Your Faithfulness is SOLIDLY in a lane of its own. Your track record is SOLID and perfect. Wherever I am, You come in with Your Power Lift. You set me on Your firm amd SOLID Path of Love. Thank You for steadying me in Your SOLID Love, Lord.  You are the only One Who can reach down for me and lift me out of sinking sand...

GOOD NEWS from  Psalm 22:5 You hear my cries for help and Your HANDS save me;  I am always gratified, satisfied, and triumphant whenever I seek Your Aid.  Thy Will Be Done. HELP AT HAND Dear FAITHFUL ONE with HELP AT HAND, Thank You for being the same God Who delivered the Israelites out of the HANDS of the Egyptians.  You led them out of their captivity and into the freedom only found in Your HANDS! When they wandered the desert, You were with them at all times in HANDS on, tangible ways, just as You are with me right now. As Your Child, I know that You will care about, provide for, protect, and support me with Your HANDS.  You are with me. In every battle, You always have a way out. Deliverance is always possible for You. Right now You see the way to happiness and joy. I don't need to know the way forward because You do. I put the way in Your HANDS. I only need to know that You are with me and You are guiding me. You are leading me with Your Wisdom. When You s...

GOOD NEWS from  Psalm 34: 18 The Lord HOLDS close those whose hearts are open to Him; He rescues those who are humbly contrite. HELD BY LOVE Dear Merciful Father, Thank You for seeing me in my openness. Whether I have strength to call out to You, or in the quietness of my heart, You always draw near to me and HOLD me. I have tasted and seen Your Goodness in my life, and I believe if I HOLD fast to Your Promises, I will see it again and again. Now, in the depths of grief, You come close and surround me with the covering comfort of being HELD safe in Your Arms and swaddled in Your Love.  I trust You to make me whole again with Your uplifting blessed assurance that has HELD me upright thus far. Thank You for HOLDING me and keeping me together Lord, until I feel like I am HELD and centered in Your Kindness. I remember that You have wide open agendas. You love because it is Your Very Nature to do so.  I will open myself up to You and keep You near today. I will accept being HE...

GOOD NEWS from  Psalm 119:  75-77 I know, O Lord, that ALL Your decisions are right and ALL Your corrections are right and do me good. Now let Your Loving-Kindness LOOK upon me and comfort me, just as You promised. Surround me with Your Tender Mercies that I may LOOK to You and live. For Your law is my delight. LOOK TO HIM Dear Lord, Thank You for my air and my heartbeats and  for opening my  heart to LOOK to You again today, I know You have the strength I need for whatever comes my way.  I want to always LOOK to You and rely on Your capacity, rather than wear myself down and tire myself out illusionally thinking I can reIy on me, myself, and I, or on my own. Your Resources and Your Power are infinite  ♾️  You are perfect in Your ability to LOOK my way and extend Your Mercy.  You always give to those who ask for Your Help and then LOOK for Your Answers.  You always turn toward me  when I LOOK to You by turning in Your Direction. You are ...