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GOOD NEWS from Proverbs 16: 9 We can make plans—counting on God to determine our steps and His HANDS to direct our ways! OUT OF MY HANDS Dear Heavenly Father God and Holy One,  Thank You for allowing me to bond my life to Yours and give my heart to You for Your HANDS to hold. You are the Leader of my life and You Guide my steps in Your Wisdom and with Your HANDS throughout every season. Though I make my plans and You Encourage me to do so, You know what will work. In ALL situations, Your Grace is sufficient and so are Your HANDS. In every circumstance You Lead my finite understanding to Your INFINITE Understanding.  In each moment, Your HANDS Lead me with Love through the twists and the turns on the road I am walking. When my life spins, let my mind be steadied in the knowledge that Your Faithful HANDS are covering me.  May my heart be confident in Your Leadership as I HAND over my life to You.. When my focus shifts from You to me, gently take my face in Your HANDS and re...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 126: 5 Those who SOW tears shall reap joy! SEEDS SOWN Dear Heavenly Father God, Thank You for only in  You do I find a reliable source of hope SOWN into the fabric of my life. Your Love always follows through on Your Promises.  You are faithful in all Your Ways. When I am tempted to give up and surrender to the world and its ways, redirect me back to Your Path of Love that SOWS Your Way straight to the Heart of Our Father where I can give up and surrender directly to Him. Your Peace SOWS stillness in me with the Clarity of Your Wisdom. Your Love settles my heart with confidence in Your Constant Character that is SOWN into it. I know that everything can be useful to Your Purpose and SOWN into my Tapestry. You can make ALL THINGS work together for good, including my grief, which will also lead to the Fruit of Your Goodness. I have to believe that You SOW Your Fruit of Life and Beauty into the ashes of the losses I've endured. The only way out for me is to ho...

 GOOD NEWS from Titus 1: 2 I have been sent to bring faith and knowledge from the hope for life FOREVER to those God has chosen, and to teach them to know God’s Truth —the kind of Truth that changes lives—so that they can have eternal life FOREVER, which God promised to us  before time and the world began—and He can only tell Truth. LIFE FOREVER Dear Heavenly and Faithful Father God, Thank You for Being One I can place all my bets on FOREVER. My life has always been Yours and FOREVER will be Yours. Today I remind my soul that You are the same Loving God I've known FOREVER up until now, in fact, even more so. Your FOREVER Compassion carries me through all my days and Your Steady Hand guides me through the valleys. You are my FOREVER Hope. You are my FOREVER Joy. You find me. You reassure me. You are The God of Abraham, The One to Whom he pledged his life FOREVER in faith. You are The God of David, who called out to You in despair and then praised You in the peaks of his life in...

GOOD NEWS from Romans 15: 33 And now may our God, who gives us His peace and WHOLENESS, be with us all. YES! Lord, so let it be. Amen. WHOLENESS IN HIM

GOOD NEWS from  Jude 1: 2 May you receive more and more of God’s ABUNDANT Kindness, Peace, Mercy and Love! ABUNDANT PROVISION 

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 31: 7 I am radiant with joy because I am gladly rejoicing in Your Mercy, for you have listened to and KNOW my troubles and You have rescued my soul from its crisis during adversities. ALWAYS KNOWN  Dear Heavenly Father and Merciful God, Thank You for KNOWING me completely.  What an Amazing and humbling thought that You really see me, fully KNOW me, and still love me. You KNOW and see me beyond my facades, beyond my projections, beyond my wounds, and into the core of who You Created me to be. You KNOW exactly how to communicate Your Affection to me in a way and language that I understand.  You KNOW and celebrate me in my Victories, and You KNOW and comfort me in my grief. Father I am thankful and overjoyed at the revelation of KNOWING Your Kindness and Your Mercy today. When I KNOW and consider Your Great and Precious Love and the free Delight You have shown me, all I can say is, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! My heart rejoices in Your Mercy; let the...

GOOD NEWS from Romans 8: 6 To set the mind on following after The Holy Spirit leads to life and peace, but following after the old nature of worldly flesh and d'evil deeds lead to death. SPIRIT THOUGHTS 

GOOD NEWS from Philippians 3: 21 When He comes back, He will take our weak, mortal, dying bodies and change them into glorious bodies like His Own, using the same Mighty POWER that He uses to conquer all else everywhere, bringing E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. under His Control! EXTRAORDINARY AMAZING POWER Dear Heavenly Father God and POWERFUL One, Thank You for Your Amazing POWERFUL Capacity to do what can only be perceived with a Divine Mind. Your POWER  Heals. Your POWER Raises. Your POWER Fixes hearts with Your Infinite Love. Even now, Your POWER is working in the middle of my heart and life to bring about  Your Redemption. Fill my heart with enough POWERFUL faith in You to clearly know that You are with me throughout every situation and circumstance.  When life brings me to my knees, while I'm down there, help me pray to You until You Lift me up with Your POWER and Your Love. When all is said and done, You have the final say over life and death.  The details of this myste...

GOOD NEWS from Jeremiah 8: 18 My grief is beyond healing; my broken heart is beyond mending; 💔 😢 You are my Comforter; The Lifter Upperer of my head AGAIN AND AGAIN! COME AGAIN Dear Heavenly Father God and Comforter,  Thank You for seeing the cracks in my heart that need to be filled in AGAIN and AGAIN with Your Tender Love and Mercy. When I consider the great opportunities You Give me in this life, I am thankful for Your soul saving Joy that comes flooding my system AGAIN and AGAIN. Wrap me up in Your Comforting Embrace with Your Incredible Love AGAIN AND AGAIN, especially when grief is too much for me to bear alone. Only In You can I find True Acceptance AGAIN and AGAIN in any state in which I find myself. You are quick to come AGAIN and AGAIN whenever I cry out to You for Help.  Come now and then Come AGAIN and AGAIN.  HOLY SPIRIT, I am relying on Your Grace and Mercy to cover and fill me once AGAIN. I need Your Help to get out of bed until Your Joy grips me. Come cl...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 106: 7 Our fathers who were delivered from Egypt, had yet to understand Your Wonders. They took You for granted,  and weren’t impressed by the wonder of Your miracles in Egypt. They soon forgot Your many acts of kindness to them, yet OVER and OVER You showed them Your Tender Love and Mercy, even when they rebelled against You at the Red Sea. OVER AND OVER  Dear Heavenly Father God of Lights,  Thank You for Being in the beginning of time and for being faithful until the end of time, and then OVER into eternity! You are here everyday, and MOREOVER, You will always be here as well as involved in the redemption of Your People. You are continually weaving the thread of Your Precious and Faithful Love OVER, under, around, and through every life that is Yours. Help my heart take courage in Your Faithfulness, and may it be OVERLY strengthened in Your Presence.  May I be one who reverences and  cherishes You. Your Presence is my peace, my strength, a...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 10:17 Lord, You know the hopes of helpless, humble people. Surely You will hear my cries and comfort my heart, and help me discover Your PURPOSE for my life! NOT IN VAIN Dear Heavenly Father God and Holy Lord, Thank You for Your Power that holds all things together, even now, even me. You abide with me and give me Your PURPOSE for my life when I need Your Help. YOUR LOVE DEFENDS ME when I am too weak to fight for myself.  You clearly see my grief today, my feelings of lack of PURPOSE today, and the hesitations in my heart today.  Answer my cries that are rising up to You from deep down in my PURPOSE driven soul.  I need You more than I can verbalize. Be my close comfort, Giver of my PURPOSE, and Lifter of my head. You are the Only One Who always proves faithful to come through in Your Time. Please continue showing up in love. Holy Spirit, fill me and refill me up with the Peace of Your Presence until I know my PURPOSE and the satisfaction of Your Near...

GOOD NEWS from Romans 15: 4 All these things that were written in the Scriptures so long ago in the past are to give me patience and ENCOURAGEMENT so that I will look forward expectantly and with hope, to the time when God will conquer my sin and my death! ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TODAY Dear Heavenly Father God and Everpresent One, Thank You for Being The One where all my hopes in Jesus find their ENCOURAGEMENT  and fulfillment in Jesus!  You ENCOURAGE me to pray because You hear and notice every prayer, whether spoken with my lips or held silently and longingly in my heart. Your Capacity and ENCOURAGEMENT are Abundantly Beyond anything I could ask for, dream of, or imagine if. Your ENCOURAGING Counsel in Kindness and Comfort is always with me; I ask for Your Help. May I find Your Comfort and Your ENCOURAGEMENT in Your Word today that meets me precisely where I am.  Enlighten and ENCOURAGE my mind with Your Truth that causes the embers of faith in You to blow into flames. You ar...

GOOD NEWS from Isaiah 53: 3 We despised Him and rejected Him —a Man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on Him, hid our faces, and looked the other way when He went by. He was despised, and we didn’t care nor did we esteem Him 😔. HE KNOWS Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord, Thank You for being the Strength of my heart and my courage when everything else is gone.

GOOD NEWS from Revelation 21: 5 And The One sitting on the throne said, “See and Behold! I AM making all things NEW!” And then He said to me, “Write this down, for these Words I tell you are trustworthy and true:    It is finished! I am the A and the Z—the Beginning and the End. I will give to the thirsty the springs of the Water of Life—as a gift! NEW LEVELS  Dear Heavenly Father God and Faithful One, Thank You for Being The Same YTF, Yesterday, Today, and Forever. Your Character of Mercy and Kindness always remain the same. As The Creator, You were still making NEW things when You created the universe and everything in it.  You are still making NEW things with Your Redemption Power. You Restore and You Redeem and You make all things NEW. I know that You are still working things out for Good in my life. I trust that You are sowing seeds of NEW life that will produce good fruit. Though I have yet to see evidence, I trust that You are doing the unseen work of Redempti...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 25: 6 Be mindful of Your Mercy and Your Steadfast Love as You Overlook my youthful sins, O Lord! Look at me instead through Your Eyes of Mercy and Forgiveness, through Your Eyes of Everlasting Love and Kindness. For they have been an ANCIENT PATH! Give me Your Victory, O Lord, for I am trusting You. Let me succeed. Place Your Victory over me. ANCIENT PATH Dear Heavenly Father God and my sweet Lord, Thank You for revealing Your Kindness in my life today, just as You have done from ANCIENT Times.  Your Ways are always Merciful and Your Love is always abundant as is Your Eternal Existence, from ANCIENT Times through Now through Forever. You are The Joy I long for and The Mercy that frees me from everything, just as You did in ANCIENT times, so be it now; Your Faithful Love is the Constant thread running throughout all Creation. With Your Redemption as my Safeguard at every point, I will reverence You. You are always bringing new life up from the ashes, making thin...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 59: 16 As for me, I will sing aloud each morning about Your Power and Your Mercy. For you are my High Tower of Refuge, my DEFENSE, and my place of safety in the day I needed the Shelter of Your Arms! Dear Heavenly Father God and DEFENDER,  Thank You for receiving me when I run to my DEFENSE inside the safety found in Your Shelter.  Your Presense is a shield of DEFENSE all around me. You are fighting for me and DEFENDING me so I don't have to plead my own case. Give my heart peace from needing DEFENSE while I am resting in You. Calm my racing, rising thoughts and heart as I turn over the control of my circumstances to You again today, and leave it there. I know that You are Omniscient with Infinite Wisdom and You always know what is best to do. As I choose to trust You in my mind and with my lips, may my heart follow suit and find Respite and DEFENSE in Your Tender Care.  Calm me with Your Reassuring Words of Wisdom, especially when I am tempted to tak...

GOOD NEWS from 2Thessalonians 3: 16 May the Lord of Peace Himself give you His Peace AT ALL TIMES and in every situation, circumstance and happening. The Lord is with you all, through it all, and AT ALL TIMES! AT ALL TIMES Dear Heavenly Father and Mighty God, Thank You for the Fullness of Your Power AT ALL TIMES and The Most Profound Peace I have ever known. You are my constant Source of Calm AT ALL TIMES in this life. Be my very present Peace that Anchors me AT ALL TIMES, including dips of grief that feel like caverns of deep darkness TIMES. In the highest of highs on my good days, and what looks like full functioning AT TIMES,  You alone are the joy found inside the gratefulness of my heart. Your Peace is felt in every moment AT ALL TIMES and it is also felt in Your Very Presence. Be with me right where I am now and AT ALL TIMES today. You are The Helper I need AT ALL TIMES, including when I have yet to see Your clues, see where to turn, or know what to do. You are the confidant ...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 34: 4 - 5 For I prayed to The Lord and He Answered me! He FREED me from all my fears. 5 Others too were radiant with JOY at what He Did to help them. Theirs was an upbeat look of radiant JOY! JOYFUL FREEDOM Dear Heavenly Father and Great God,  Thank You for being my Liberator and leading me into Your JOYFUL FREEDOM! Breathe You Peace into my body until I am calmed, and I feel the JOYFUL FREEDOM of  Your Peace flooding my nervous system.  As I focus my attention on Your Presence inside my own breath, calm the responses in my brain to receive Your Peace that supports my ability to FREELY engage in the present moment. Lord, You know exactly what I need precisely when I need it. Look at me; I desperately need You in order for me to attain JOYFUL FREEDOM. Set me FREE from the cycles that bring me to my knees and then set me on Your Path of Peace. Your Path brings me higher as I FREELY walk with You in Joy and Love. Bring the LIBERATION I need. As I look to...

GOOD NEWS FROM PSALM 71: 22 Loving God, the harp in my heart will praise You with MUSIC telling of Your Faithfulness to all Your Promises. O Holy One of Israel, Your Faithful HEART towards us will be the theme of my SONG. My MELODIES and MUSIC will rise to You, the Holy One of Israel! MY LIFE'S SONG Dear Heavenly Father God and Holy One, Thank You for Your Faithfulness to me because whenever I think about it, my heart SINGS SONGS of  hopes once again. Help me to look at what You have done and what You are doing in Your people around me, and SING of Your Resources in faith. Even when I walk through a dark desert, refresh me with springs of Your Living Water and put a new SONG into my heart. I know that one day,  the reality of my circumstances will look different, and You will have been with me Through It All, now, then, and forever. Lord, encourage my heart to SING to You again today. Your Loyal Love always holds on to me and all of your children. i have to believe whenever I ...

GOOD NEWS from Isaiah 57: 18 I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them and comfort them, helping them to mourn and to confess their sins to Me. HE STILL HEALS Dear Heavenly Father God and Perfect One,  Thank You for allowing me to come before Your Throne of Grace again!

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 71: 22 My Loving God, the harp in my heart will praise You with music and SONG. Telling of your Faithful HEART towards me will be the theme of my SONG. My Melodies in music and SONG will rise to You, thanking You for all Your Promises, O Holy One of Israel! MY LIFE'S SONG Dear Heavenly Father God and Holy One, Thank You for Your Faithfulness. When I think about Your Faithfulness my heart hopes and SINGS once again. Help me to remember to look at what You have done and what You are currently doing in Your People around me. When I walk through a dark desert, refresh me with springs of Your Living Waters that are MUSIC to my ears. I know the reality of my current situation and circumstance will look different In His Time. You are with me Through It All. Lord, encourage my heart to beat again in You today. Your Loyal Love always holds onto Your Children. I have to believe that when I am Looking Back on this Time Of My Life, I will see Your Goodness here in my grief...

GOOD NEWS from Hosea 10: 12 Each TIME when I plant the good seeds of His Righteousness, then I will reap a crop of His Love; when I plow the hard ground of my heart, for now is the TIME to seek the Lord, then He can come and shower His Salvation upon me! For IT IS TIME to seek The Lord until He Comes and Reigns down His Righteousness on me! IT IS TIME Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord, Thank You for BEING The Source of my Strength and the Source of every provision I will ever need at all TIMES! I set my heart and my intentions on You TIME after TIME, and again today. You see my attempts to just get through some days and some TIMES. You see me through during the TIMES I have yet to reach my highest point, and You raise me up to it, rather than judge down my weakness: even in TIMES of my frailty, Thou are with me.  I lean on Your Loving Everlasting Arm, TIME after TIME for Yours is the only river of life that flows through me, an overflowing fountain that will always run living water...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 10: 14 Lord, you see what they are doing. You note each act. You know what they have caused. Now correct them. O Lord, the poor man trusts himself to You; You are known as the helper of the helpless. 🎶 ABIDE WITH ME https://youtu.be/PzmvagnGTYY?si=sgo0PQ9aUmmmbf8T

GOOD NEWS from James 3: 17 The WISDOM that comes from Heaven is first of all Pure and Full of Quiet Gentleness. Then it is Peace-Loving and Courteous. It allows discussion, is open to reason, and is willing to yield to others; it is full of Mercy and Good Deeds. It is Wholehearted and Straightforward, Impartial and Sincere. WONDERFUL WISDOM Dear Heavenly Father and All Knowing God, Thank You for seeing everything through Your WISE Lens of Love, even now, even me!  With Your WISDOM, You see every detail from the beginning of time to the end of time, and you catch every moment in between. Your WISDOM and Mercy are greater than time itself.  Your WISDOM and Love are free of limits and have completely open borders, higher than the Heavens, deeper than the oceans, and WISER than all human understanding. You are full of WISDOM and Patience, always willing to lend an ear, and You are readily available to all who want to know You and partake of Your WISDOM.  Your Sincerity is one...

GOOD NEWS from 2Corinthians 1: 3-4 Blessed be The God And Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. What a wonderful God we have and a Mighty God we serve. He is The Source of Every Mercy, and The God Who so wonderfully comforts, RELIEVES, and strengthens us. And why does He do this? So that when others are needing our sympathy, comfort, and encouragement for their RELIEF, we can pass on to them this same help, RELIEF and comfort God has given us, and with which we ourselves are conforted and RELIEVED. READY RELIEF Dear Heavenly Father God of Mercy and Compassion, Thank You for being One with whom I can let myself become in Your Presence; what a RELIEF that is. Only You can hold me together. You are Patient to sit with me and hold me close in Your Compassionate Arms until I feel RELIEF and Comfort while recovering from my sadness rooted in loss. You give me time to process what I am experiencing, and You allow me to stay in Your Arms as long as I want to while You support me with Your Everlasti...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 17: 7 Show me and all who seek You, Your Strong Love. MAGNIFY the MARVELS of Your MERCY in wonderful ways O Savior of all those seeking Your help, turning aside to hide ourselves in You against our foes. MARVELOUS MERCY Dear Heavenly Father and Pure One, Thank You for allowing me to hide myself in You and receive Your MARVELOUS MERCY.  YOU see what I am facing, You Know I am weary of the world and its weight, and I cannot bear these burdens unless I have Your MARVELOUS MERCY. I believe that You are the Same God and that Your Character has a Light side. Your Goodness and MARVELOUS MERCY are better than I hope for at every bend in my story. When I look back on this grief season I trust that I will continue seeing Your MARVELOUS MERCY as evident as spring flowers in bloom. Beneath the surface of the hard cold ground, there are seeds and bulbs resting until the conditions are met for blossoming. Your MARVELOUS MERCY is always at work, Lord!  Whether I can see ...

GOOD NEWS from Revelation 21: 6 It is finished! I am the A and the Z—the Alpha and the Omega ---the Beginning and the End. I freely give as my gift to all who are thirsty, DEEP DRINKS from the springs of Water of Eternal Life! DRINK DEEP Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord Over ALL, Thank You for BEING both The Beginning and The End. Your Presence is constant in the day-to-day, and You are with me and DEEPLY committed to me every moment of each day. You freely give Your Life to ALL who ask for it, so here I am asking for more of Your Goodness and more of Your Mercy to DRINK. Your Love is like a DRINK from Springs that are always overflowing with the purest, clearest, cleanest and most refreshing DRINKING water I ever tasted. Let me DRINK DEEP of Your Waters of life again today. Remind me of the purity of what You Offer me to DRINK. Jesus, You said, that when one DRINKS of Your Living Waters they will always be satisfied. I have tasted and seen Your Goodness in my life and only You can sa...

GOOD NEWS from Luke 1: 78 - 79 All this will be because The Mercy of our Good God is very tender, and heaven’s dawn is about to break open upon us, and the Sonrise from on high will visit us to shine light to those who sit in darkness and in grief's shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the path of His PEACE! WAY OF PEACE Dear Heavenly Father and Merciful God, Thank You for guiding me onto Your Pathway of PEACE! Your Pathway to PEACE is the only road I want to walk because only on this path does Your Love run deeper, Your PEACE run truer, and Your Mercy run greater than on any other path. You are Supreme and You are the Pinnacle above ALL others. You are rich in Compassion, Generous in Kindness and PEACE Loving. With You as my PEACE Loving Leader, I want to go Your Way. Your Way leads to life and beauty. You Are My God. Shine Jesus Shine; Shine down upon me again today with the Light of Your Love and Your PEACE. You bring clarity, calm, and PEACE wherever Yoh are, and whereve...

GOOD NEWS from Matthew 5: 3 - 4 Humble in Spirit people are very fortunate! He told them, for in The DIVINE EXCHANGE, The Kingdom of Heaven is given to them.  Those who mourn are fortunate for in The DIVINE EXCHANGE, they shall be comforted! HOLY EXCHANGE  Dear Heavenly Father God and King of Heaven, Thank You for ruling over every submitted heart and DIVINELY EXCHANGING it for Your WHOLEHEARTED, PERFECT, ENTIRE AND FOREVER Love. I have little to offer, and what little I have to offer, You DIVINELY EXCHANGE it for Your Powerful Mercy and Your Tender Kindness. I know very well You See Very Clearly that My attempts to love You are genuine but flawed attempts, yet You DIVINELY EXCHANGE my flawed attempts for Your WHOLEHEARTED, PERFECT, ENTIRE AND FOREVER Love! When great grief pains rip my heart open, and I can barely get through the day, and survival mode becomes my default, I'm thankful I can EXCHANGE it for Your DIVINELY Comforting Presence. You are looking for hearts willing ...

GOOD NEWS from Job 4: 4 In the past your words have COMFORTED many a troubled soul telling them to trust in God; and you have strengthened many others until they could stand. You encouraged those who were weak or falling, or lying crushed upon the ground or were tempted to despair. CONSTANT COMFORT Dear Heavenly Father God and COMFORTER, Thank You for wrapping Your Warm and Tender Arms of Love and COMFORT ALL around me again today. Your Presence infuses me with Your Peace and Your COMFORT; You are the Respite for which my soul longs. Whether short or long intervals since I rested in the COMFORT of You, I always have Your Perfect Love. You generously release Your Tender Mercy to me at each moment. May my heart be COMFORTED and strengthened in You as You hold me together. Oh COMFORTING Spirit of God, come close to me even now. Make for me a fresh encounter with Your COMFORTING LOVE.  I know that is how You work. You are attentive and kind and you meet the needs of my heart with the p...

GOOD NEWS from Daniel 9: 9 The Lord our God owns Merciful Forgiveness and He Pardons ALL those who allow Him to have His BETTER WAY in them rather than their own! HE IS BETTER Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord, Thank You for Your Incredible Patience and Compassion that are so much BETTER than anything I know! You allow me time to make a decision to choose You and Your BETTER way.  Because You qualify me as Your Child, Your Constant Kindness constantly draws me back to YOU and Your BETTER way everytime I try to go my own way. As a Patient and Loving Father, You embrace me with Your Compassion and You Kindly teach me Your BETTER Ways. I'm so thankful that You ARE BETTER than me and my own limited experience. I can see Your Fingerprints of Mercy in my small life, making it a BETTER Life.  You ARE with me every step of my life's journey. Continue leading me in Your Love All the days of my life correcting my perspective and lifting it up to Heaven's BETTER View. Open my eyes to ...

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 102: 17 He will listen to the prayers of the humble for he is ALWAYS available to accept and heed their prayer requests!