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GOOD NEWS from Genesis 50: 20 As for you, you meant evil against me. EVEN SO, as far as I am concerned, God turned into good what you meant for evil, for He brought me to this high position I have today SO that I could save the lives of many people! EVEN SO Dear Heavenly Father and Faithful God, Thank You for my heart which is bound to You in Love!  I belong to You EVEN in the chaos of the world that would take me out and EVEN when I am walking through the barrenness of the winter season. I know that You are with me, EVEN when it feels like everything is dormant, and EVEN when I struggle to see hopes of a beautiful Spring Season coming again.  EVEN though I know that Seasons change,  I need You to gyive my mind the perspective it needs to fully trust You today, in the current season. EVEN SO, You are the giver of life, Lord. You restore broken things, EVEN now, EVEN me, and You redeem all situations with life surprises, EVEN mine. You uplift hopes, EVEN mine, and You find...

GOOD NEWS from Isaiah 57: 14 I will say, Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones. PREPARE a glorious HIGHWAY for My People’s return from captivity!  A WAY PREPARED  Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord, Thank You for allowing me to rely on You to PREPARE the WAY before me in more WAYS than I can express. I am always welcomed anew by You  whenever I come to You with my constant needs as I walk on the WAY PREPARED for me by YOU. You are a Kind and Patient Father Who  always PREPARED a WAY to welcome me warmly everytime I approach You. May my heart become calmed by the Peace in Your Presence as I make my WAY to You along the road You PREPARED for me again today. Lord, You have led me up until now as I link my life to Yours and to Your WAY that You have PREPARED for me. I trust You to continue guiding me in Your WAY toward the  Goodness You have PREPARED for me. I can see a stark difference between a life I live for myself trying to hack my own WAY through th...

GOOD NEWS from 1 Peter 4: 7 The end of the world is coming soon. Since we are approaching the end of things, be intentional, purposeful, self controlled, earnest, thoughtful, as EYES wide OPEN people that are given to prayer. EYES OPEN Dear Heavenly Father God and Yahweh, Thank You for BEING purposeful in everything on which You set Your EYES. Your Promises are f!ulfilled even when my EYES have yet to OPEN and see, and when the wait seems far too long. As You are resolute in love, so may I be firm in faith. You are Constant, Omnipresent, and You always remain the same God with OPEN EYES. Your character is Victory oriented, even in my dark nights of grief. I will remember Your Love always has a hold on me. You are finishing in me what You do best for me, and that is  restoring and redeeming me. Lord, when my EYES are straining to SEE You at work in my life, OPEN my EYES and direct my GAZE to where You Are. You are always here and Your EYES are ALWAYS OPEN, SEEING and believing the b...

GOOD NEWS from Proverbs 27: 17 A friendly discussion is as stimulating as the lighting sparks that fly when iron strikes iron. As iron SHARPENS iron, so a friend SHARPENS a friend! A Journey of Faith supported by community is a much more effective SHARPENER than a solitary journey of faith. SHARPENED Dear Heavenly Father and Merciful God,  Thank You for Your Very and Everpresent Love, The Greatest Gift i have ever known! Flood my senses with Your Compassion and SHARPEN me in a new way today. Your Friendship is the best I have ever known, iron SHARPENING iron. You are more faithful than a brother and more Loyal and more SHARPENING than my closest friend. You see my need for fellowship with skin on that SHARPENS me in the flesh and in the blood. You Created us for companionship and for community. Lord, remind me today of Your Goodness through relationships that SHARPEN me by pointing me to You. Whether my circle of trusted friends is small, or the community I am in is large, I am tha...

GOOD NEWS from James 4: 15 Instead, I ought to SUBMIT and say, If The Lord WILLS and wants me to, then I will live and also do this or that.  SUBMITTED Dear Heavenly Father and Great God, Thank You for allowing me to once again SUBMIT my heart and my life to You! Wherever You Lead I will SUBMIT myself to following You. As I lay out my tentative plans I am SUBMITTING to a posture of open hands turned towards You. I trust that when You Give, You Only Give Good Gifts. I know You WILL Redeem what needs to be found when lost things fall apart and I SUBMIT them to You. You know my heart thinks it knows best some of the time, I SUBMIT my thoughts to You Who ALWAYS knows what is best ALL of the time. I SUBMIT my plans to Yours, holding mine loosely. I will seek to praise and SUBMIT to You when things go Your Way rather than mine. You see the big picture along with every little detail inside it. You see the whole, I only see a small part May my heart take comfort and courage in the knowledg...

GOOD NEWS from Proverbs 18: 24 24 There are “friends” who pretend to be friends, but one who has reliable friends soon comes to prosperity; and then there is A Friend who sticks CLOSER than a brother!  Dear Heavenly Father God and Faithful Friend, Thank You for being CLOSER and more loyal to me than my own flesh and blood! You are ALWAYS CLOSELY looking out for my best interests even when I think I know better. As I walk CLOSER with You, may the walls that try to separate me from Your Kindness, Goodness, Joyfullness, Belief and Praise  come toppling down  underneath the weight of   Your Love and my praise. Your Pathway of Peace is so much better when I walk on it CLOSE to You Though I often think I know what I want, on CLOSER inspection I find that Your Wisdom is more grounded than my own understanding which shifts with the seasons. You are infinitely the same God, as is Your Boundless Mercy, Your Steadfast and Deep Love, and Your CLOSE Affection. Today Lord, ma...

GOOD NEWS from John 13: 5 So He got up from the supper table, took off His Robe, wrapped a towel around His Loins, poured water into a basin, and with a HUMBLE HEART He began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel He had around Him, with which He was gilded. HUMBLE HEART Dear Heavenly Father God and Beautiful Lord, Thank You for walking this earth with a HUMBLE HEART, and for revealing the tender HEART of Our Father so clearly. Though You were a King. You laid down Your Crown and became like a HUMBLE HEARTED Servant to ALL humankind. I have yet to conceive that our Creator of the universe and Creator of everything within it, would HUMBLE HIS HEART, and go incognito, clothed in flesh and bones like mine. While the Israelites were waiting on a warrior king to rescue them from earthly governments, You came as a HUMBLE HEART AND CONTRITE Savior, like a lamb. Father, when I begin to think I deserve more than what I am walking through, redirect my gaze to The HUMBLE HEAR...

GOOD NEWS from 1Peter 4: 12-13 Dear friends, Be free from bewilderment and SURPRISE when you go through fiery trials; EXPECT this as a usual thing that is going to happen and which comes upon you for your testing. Be really glad and thankful because to the degree you share them with Christ, these trials will turn into Tributes and TEST-imonies making you partners with Christ. Keep on rejoicing through them so at the revelation of His Glory, you will again rejoice in exultation with Him and have the wonderful joy of EXPECTING and sharing His Glory in that coming day when it will be displayed! NOT A SURPRISE  Dear Heavenly Father God and Holy One,  Thank You for BEING The One I EXPECT and look to through every season of the soul. You are my EXPECTED Help when I need Strength and Love. You are my Confidant when I bare my heart and soul before You. You are full of Joy and Celebration. You are everything I EXPECT and need and so much more. God, in the times of testing, be especiall...

GOOD NEWS from Romans 5: 8 But God showed His Great COMPASSIONATE LOVE for us by resurrecting Christ to life for us while we were unborn! (COM)PASSIONATE LOVE Dear Heavenly Father God and Wonderful Lord, Thank You for your Fervent, Continuous and COMPASSIONATE LOVE in its full intensity and all its  intentions! Your COMPASSIONATE and Fiery Heart of Pure LOVE is reaching out to purify and restore me. I've only just begun to understand all the lengths You went to in order to restore a COMPASSIONATE and right relationship of LOVE between humanity and Yourself. You want everything to clear the way for Your COMPASSIONATE LOVE and Your Forever Affection to flow toward us. May this truth reach me today with the revelation of your incredible, unrelenting, irresistible Mercy and COMPASSIONATE LOVE. A good friend might lay down his life for another friend; but who else lays down their life for one who doesn't know, or barely acknowledges them?  Your Goodness Jesus is the only Goodness i...

GOOD NEWS from John 14: 27   “I am leaving you with a gift—My LASTING PEACE: PEACE of mind and PEACE of heart! And the LASTING PEACE I give isn’t fragile like the PEACE the world gives. So be PEACEFUL, brave, and steadfast. LASTING PEACE Dear Heavenly Father and Spirit of God,  Thank You for Your Presence Which ALWAYS comes carrying LASTING PEACE! When my heart begins to tremble, tremble, would You Breathe The Breeze of Your LASTING PEACE that calms and brings rest to my soul? I know You give Your PEACE to LAST, yet when situations and circumstances threaten to disrupt Your LASTING PEACE I am carrying, may Your Love flood my soul and my senses, bringing everything, especially LASTING PEACE, back into order. May my whole being be continuously aligned with Your LASTING HEAVENLY PEACE, Love, and Joy. (Which denotes more permanency, continuous OR continual? Continuous denotes more permanency than continual.While both words refer to something that happens repeatedly or over ...

GOOD NEWS from Philippians 3: 20 As HEAVENLY CITIZENS, Our homeland is in HEAVEN, where our Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ, is; and we HEAVENLY CITIZENS are looking forward to His Return from there. HEAVENLY CITIZENS Dear HEAVENLY Father God, King of kings and King of HEAVENLY CITIZENS, Thank You for Being The One I've pledged my life to as a HEAVENLY CITIZEN. All my days are numbered before you, You see the span of my life, and as a HEAVENLY CITIZEN, every moment is accounted for before Your Eyes. You clearly see it all from HEAVEN I reverence You as my Wise and Faithful Leader, and King over my HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP.  My rightful permanent home is in HEAVEN and this earth is just a temporary place until You Usher in The infinite reign of Your Kingdom's CITIZENS.  When You Return and make everything right, and set everything in its rightful place, You HEAVENLY Kingdom of Love will reign supreme for ALL its CITIZENS. The Peace of Your Presence will be infinitely free of beginnin...

GOOD NEWS from Matthew 14: 29 All right,” the Lord said, as He INVITED Peter to “COME along! Peter accepted our Lord's INVITATION, came down out of the boat, and went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus! INVITATION Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord,  Thank You for INVITING me out and into Your Known, Calming, Encouraging, Uplifting Presence, and into Your Realm where ALL things are Possible! Help me trust that The One Who calls to INVITE me is the same One Who is with me. When Peter fixed his eyes on You, Peter accepted Your INVITATION and he  walked on water.  With my eyes fixed on You and Your INVITATIONS, ALL things are possible! Let my gaze stay tuned into Yours until I flow into worshipping You in ALL my situations and circumstances. As soon as I call out for Your Help, You accept my INVITATION and You are here lifting, and raising me up and out. Likewise, I am recognizing that I have to learn to accept Your INVITATIONS, even when they requ...

 GOOD NEWS from LUKE 16: 10 For when you are honest and RELIABLE in small matters, you will be honest and RELIABLE in large ones. If you are honest and RELIABLE even with a little responsibility, then you will be honest and RELIABLE with greater responsibilities. They who are RELIABLE and faithful in very little things are also RELIABLE and faithful in much and those who are RELIABLY righteous in very little things are also RELIABLY righteous in much. RELIABILITY MATTERS Dear Heavenly and Gracious Father God, Thank You for Your Infinitely RELIABLE FAITHFULNESS! You always come through on Your RELIABLE PROMISES and You always fulfill every intention You Set because RELIABILITY MATTERS to You. I do want to be like You in RELIABILITY MATTERS. I choose You and I choose to offer myself  to Your RELIABLE LOVE over and over again. Transform me into Your Likeness until I can see YOUR RELIABLE LIGHT lighting my way out of the valley. I know Your RELIABLE FAITHFLNESS is leading me. May ...

GOOD NEWS from Romans 14: 19 Let us PURSUE PEACE and the things that make for JOY and PEACE and the things that edify and lift up one another. In this way we are PURSUING PEACE and harmony in and outside the church, and trying to build each other up in The Kingdom of God . PURSUE PEACE Dear Heavenly and Faithful Father God, Thank You for Your Unifying Love and PEACE! Your Love welcomes us with PEACE rather than draws a line in the sand as so many humans do.  In the same way, help my heart to seek unification and PURSUE PEACE rather than division because of differences. You are sooooo much better than the rulers and kingdoms of this world. You Faithfully edify everyone with Your Power and Your PEACE. You are with the weak encouraging them to PURSUE PEACE. You are capable of doing anything with Your Authority from God, and You always choose to yield Good and PEACE. With Your Help, may I live a good and PEACEFUL life, reflecting Your same Love and PEACE, Lord. Wherever people are PURS...