It's Like Open Heart Surgery without the Fear of Death

Be still and let God be God (Psalm 46:10).  Do you often pray asking for something specific.  Do you allow yourself to be still long enough to receive the fruit of your direct request......

I have recently devoted a large part of my prayer life specifically to my children.  I have always prayed for them by name, however God has laid on my heart to pray even more specific for each one of them.  Recently it was laid on my heart to pray for my oldest daughter like this:

Father God, I desire deeper  one-on-one communication with Sweet Pea.  Our individual time is limited and I ask for a way to lessen this and allow us to see the depths of our hearts clearly.  I pray for her to begin to search high and low for what it means to have a personal relationship with you.  I believe she is at the age where her relationship with you can be independent of me.  God, I know she needs a Savior in this broken world.  Give me the supernatural wisdom to guide her into a relationship with You.  As you know, Lord, she is a leader and can teach many others of the simplicity and joy of your salvation.  Use her gift of creativity boldly, to personalize this journey for her and to begin to leave her own foot print on the canvas of this world.  In Jesus' Name, Amen

One day later, Sweet Pea calls me into her room after the little Banana had fallen asleep and said, ''I've written three questions for you in this journal, I want you to answer them each night, just me and you.''  We've been doing this prayer and question exchange for a week now.  She asked me a question about asking Jesus into her heart.  In exchange I asked her if she understood what it meant to ask Jesus into her heart, die to herself to live for Jesus.  I wanted to share the fruit of my prayer....her answer...see for yourself.  The question has prompted many other conversations and a life time of more questions with a method that allows for transparency.  God not only answered my prayer about her search for salvation, He gave her the vision to creatively design a platform that I have a feeling many will share as the years progress.  She already brought her journal to school, showed her friend and reported back last night that her and her mom had started the same thing.  The richness of God's blessings aren't something that ''happen in the future''.  They happen right before our eyes and as a direct result of us going before our Lord and praying the desires of our hearts. 

Sweet Pea, may God get all the glory for our conversations as He moves in us and between us. Claim the Word of God...''Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.'' Psalm 37:4  I love you so much.  Love, Mom