“The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!” (Ps 118:21).

All that you accomplish, Lord Jesus, is done,

not just well,

but perfectly,

without error,

without failure,

without mistake.

You are always right, which means

your desires are right,

your motives are right,

your timing is right,

your actions are right.

You are so great that you can see every detail in every second of every situation,

right down to the sub-atomic particles involved.

You mind is so expansive that you can comprehend every implication of every decision, from the next second, right on into eternity.

You are aware of all that has and will happen in time. You always know what is best and will do it with perfect timing.

What a privilege to have such a Lord, Savior, Shepherd and King!

Prayer: “Lord, may the marvel of your majestic character overwhelm me each day. May my love for you ever expand and deepen. May I love you back with wholehearted obedience. Amen.”

Picture: In your great love, you show us the way with your path of light

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9

You, Lord, are intent on greater things than what is on our small minds.

You are focused on things of the heart, of the spirit, of eternity.

You are working to change us through our problems today to prepare us for our future marriage to the Lamb.

You know how every detail works towards this and are not reticent to send or allow

the storm,

flood,

amine,

fight,

upheaval,

and war

For these will:

open eyes,

plow hearts,

draw our attention to eternal things,

reveal our  poor spirits,

and bring us to our knees before Truth.

Praise you, Lord God for you are wise, fully informed and aware of every detail of how it will work out.

You are determined to do what is good and will do so while being unbending in both mercy and judgment,

but always having mercy triumph!.

Help us, Lord, to remember all this and respond to each trial with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, joining you in your great plan.

Picture: the height of God’s thoughts

“It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes” (Ps.118:8,9).

You, Lord God, are absolutely trustable while people are ever fickle;

you are mighty, people are weak;

you are eternal, people are fleeting;

you are infinitely wise, people have very limited understanding and knowledge;

you see all, people see only a tiny portion of reality;

you know the future, people can only guess;

you are good by nature, people are evil by nature;

you are loving, people are selfish.

So–who are we going to trust?

To  trust in you, Lord God, is always wise,

to take refuge in you is always good,

to rest in you is always right.

Praise be to you, Lord Jesus: Creator and King, Lord and Savior, Judge and Victor.

Prayer: “To you be glory in my life today and forever more.

Help me to flee to you with each challenge, problem and difficulty,

offering the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

so the answer can come from you and bring you glory.

Help me today to distrust myself and to trust you instead. Amen.”

Picture our trustable Lord, as faithful as the dawn:

An example of the power of prayer: “You have not because you ask not.” James 4:2

For years I’ve been praying for God to bring an awakening among unbelivers and a revival for believers in America. And now He is answering, in an unexpected way. Here are comments from different articles about this great answer to prayer.

“Charlie Kirk’s premature death has led to a level of introspection that causes people to ask, ‘What am I living for right now?’”

An example is former Navy SEAL, Jack Carr, who said he and his family were motivated to go back to church following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, marking an example of people embracing church and Christianity

“That has also caused a re-examination…for us as a family,” he said. Kirk’s murder… is leading them to re-evaluate their lives in light of the possibility of dying at a young age.

“There’s one church in Michigan that said a number of young adults who were raised in the church” but hadn’t been there for years “showed back up.”

Chris Tomlin, who led the singing at Kirk’s memorial service, said he’d met an Uber driver who told him after the service, “Man, that thing that happened to Charlie, it woke me up. I’m getting baptized this Sunday.” Chris continued, “People are coming hungry, wanting to connect with God. There’s no playing games anymore. It feels like we’re in a real moment, an awakening.”

A second powerful happening was when Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erica prayed at his memorial service, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, I forgive the man who murdered my husband because it’s what Christ did, and it’s what Charlie would do.”

She continued, “We saw people pray for the first time since they were children, we saw people go to a church service for the first time in their entire lives. This past week, we saw people open a Bible for the first time in a decade. We saw people pray for the first time since they were children. We saw people go to a church service for the first time in their entire lives.”

There it is! A huge answer to prayer, turn tragedy into triumph!

How about you? Has it touched you?

Picture: God takes a man, leaves a fire

“In my anguish I cried out to the Lord and he answered by setting me FREE” (Ps. 118:5).

You, Lord God, are the Freedom-giver—

giving us:

freedom from eternal death,

from punishment,

from condemnation,

from selfishness and Satan,

as well as from fretting and fear.

You are always at work to set us free from things that bind us, ever on a deeper level, in a higher way.

Praise be to you

for your wisdom,

your insight,

your understanding.

You operate with full knowledge,

certain of which thing to work on next,

which enemy to defeat,

which sin to reveal,

which point to camp out on until we respond.

You don’t guess and fumble as we do in life; you know exactly what is wrong and you know exactly how to deal with it, for you are the Creator, the Healer and the Freedom-bringer.

Help us to walk in the freedom you have for us, for, “…if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36

Picture: running in the freedom of the Lord