Donny this week prayer walk brought up some really good memories also not so good. We are our last day tomorrow treatment and so far his beating this cancer. He gets to ring the bell tomorrow morning and by Saturday we are going back home . We have been gone for eight weeks and I have not been on last week prayer walk. Being here at Mayo I am my husband care taker and when his resting I go out and serve others to help raised funds that are close to my heart and shared my past medical journey. I might be able to make up this fast two weeks of Prayer Walk when we are home . Thank you for guiding us through this prayer walk.
I was raised in a large family. No presence of God in our household. I was the oldest and my father would always say you can do anything in life.you need to do this and you need to do this. Not true. My high school sweetheart who grew up in a faith based family became a pastor and I married at the age of 17 shaped me into the Jesus loving person I am today. 50 years later. My husband always said every morning before prayer today we will focus on the now of today as for God always has bigger plans than we could ever imagined. He taught me to always put God first .God will always give you what you need ,not what you want. Be still and know that Iam your God.
What I was told as a child was so false most of the time. My family is all adopted, so my family is not my birth family. My mother doubted my abilities. She wouldn’t talk about God but took me to church but not the service just the small classes before churches. When she went I actually liked listening to the pastor. I didn’t color like most kids I listened to the word. I was told because my mother couldn’t do something I couldn’t either. Funny since I had no blood relationship to her at all. Once I was able to drive on my own I went to a different kind of church. It was Pentecostal. I started really hearing from God and a strong relationship grew. My mother thought I had joined a cult. It would be many years and her having cancer she finally found him on her own. Her sister, my Aunt who I thought was Christian tore me down in a horrible way. I forgave her but I remained distant from her after that. She told me everything I did as a child that didn’t line up like she thought it should. I’m glad God had already point my positive things He had made me and for me. As good as it was to be adopted and not aborted I realized Romans 3:10-11 ”As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.“
Romans 3:10-11. Without God I could do nothing. Because I have Him on n my life I can do anything. I love My Jesus as my pastor had claimed He is.
This prayer walk brought up lots of memories. Memories of the past both good and not so good. Towards the end of the prayer walk and shedding a few tears, I realized something. This is not easy to admit, but I feel led to share it here with this community.
Although I've always said I accepted Jesus into my life at age 12, what I realize more now is I never truly surrendered all of myself and everything I have to Jesus at that time. God has always been there for me through the years, but not until 11/16/2019 when I started to slowly release the demons I believed from my past to Him did I feel worthy of His love. The people pleasing and the expectations of perfection I placed on myself and others were the lies I bought into.
Not until I started walking through the messy disorientation of my brokenness in late 2019, did I start appreciating and loving myself the way God does. Not only that, it really wasn't until then did I truly start believing and fully trusting Him.
Over the past four years, I've personally walked through three of the dark places of false beliefs and lies, and the blessings received afterwards far outweigh the misery I let myself believe. God truly loves me and He says I am worthy and good enough to serve Him. He desires a close relationship with us.
My family was not perfect, and I do wish things were different in some areas, but as I walked through each of those three challenges, God showed me the goodness in each of those. God revealed to me more of the positive moments while walking through it than the lies I told myself to believe. Acceptance of the past is part of letting it go and not forgetting it because it's always a part of us. With God, we have forgiveness to be set free and not let the past dominate us. We learn from it as we move forward in humble obedience to Him. Like you said, living a life fully trusting God is not easy but knowing and believing where my eternal destiny is helps me sustain a heart full of gratitude to keep my focus centered on Jesus.
Thank you Donny for letting God direct and guide you with these prayer walks.
I remember when I was a little girl, I was digging in a drawer looking for something when I found the gift Santa Claus was supposed to give me for Christmas and I realised
I was lied to. I was so disappointed that my mom would lie to me. My mom was a great mother and I loved her so much she was just doing what every other mom would do (tradition). So when I had children I never told my kids that Santa would bring them gifts because it is a lie. Just told them the gift was from us because we loved them
This prayer walk reminded me of the one in December when you asked about Santa, elves, etc.. I am reminded the Bible tells us to always be ready to answer about the faith we have in Jesus...I grew up in a fairly strict Christian home and church. I dated a lot of unsaved guys. My ex-husband got saved going to church with me. He changed his lifestyle and beliefs when he got saved. We even became Sunday school teachers, and youth leaders. But, when he was 38, he went through a total mid-life crisis. He changed his hairstyle, got a fancy sports car that would only seat 2 (we had 4 kids). He started drinking and going to bars, started listening to music with bad lyrics and watching porn. Needless to say, we divorced.
I am saying all this to say no two Christians are going to agree on everything, but what you do and say better be according to God's Word if you are going to proclaim Jesus. We are nearing the end of time, only what we do for Jesus will last- souls for heaven. If it's not clear in the Bible whether something is right or not, talk about salvation because there is only 1 way to heaven.
My parents always said if you work hard enough you will be successful. Coming from a family of 7, we learned to be self reliant and to aim high. It didn't always turn out the way we hoped but we learned from our mistakes and became the better for them. A very rigid church upbringing was also part of our lives. I think that is why I like your prayer walks so much as they are thought provoking without criticism and so informal. They give me what I require at my own pace. I watched you on Graham's podcast and loved the 2 songs you sang. Beautifully done! I am sorry the group chat ran into difficulties but I loved the banter between you two and hope you will be back to sing for us once more. Blessings to you my friend.
Donny this week prayer walk brought up some really good memories also not so good. We are our last day tomorrow treatment and so far his beating this cancer. He gets to ring the bell tomorrow morning and by Saturday we are going back home . We have been gone for eight weeks and I have not been on last week prayer walk. Being here at Mayo I am my husband care taker and when his resting I go out and serve others to help raised funds that are close to my heart and shared my past medical journey. I might be able to make up this fast two weeks of Prayer Walk when we are home . Thank you for guiding us through this prayer walk.
I was raised in a large family. No presence of God in our household. I was the oldest and my father would always say you can do anything in life.you need to do this and you need to do this. Not true. My high school sweetheart who grew up in a faith based family became a pastor and I married at the age of 17 shaped me into the Jesus loving person I am today. 50 years later. My husband always said every morning before prayer today we will focus on the now of today as for God always has bigger plans than we could ever imagined. He taught me to always put God first .God will always give you what you need ,not what you want. Be still and know that Iam your God.
What I was told as a child was so false most of the time. My family is all adopted, so my family is not my birth family. My mother doubted my abilities. She wouldn’t talk about God but took me to church but not the service just the small classes before churches. When she went I actually liked listening to the pastor. I didn’t color like most kids I listened to the word. I was told because my mother couldn’t do something I couldn’t either. Funny since I had no blood relationship to her at all. Once I was able to drive on my own I went to a different kind of church. It was Pentecostal. I started really hearing from God and a strong relationship grew. My mother thought I had joined a cult. It would be many years and her having cancer she finally found him on her own. Her sister, my Aunt who I thought was Christian tore me down in a horrible way. I forgave her but I remained distant from her after that. She told me everything I did as a child that didn’t line up like she thought it should. I’m glad God had already point my positive things He had made me and for me. As good as it was to be adopted and not aborted I realized Romans 3:10-11 ”As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God.“
Romans 3:10-11. Without God I could do nothing. Because I have Him on n my life I can do anything. I love My Jesus as my pastor had claimed He is.
Thank you for this sweet timely walk.
This prayer walk brought up lots of memories. Memories of the past both good and not so good. Towards the end of the prayer walk and shedding a few tears, I realized something. This is not easy to admit, but I feel led to share it here with this community.
Although I've always said I accepted Jesus into my life at age 12, what I realize more now is I never truly surrendered all of myself and everything I have to Jesus at that time. God has always been there for me through the years, but not until 11/16/2019 when I started to slowly release the demons I believed from my past to Him did I feel worthy of His love. The people pleasing and the expectations of perfection I placed on myself and others were the lies I bought into.
Not until I started walking through the messy disorientation of my brokenness in late 2019, did I start appreciating and loving myself the way God does. Not only that, it really wasn't until then did I truly start believing and fully trusting Him.
Over the past four years, I've personally walked through three of the dark places of false beliefs and lies, and the blessings received afterwards far outweigh the misery I let myself believe. God truly loves me and He says I am worthy and good enough to serve Him. He desires a close relationship with us.
My family was not perfect, and I do wish things were different in some areas, but as I walked through each of those three challenges, God showed me the goodness in each of those. God revealed to me more of the positive moments while walking through it than the lies I told myself to believe. Acceptance of the past is part of letting it go and not forgetting it because it's always a part of us. With God, we have forgiveness to be set free and not let the past dominate us. We learn from it as we move forward in humble obedience to Him. Like you said, living a life fully trusting God is not easy but knowing and believing where my eternal destiny is helps me sustain a heart full of gratitude to keep my focus centered on Jesus.
Thank you Donny for letting God direct and guide you with these prayer walks.
I remember when I was a little girl, I was digging in a drawer looking for something when I found the gift Santa Claus was supposed to give me for Christmas and I realised
I was lied to. I was so disappointed that my mom would lie to me. My mom was a great mother and I loved her so much she was just doing what every other mom would do (tradition). So when I had children I never told my kids that Santa would bring them gifts because it is a lie. Just told them the gift was from us because we loved them
Do not lie to your kids
This prayer walk reminded me of the one in December when you asked about Santa, elves, etc.. I am reminded the Bible tells us to always be ready to answer about the faith we have in Jesus...I grew up in a fairly strict Christian home and church. I dated a lot of unsaved guys. My ex-husband got saved going to church with me. He changed his lifestyle and beliefs when he got saved. We even became Sunday school teachers, and youth leaders. But, when he was 38, he went through a total mid-life crisis. He changed his hairstyle, got a fancy sports car that would only seat 2 (we had 4 kids). He started drinking and going to bars, started listening to music with bad lyrics and watching porn. Needless to say, we divorced.
I am saying all this to say no two Christians are going to agree on everything, but what you do and say better be according to God's Word if you are going to proclaim Jesus. We are nearing the end of time, only what we do for Jesus will last- souls for heaven. If it's not clear in the Bible whether something is right or not, talk about salvation because there is only 1 way to heaven.
My parents always said if you work hard enough you will be successful. Coming from a family of 7, we learned to be self reliant and to aim high. It didn't always turn out the way we hoped but we learned from our mistakes and became the better for them. A very rigid church upbringing was also part of our lives. I think that is why I like your prayer walks so much as they are thought provoking without criticism and so informal. They give me what I require at my own pace. I watched you on Graham's podcast and loved the 2 songs you sang. Beautifully done! I am sorry the group chat ran into difficulties but I loved the banter between you two and hope you will be back to sing for us once more. Blessings to you my friend.
"...where I have felt more free than I have ever felt in my life." You nailed it. That is exactly my experience and you just put it into words!
How timely! Dealing with this exact issue RIGHT NOW! Thank you, Donny!
Yes...Amen