As a young mother (many years ago) with 3 daughters we used the phase “stop, look and listen” to teach patience, learning to take time to pray and conflict resolution. It still applies in all our lives today. Pause, listen to the silence, and the whispers will come. Love is always the answer. Until the next walk, cheers❤️
While listening to you I thought about your questions. My big black dog was sound asleep dreaming about the chase of an imaginary squirrel. He was kicking to show me he was in active pursuit.
What I want is to pursue God in the way he was chasing that squirrel.
I have had many thoughts about what am I doing here? What is my purpose? When my self-esteem was down my thoughts had me in that place. I need to go home. Losing friends, loved ones and nearly my daughter’s near death showed me who my eyes should be on. I have my friends on here. So for now I go out only when I can or need to. I’m really concentrating on following what God is pulling my heart to. If I ended my life it would not reflect this from Deut.6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!“
I realized I needed Psalm 91 before surgery and two different people prayed it over me.,” I also trust in this scripture, Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.“Proverbs 3:5-6.
Psalm 91 ,He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.“
Psalms 91
My prayers reflect my love for God, friends I hope. I hope they feel those prayers like I feel theirs. I was feeling my heart tighten up yesterday possibly a heart attack. I prayed and I believe someone was praying for me and the pain stopped and I felt normal. God does us good because He is good. I thank God for you. Be blessed.
This was a great prayer walk to start my quiet time today. The blue sky and clouds were so beautiful and I love how the shadows played in your pathway. They were their own illustration about how light and shadows come into our lives but if we're walking with God, He always lights our path. I really enjoyed the exploration in Scripture about God's plans for us and the verses I landed on were Isaiah 55:8-9: “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans." It's taken me most of my life to learn to hold my plans loosely. I've always been a planner and change has not been easy. But three years ago when I completely let go of my plans without having a clue what was next, I have come to embrace the freedom of letting God do the planning and I can surrender to His plan so much more easily than I used to. I'm still not perfect at it and I can tend to get frustrated when my plans get derailed, but then I remember how He knew so much better than I did what the plan should be for me. Thanks for the questions and the challenge! Good stuff. Now I'm ready to plan my day. 😊
Donny, loved the prayer walk. I love the way God works. One thing I noticed in today's prayer walk is when you made a comment about the small "Stop" sign; you mentioned about how you had given up, but God "stopped" you from giving up that special night. Maybe God wanted to gently remind you of that special moment as you walked by that sign in a positive way. He does work in mysterious ways, but all good! When I think of the word, "stop," it makes me "STOP, TRUST, OBEY, and PRAY."
Like you and a lot of us, God has stopped us from giving up. It's happened quite a few times in my life, but most significantly 11/16/2019 when things began to turn around for me, I started bringing God back into my life while temporarily walking away from Him. I don't question any more the # of years it took because God created us uniquely for a purpose and sometimes it takes longer for some of us.
When I looked up verses supporting "God's plan," 1 Chronicles 16:11 (ESV) I liked as it reminds me to keep my daily focus centered on Him: "Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!" It reminds me to "intentionally" seek Him and live in the present. Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) was another one as it reminds me to totally surrender myself in humble obedience to Him: "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Lastly, I love the message and the promise Philippians 1:6 (ESV) brings of eternal hope: "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Titus 3:5-7 also speaks of Jesus Christ's death, resurrection, and the promise of becoming an heir to inherit His eternal kingdom which brings us the hope to keep our focus on Him.
God bless you Donny! Your a dear friend to all of us, and I personally thank you for your encouragement.
I'm so glad Graham Wardle did a podcast with both you and Jesse Hutch. I'm just starting to follow Graham and that podcast was Holy Spirit blessed!! I now follow your prayer walks. God Bless.
I would say that I try to pray at the beginning of the day to show
Christ's love and speak out for Him. It does not matter whether I am substituting a class of kids, or taking my dad to cancer treatments, or walking the dog, or shopping, I should be a witness for Jesus. If God intervenes and I have something else comes up, I still need to be willing to give my speech and actions to elevate Jesus to my world. I still fail some days, but I am still planning to share Jesus to the world.
Jer. 29:11 has been one of my life verses for a long time. I heard a preacher say one time that your main plan should be to do what Jesus says- to love Him above all, then to love others. As long as you are not going against God, what you do is not as important to Him as living for Him is. He wants us to be a witness for Him and love all others as Jesus does. So, to answer your questions
Thank you for another great prayer walk full of questions to ponder and reflect on. The irony of your walk this week, could be called part of a plan for me. For months I have struggled with how to step forward in my life and reclaim my joy. Last Friday I found my voice and the path opened wide. Instead of constantly being on the defense with co-workers, I declared independence for myself and stopped a continuous pattern of diminishing my abilities as not only a teacher, but as a member of this community. I have always been one to stand to the side or work behind the scenes, and have been perfectly content with that. Many times I have allowed others to take the lead on my ideas and suggestions, but for some reason this time I simply stepped forward and let my voice be heard. It was hard, but I think in my heart I knew it was time for me. You are a great example of following your heart and letting yourself be open to letting life happen. Thank you for that. I am sure God has great plans for you as you walk your path in our fleeting second on this earth. Blessings.
Hey, Donny — maybe the STOP sign you noticed during your Prayer Walk today was a reminder for you (and us). You chuckled about how it was shorter than you. Perhaps that’s the message: don’t stop, quit when this earthly life gets you down. They are just “short” things in God’s plan for us that slow us down. Keep moving… 😊 — Jan xoxo
As a young mother (many years ago) with 3 daughters we used the phase “stop, look and listen” to teach patience, learning to take time to pray and conflict resolution. It still applies in all our lives today. Pause, listen to the silence, and the whispers will come. Love is always the answer. Until the next walk, cheers❤️
While listening to you I thought about your questions. My big black dog was sound asleep dreaming about the chase of an imaginary squirrel. He was kicking to show me he was in active pursuit.
What I want is to pursue God in the way he was chasing that squirrel.
I have had many thoughts about what am I doing here? What is my purpose? When my self-esteem was down my thoughts had me in that place. I need to go home. Losing friends, loved ones and nearly my daughter’s near death showed me who my eyes should be on. I have my friends on here. So for now I go out only when I can or need to. I’m really concentrating on following what God is pulling my heart to. If I ended my life it would not reflect this from Deut.6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!“
I realized I needed Psalm 91 before surgery and two different people prayed it over me.,” I also trust in this scripture, Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.“Proverbs 3:5-6.
Psalm 91 ,He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.“
Psalms 91
My prayers reflect my love for God, friends I hope. I hope they feel those prayers like I feel theirs. I was feeling my heart tighten up yesterday possibly a heart attack. I prayed and I believe someone was praying for me and the pain stopped and I felt normal. God does us good because He is good. I thank God for you. Be blessed.
This was a great prayer walk to start my quiet time today. The blue sky and clouds were so beautiful and I love how the shadows played in your pathway. They were their own illustration about how light and shadows come into our lives but if we're walking with God, He always lights our path. I really enjoyed the exploration in Scripture about God's plans for us and the verses I landed on were Isaiah 55:8-9: “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans." It's taken me most of my life to learn to hold my plans loosely. I've always been a planner and change has not been easy. But three years ago when I completely let go of my plans without having a clue what was next, I have come to embrace the freedom of letting God do the planning and I can surrender to His plan so much more easily than I used to. I'm still not perfect at it and I can tend to get frustrated when my plans get derailed, but then I remember how He knew so much better than I did what the plan should be for me. Thanks for the questions and the challenge! Good stuff. Now I'm ready to plan my day. 😊
Donny, loved the prayer walk. I love the way God works. One thing I noticed in today's prayer walk is when you made a comment about the small "Stop" sign; you mentioned about how you had given up, but God "stopped" you from giving up that special night. Maybe God wanted to gently remind you of that special moment as you walked by that sign in a positive way. He does work in mysterious ways, but all good! When I think of the word, "stop," it makes me "STOP, TRUST, OBEY, and PRAY."
Like you and a lot of us, God has stopped us from giving up. It's happened quite a few times in my life, but most significantly 11/16/2019 when things began to turn around for me, I started bringing God back into my life while temporarily walking away from Him. I don't question any more the # of years it took because God created us uniquely for a purpose and sometimes it takes longer for some of us.
When I looked up verses supporting "God's plan," 1 Chronicles 16:11 (ESV) I liked as it reminds me to keep my daily focus centered on Him: "Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!" It reminds me to "intentionally" seek Him and live in the present. Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) was another one as it reminds me to totally surrender myself in humble obedience to Him: "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Lastly, I love the message and the promise Philippians 1:6 (ESV) brings of eternal hope: "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Titus 3:5-7 also speaks of Jesus Christ's death, resurrection, and the promise of becoming an heir to inherit His eternal kingdom which brings us the hope to keep our focus on Him.
God bless you Donny! Your a dear friend to all of us, and I personally thank you for your encouragement.
I'm so glad Graham Wardle did a podcast with both you and Jesse Hutch. I'm just starting to follow Graham and that podcast was Holy Spirit blessed!! I now follow your prayer walks. God Bless.
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I would say that I try to pray at the beginning of the day to show
Christ's love and speak out for Him. It does not matter whether I am substituting a class of kids, or taking my dad to cancer treatments, or walking the dog, or shopping, I should be a witness for Jesus. If God intervenes and I have something else comes up, I still need to be willing to give my speech and actions to elevate Jesus to my world. I still fail some days, but I am still planning to share Jesus to the world.
Jer. 29:11 has been one of my life verses for a long time. I heard a preacher say one time that your main plan should be to do what Jesus says- to love Him above all, then to love others. As long as you are not going against God, what you do is not as important to Him as living for Him is. He wants us to be a witness for Him and love all others as Jesus does. So, to answer your questions
I can tell you God's plans are always bigger than what we ever imagined. I would love for you to watch the replay of my testimony.
Thank you for another great prayer walk full of questions to ponder and reflect on. The irony of your walk this week, could be called part of a plan for me. For months I have struggled with how to step forward in my life and reclaim my joy. Last Friday I found my voice and the path opened wide. Instead of constantly being on the defense with co-workers, I declared independence for myself and stopped a continuous pattern of diminishing my abilities as not only a teacher, but as a member of this community. I have always been one to stand to the side or work behind the scenes, and have been perfectly content with that. Many times I have allowed others to take the lead on my ideas and suggestions, but for some reason this time I simply stepped forward and let my voice be heard. It was hard, but I think in my heart I knew it was time for me. You are a great example of following your heart and letting yourself be open to letting life happen. Thank you for that. I am sure God has great plans for you as you walk your path in our fleeting second on this earth. Blessings.
Hey, Donny — maybe the STOP sign you noticed during your Prayer Walk today was a reminder for you (and us). You chuckled about how it was shorter than you. Perhaps that’s the message: don’t stop, quit when this earthly life gets you down. They are just “short” things in God’s plan for us that slow us down. Keep moving… 😊 — Jan xoxo