What a great prayer walk. What God did with and for you in those 40 minutes could not have shown His goodness any more clearly. Sorry in advance for this long post, but I have a story to tell. In the last 3 weeks, my husband ended up in the hospital with sudden onset pneumonia for the second time this year. One of the docs was determined to figure out why. So many tests were done. To make a long story short, on day 3 an oncologist came into his room and said, "I'm pretty certain you have bone cancer". Well, that rocked our world. Because of my faith I wasn't really fearful because I trust God's will regardless of outcomes, but my focus became a dumpster fire. I'm a writer and couldn't write. I'm a big time prayer, but I couldn't pray. My brain would not stop. I was all over the place. So even though words weren't coming in prayer, I knew I needed to just get quiet and let God calm my spirit and give me peace. I also have a very close friend that I can vent to without judgement and she is such a good listener and always brings me back to God and His Word. The end of the story is that they did a bone marrow biopsy and he does not have cancer. He has an anomaly of the plasma that they will just keep an eye on and keep his immune system boosted. God is so good, but He's good in all the outcomes. I'm grateful and focused once again. I believe God takes us through all sorts of things so we remember how much we need Him. I know I sure do. Thanks, Donny, for just being real and letting all of us see God working in and through you.
Cathey, I just saw your post after coming home from choir practice. Praise God no cancer and thank you for sharing! We’re here if you ever need prayer! Take care and God bless my friend! 🙏
Thank you, Anne! While we were waiting results of the bone marrow biopsy, I asked several people individually to pray but didn't make it public as firstly, it was my husband's story to share or not, and secondly, we weren't sure what it was all going to look like until we got results. When they came back negative we both kind of sat in the oncologist's office in shock. He wasn't expecting that result either and was very happy to deliver the news. Prayer was answered for sure. I so appreciate you and Donny and everyone here who I know are always happy to pray. 💕🙏
Cathey...praying for your husband, praying for you. Standing against the pneumonia and anything attacking his immune system. Thankful for His glory that shines through. May His peace continually fill you.
First of all I really want to thank you for the prayer for my father during the insta live today. he has faith and goes to church every day. It was a great moment for me, thanks again. After this live I listened to the prayer walk, it was a good moment because my day was difficult. I was confronted with different events and very busy. This walk is so sincere and authentic that it touches me and moves me. We all have complicated periods, as we say in France: "there are days with and days without". As you said very well, let's trust God and offer him our weaknesses and our joys. He always will be here for us, it is an incredibule think that we must never forget. All those persons who following you are proof that God is present in our midst, he shows us all the love he has for each of us. You are a beautiful person Danny . You bring me a lot, it's a pleasure to hear you every Wednesday and your songs accompany me very often. I wish you lots of joy in your various activities. God loves you and guides you like each of us. Sorry because i don't speak very well english, i hope that i wrote will be well understood. God bless you all 💕🙏
Myriam, I didn't know about your father (I didn't stay on the live until the end) but I will pray for you. I'm sorry your day wasn't good, I hope the next ones are better. Remember we are here to pray for one another.
Thank you Angela for your message. My father has respiratory failure and his heart is very tired so he is not doing well. Fortunately he has faith and goes to church as often as possible. All difficulties are entrusted to God and the solutions come when you don't expect them. Thank you to all this community and may God bless you. 🙏
I can definitely relate with taking thoughts captive. I know when that happens to me, they are old thoughts that creep back in from time to time but happens to take my focus off Jesus. If I can't take them captive through prayer or by immersing myself into the word(Bible), then I will contact someone if it's not possible to get outside, etc. Usually, one of those gets me back in the saddle with God if you know what I mean. Thanks for just being raw Donny. We all have those days, and it's just good to be honest! Take care and God bless!
Oh, those ruminating thoughts! May we be freed from them when they arise. Anne, I like your phrase, "back in the saddle with God." How timely! God bless!!
Oh Anne it's true there are thoughts that are almost rooted in us, I say for myself, I have some that are "stored" so deeply that it's hard to bring them up alone, so I go to therapy.
Don't know how you feel about having professional support? For me, it's important (maybe because I'm from the area - lol).
Thanks for the prayer walk today. It made me realize how much I am affected by this period of grief I am in.
My father died 16 months ago, and while the acute shock and pain of loss are no longer a daily thing, once in a while something will sneak up on me and send me back to sadness. He was a good man, a good father and believer. I take comfort in my faith and his. But here comes grief, prompted by another estate task, or a photo, or a bad dad joke. He was a master of those.
Years ago, I took a class from a funeral director on death and grief. This man sang in the church choir with my dad and was his equal when it came to bad dad jokes. I'm so grateful for what I learned about processing grief and loss, and the loving support God has provided through his people. It has helped me to be ok in this season.
Please pray for me to keep turning to Jesus and away from distractions as the healing continues and let me be aware of others in grief that I can be a support to.
Thanks for the prayers. God is so good to provide you all to point me back to Him!
Donny said something in the prayer walk about talking to a trusted friend. I did that today, sharing about grief sneaking up on me and oh man. Here is what she said, then prayed with me "When those moments come, stay there long enough to see God in them clearly."
Amen Linda! He is always there with us, but in those dark days it’s hard to feel that. I wouldn’t be surprised if you are blessed somehow by God and maybe possibly share your experience with others that may be going through something similar. A lot of times that’s how it works. I’m glad your friend listened and helped you. Take care and God bless! 🙏
Prayers for Linda! I completely get it. My dad passed away a year ago tomorrow. This anniversary is hitting me so hard. But here I am, still standing, and ready to get on with my life. Sounds like you had a great dad!
I want to say thank you for being so vulnerable with us today, I have to say that you helped me in so many ways by that vulnerability. I have recognised that I ger frustrated with family over so many things and then I get frustrated with myself for being so with them. I really have to learn to give them over to God and let him deal with them and give my frustrations to Him so he can deal with me, Also realised that a lot of my frustration comes from having my usual routine -especially in the mornings- being disrupted for various reasons. I need to be more flexible. Another area you helped me with today is that fact that I am doing an exercise called Morning Pages and I have difficulty finding what to write about for 3 pages but this morning I was able to use your prayer walk to reflect and learn about these things that frustrate me and was bale to fill the 3 pages quite well. SO thank you for all that your Prayer Walk today has helped me with. You are an amazing person.
The best prayer walk! Your transformation from beginning to end was beautiful. Time with the lord works to heal our human hearts and yes sometimes life is noisy. It was good noise -progress, people working. Thank you for sharing. Hugs!
On the last walk I used a quote from Billy Graham that I will paraphrase, in my case I was asking God ONLY to bless my dreams, I had “forgotten” to ask God to show me the plans He has laid out for my life.
2. Corinthians 10:5 says “...and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ” I know this is a process in which the Holy Spirit teaches us to separate thoughts and discard those that are not of God. For me who am “stubborn” - lol - it has been very difficult to put into practice.
Anyway, when I can't keep my thoughts captive I go to the scriptures and, of course, I cry and cry a lot...
Ahh I listen to Lauren Daigle's song “You Say” the lyrics of this song speak to my heart a lot.
Thank you for the trust in opening your heart, your vulnerability shows us that we are not alone in our internal struggles.
Angela, thank you for sharing. Oh, I’ve read that verse of scripture quite a few times myself. “You Say” from Lauren Daigle is indeed a great song. Take care and God bless!
I really appreciate you and your Prayer walks this one really helped me I'm going through something and I know God is going to help me through it I'm so greatful for what you do it has helped me Alot 🙏🙏🙏
Maybe we need whiskers like a cat. They can tell whether they can fit through a hole or not. We do have those feelings but sometimes we overthink or over feel. We should take time to look inside to remember what God called us to do and along the way if we see a blessing or a less than what God intends for us we move away from it.
Thank you Donny. So grounding, so beautiful. Yes, the only place and best 'place' to seek comfort, grounding, wisdom,peace, joy ... well anything good (good and perfect gifts) is in Him. This world and it's flippin noise and distraction, then combine it with our flesh Dang, so easy to waste time, or fret. I set an alarm on my phone to go three times throughout the day, get me back. I will try to read, pray, go for a prayer walk, kayak or anything.
Nothing else really matters. I can redeem the time as I listen and trust, knowing He knows my heart (though I see my flesh and all I fall short on ) I need to remember He sees me clothed in Christ. No wonder it feels so good to draw near to Him and rest in Him. Paul said to live IS Christ!
Your prayer walks have helped me focus more when I draw near. The questions you ask, the stories you share always so timely.
Thank you Donny for this amazing prayer walk, this one hit differently today but in a good way. We all fight feelings daily, wether it be good/bad is the part we have to distinguish and pray for God to touch our hearts. Letting us feel friendship and love for each other in a Godly way is a feeling of assurance . You all really are a blessing to me! And you’re right about the loud equipment, we often get easily distracted and lose focus on our intended plan. Prayer is ALWAYS the solution because he knows our hearts and our true intentions 🙏
You sure kept it real on this walk, Donny! I felt that I could relate to what you are going through. Tomorrow is the 1st anniversary of my dad’s passing. It’s been an incredibly difficult year for me, a year in which my whole world was turned upside down. I have gone through about every kind of trial I can think of. I have found myself at a crossroads so many times, not knowing what to do, where to go, what to think, etc. The verse that comes to mind is one of my favorites. “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15. The idea of letting Christ be the umpire in my life has been helpful to guide me in this walk through so many obstacles. This week I finally had a breakthrough – a good job offer. At first, I was elated, but then I started thinking about whether I am ready to tackle this challenge, what would happen if it didn’t work out, and so on. I had to stop these thoughts and pray for direction. I put that verse to work and decided to let the peace of Christ prevail. This took the form of accepting this as a breakthrough, giving thanks to God for His mercy in bringing this opportunity to me, and looking forward to embarking on this journey. To be honest, after a year I had concluded that there was no hope for me with respect to getting my life back on track after the tumult of losing my dad. Oh, me of little faith! I just know that your breakthroughs are on the way (!), and you will be blessed for sharing such a real experience in this difficult walk of life.
My prayers are with you, Donny. From this prayer walk and what it sounds like, Satan is trying to invade your thoughts and making you frustrated. I know when I am frustrated I do as you do, I turn to the Bible and pray a lot. Obviously, you need everyone praying for you to help you through this. I will be praying hard for you.
Donny, that was a great prayer walk, God was walking right beside you, guiding you all the way, through the golf course, to the construction workers at the end, that’s what He knew you needed. It was a testament to God’s work to see the change in you from the beginning to end of the walk. And it’s what I needed to see and hear this week . Wednesday morning I took a fall and injured my shoulder, visit to doctor, X-rays were negative no fracture. I’ve been frustrated with myself, asking why did this happen right before my trip. Then your prayer walk came, the Instagram live on Wednesday, and again today (Friday), all which lifted my spirits and renewed my faith. Those signs were telling me, to stop take time to listen, appreciate the blessings in my life, this shoulder challenge shall pass, trust in my faith. So thanks for this walk.
Side note: on Instagram, I’m Gramlin29...blessings to you!
What a great prayer walk. What God did with and for you in those 40 minutes could not have shown His goodness any more clearly. Sorry in advance for this long post, but I have a story to tell. In the last 3 weeks, my husband ended up in the hospital with sudden onset pneumonia for the second time this year. One of the docs was determined to figure out why. So many tests were done. To make a long story short, on day 3 an oncologist came into his room and said, "I'm pretty certain you have bone cancer". Well, that rocked our world. Because of my faith I wasn't really fearful because I trust God's will regardless of outcomes, but my focus became a dumpster fire. I'm a writer and couldn't write. I'm a big time prayer, but I couldn't pray. My brain would not stop. I was all over the place. So even though words weren't coming in prayer, I knew I needed to just get quiet and let God calm my spirit and give me peace. I also have a very close friend that I can vent to without judgement and she is such a good listener and always brings me back to God and His Word. The end of the story is that they did a bone marrow biopsy and he does not have cancer. He has an anomaly of the plasma that they will just keep an eye on and keep his immune system boosted. God is so good, but He's good in all the outcomes. I'm grateful and focused once again. I believe God takes us through all sorts of things so we remember how much we need Him. I know I sure do. Thanks, Donny, for just being real and letting all of us see God working in and through you.
thank you for sharing your story 🙂
How uplifting to hear your testimony. Glory to God for that!
There's a Christian song that says:
"If sickness comes, he is God
If cured I am, he is God
If all goes well, he is God
But if it doesn't, it's still God"
Amen! Thank you, Angela!
Cathey, I just saw your post after coming home from choir practice. Praise God no cancer and thank you for sharing! We’re here if you ever need prayer! Take care and God bless my friend! 🙏
Thank you, Anne! While we were waiting results of the bone marrow biopsy, I asked several people individually to pray but didn't make it public as firstly, it was my husband's story to share or not, and secondly, we weren't sure what it was all going to look like until we got results. When they came back negative we both kind of sat in the oncologist's office in shock. He wasn't expecting that result either and was very happy to deliver the news. Prayer was answered for sure. I so appreciate you and Donny and everyone here who I know are always happy to pray. 💕🙏
I am so happy for you both that the tests came back negative. God indeed is so good!
Thank you, Philip!
Cathey, blessings to you and your husband on this journey you have on the past few weeks. Sending prayers for you and your family.
Thank you, Linda!
Cathey...praying for your husband, praying for you. Standing against the pneumonia and anything attacking his immune system. Thankful for His glory that shines through. May His peace continually fill you.
Thank you so much, Deborah! Ongoing prayers are so appreciated.
First of all I really want to thank you for the prayer for my father during the insta live today. he has faith and goes to church every day. It was a great moment for me, thanks again. After this live I listened to the prayer walk, it was a good moment because my day was difficult. I was confronted with different events and very busy. This walk is so sincere and authentic that it touches me and moves me. We all have complicated periods, as we say in France: "there are days with and days without". As you said very well, let's trust God and offer him our weaknesses and our joys. He always will be here for us, it is an incredibule think that we must never forget. All those persons who following you are proof that God is present in our midst, he shows us all the love he has for each of us. You are a beautiful person Danny . You bring me a lot, it's a pleasure to hear you every Wednesday and your songs accompany me very often. I wish you lots of joy in your various activities. God loves you and guides you like each of us. Sorry because i don't speak very well english, i hope that i wrote will be well understood. God bless you all 💕🙏
Myriam, I didn't know about your father (I didn't stay on the live until the end) but I will pray for you. I'm sorry your day wasn't good, I hope the next ones are better. Remember we are here to pray for one another.
God bless you!
Thank you Angela for your message. My father has respiratory failure and his heart is very tired so he is not doing well. Fortunately he has faith and goes to church as often as possible. All difficulties are entrusted to God and the solutions come when you don't expect them. Thank you to all this community and may God bless you. 🙏
I can definitely relate with taking thoughts captive. I know when that happens to me, they are old thoughts that creep back in from time to time but happens to take my focus off Jesus. If I can't take them captive through prayer or by immersing myself into the word(Bible), then I will contact someone if it's not possible to get outside, etc. Usually, one of those gets me back in the saddle with God if you know what I mean. Thanks for just being raw Donny. We all have those days, and it's just good to be honest! Take care and God bless!
Oh, those ruminating thoughts! May we be freed from them when they arise. Anne, I like your phrase, "back in the saddle with God." How timely! God bless!!
Oh Anne it's true there are thoughts that are almost rooted in us, I say for myself, I have some that are "stored" so deeply that it's hard to bring them up alone, so I go to therapy.
Don't know how you feel about having professional support? For me, it's important (maybe because I'm from the area - lol).
Thanks for the prayer walk today. It made me realize how much I am affected by this period of grief I am in.
My father died 16 months ago, and while the acute shock and pain of loss are no longer a daily thing, once in a while something will sneak up on me and send me back to sadness. He was a good man, a good father and believer. I take comfort in my faith and his. But here comes grief, prompted by another estate task, or a photo, or a bad dad joke. He was a master of those.
Years ago, I took a class from a funeral director on death and grief. This man sang in the church choir with my dad and was his equal when it came to bad dad jokes. I'm so grateful for what I learned about processing grief and loss, and the loving support God has provided through his people. It has helped me to be ok in this season.
Please pray for me to keep turning to Jesus and away from distractions as the healing continues and let me be aware of others in grief that I can be a support to.
praying
Thanks for the prayers. God is so good to provide you all to point me back to Him!
Donny said something in the prayer walk about talking to a trusted friend. I did that today, sharing about grief sneaking up on me and oh man. Here is what she said, then prayed with me "When those moments come, stay there long enough to see God in them clearly."
He is with me through it all.
Yes, He is with you and with me. I believe! 🙏
Amen Linda! He is always there with us, but in those dark days it’s hard to feel that. I wouldn’t be surprised if you are blessed somehow by God and maybe possibly share your experience with others that may be going through something similar. A lot of times that’s how it works. I’m glad your friend listened and helped you. Take care and God bless! 🙏
Linda,
Sorry for your loss! Grief is necessary and allow yourself to go through it in your own time.
I'm praying for you
Linda, so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing! I will add you to my prayer list. God indeed will help and guide you! 🙏
Prayers for Linda! I completely get it. My dad passed away a year ago tomorrow. This anniversary is hitting me so hard. But here I am, still standing, and ready to get on with my life. Sounds like you had a great dad!
I want to say thank you for being so vulnerable with us today, I have to say that you helped me in so many ways by that vulnerability. I have recognised that I ger frustrated with family over so many things and then I get frustrated with myself for being so with them. I really have to learn to give them over to God and let him deal with them and give my frustrations to Him so he can deal with me, Also realised that a lot of my frustration comes from having my usual routine -especially in the mornings- being disrupted for various reasons. I need to be more flexible. Another area you helped me with today is that fact that I am doing an exercise called Morning Pages and I have difficulty finding what to write about for 3 pages but this morning I was able to use your prayer walk to reflect and learn about these things that frustrate me and was bale to fill the 3 pages quite well. SO thank you for all that your Prayer Walk today has helped me with. You are an amazing person.
The best prayer walk! Your transformation from beginning to end was beautiful. Time with the lord works to heal our human hearts and yes sometimes life is noisy. It was good noise -progress, people working. Thank you for sharing. Hugs!
On the last walk I used a quote from Billy Graham that I will paraphrase, in my case I was asking God ONLY to bless my dreams, I had “forgotten” to ask God to show me the plans He has laid out for my life.
2. Corinthians 10:5 says “...and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ” I know this is a process in which the Holy Spirit teaches us to separate thoughts and discard those that are not of God. For me who am “stubborn” - lol - it has been very difficult to put into practice.
Anyway, when I can't keep my thoughts captive I go to the scriptures and, of course, I cry and cry a lot...
Ahh I listen to Lauren Daigle's song “You Say” the lyrics of this song speak to my heart a lot.
Thank you for the trust in opening your heart, your vulnerability shows us that we are not alone in our internal struggles.
I will continue to pray for you!
Angela, thank you for sharing. Oh, I’ve read that verse of scripture quite a few times myself. “You Say” from Lauren Daigle is indeed a great song. Take care and God bless!
Thank you for your attention and affection, Anne!
I really appreciate you and your Prayer walks this one really helped me I'm going through something and I know God is going to help me through it I'm so greatful for what you do it has helped me Alot 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Robin, is there something I/we can pray about for you?
Just please keep me and my son in your prayers his name is Chandler
Yes I am having health problems from having COVID and having money problems so I can get rid of my friend that helps me with my bills
Maybe we need whiskers like a cat. They can tell whether they can fit through a hole or not. We do have those feelings but sometimes we overthink or over feel. We should take time to look inside to remember what God called us to do and along the way if we see a blessing or a less than what God intends for us we move away from it.
Thank you Donny. So grounding, so beautiful. Yes, the only place and best 'place' to seek comfort, grounding, wisdom,peace, joy ... well anything good (good and perfect gifts) is in Him. This world and it's flippin noise and distraction, then combine it with our flesh Dang, so easy to waste time, or fret. I set an alarm on my phone to go three times throughout the day, get me back. I will try to read, pray, go for a prayer walk, kayak or anything.
Nothing else really matters. I can redeem the time as I listen and trust, knowing He knows my heart (though I see my flesh and all I fall short on ) I need to remember He sees me clothed in Christ. No wonder it feels so good to draw near to Him and rest in Him. Paul said to live IS Christ!
Your prayer walks have helped me focus more when I draw near. The questions you ask, the stories you share always so timely.
Be blessed. He is so Good, isn't He? Thank you.
Thank you Donny for this amazing prayer walk, this one hit differently today but in a good way. We all fight feelings daily, wether it be good/bad is the part we have to distinguish and pray for God to touch our hearts. Letting us feel friendship and love for each other in a Godly way is a feeling of assurance . You all really are a blessing to me! And you’re right about the loud equipment, we often get easily distracted and lose focus on our intended plan. Prayer is ALWAYS the solution because he knows our hearts and our true intentions 🙏
You sure kept it real on this walk, Donny! I felt that I could relate to what you are going through. Tomorrow is the 1st anniversary of my dad’s passing. It’s been an incredibly difficult year for me, a year in which my whole world was turned upside down. I have gone through about every kind of trial I can think of. I have found myself at a crossroads so many times, not knowing what to do, where to go, what to think, etc. The verse that comes to mind is one of my favorites. “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15. The idea of letting Christ be the umpire in my life has been helpful to guide me in this walk through so many obstacles. This week I finally had a breakthrough – a good job offer. At first, I was elated, but then I started thinking about whether I am ready to tackle this challenge, what would happen if it didn’t work out, and so on. I had to stop these thoughts and pray for direction. I put that verse to work and decided to let the peace of Christ prevail. This took the form of accepting this as a breakthrough, giving thanks to God for His mercy in bringing this opportunity to me, and looking forward to embarking on this journey. To be honest, after a year I had concluded that there was no hope for me with respect to getting my life back on track after the tumult of losing my dad. Oh, me of little faith! I just know that your breakthroughs are on the way (!), and you will be blessed for sharing such a real experience in this difficult walk of life.
Praise God for your job offer! Thank you for sharing this. 🙂🙏🏼
Thank you so much! I know your prayers and the prayers of others in this community were heard. I look forward to a fresh start. God is so good!
Thank you, thank you Donny! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Today’s prayer walk was special to my life right now. But I know faith in God will get me through it. Thanks Donny for another great prayer walk 🙏🏻
Anything I/we can pray for?
😂 she just walked in the house.
Lois,
God loves you in a special way and you are very valuable to Him and to us. I keep praying for you my friend!
Thank you so much my friend ❤️
My prayers are with you, Donny. From this prayer walk and what it sounds like, Satan is trying to invade your thoughts and making you frustrated. I know when I am frustrated I do as you do, I turn to the Bible and pray a lot. Obviously, you need everyone praying for you to help you through this. I will be praying hard for you.
thank you Terri 🙂🙏🏼
Donny, that was a great prayer walk, God was walking right beside you, guiding you all the way, through the golf course, to the construction workers at the end, that’s what He knew you needed. It was a testament to God’s work to see the change in you from the beginning to end of the walk. And it’s what I needed to see and hear this week . Wednesday morning I took a fall and injured my shoulder, visit to doctor, X-rays were negative no fracture. I’ve been frustrated with myself, asking why did this happen right before my trip. Then your prayer walk came, the Instagram live on Wednesday, and again today (Friday), all which lifted my spirits and renewed my faith. Those signs were telling me, to stop take time to listen, appreciate the blessings in my life, this shoulder challenge shall pass, trust in my faith. So thanks for this walk.
Side note: on Instagram, I’m Gramlin29...blessings to you!
Hey Gramlin! 🙂 thank you for sharing. I am praying for your healing and praise God for no fractures.
Thanks for the prayers, it’s been feeling better everyday. Yes, praises for no fracture.
You have made a good point about how we could see the transformation in Donny through the walk. Very touching and real!