When Everything Seems Just Right, PRAY

I have come to realize that the perfect time to pray and enjoy God's presence is when everything seems to have fallen in place. Lately, i've been feeling this inner peace and joy. It's not like i've done anything differently, or that anything extraordinary has happened lately, but i just feel God's presence all around me. It's like my faith has been renewed…Like i've been born again. I'm excited, i'm hopeful, i feel like i'm about to explode with joy. I'm usually very bubbly and happy, but this is a different kind of happy. This has to be Joy!

Anyway, i know there's a lot of sadness, insecurities, dissatisfaction, and just plain 'ol unhappiness all over the world, so i'm not taking this feeling lightly. I'm guarding this feeling very jealously. Oh yes, I am! I've come to realize that we fall prey to the devil when we let our guards down, which usually happens when we are comfortable and feel like we've reached a happy medium. We get carried away and forget to run closer to God, leaving the door open for the devil to come and snatch our joy right away. Not my portion! So right now, home girl is falling on her knees and i'm just going to enjoy God's presence. You should do the same, whether you're feeling happy right now or not. I pray that God will give you this same peace, joy, and that his love will envelope you and radiate through you. Amen


My prayer tonight:

Father i thank you for peace, joy, for your love, and your presence all around me
I thank you for nudging me to draw nearer to you, even at a time when everything feels so right
I thank you for strength, to a weakling like me
I thank you for your love, even when i'm clearly undeserving of it
I thank you for what you're about to do in my life; I can feel it
And i open up myself to receive it
I thank you for a new life, a new chapter, a renewed faith
I thank you for choosing me, for saving me, for all that i am, and who i'm becoming
Nothing pleases me more than to please you
I openly rededicate my life to you
Use me, however it pleases you lord, today and Always.
Amen.