And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness into light before them and make uneven places into a plain. These things I have determined to do [for them]; and I will not leave them forsaken. (Isaiah 42:16 Amplified)

Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. (Psalm 91:14-16 Amplified)

I am a man after the Lord’s own heart and the Word planted in me is now pushing roots downward and growing fruit upward for I am a oak of righteousness planted by streams of Living Water and I bring forth fruit in my own life and family and in my city in it due season. Everything I do shall prosper as my soul prospers.

You, Lord, are my light and my shield, an every present help in time of trouble, therefore; I declare today that according to Your Word each and every step I take is ordered by You. Every rough place is made smooth…every uneven place is made into a plain. I do not falter…I stand upright in a large place meant just for me. My heart trusts in the Lord. The goodness and mercy of the Lord follow me in all I do and in all I am a part of. The love of the Lord is set upon me and I am in His fixed gaze. My face is set like flint and I shall not be confused or put to shame as I look to the mountains from whence my help comes from. I declare, “My help comes from the Lord!”

Yes, the Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? NO ONE. The light of the Lord is this very moment illumining my darkness for the Lord is ever present with me and never forsakes me or His Word to me.

As I decree the Word of the Lord to me, my path is being bathed in light, revelation, wisdom, understanding and a deep and intimate knowledge the Lord’s plan for me. I am one who walks uprightly with a heart of faith and do not waver with the shifting winds of doubt and unbelief. I have the mind of Christ and contain the thoughts and intents of the Lord’s heart, therefore; I hear the Shepherd’s voice and I do not follow another.

Every promise given to me is yes and amen…and they will be fulfilled in the proper time and place. I do not have fear, but I do have love, power and a sound mind and do discern the timing and purposes of the Lord.

I am not missing, nor will I miss, one plan or purpose You have for me for the eyes of my heart are opened and I am receiving the Light. Today Lord, I gird myself with the Word and the promises You have made to me and press on to my high calling in You.  I REST in the green pastures and still waters of Your living continually in the righteousness, joy and peace of the Holy Spirit. I am at rest…Amen

Isaiah 42:12, Psalms 91:14-16, Psalms 51:10, Proverbs 15:33, Psalms 119:48, Isaiah 61:3, Psalms 1:3, Luke 3:5, Proverbs 20:24, Psalms 23:6, 3 John 1:2, Psalms 121:2, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 18:28, Job 22:28, 1 Corinthians 2:16, John 10:27, 2 Corinthians 1:20, Romans 14:17

Thank you for your encouragement Lord. I so needed it today. There are things I have possessed and now they seem to have gone by the wayside. My attempts to recover have been hard and many times I have given up, abdicated and walked away hoping for a better day. Sometimes I have even looked at myself and felt I deserved what I was experiencing. I let the enemy build fences, and even at times buildings, on my land or in my heart.

Therefore, I choose this day…yes…this day, to walk in the light of Your Word to me. I have been limited in my vision and thought it was all about me in so many ways. I have been so focused on self that I have forgotten it is about Your glory…Your plan and always has been. It isn’t about me. It is about the bigger picture—the cosmos—the world and all it contains.

May I light the earth like Your stars light the night sky and proclaim Your glory in whatever I do or where ever I go. I receive another portion of Your revelation today, as shafts of Your revelation light penetrate my being. Even now, darkness is separating off my thinking—separating off my seeing and yes, off my believing.

Lord, please forgive me for the many times I have submitted to my own desire and will rather than Yours. Yes, I so long to be found faithful in the little things of life as well as the big. Sometimes the little things are harder for they are more frequently required to be acted upon. If not acted upon little by little, then the molehills of my life become like mountains. Mountains are harder to take back from the enemy than a molehill which can be kicked over very easily.

Father, I must admit I never thought about You being pleased with Jesus prior to all the miracles He did. I know You were, however; I never put it in this context. Imagine You being pleased with me even when I am doing nothing. Truly obedience is better than sacrifice.

Therefore, I choose to be in submission to Your overall purpose and to Your individual purpose in word and deed. In all of this, still I am not required to perform for Your love. All is birthed out of sonship…friendship. I am Your friend.

All You have given to me and will give to me is given with great pleasure…is given just because you love me. How wonderful to know that I am loved unconditionally by You. I am Your daughter…Your son. I am simply Yours and nothing else matters. I am loved just because it is Your great pleasure to do so. I receive by faith and I agree that I am your valiant, victorious one. I am Your friend and we have access to one another’s hearts. You are my great love and I am Yours.

Father, old things have passed away in my life and the new has come. I refuse to look at them any longer except to allow for the manifest presence of Christ to destroy any vestige or fragment left over capable of coming against Your purposes and plans for my life. Instead of focusing on the lack I so often see in myself I choose to I set my face like flint and press on. Yes, I press on to a higher calling. I press on to a higher vision…a vision born of Your heart for me and all those I love. Once again, I confess that it is not about me. It is all about You…it is all about Kingdom. It is about restoration of all things and You have given me a part to play. I am taking dominion of all you have given me charge of. I am not insignificant to the plans and purposes You wish to accomplish on the Earth.

Nothing is too grand, for nothing is impossible with You including my life and its struggles or my purpose in reference to those I love and Your will for all involved. Your light is here with me right now and I am in full reception of it. Revelation is around me and in me at every level for You dwell in me. All my senses are captivated by Your heart…by your friendship as You dispense revelation and truth according to the Word. I live…I breathe…I walk…and take dominion in You.

Like the song words, ‘On a clear day you can see forever” I can see. The eyes of my understanding are opened. Revelation and wisdom flow from You to me. As Moses passed away— as John the Baptist passed away and made way for a new thing so my old ways pass away. I receive the Light of Your Word and I exchange all the lies I believe in exchange for Your truth. In doing this, I will come to embrace the full identity of a life hidden in You…a life set apart for your glory.

Lord I am indeed new and I am becoming new each and every day. The veil is rent and I have access to see You and Your plans for me. As I embrace Your Word I am not afraid of failure nor am I unqualified. You and You alone have made me qualified. You alone are my Strong tower…my Refuge and I receive all You have to give, for surely my cup overflows with rivers of the Living Water that flows from your heart—from Your throne.

Lord, I choose to arise for my faith is an overcoming faith. Old things are even now continuing to pass away and I am new…I am completely fulfilled in You. The only power the opinions of others have over me is what I give them and I choose to give credence to only what You say in Your Word. My destiny…my purpose are fulfilled by You and my submission to Your truth. My destiny is fulfilled in and by you as I, like Paul. choose to allow the scales of hindrance which include unbelief, unforgiveness, pride or any other sin fall away as I receive mercy and grace…mercy and grace for myself and for those around me. I embrace a life full of the demonstration of power in Your name. Promised Land here I am.

Be still my heart. O’ the love I feel at the very thoughts You have expressed. It seems I cannot contain the immensity of Your love. To be Your resting place is more than I could desire, more than I can imagine, yet, You say it is so. To have the security and hope as You reside in my heart…as You call me your home. You are indeed the head and I am the body to carry out all You desire and have planned for me. What an amazing analogy…what an amazing picture…to see my heart as a place for You to rest Your head which makes up all Your thoughts, desires and dreams. I am privileged indeed. I would have it no other way. Teach me to be so very aware of Your presence so that I never take You for granted.(good)

I must come into agreement with the depth of this truth of being Your resting place. I must know the fullness of being one as You and the Father are one. Open my heart…open my senses, as You promised before. Open them down to the very cellular level…to my very DNA.

Come and infuse the nerves of my being and make them receptive to Your immense expression of love. I declare that Your resting place…I am a place You call home. You are the head and I am the body. We move in unison together to accomplish great purpose and destiny.

Teach me Holy Spirit to understand and walk in the fullness of this great truth. Your Word to me creates more motivation to release all that hinders, holds back, or entices me. I am Your habitation…Your resting place and I am indeed a good thing. I am Your favorite one. Amen

Lord, You are my restoration and my portion in all things. You restore every waste place in my life and make them beautiful reflections of who You are. Nothing is out of reach of Your redeeming and restoring love.

Today I need Your light in the midst of my dark places…in the midst of every area in need of restoration. I invite you to come and do whatever it takes…and impart whatever I need to reflect who You are in me. I acknowledge the value You have placed on me and agree with You that I am indeed treasure in an earthen vessel. Hover over my earthen vessel as you hovered over the earth and make all things new. I close my eyes and I can see You hovering over me. I can feel the breath of Your Spirit moving across me and into the recesses of my mind. Touch every hidden subconscious thought which does not line up with Your Word and what You have declared me to be.

As I sit in Your presence I will absorb every portion of Your being. I will absorb every truth and Word you speak to me. Come and penetrate the deepest places of my heart and mind. Penetrate to the very internal subconscious regions of my thinking from whence actions come. . In Your presence I am renewed…I am restored. Right now…this very moment…I declare that darkness is fleeing and Your light has come for Your mercies are new every morning…every moment. Your grace is all sufficient for the restoration of my entire being.

You inject me with pure light through the Living Word. Every Word I read and every Word You speak is transferring me in to a new season of life and sonship. One by one each hindrance is falling away for the dominos have been pushed. I declare that I am entering a new season of reformation and change.

Therefore, expose every work of the enemy and You will bring destruction to the enemy’s plans of darkness (Deuteronomy 34:27). I posture myself in Your presence and in Your Word. As I do this, come and hover over me. Let me hear Your breath inhale the darkness and exhale the light. I receive Your all sufficient grace and mercy. With faith and expectancy I breathe You in.

Lord, what seems like small steps to me has brought You joy. Forgive me for being so hard on myself when You are so pleased. What I cannot see, You can. You already see the victory. You already see and call me a victor. Time is of no matter to You. Teach me to love the process and enjoy going through it with You. Give me Your perspective on process and time. How I want Your heart in reference to patience and time.

I will grab a hold of Your word for it is truth and life to me. It is Light. I receive wisdom to walk as a king and priest…to function as Your ambassador with full authority and anointing. I agree with You and declare that my life is a place of Eden in this earth and an oasis for those in need. I am fruitful and I do multiply according to Your promise…according to Your Word. Perfect order is coming to my life and to my way of thinking. My mind is renewed in You by the power of Your Word and I am clothed in Your righteousness.

Lord, You have clothed me in Your righteousness and I am seated with You far above all hindering foes and powers of destruction. You are my strength…my Strong tower…my ever flowing fountain of Life and Light. I see You for You are with me and in me. I am Your watered garden, an Eden of abundant fruit and provision to the world around me.

I look at my life and actions sometimes and wonder how I can be made in Your image. Yet, You say I am. Therefore; I choose to agree with You and thereby, enable myself to walk in all You say I can and will. I am Your representative in and on Earth. I am a living example of Your image to those around me…an oasis to the needy and hurting. My focus is on You and You alone.

I tell my heart to be of good courage and to have faith. I break agreement with any lie to the contrary, lies forming a smoke screen aimed at fooling me in to believing otherwise. I break all covenants with guilt and shame. Instead, I embrace conviction by Holy Spirit and receive the freedom and liberty given to me by the blood of Christ.

Stir my heart to remember all the good things You have accomplished in and through me. This is not pride, but it is Your testimony in my life and has power to engender faith, hope and love. Stir me to remember all the times I have overcome by faith and endured until times of victory and I will be encouraged. Yes, stir me to remember who I am in You.

For, when I abdicate who You say I am, not only do I loose, but all those around me loose. I take the dominion You gave Your life for and I choose to walk in it by faith. I tell shame and guilt to flee, for I am walking in complete grace and forgiveness. Today is a new day of light and revelation. There is no time to waste on petty self-incriminations. I choose to forgive and let all inadequacies fall by the wayside as I embrace the Light of Your Word. I am Your representative. I am Your plan. Thank you for choosing me.

Lord, forgive me for every time I have gotten ahead of Your timing—for not building one day at a time because of fear or worry. When I do this I am hard on myself and feel I have failed in some way. Teach me to rely on the conviction of Holy Spirit with complete trust in the fact that Your kindness leads to repentance. Wash me with the cleansing power of Your Word each and every time I read or hear it. Water ever seed of Eden within my heart and enable me to flourish in practical ways into the oasis you say I am.

Continue to separate all darkness…all dark thoughts of failure and bathe me in Your light. Teach me to move with Your flow in order for things in my life to function properly according to Your purpose. Every house needs the right foundation. Separating light from darkness in my life builds a good foundation on which to operate from. Substance, the fulfillment of dreams and a confident heart become my portions.

Lord, once again I give You the hidden places of my heart where insecurities abound. I give them to You, and I move on. I can see the Jordan and I know the ark of Your presence in my life will move me across on dry ground. I will agree with You and say, “I am Your living example.” I ride with you and call You, Abba Father. Amen

Pray Part Two

Lord, I receive the sweet nectar of Your Word. It settles down around my heart and flows into the hidden places of dryness like fresh spring water. It coats my heart like thick honey from the Rock. I declare that my eyes are beholding You in a whole new way. I am able to see into the realms of Your glory and presence that have been reserved for me in this day. Metamorphosis is taking place with every breath I breathe. My heart responds to Your wooing of Love.

I receive Your goodness—Your kindness which flows to me from the depths of Your heart. The gates of purpose and destiny are swinging wide open. Favor, blessing and honor are mine as I dwell in You. All that has been stolen is being returned multiplied unto me. Spring is arising in my heart. The Son is shining and the rain of Your presence is softening the soil of my heart. I am being made new. Flowers of provision in every area of my life are popping up just as I need them. I am being prepared to fly. Spring is here and my love is awakened.

Lord, teach me to see You in every circumstance. Open the eyes of my heart to see with great faith—to see what You see when You look beyond the struggles I experience as I try to walk out this life You have given me. Sometimes I look at my life and I don’t see myself having been placed in the garden of Your love and care

Always remind me to put You in remembrance of the Word you have spoken to me. Let faith arise with wings of hope and expectation and I will mount up and fly into the promises, into the purposes you have for me with great delight. For You are indeed multiplying me in every way. Struggles surrendered break me free. I envelope myself within the comfort of Your presence as I would snuggle into a warm coat on a cold day. All is unfolding and love is truly awakening within me. All is falling away. I can fly.

Help me to see the beautiful colors that are so intricately being woven into the very fabric of my life. Your very life flows through the veins of my being and I am being made like You. Teach me to never worry or be afraid. Teach me to rest among the active moving of Your Spirit in my heart, to be patient and wait on Your timing. Timing is everything and I must trust You when all seems delayed. I must trust You to show me if there are things in my heart and life which hinder me and keep me cocooned, keep me from walking in the fullness of blessing.

Lord, thank You for lifting the reproach of men and circumstances off my life and heart. I invite You into every deep or hidden place within me and say, “Have Your way!” More than anything, I want to be completely free to be who You have made me to be. I release all people who have disdained me, hurt me or wounded me in any way. Please bring each one to my remembrance that I might lay down the ugly colors of unforgiveness down forever. I release them that they might be free also. Every accusation of the enemy melts like wax in the flame of Your presence.

The very essence of who You made me to be is awakening like the rising of the dawn. This is a new day, and I embrace it. I give You all my excuses. I lay aside every hindrance. I receive restoration of all things stolen from me. Draw me continually into Your presence to receive. Never let me forsake My time with You in favor of leftover strands and filaments of my old cocoon. Let it blow away never to be revisited. I receive divine appointments and circumstances without fears of inadequacy for I am one who expresses You in a unique and beautiful way. I come into Your presence and I drink deeply. Fill me, enable me, comfort me, and I will do likewise (2 Corinthians 1:4). The best part of my life is now and to come. Old things have passed away and gardens are prepared to drink from and to impart to. The best is here. I am free and I open my wings to fly. I am flying.

In Jesus Name

Amen

Father, open my eyes to see the fullness, wonder and power of Your Word. Cause me to see it as a living Word with power to reveal the very essence of Your being to me. Take me into depths of revelation such as I have never experienced before. Lord I submit myself and the things of the flesh to the power of Your Word and I choose to become obedient to it. Your sacrifice, Your blood has cleansed me from all unrighteousness and I continue to bring my flesh in subjection to the Cross and Your sacrifice.

Help me to be quick to see and hear before I make choices which are unprofitable for me and others. I chose to take my thoughts captive and walk according to the Spirit. As I do this, cut away every oppositional lie of the enemy and insert the truth about who I am in You. Water the garden of My heart and I will grow. I trust You to show me where life’s circumstances and relationship with others have caused me to have wrong belief systems about You and about life. Many times I have listened to the voice of the enemy and took it as my own, believing the things he says about me more than I believe You. I want to be quick to hear You in the midst of his accusations whether they are in thought or through the words of others.

Help me to walk in an assertive, aggressive way when it comes to Your Word. So many other things in my life get my undivided attention and when I really want to do something, I do it. I know it is a fact you can tell what is important to a person by what they do. It is the same with me. Please forgive me for being apathetic in my pursuit of Your Word…Your heart.

Convict me and release me. Show me the hidden dreams of my heart and help me to walk out, with faith, the ones I am aware of. Remove every damn of obstruction which blocks dreams and visions from coming to the surface where they can be heard, seen and embraced. Go to the very roots and remove all hindering factors, all sin and lay waste to the plans and schemes of the enemy. Cause me to be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove.

Even now as I pray, I can feel my heart softening, becoming tender in response to my time with You and the Words You have spoken over and to me. Always keep me close and I pray I am slow to anger and quick to repent. In doing this my heart like a sponge dipped in water will always be moist and contain enough to be squeezed out into the lives of others.

I receive Your word as a living word. Every syllable of Your word implanted within My heart will not return void. It will accomplish and bring about Your purposes within me and around me. Go deep into the hidden places, hidden even to me, and cut away anything which prohibits me from walking in Your fullness.

I choose to agree with You Father. I choose to agree with the Word. I will meditate, think on and come in to vocal agreement with all You have said to me. Today I draw near to You and You draw near to me. My thinking is transformed by ingesting Your word. I live not according to natural bread but every word that proceeds from Your mouth. Holy Spirit forever keep me in remembrance of the Word.

In Jesus Name

Amen

Lord Jesus I can see You in my heart. I hear your soft voice calling me. There are many times in my life where I have struggled to understand Your great love for me. Often times I have let words and attitudes of men distort the truth. I turn from this misconception and will not entertain even one thought to the tiniest degree. I choose to believe the truth as I embark on a whole new journey with You. I have taken other journeys with You on many occasions and yet my stomach flutters at the thought of this one. A reciprocal intimate pursuit is the desire of Your heart. You are with me in my struggles, my failure and my victories. I am so thankful that you are not a fair weather friend.

I turn my face in Your direction with anticipation. I hear Your footsteps gently coming down the path of my life. I give you free reign to remove any barriers separating us from this great work You are coming to do in my heart. Yes, I choose to look…I choose to take the chance and see what You see when You look on me.

Lord, let Your light shine into the darkest, most hidden places of my heart. My identity is in You. Show me who I am. I long to know You as I am known and it is Your will and desire that do so. All that I will be is already accomplished in You. You are my Resurrection and my Life. On this journey of intimate pursuit I will leave the past behind. Worry for my future will have no place of habitation in my heart. I am and will be forever content in Your presence…content to rest in the assurance of Your everlasting love and friendship. Even now Your blood…Your sacrifice permeates my heart, my past and my future.

Lord I so want to thank You for waiting for me…thank you for moving at my pace for not being in a hurry. Your unconditional love overwhelms me, captivates me. You are never in a hurry and are always ever ready to take the time and do what is necessary for me to overcome…whatever is necessary for me to be at peace. I choose to put aside all fear for You did not give me a spirit of fear. You have given me a spirit of love, power and a sound mind. I am able to live without fear and walk in love as I abide in You.

Increase my faith…help my unbelief….as I reach my arms out to You. Holy Spirit teach me…guide me. I trust you. I choose to resist the lies, the words of men, and yes, and the words of my own heart which do not agree with You. Jesus, the Cross is my hope…my resurrection and my freedom in every way. I know this but now it is time to walk in it to the fullness of all that You are. Help me! Help me to not dig up things You aren’t dealing with. This certainly overwhelms me and has the tendency to bring hopelessness into my thinking which in turn effects my actions in so many negative ways.

Yes, let every way of wrong thinking be nailed to the Cross where it loses all power and authority in my life. At the Cross…at the Cross where I first saw the light and the burdens of my heart rolled away…are words of truth worth remembering. Resurrect me to the fullness of who I am called to be. Let me see the fullness of the fact that I am seated in heavenly places.

Lord, I admit my need for resurrection in so many areas…in so many ways. Resurrection is the process of life in You. I am a new creature in You but at the same time I am always being made new. What a beautiful picture. How can I overcome death and blindness in all these areas unless I first see myself as You see me? Illumine my darkness and let me see that to You I am the fairest of them all. Yes, I will come with You, journey with you. I will come regardless with the determination to embrace and receive the truth.

Teach me to see, to know Your heart of unconditional…Your heart of every kind and overflowing love. I embrace Your songs of deliverance over my life. I embrace hope, boundless grace and mercy. I trust You. I long for our hearts to beat as one. I will look in the mirror and see the fairest of them all. I will see You as my reflection. I am Your beloved cherished one. I come today and rest my head upon Your shoulder. I love you. You ask me what I say to Your request to journey with You…to receive resurrection. I say, “YES!” Amen.

Lord, there are many dreams of my heart I have let go of or simply forgotten. They have become buried in the sands of time…buried within the deep places of my heart. And though I have forgotten them, You have not and my heart rejoices. Many worries and circumstances of this life have attempted to bring unbelief to the core of who I am. Doubt and unbelief have proclaimed with a very loud voice on many occasions but Your whispers are louder than the shouts of the enemy. Please forgive me where I have not nourished the seeds…the promises You have given me in days gone by.

Forgive me for having fear or seeing myself as unworthy somehow to carry out Your plans for me. If I were unworthy You would have never given them to me in the first place. Release resurrection power until all is well. Breathe on me and I shall truly live to fulfill all that has ever been planned for me.

Lord, you are my dream maker…my dream fulfiller in every way. There is none like You. When my hope has become deferred, denial and apathy can become ways for me to escape looking at areas of struggle. Please forgive me for having a heart of apathy in any area of my life. Forgive me for thinking denial will somehow save me from having to deal with things…somehow save me from any pain. True to Your Word, You never quit working in my life and out of Your love, mercy and grace You allow things to come up and disturb my false sense of peace. Denial is indeed a thin and deceptive shield which solves absolutely nothing.

This day, I choose to look to You…to look to Your resurrection power and might on my behalf. You are committed to seeing me through to victory and gave the ultimate cost to do so. I must not treat what you have done lightly. You are right. I can do nothing myself. All must be done by Your Spirit in order to really overcome. By grace and with faith I come into agreement with Your Word. You are sufficient in my weakness…in my inability. I release all my failures…in all my failures in the areas of my most consistent struggles. I declare I am an overcomer and You have put me on the right course.

Lord, I have always seen graveyards as the end of the line—as the place of unfulfilled dreams, desires and potential. In the natural they are and the graveyards of dead dreams within me would be the same if it weren’t for You. You are indeed my Resurrection Life and I choose to believe nothing is impossible with You. All it takes is one breath of Your mouth and everything lives…everything is made brand new.

The voice of the enemy likes to take the dry bones and use them against me. He longs for me to doubt Your goodness…Your faithfulness. He wants them to draw the very life and moisture out of my heart and cause me to walk in unbelief. Instead I choose to listen to You and I do so by faith. I believe You are good and that You reward those who seek You…those who trust in Your name. I receive a new freedom today…a new freedom to believe in ways I never have before. Help me to not look back. Help me to set my face like flint in Your direction…to set my face like flint according to the truth of Your Word.

Lord, the time has come to rise and shine with a heart of joyous praise, for You are faithful. Your love endures forever regardless of what takes place around or within me. I acknowledge Your loving-kindness and Your complete attention to even the smallest concerns of my heart. No matter what they are, from finding a parking space to matters of life and death, You care equally for them all.

Please show me where every ounce of fear would seek to hide and heal every wound giving place to said fear. Help me to dance on this side of the Red Sea. Help me to believe. Expose and then heal every hindering place within me and I shall be made new. Give me a fresh Word and I will proclaim it until victory comes. I declare with a heart of faith that I hear the whispers of Your voice over the rattling of dry bones. Faith will hear me speak Your Word and faith will come. The ears of faith are open to the Word coming out of my mouth.

Resurrection life is not for some future day…it is for me right here and right now. I embrace resurrection life. I embrace the Living Word. I come into agreement and I live. My dry bones live.

Lord, as I choose to worship even in the tough times I am asking You create in me a clean heart and a steadfast spirit. I choose to arise and worship You with a heart of faith believing all is well in You regardless of what I see or feel. I receive the ability to move…the ability to dance. The framework of my life is being built line upon line, tissue upon tissue and muscle upon muscle.

Every never and fiber of my being is coming into alignment with Your Word. I declare that I am becoming more responsive to You moment by moment. I dance in my heart. I dance with my feet. I will dance regardless of what I see, feel or think. I am moving in motion to the beating of Your heart…to the inhaling and exhaling of Your very breath. I am in sync with You.

I mount up with the wings of an eagle and I soar to the heights of promise. Any graveyards of dry bones in my life are even this moment being resurrected to bring forth a living future and hope. I arise and I worship. I arise and I proclaim. I arise and dance the dance of victory on this side of the Red Sea. Since You are for me, who can be against me? NO ONE! I arise to do great things for great things He hath done for me. Amen

Lord, Your ability to keep me, to make me stand in the midst of any situation is amazing. Teach me to remain in You at all times and to do so no matter what—understanding You never leave or forsake me for even a moment. You survived the cruelest agony depraved and tortured hearts could ever dish out and yet You interceded for forgiveness on their behalf.

Teach me to be like You. I partake of all You have done for me and acknowledge Your ever-present heart. I am never alone for You are with me. I give up my fear of failure and put on Your righteousness. Teach me to receive the fullness of Your Word in my life. Let me see and know within the deepest subconscious portions of my heart and being that You are one-hundred percent dedicated to my success. You use my failures and mistakes to teach me not to forsake or pull away from You.

In fact, the very opposite is true. You draw near to me and reveal my heart in order to free me, in order to walk with me in the cool of the day. Your Word is like a fresh breeze on a hot day and infuses me with strength and vitality. I declare that the voice of the enemy has no power over me, for I live according to every Word proceeding from the Your mouth, from Your heart.

Lord, I cry out to You for a heart like David. I long to desire You as the most important necessity of my life. I long to pant after You as the deer pants for a brook of water. Captivate my heart and let me not love or look to another. Past circumstances or failure have not one bit of relevance when it comes to how You feel about me. Open my eyes to see You as I gaze upon the beauty of Your Word—as I reflect on the loveliness of Your name. You are sweeter than the honeycomb and stronger than bands of steel. Your name and Your love endure forever. And I am in You, therefore, I endure forever.

I come into the garden of our relationship and pick fresh flowers every day. I feed on the manna of Your Word morning by morning, evening by evening. I taste and see that You are good. As I draw from Your presence I am a fresh bouquet of flowers dispensing Your fragrance everywhere I go and in everything I do. I let go of the memories I hold on to in favor of fresh revelation and truth. I learn from the lessons of the past and they enable me to succeed with humility in the moment and the days to come. I discard all old flowers and manna to walk in the garden with You.

Show me the little foxes that so easily beset me in order to draw me away from You out of fear, shame, and guilt or for any other reason. Teach me the power found in the simplicity of speaking Your name throughout the course of my days. I depend on Your name, for it is above all names.

I thank You for sending Your precious Son as a declaration of Your everlasting love. You are a wonderful Vinedresser and an ever-loving Father. Thank You, Jesus, for Your willingness to give Your life that I might have a place to live. You have provided an abiding place for the here, the now and the life to come. I cling to You, drawing all my strength and love from You.

Holy Spirit, teach me how to abide with all my heart, realizing a deeper communion than I have ever experienced before. You are so practical, yet at the same time, so holy—a touchable awesome God. In the midst of my many failures and blunders I find myself closer to You as You forgive me and wash me in Your cleansing blood. I am here, Jesus, to abide, to receive, to give and be complete in You. You are my hiding place and I love You so. Help me; grace me to always abide in You. Amen

Psalm 63:1 — O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Seeking the Lord with All your Heart Decree

Father, I declare you are my God. You are my God and worthy to be praised. My heart longs after You. I thirst for You like deer in need of water. My very inner self, the very core of my being cries out to you that I might know You as I am known. My flesh is in need of You. Without Your presence I am nothing. Teach me to seek Your face when I am dry and weary—to seek Your face when the enemy comes against me and says, “Hath God Said?” I declare You are my life.

You are the very air I breathe and nothing else can satisfy the longing of my heart other than You. I am the sheep of Your Hand and do not seek or follow another. I hear Your voice and walk accordingly. My heart is captivated by You and I am ravished by Your beauty. I am in the secret place of Your love and You are showing me the hidden things of my heart which keep me from seeking Your face. You are my God. Yes, You are my God and I choose to seek You for when I do You are found…and I have found You. I have drawn near to You and You have drawn near to me. I am a seeker of the face of God. The goodness of the Lord is passing before me and I am changed…Amen