Learn to Listen to Him Even When Listening to Other People

Exodus 3:5 - Then he said, "Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." 

John 7:37-39 - On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

I Corinthians 6:19-20 - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 

Dear God, help me as I listen to others to be able to respond appropriately through Your guidance and through my listening to You. I want to be able to help others so help me to always be aware of what You are saying to me while I listen to their needs because I definitely cannot help them very well if I am not effectively listening to You. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen! 

God Is With You

Jeremiah 29:12-14 - "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."

John 10:14-15 - "I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep."

John 10:27-28 - "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand." 

Dear God, help me to never forget, no matter how busy my day may get, that You are with me. You are with me every step of the way. You will move mountains for me if that is what it takes. God, how much more I need You now than ever before as we enter the time in which I am forced to find new insurance that could break the bank but which I will need as things move forward toward me getting IVIG infusions after all these years of waiting because my immune deficiency just wasn't deficient enough before now. Things will be happening pretty fast once we get things moving. There is still the possibility that I will need another surgery to put a port in so they can do the infusions and labs, but of course, there are limitations in who can do labs and where labs can be done if we have to go that route. Please help my veins come out from hiding and strengthen them so they will be receive what my body will need these next few months or years. I have a team of doctors that has finally gone to the mat to fight for me to get referred for infusions. Give them wisdom to choose the right person to send me to for them to be done. Give the facility grace to help with financial stuff as You see best. If only we could get an extra $100 per month to help with the cost of the jacked up premiums for insurance, even that would be great. God, You know my needs now and into the next year or so. You know my fears and my anxieties and those of my mother. Please help us advocate so that appropriate legislation can be done to help me and others like me in my state and in this country even. I always tell people who speak against safety net programs that I never asked to be disabled, but what I did ask was for help when I needed it most. And that alone takes so much more courage than anyone can possibly ever know because to ask for help means to peel away all pride and put on all humility and humbleness. I have been torn about doing a crowd fund site, but I need Your direction now as to whether it would be the wise thing to do. Guide me, lead me, give me wisdom, comfort me, hold me, never let me go. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen! 

Linger in His Presence a While

Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Hebrews 12:3 - Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 

Dear God, I need You right now because I am having a hard time right now. I am in a funky situation because of a recall on a prescription and having to wait on the doctor's office to respond to the request to submit a new prescription in a timely fashion. Please rest my heart and soul. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen! 

Do Not Expect to Be Treated Fairly in This Life

Isaiah 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Romans 5:3-5 - More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not out us to shame, because God's live has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Ephesians 1:7-10 - In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Colossians 3:12-13 - Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 

Dear God, I find it impossible to rejoice in suffering. Some people are just so miserable in their own lives that they set out to intentionally make others miserable as well. The bullies in this life are almost unbearable and intolerable. And some of them claim to be Christians as well. Those are the ones that bother me the most. On the other hand, teach me to be quicker to forgive when someone sins against me. Teach me to show them the same love You have graciously shown me. Thank You for holding me. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Becoming More Aware of His Presence Makes Discerning the Right Way Easier

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 32:8 - I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

Dear God, the closer I get in my walk with You, the more I am beginning to feel that perhaps I should try to run for leadership at some point. Not only to show that autistics can do almost anything they want when they set their minds to do it, but also because we need real Christians to go forth and help the least of these. What we have now are hurting us. I want to not get stuck in the rut. I am ready for an adventure. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

Go to God When You Are Hurting

John 15:5 - "I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing."

James 1:4 - And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 

Dear God, help me to remain focused on You. Do I have needs? Absolutely. Do I need help? Absolutely. But I can do nothing on my own without You alongside of me. It is not bad to be in reliance on You. It is bad to think one is self-sufficient. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!

He Is God With You

Matthew 1:21 - "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:23 - "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a sin, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us). 

Acts 2:28 - "You have made known to me the paths of life; you make me full of gladness with your presence."

Dear God, Jesus. Immanuel. The Lord saves. God with us. How excellent and mighty are You, God. Even when I cannot feel You, You are there. You love me so much that You sent Your Sin to be born of a virgin. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!