Hiding Gods Word in my HEART!

So I am trying to memorize scripture. Today I attempted Ephesians 6:10..Here it goes, "Finally be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might put on the full armor of God, for our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers against the powers and the world forces of wickedness in the Heavenly places. Therefore take up the full armor and resist in this in this evil day and stand firm. Stand firm having girded your loins with the truth and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel, in addition take the shield of faith which will be able to extinguish the flaming missles of the evil one and out on the helmen of salvation, and the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God. With all prayer and petition be on the alert, with all perserverance and petition pray at all times, and that utterance may be given with to opening of my mouth, to make known the mystery of the gospel."

Whew..I'm sure its not word for word, but close enough. Been feeling lately that I need to pray on the armor everyday. We are in a spiritual battle, and everyday the battle seems to get more intensified in this world. I need to be protected..and my protection comes from putting on His armor, which for me means memorizing scripture, reading the Word, praying daily and have an attitude of praise and worship.

Last week I ended up quiting my job. There was a few things that I saw that I couldn't be apart of, their disciplinary style as far as I was concerned bordered on neglect and abuse, so I and another employer quit, and made a report. It feels sort of uncomfortable. I didn't really want to report it, but after talking to several people, everyone agreed that the things that they were doing needed reporting.

In a couple weeks I'm going to Arizona to visit my dad. Can't wait to be in the sunshine and the heat. It's been a cool Spring here in Seattle. Also looking forward to camping season. We love camping!

Were going to have our first Neighbors in Need day in June. Looking forward to that and helping out the community, we are praying that a lot of people will show up.

Ashley is getting ready for her wedding. They are going to Las Vegas to get married at the end of July.

So thats what is going on in my life. Thank you Lord for Your salvation, grace, and mercy, and that i get to be a Daughter of the King!

a song that makes a wonderful prayer by Keith Green

Make my life a prayer to You, I wanna do what You want me to..
No empty words and no white lies, No token prayers, no compromise..
I wanna shine the Light You gave, Through Your Son You sent to save us..
From ourselves and our despair, It comforts me to know, You're really there.

I wanna thank You now..For being patient with me..
Oh it's so hard to see when my eyes are on me..
I guess I'll have to trust and just believe what You say..
Oh Your're coming again Coming to take me away.

I wanna die and let You give, Your Life to me so I might live..
And share the Hope you gave to me, The Love that set me free..
I wanna tell the world out there, Your're not some fable or fairy tale..
That I've made up inside my head, You're God, the Son
You've risen from the dead.

National Day of Prayer 2011 What it means to you?

Today is the first Thursday of May, where many Christians participate in "The National Day of Prayer." A time to pray for our country, our Military, our families, our churches, revival, and God's Hand for His people. I believe that every Church in America, should open their doors to this event. It is something that I am very passionate about, and something that I have tried to have at our church every year. This year we will not be having the event, so I will try to find somewhere to go this evening where the event is taking place.

My prayer for this event.."Dear Lord, first I come to You and confess my sin before You. My sin of pride, my sin of selfishness at times, times that I have wrong motives, the times that I want to take credit for something that is all You. I confess to You about an issue that You have been asking me to give up, that I still try to justify and hang on too. I confess to You my critical spirit at times, and the times that I talk against my brothers and sisters in Christ. I confess to You my lies at times, and I confess to You the times that I try to bargain with You. All these sins I confess to You, and ask for Your forgiveness, and that not only would I confess them to You, but that I would repent from them, give me the desire and willingness to turn away from them..not in my own strength, but by the power of Your Holy Spirit.

I want to come and pray for our Country. Lord that we would turn our hearts back to You. The Government, the schools, Our military, and our families. That we would have a fear of You again, that unless we turn our hearts back to You, You will remove Your hand from us. I lift up our Government and the 2012 Presidential election. Lord put men in office that love You, that pray, that have morals and convictions for Your Word. I lift up our Military to You, for the Chaplains, that men would pray, and that the leadership would hunger for Your Word and for Your righteousness. For our families, Lord bring back a sense of who You are in our families. Families and kids are so desensitized in this day, For husbands and fathers, that they would desire to be the spiritual leaders of their homes..that they would man up and be men, be warriors for You..for our schools, I pray Lord that You would raise up teachers that pray for their schools and for their students, that they would stand up against any sort of teaching that is not from You.

Lord for our Churches, I especially pray for discernment of Your Word. That NO false teaching would creep in. That Pastors would be men of boldness for Your Word only. That they would not allow anything to tickle their ears. I pray against the emergent churches, the seeker friendly churches..and I pray for the Bible believing only church..that will stand on Your Word only, and preach Truth. I ask in the Name of Jesus, Lord that You would come against the enemy that wants to bring lies, so subtly against Your truth. We need wise men in the church today. Especially Today, so many of Your people are being sucked away from Your truth. I pray that every Christian would hunger, and read Your Word, and stand up for Truth. Give us discernment, for Your truth.

Today as prayers are going out, I pray that everyday would be a National Day of Prayer..that we would do battle on our knees. Make us warriors for You. That daily we would put on the Whole Armor of God. I pray for revival for this country, and salvation for all the lost. God we need a revival, but it only begins when Your people humble themselves and pray and seek Your face, and turn from our wicked ways, will revival come...Lord may that happen soon, and come quickly Lord Jesus come, but not until all that You want saved.. I love You, your daughter