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These are all reasons I was grateful recently. I hope some items on this list speak to you.
- That I can and often do experience resurrection having failed
- For the prayers of repentance I have just prayed
- For God’s reminder that He is with me in this
- For the wisdom that acknowledges I will be tested
- For another wisdom, that voids are designed to be filled
- That this exercise is a holy filling
- That I can be involved in one hundred godly interactions per day
- That there is the goodness of good salad all about me
- That I don’t need to follow others
- That God has ‘got’ this for me
- For His Presence which raises me as I’m led by His Spirit
- That in being His good soldier there is always something good to be done
- For the wisdom in silence
- For creepy crawly creatures that remind me how blessed I currently am
- That my son sleeps while I work
- For the occupational aspirations that will rise in my son
- For the prayers I have for my daughter’s rent inspection
- For the justice implicit in the society I live
- For my body’s need and ability to stretch
- For a coffee breakfast
- That God shows me His Presence is with me even in my maintenance work
- That God gives me so much grace, and this is felt mostly when I most need it
- For the consummate ease of life in this minute and moment
- That consummate ease is a mind thing held up by the heart willing to believe
- That there is the belief that more is to come
- That I can switch focus
- That there is something ever glorious in our mortal world
- That the hardest work of the season is behind us
- For a simple text message confession, the power of repentance
- That belief undergirds absolutely everything
- That here I am AGAIN by the grace of God
- For living power of Jesus in me
- That I, in this moment, cannot withhold my praise
- For water as much as breath
- For those dreams and aspirations I swap for God’s better plan
- For the power in the minute, but I must act on it!
- For the prayer I have for an ailing man
- That I have already helped three people and it’s only 7:41 AM
- For high intensity staying power – the balance and best of two opposing realities – available only in God’s power with the option open to rest at any time
- The Christian bandwidth is very wide for a very important reason – there are so many who must find a place to fit in a realm where, to the Lord, there is no right and wrong, where all are loved and accepted as they are and as they in their right conscience think
- For the blessed joyous sound of children playing
- When God’s fire spreads through my being
- For the hearts of the Receptive
- For the enjoining Spirit as He raises me to new life AGAIN
- For the revelation of peace in an anxious person
- For the Presence God gives me for people of any age
- For the ladder that elevates me and supports my weight
- That I have a message burning within me
- That at this point I feel unstoppable
- That God gives the increase, this time children passionate who aren’t normally passionate
- For the life of Billy Graham who is impetus for today’s devotions
- For the revival events that continue today
- For a single person’s revival that we call salvation
- For reason to praise God… 10,000 and forever more
- For encouraging a prayer group to pray
- For the echoes of the saints who have become angels
- For light that purges darkness
- That there is a way to life, and His name is Jesus
- That as a heart catches fire it tends to set other hearts aflame
- That nothing can stop God’s purpose and plan
- For peace that starts in the nation called me!
- For the courage to risk for love throwing the caution of fear to the wind
- For young lives and vulnerable souls
- That there are more engagements of connection to be had, this minute!
- For yet another presenting opportunity
- That it is such a blessing to see blessing unfold before our eyes
- All for You, Lord!
- For an interaction with the smallest of persons, a person made in God’s own image
- That there is understanding established in coherence
- For knowledge that tests occur for a reason, so that we may with ease learn to overcome the test
- For the protection due vulnerable lives
- That there are three very important presentations to make this month, at least three
- That in being carried through anything there is the undeniable Presence of God as the enabling
- That I could assist in a situation where there was nobody else to help
- For the generosity of a staff member to do something they could do but didn’t need to do
- For salad AND water
- For poise in a testing situation
- For the power in first impressions but the greater power in redemption
- An impromptu message lines up for the intercession of another person – such is God’s power
- That I am seen as safe, but better so much more to know I am safe for others
- For a mind healthy and alive
- For second (salad) lunch
- For the ability to lift heavy objects
- For insight enough to plan ahead
- That I will keep offering to help
- For the opportunities I’ve had today to smile at or with others no matter what they’re experiencing
- That I have capacity right now
- For the rapport that builds with effort of reaching forward into others’ lives
- For the glory imparted through me when I’m an agent of light
- That pain is so irrefutably hard; it has to be a teacher
- For time in the moments
- For the encouragement one pre-schooler was in praying so eloquently
- For a radio interview on expecting hardship
- That a simple repair is affected and a thing is recycled
- For the teachers I work with and for
- For the passion I have to reveal God to others
- That there is space for me even in this busy and stimulating day
- For the forwards-backwards style in negotiation between two great friends
- For the wonder in making every moment a winner
- That is a record! 100 by 2:05 PM and it didn’t even feel hard
- For the humour enjoyed even during a stressful task
- For the children I know by name and nature in my chaplain role
- That we received our new internet modem etc
- That the lounge room laid out like it is works out very well
- That I got to chat with my eldest daughter about developments in her life
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Source by Steve Wickham