YOU ALONE ARE SOVEREIGN LORD

Sovereign Lord,

                What a glorious day today is simply because You are in it. Maybe it’s better declared that today is a glorious day simply because You are IT. You are The Alpha and Omega of The Day, The Light, The Way and The Life after all. No one else can claim such a title. Absolutely no one but You holds that title.

                You know Sovereign Lord, I wonder how many folks actually considered or even pondered that fact regarding You. It’s quite amazing to even think about it for a little bit because it’s such a heavy and intense notion. Yet in every respect it is quite true.

Sovereign Lord,

                There’s a reason why You are The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The End of The Day, The Light, The Way and The Life. And that reason is nothing short of Divine. It’s something worth praising God for, that’s for sure. And I for one, praise God for it and I give thanks for everyone else who does too, in Jesus' Name. Amen. \0/

Bless You, Lord Jesus. 

                 For You alone are Sovereign Lord. And there is nothing and no one that compares with You. Glory to God Most High!! There is nothing and no one that compares with You. Amen. \0/

BLESS YOU, DEAR LORD

Bless You, Dear Lord, 

          For being Our Father Which Dwells in Heaven but also on earth, as well as in vessels of earth. 
        
          For working in us the miracles that cause Thy Kingdom to come and Thy Will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. 

         Thank You for giving us this day that we might experience The Glory of Christ's Resurrection in every phase of our lives and affairs. 

         Forgive us for not wholly recognizing how great and perfect The Glory of Thy Love or understanding Its Power. 

          Thank You for all the ways You lead us in paths of righteousness for Thy Holy Name's sake and for all the ways You deliver us from the lies that cause us to error in our ways. 

Bless You, Dear Lord, 

          For it pleasing You to give us The Kingdom, 
          For it pleasing You to reveal Your Glory, 
          That we should know The Honor of Thy Character and Virtue. 

          Hallowed be Thy Name, Dear Lord, Creator and Possessor of Heaven and earth, and Revealer of  Pure Truth. Surely Thou Art and ever shall be ... God Most High. Amen. 

(c) 04/20/2014, Easter Sunday - 
Terri Spahr, aka: (Prayer Writer Terri) for The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. 

IN HONOR OF YOU

Bless You, Lord Jesus, 

       For being so wonderful. For being so loving. You loved God so much that You willingly sacrificed Yourself to give up Your throne in Heaven to come to earth. You so loved God that it pained You enough to see His heartache and the rift between us and God that You had to do something about it to correct it. You did what was necessary to prove Your love to God as well as to us just to reconcile us - to reconcile our relationship. Who else can say the same, Lord Jesus, and that they have gone to the lengths that You have to completely heal and restore right relationship? Certainly not even I, Lord Jesus. Certainly not even I. 

        But Lord Jesus, something else comes to mind that was also a determining factor in Your doing what You did for both God's sake as well as for ours. You knew that God's enemy was also our enemy and You had to do what was necessary to strip him of any power to do more damage. Lord Jesus, please forgive us for not truly understanding the full extent of the meaning behind all that You have done on God's behalf as well as on ours. We have only understood in part, a great part actually, but we have also neglected to fully appropriate all that You have done for us in the manner with which You have intended. Please forgive us for our ignorance, Lord Jesus. It's not Your fault we have been so ignorant, arrogant, or disrespectful. That blame goes to us for not taking the time to actually comprehend the depths of the caliber of Your love for not only us, but for God as well. 

Lord Jesus, 

        God's enemy, our adversary who apposes our even knowing the full extent of God's love and of Your character, has blinded us in many ways. All  the giftings, blessings and talents of amazing grace have been dolled out to each of us in the proportion God deemed fitting - extravagant enough to prove them worthwhile and small enough to keep us humble. Some of us having maybe only one special gifting or talent, some having many ... but it is collectively that we can actually pull all our resources together so that we can use them all. God made us to be one body and to have one Lord. God made it so we would have to be united in His Spirit so we could go forth with His Praises on our lips and His Sword in our hand, so we could move on with power and possess this land. 

Lord Jesus, 

        God did not create earth to be a veritable hell for us. He created this earth to be an extension of Heaven. This earth on which we live and move and have our being, the very earth on which even God Himself took pleasure in walking and enjoying ended up being a place to which His number one worshiper was cast, along with the many other Angels of God who had it in them to become jealous just as we do. And where were they sent? They were sent to this place where God created us to rule and reign over him and his cohorts. As it turns out, Heaven was, is, and ever shall be Satan's nightmare. Heaven  was, is, and ever shall be Satan's tormenting, tortuous hell. He couldn't stand Heaven's glory being so radiantly beautiful. That's why he decided to usurp God's authority, steal His throne, pervert His Righteousness, and destroy His Kingdom by doing whatever was necessary for him to do to kill the glory of God's marvelous Holy Light ... on earth as well as in Heaven. He understood how vast The Kingdom of God was and how far reaching It had and still has the potential of becoming. The Kingdom of God AND His Righteousness in Spirit AND in Truth ... in Spirit AND Manifest. 

         But You understood that, Lord Jesus. That's why You were willing to literally risk it all in order to prevent him from doing what should have been unthinkable in the first place. You saw how much it hurt God and interfered with His relationship with us. It was literally killing us and interfered with the increasing the borders of The Kingdom of God AND His Righteousness and keeping God (and us) from expanding Its territory. And You saw that both God as well as us deserved so much better. That we deserved to experience Heaven and have and enjoy all the blessings and benefits of Heaven because God deemed it so, and so God's joy could be full. 

Lord Jesus, 

        God could not have asked for a better, more perfect Son than You. When God said LET THERE BE LIGHT, You took it to heart and did everything possible to make sure that hell's chaos and darkness would not reign supreme in our lives or in God's Kingdom. 

Lord Jesus, 

        The Bible surely is a book of secrets. Thankfully, those secrets are revealed to whomever God wills and deems fitting. It is The Book of Life in which we have been so privileged to have come to light in many ways. But in those ways in which it has been lacking, some of which You have shared with me for nearly 30 years and some for nearly 20 ... I cannot help but thank You enough. You have made the way possible for me to share at least some of those secrets in an open forum, so to speak - a public platform. And I thank You for being open to receive questions and for not being bothered by them. I thank You for wanting to provide answers and for wanting to help us grow up in Christ to expand Righteousness and to increase the territory of The Kingdom of God for God's glory. But it seems to me, Lord Jesus, that we have gotten so much backwards - that we all (not You, Lord Jesus, but us) have fallen short of The Glory of God because we have not focused on The Glory of God nor loved, honored, cherished or respected The Glory of God like You have, do, and forever and always will. Neither have we implemented The Glory of God and put It to work for us like You have. So it seems to me, Lord Jesus, that You did whatever was necessary to even protect The Glory of God, even to the extent of doing whatever was necessary to make restitution to God for what ended up being Heaven's fall out. It seems to me that You did whatever was necessary to even heal and make whole The Kingdom of God. -- To some that may be reaching and grasping at straws, but is it really? Especially since The Kingdom of God is not just somewhere in the great beyond, but is also all the Universe displayed as well ... and then there is also us. The Kingdom of God/Heaven is also within us as well. Were it not so God would not call even us His home, His dwelling place from which He lives, moves and has His being in and through us. 

         This may be too much for many to grasp, Lord Jesus. Some just don't have it in them to consider such things and for others it's too deep to comprehend. Nevertheless, it doesn't make it any less true. So to honor God, Lord Jesus, I more than gladly receive You and welcome You into my life and affairs. And in honor of You and all that You have done for God's sake as well as for ours, even for the sake of The Entire Kingdom of God so that we could and would be healed and made whole, I for one, gladly receive it now to God's praise and glory, Lord Jesus, because I love You. But especially, Lord Jesus, because You love us so much more than we can even possibly think, dream, or imagine. 

Lord Jesus, 

        What a miracle it would be for us to love so well and as much as You do The Glory of God. 

Bless You, Lord Jesus. Bless You. 


(c) 04/19/2014; Terri Spahr, aka : (Prayer Writer Terri) for The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. 

A Psalm 25 BLESS YOU, LORD JESUS

Bless You, Lord Jesus,

       For this time we have together on this yet another glorious day that God has made. It's so wonderful to rejoice with You and be glad in it.

Yes, Precious Lord,

        Unto You do I bring my life and place in Thy hands all my life, affairs and relationships, for You are God and I trust You. I put my trusting faith in You, confident that You will not put me to shame nor allow me to be disappointed. I give thanks for all the ways that You refuse to let my enemies triumph over me.

Yes, Precious Lord, I

       I appreciate how all who trust in You and who hopefully look to and for You are not put to shame nor caused to be disappointed. Instead, only those who forsake what is right and who deal treacherously without a cause, they are the ones who are put to shame and who find themselves in continual disappointment.

Bless You, Lord Jesus,

      For all the ways You guide us by Your marvelous light. Bless You for all the ways You guide us in Your truth and faithfulness. Bless You for being the God of our salvation, Lord  Jesus.

Bless You, Lord Jesus,

     Bless You for all the ways You refuse to remember the sins and frailties of our youth or any of our transgressions. Instead, You remember us for Your goodness' sake and according to Your tender mercy and steadfast love.

Glory be to God Most High!

      Who instructs sinners in His Way and Who leads the humble in what is right. Surely God teaches the humble His Way. For good and upright is The Lord and all the paths of The Lord are mercy and steadfast love. And for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies, truth and faithfulness.

Bless You, Lord Jesus,

      For all the ways You pardon my iniquity and my/our guilt though they are very great, for Your Name's sake. How wonderful it is that You teach the person who reverently fears and worships The Lord in the way that he should choose.  Surely he shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the earth. How wonderful it is that those who fear, revere and worship The Lord have the secret of His sweet and satisfying companionship. Thank You for revealing to them the deep inner meaning of the covenant You have with them, Lord Jesus.

Precious Lord Jesus,

     My eyes are ever toward You. I trust You to pluck me out of the net and from all the snares that have been laid for me, even in secret, and humbly thank You for all the ways You are exceedingly gracious to me. Though I may be afflicted,  I am not as alone as it may appear on the surface, for You are ever with me, Lord Jesus.  I give thanks that You also consider my enemies who seem to a bound and how they hate me with a cruel hatred so that the troubles of my heart are multiplied. Even so, I praise You, Lord Jesus, for loving me/us and for being with me/us,  and for all the ways You keep and deliver me/us so that we are not put to shame or disappointed for putting our trust in You. You are our refuge, the God of our salvation, after all, Lord Jesus, and it is You who causes our integrity and our uprightness to preserve us. And it is You Who doth richly bless us and Who works miracles in our lives and affairs for our sakes and to give us an awesome testimony concerning the glory of God's amazing grace. 

Yes, Precious Lord,

      Bless You for all the ways You redeem us from Satan's power and for all the ways You deliver us from the kingdom of darkness. Bless You for all the ways You save us, Lord Jesus, and translate us into The Kingdom of God's Marvelous Light.

     Redeem also, Lord God, the nation and people of Israel out of all their troubles and deliver them from all their destructions. For I humbly ask it in Jesus' Name so God will be glorified in and through the nation and people of Israel just as He is in Heaven. And I for one, praise God for it in Jesus' Blessed and Holy Name. Amen.

(c) 2014; Terri Spahr, aka : Prayer Writer Terri 

IMPOSTER ON THE LOOSE

Lord Jesus,

         There's a lot happening in the world today. According to God's Word, it appears that we are nearing the end of the age with Your second coming being imminent. Of coarse it has appeared that way for many a year, even for several centuries - some might even say for more than a millennia. Even so, there's nothing that You have not over come and can even still over come in this life time. And for that I am very grateful.

Lord Jesus,

         It seems to me that we don't think of things in the manner we should. Is war actually necessary? Does war have to be a part of life? The factions between good and evil and between Heaven and hell just don't make any sense. I understand that when it comes to usurping God's authority and attempting to take over His throne is a big no-no. But is that really what life is all about? Is that what life is supposed to be, Lord Jesus, always fighting to one degree or other? Lord Jesus, I may be a full grown adult asking what may seem to be childish questions, but is this really how it's supposed to be until the consummation of the ages?

Lord Jesus,

         People blame life for giving them a bum rap. But I think we some how discredit life and don't give life the honor life is due because we don't rightly cherish life. And of all the things God has blessed ... life is the only thing God has commanded us to choose and life is the one thing He has blessed and commanded to be everlasting. So it can't be life that is fickle, Lord Jesus. Some how it has got to be us. I can't believe that life has lost its moral compass, or that life was meant to be or express anything less than divine.

        You know, Lord Jesus, I know what it means to feel like life has despised me. There were times when I'd look at my life and wonder if God got His jollies at my expense - that if He made me just to be life's joke. And if I felt that way, how many others have felt that way or wondered the same thing? It makes me shudder to even think such a notion. But You know where I was at, Lord, and all that I was going through and how ignorant I was. And I took it out on God, not knowing or realizing that it was the devil all the while lying to me and pretending to be somebody he wasn't. He was showing himself to be God when he was nothing but a faker, a pretender, an imposter. But thankfully God did not hold it against me. You made it that way, Lord Jesus. You understood my condition and all that was involved. You stood in the gap for me and fought the good fight of faith for me, doing whatever was necessary to save me from Satan's power and  deliver me from the kingdom of darkness. When all I could comprehend was how much I was hated and despised and treated as though I had no right to life, You were (and still are) at work to show me something better - that God does love me and that God would never do or provide anything other than what's best.

Lord Jesus,

           I am so grateful to God for You. So many people are beside themselves and overcome with so much grief and torment that they think that God must hate them and that life has thrown them overboard to sink or swim on their own. But that's not true, Lord Jesus. Is it? So many people are so lost and so heart broken that they don't know how to live life well or live it to the fullest. Some people are so overwhelmed with heinous abuses and torture, Lord Jesus, that they think God is the source and cause of it. They don't know how to think any better nor conceive of anything more splendid for themselves or their situation because they have lost hope. Not everyone has either heard of God or has any concept of God. But somehow that seems inconceivable to me because even at a very young and tender age I knew that God existed, though I had no concept of what it meant to truly be accepted, appreciated, valued, or treated as precious. Even well into my adulthood, I am still coming to terms with that. My only concept of any semblance of acceptance, appreciation, value and worth came only on my knees and in God's Word. But to truly experience such treasures is something I am still learning. I know very little of experiencing such treasures, yet I have no doubt there are countless others who know even less concerning the personal experience of such treasures. But God knew that it would be that way for the bulk of us; didn't He, Lord Jesus?  God knew that there was an imposter on the loose who would do anything and everything necessary to keep us from knowing The Truth and from knowing how much God really did and does love us. That's why You came, isn't it, Lord Jesus?  That's why God made sure to reveal that it is You Who is The Way, The Truth, The Light and The Life of men; isn't it, Lord Jesus? -- Bless You, Lord Jesus. Bless You for fulfilling God's desire and for being the perfect expression, the perfect reality of His joy manifest. Bless You. Bless You. Bless You.

Lord Jesus,

         You know who it is that needs to read these words, who needs to hear that they are not alone. You know who it is that can be helped and blessed by the reading of these words, so I trust You to do what is best for them. But there are those who don't have access to the internet or to reading, so I trust The Angel of The Lord to minister to them in Jesus' Name, what is necessary to helping them to do more than merely survive just so they can exist or merely exist just so they can survive. I trust Him to help them in every way possible so that they can really learn to rightly live and thrive in Jesus' Name for the sake of The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Life didn't hand them a bum deal, Lord Jesus. That was the devil's doin'. But glory to God Most High! Life is about to become the most amazing, miraculous experience they have ever known. And I praise You for it, Lord Jesus. I praise You for it, to the glory of God The Father. Amen.

Copyright 2013; Terri Spahr (aka: Prayer Writer Terri) for The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

BLESS THEM BEYOND BELIEF

Lord Jesus,

         Many members of my family, friends, and life colleagues are in desperate need of knowing how much they are worth - of how invaluable they really are to The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Many of them are utterly ignorant of The Truth of how much You really do love them and of the dear price You paid to redeem them from the curse of the law of sin and death. Many have no concept of what it means to be a special treasure or of the price that was paid so that they would know it in no uncertain terms. Many don't even realize the value of The Blood that was shed to redeem them from Satan's power or The Glory that was manifest to deliver them from the kingdom of darkness and translate them into The Kingdom of God's Marvelous Light - into The Light of God's Dear Son, Jesus Christ.

Lord Jesus,
         There is so much I could say right now, but I take pause so as not to be confusing in what is said or too ethereal in context. This is a delicate matter and The Holy Spirit must be the one to do the bulk of the writing. I know what is in my heart, and though I am not eloquent of speech, I trust You to convey the words that are best suited to praying properly - edifying my fellow man as well as exalting Christ, glorifying God and letting The Holy Spirit minister God's amazing grace, tender mercy, and perfect love for the sake of all concerned.

Lord Jesus,
         Forgive me for not being able to continue on at this moment. I trust there is good reason for it. However, I pray, Lord Jesus, that You would bless all the members of my family, friends and life colleagues as You did Saul of Tarsus - by giving each and every one of them an experience of a life time - a personal encounter with Christ - a personal experience with God's powerful life transforming love. And I pray it bless them beyond belief. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Copyright 2013; Terri Spahr (aka: Prayer Writer Terri)

GLORY BE TO GOD MOST HIGH

Bless You Lord Jesus,
         For being The Son of God.

Bless You Lord Jesus,
        For being The Son of Man.

Bless You Lord Jesus,
         For being The Sun of Righteousness Who comes with healing in His wings.

Bless You Lord Jesus,
         For being The Glory of God  ...
                                                        ...  to us
                                                        ...  through us
                                                        ...  manifest on earth in Spirit and in Truth.
                                                       
Dear Jesus,

         It is my prayer that this site will promote blessings and maybe even be a catalyst in creating miracles in the lives of others of God's children. I pray that this site will engender hope in the hearts and souls, minds and spirits of those who are led to see what this site is all about. And I pray that it will be an amazing vehicle for reaching lives and saving souls and encouraging right relationship with God, with self, and with others - even with regard to loving, blessing, and praying for our enemies. 

         Use me as You wish, Dear Lord, and be as creative as You desire through the works of my hands, to the glory of God The Father and the magnifying of Heaven, Dear Jesus. For I love You and desire to fulfill God's awesome will, plan and purpose for my life, also desiring that God's work in and through me will also benefit others of The Kingdom of God and His Righteousness in Jesus' Name.

Glory be to God Most High, Dear Jesus. Glory be to God Most High, Who blesses other members of my dear family, friends and life colleagues around the world through the vehicle that is this blog. In Jesus' Precious and Holy Name Amen.

Copyright 2013; Terri Spahr (aka: Prayer Writer Terri)