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Except When I Look at You

Gracious Heavenly Father,

Everywhere I look, I see turmoil and tension, except when I look to You.

Everywhere I look, I see evil running rampant, except when I look to You.

Everywhere I look, I see chaos and corruption, except when I look to You.

Everywhere I look, I see hopelessness and despair, except when I look to You.

Lord, help me to keep my eyes on You.

But, Lord, I also pray that through my words, through my actions, through my life, through my very day-to-day living of each day, I might lift You high, so others may look upon You, too, and find the joy, righteousness, peace, and hope I find in You.

In Jesus’ precious name, I pray.

Amen~❤

© Stacy L. Sanchez / Heartprints of God

This is just one of many prayers you will find in my book, GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER: A Collection of Morning Prayers. To learn more, look for the link in the first comment below or here:

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We Want What We Want When We Want It

So often, when God gets still and our prayer seems lost somewhere between heaven and earth, we jump to the conclusion that God is not listening, not caring, not moving.

We start to believe we’ve come to a dead end, that this is “just the way it will always be.” We place a period at the end of our hope, the end of our dream, the end of faith.

And yet, so many times, when we can’t sense God working, when everything is still, when we feel as though God has said “no”, God is simply pausing. Pausing until the circumstances are right, the answer is right, and the timing is right.

We want it at this very moment, God wants it the moment it should be. We want it now, but God wants it perfect. We want what we want, God wants what is best.

Don’t mistake God’s comma for a period. While you are pausing, while you are waiting on God, keep trusting, keep hoping, keep believing. In the end, it will be worth the wait.

Resurrection morning is proof that even in the pause, even in the comma places of our life, God is still there working all things for good and for His glory.

When God is all said and done, all you will be able to say about what He has done is “Thank you, God”. ~❤️

~Stacy L. Sanchez / Heartprints of God

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Easy Doesn’t Require Faith

We pray for God to make us stronger, to grow our faith, to deepen our walk with Him. As we say our “Amen” and step out into life, more times than not, we are caught off guard by what is almost inevitably coming next -temptation, trials, suffering, hardship, disappointment, grief.

As much as we love “easy”, God in His infinite wisdom, merciful favor, and unfathomable love, knows the only way we will grow in our faith is to come face to face with that which builds our spiritual strength.

Easy doesn’t require faith. Easy doesn’t build spiritual muscles. Easy doesn’t draw us deeper into relationship with God. It is in the hard times that we learn to depend upon our God and discover He is dependable. It is in the hard times that our faith reaches with everything it has deep into the heart of God and there discovers everything it needs.

It is in the hard times, when we have nothing else, that we come to discover God is more than enough. We pray for God to make us stronger, to grow our faith, to deepen our walk with Him.

When God, in His infinite wisdom, merciful favor, and unfathomable love, answers our prayer, may we not murmur, complain, resent or rebel.

May we instead, embrace His gracious gift and discover what is inevitably coming next – spiritual strength, a deeper faith, a closer walk with our God.~♥️

~Stacy L. Sanchez

Heartprints of God

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Hurting People Hurt People

Hurting people hurt people.
We all know this to be true,
and yet,
when bitter words are spoken,
when hurtful gestures are seen,
when emotional wounds are inflicted,
we forget this truth.
We allow the hurt in our heart
to blind us to the hurt in another.
We allow self,
who demands
to be cooed and coddled,
to keep us from giving
the compassion and caring
so desperately needed by our offender.

We allow our own tears
to blur us to the heart tears
of the one lashing out.
We let our broken feelings
overshadow a heart
broken
and in need
of God’s healing touch.
Oh, Father. Forgive us for being so me-minded, so self-centered, so pride-provoked. Give us eyes that see past our wound to see the truly wounded. Give us hearts to feel beyond our pain and into the pain of others. Help us not simply to know that hurting people hurt people, but to live in such a way as to relieve the hurt. Heal us of our selfish pride that we might be instruments of your healing to those truly hurting without You.
In Jesus’ precious name,
we pray.
Amen. ~❤️
~Stacy L. Sanchez / Heartprints of God

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Hope was There

Hope.

It was there.

Tucked into the tomb.

Hidden behind a huge stone.

Buried under the sting of death.

But, it was there.

Waiting.

And, then.

It happened.

The glorious moment when, not even death,

could hold Jesus in the tomb.

As the stone was rolled away and death lost its grip once and for all,

hope poured forth in glorious fashion.

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me,

though he may die, he shall live.” ~ John 11:25

Hope.

Sometimes, it gets tucked so far back

in a tomb so dark, we can’t see it.

Sometimes, it gets hidden behind

a stone so big, we lose sight of it.

Sometimes, it gets buried behind

a sorrow and grief so consuming and overwhelming,

we can’t feel it. But, it. is. there.

It is always there. And sometimes,

it is only one stone’s roll away.~❤️

~Stacy L. Sanchez / Heartprints of God

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His Word is a Lamp at Our Feet

Gracious Heavenly Father,
As I pour out my heart before You,
I don’t even know where to begin
or how all of this is going to end.

(My child, I am the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
I’ve got this and I’ve got you.)

The voice of the world,
the cry of my heart,
and Your still, small voice –
all intertwined together,
a muffled, muting combination.
How can I hear You, Lord?
How can I find You in all of this, Father God?

(My child, My word is a lamp
for your feet and a light for your path.
My Spirit will lead you into all truth.
I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life.
Ask, and you will receive.
Seek, and you will find.
Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
I am here,
in the midst of all the confusion,
and you will find Me
when you search for Me
with all of your heart.)

Oh, Father God.
I am weary of the battle,
weary of the fight.
I long for peace,
calm assurance, unending strength.

(My child, My peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives peace,
for My peace passes all understanding.
I am not the author of confusion,
I am Truth.
Truth you can stake
your very life on.
Rest in My faithfulness,
walk in My strength.)

Your will, Abba Father.
This is want I desire most.
Your plan, loving Lord.
This is where I want to be.
Your obedient child, Heavenly Father.
This is who I want to be.

(My child, I know the desires of your heart.
If you will but delight yourself in Me,
I will grant them all.
I love you, My child.
I always have and I always will.
I AM here. Be at peace.)

Thank you, Father God.
In Jesus’ precious name,
I pray. Amen.~

Heartprints of God

This is just one of forty-one prayers you will find in my book, “Gracious Heavenly Father: A Collection of Morning Prayers”. For more information and/or to purchase a copy simply look for the link in the first comment below or here: Stacy L. Sanchez