an Attitude of Peace

Fri Oct 2

Good morning, Lord, “Good morning, my son.” I praise you’re mighty name, for the intimay we’re now sharing, Lord! It’s by your grace - if it corresponded with certain actions on my part - those actions only happened by Your grace, because of Your love, mercy, faithfulness, provision - so Lord, I praise your mighty name. “You are my son, I am deeply pleased.”

Lord, I thank you so much, for everything that’s happened! Lord! the success in Northwoods - the opportunity to lead - which Lord, I need your help, your guidance, Lord, for leading this team - as you know Lord, I’ve never formally lead any team before. But I remember, You said, that I was ready… and I remember the verse that said that you 1 Cor 1:27-29 , 2 Cor 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Lord I thank you, that it is you who has made me sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Lord, it seams clear that You are the one who positioned me to lead this team - to recruit, cast vision, and accompany on this mission - but Lord, I need Your help, Lord! I need you, Lord, I need you.. “I know you do, my son.” Wowww, Lord, I don’t think I have what it takes to do this without you, but what do You think? “I’ve qualified you, my son.” wowwww, you have, Lord? “I have, in my son.” Wowww, so Father, you’ve qualified me to lead this team in Your son? “I have, my son.” wowww.. Lord, that is so encouraging. “It is.”

Lord, how can the world even come clooooose to comparing to You, it can’t - Lord please please forgive me for how I scrolled through YouTube this morning, and watching videos, which made our time together start later. “My son, you’re fully forgiven.” So Lord, you have qualified me to lead this team; meaning this is a divine assignment that You have already qualified me for? “Yes, my son.” Wowwwwww, Lord, that’s groundbreaking -that’s huuuuuuge. Then Lord, what do I have to worry about? Not that I can just sit back and do nothing of the work required to recruit, structure, and send this team, but I can do the work, knowing that this is a divine appointment for which You have qualified me for. “I have.”

Lord, what attitude, Father, what attitude would You like me to have regarding this? “An attitude of peace.” Wowwww, an attitude of peace… Lord, why peace? “Because it’s trusting in me.” Lord, what thoughts, or ideas, or deeply held beliefs would naturally result in me having the attitude of peace which You desire? “A deep sense of trust in me.” Trust: ‘assured (A certain and secure reliance (sense of dependency for support, being contingent on _____ in order to occur) on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something’. Lord, can you please develop in me this deep sense of trust in you. “It is so.” So it seems like this means: having a certain and secure reliance on the charecter, ability, strengh or truth of God that extends far below the surface, deep into my heart. So from deep within my heart, the message/meaning of a certain, secure reliance on the charecter, ability, streangth, or truth of God. and from that produces an attitude of peace. “It is so.” (seemingly with a pleasant smile).

Attitude of Peace: emanating from a Deep Sense of Trust in God

Key verses: trusting in God = peace. (idea: stormy waves, with Jesus in the boat).

Note: spells CAST, for what it’s worth.

Trust: Definition

Certain and Secure Reliance

on His Character, Ability, Strength, Truth

From deep within my heart

God’s Character

Ending with an application prayer

God’s Abilities

Ending with an application prayer

God’s Strength

Ending with an application prayer

God’s Truth

Ending with an application prayer

Illustration/Story for digestion

Application time! Lord, please change us! Make us like this!

Praying that God would cement in our hearts, God’s Charecter in such a way that we have a certain and secure reliance on it from our heart

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