Reveal Your perfect will for me Lord.  I know Your plan  for me existed before You laid the foundations of the world and You will bring it to pass.  Help me to walk worthy of the calling with which I was called.  I know that You have appointed a plan for me and that You will reveal it to me at the proper time. 

Help me to live my life with a sense of purpose and understanding of the calling You have given me to "be" Your will in this world.  Take away any discouragement I may feel and replace it with joyful anticipation of what You are going to bring about in my life.  Specifically, Lord, I ask that You would show me Your will concerning this area of my life:_____.

Lord, I humbly bow to Your plan and ask that You would guide me according to Your perfect and pleasing will.  Amen.

Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one's heart, its pleasures and its pains, to a dear friend. Tell God your troubles, that God may comfort you; tell God your joys, that God may sober them; tell God your longings, that God may purify them; tell God your dislikes, that God may help you conquer them; talk to God of your temptations, that God may shield you from them: show God the wounds of your heart, that God may heal them. If you thus pour out all your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will be no lack of what to say. Talk out of the abundance of the heart, without consideration say just what you think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved relationship with God. --Francois Fenelon

Forgive Others

Today's Scripture

And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted, (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another (readily and freely) as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32 AMP).

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

As followers of Christ, our character should mirror His character. We should be helpful to one another, kind and tender toward one another, understanding and loving. Most of all, we should be extending forgiveness to one another in the same way that Christ extends forgiveness toward us. In other words, forgive unconditionally. Many times, people won’t forgive until the other person says they are sorry. Or, they won’t forgive because they think somehow they are punishing the other person or giving them what they deserve. But the only person that is hurt by your unforgiveness is you. When you hold unforgiveness, you can’t be forgiven by God, and you are the one locked up in the hurt and pain. Don’t hold unforgiveness any longer! Forgiveness simply begins with a choice to obey God’s command. When you open your heart to forgiveness, you open your heart to God’s healing and restoration in your life. Make the choice today to forgive others—readily and freely—as God in Christ forgave you!

A Prayer for Today

Heavenly Father, thank You for shaping my character and making me more like You. I invite You to work in every area of my life. I choose to forgive just as You have forgiven me. I bless Your holy name today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Why people like to dance in front of a camera I will never know. Here is a video on YouTube of Mark Matlock, The Skit Guys, Sean McDowell and Addison Road dancing. You might just learn a new move or two. You can catch them all at the upcoming PlanetWisdom Tour.