God's promises to me

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. [James 4:8]
It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. [Luke 12:32]
Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. [John 16:24]


Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. [Hebrews 10:23]

I talked to Sara last night. She's angry at Dad for his overbearing concern about Mike. (She's taken this no-good ex-boyfriend in, because he says he has nowhere else to go.) Lord, I don't know what to counsel her. I want her to be rid of him. But then I want so many things for her. My inclination was to be quiet, and not to tell her that I agree with Dad. Lord, how can I counsel her? She said that she's going on the "flat belly diet" and doing yoga to prepare for our cruise--so that she'll be thin by February 5. "February 5! Woo-hoo! I'm so excited!" I cried. But of course I'm excited for that date because of my prayer. Lord, I'm excited about February 5 because without wavering I am holding fast to the confession of my hope: that Sara will have an experience with Jesus by that date. For You are faithful. You didn't promise this to me specifically, but you did say: "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."


You also said it is Your good pleasure to give me the kingdom. Whatever my motives may be, I press on in praying that you will give me an opportunity to write a book that glorifies You by September 2011. 


Lord, I want to quit my iVillage blogging job. But then we won't have a steady stream of income from me, and I don't think I could get Lee to find places to cut back in our expenses. We still haven't paid off our move; it's still on the Amex, month after month, accumulating interest. But I feel like this daily writing exercise has become worthless. I may be wrong. I'm often wrong! I just think I'm not making enough money from it to justify the time it steals from my day. Lord, what do You say about this?


Lord, please show me what Lee needs today. The more time I spend with him, the more time I want to spend with him. Don't let me fall back into old patterns, though I really want to fall back into old patterns. Change my desires--make them in line with Yours, please, please, please!


I have BSF today, another post to write, still haven't gotten to the American Baby article revise. Still have to buy tights for their costumes. Figure out dinner and buy food. Three loads of laundry. Mom's birthday gift. Organize the clothes--Isabel's, Lily's, mine. Still haven't talked to Melanie. Please bless my day. Use me in Your work today. Amen.