♪Greater♪

 ♪… Greater is the One living inside of me

Than he who is living in the world♪

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (5:32 a.m.)

Lord God,

I tried tricking myself into falling back asleep. Singing. Reading, Resting. All to no avail. Here I confess my oh-so feeble attempts of manipulating external circumstances to my liking.

Father, thank You that You know Your plans and Your best for us. Thank You that Your way is so much greater than our will. Thank You that we are called according to Your purpose (Romans 8:28b).

(6:06 a.m.)

 

Here I am leaning forward. Eager and excited to learn more from You.

Confessing my thoughts, hopes, disillusions and disappointments I often become lost in the sadness of it all. Prayers I have prayed over decades on behalf of others appear to go unanswered. I look to You and sadly fear time to be running out.

And then You sing to me.

♪Bring your tired

And bring your shame

Bring your guilt 

And bring your pain

Don’t you know that’s not your name

You will always be much more to Me♪

Not only that, but You lead me again to Your Word. Your apostle Paul’s letter to the church at Rome.

Father, I confess to You how heavily influenced I am by my feelings, rather than Your facts! I am so easily dissuaded when circumstances don’t line up with my prayers. I am looking to You to change this in, with, by, through and for me.

I love You Lord. I want very much to serve You as You know is best.

I want to share Paul’s confidence “that the good news will release God’s dynamic energy which makes all persons whole. Through this communication God’s true nature and activity are shown to those who trust Him through those who trust Him. Long ago it was written, ‘The whole person lives through trust’” (Romans 1:16-17).

Blessed God, I confess the doubts that cause me to look at the things of this world rather than the faith that keeps me focused on You.

♪Trust In The Lord with all your heart

And lean not on your own understanding

In all your ways acknowledge Him

And He shall direct your path♪

(Proverbs 3:5-6)

Here I ask (Matthew 7:7a) You to do all You must. All that I am completely unable to increase my trust in You.

I want to stand firmly on Paul’s teachings. Fully trusting and believing what he wrote applies to me as well.

“We know that God works to help those people who love Him. He uses everything that happens to them to bring something good. He does this for those people that He has chosen to serve Him” (Romans 8:28).

Father God, I believe this to be true not only because I WANT to, also because I have experienced it first hand. I want to depend more on Your Truth and promises than on the disappointments and brokenness of this world.

Do all You must that I will truly live and love as You would have me. Freely. Forgivingly. Fully (John 10:10b). While satan very well comes to “steal, kill and destroy” (John 10:10a) ♪Your Way’s Better♪

Keep me singing and standing on Your Truth Dearest Dad. I love, need, trust and want You. I absolutely can do none of this on my own. I am one hundred percent reliant on You. Your Word. Your Truth. Your promises. Keep my eyes on You I ask. Thank You. Praise You. Use me as You know is best. Amen.

(602 words ~ 6:53 a.m.)