WHEN I PRAYED

When I prayed to God,


He listened. He heard.


He even heard


the prayers I forgot I


prayed, but my heart


remembered. When they


were answered, at first, I


was amazed, then shocked,


then overwhelmed with gratitude


and humility. Here I was


so smug and self righteous


in my suffering! Actually feeling


like no one cared, or under-


stood! I was so certain that


NO ONE was really listening!


And, all along, God heard


every word, spoken and unspoken,


thought and unthought. He is


truly amazing. He has the right to be a selfish God.


He is the ultimate. NO ONE


has his power. The devil may


be able to manipulate, but God


is the only one able to


REGULATE!!! He alone is


worthy of everything you have to offer!!


God, guaranteed, will keep you humble.

© 2007 Groshonda McDonald

I STAND

I STAND

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where I know in God's plan, alone,

my life's purpose and destiny, fits.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where trust in God, alone, exists.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where ALL my hopes and expectations in God

perists.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where everlasting love and peace

abound.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where wholeness is always found.

I stand in my place of freedom and change

where the TRUTH I rehearse to my life

is sound.

I STAND.

SEEK GOD

Proverbs 2:2-3, "Turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding." (NIV)



Deuteronomy 4:29, "But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul." (NIV)


2 Chronicles 15:12, "They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul." (NIV)

BIGGER

“BIGGER”




God, I make you bigger.

Bigger than my problems

and my dilemmas.

bigger than my worries

and my fears.



Lord, I make you bigger.

Bigger than my disappointments

and my regrets.

Bigger than my past

and my mistakes.



Father, I make you bigger.

Bigger than my circumstances

and my situations.

Bigger than my weaknesses

and my inadequacies.



Father, Lord, God!

You ARE bigger!



©2010 Groshonda McDonald

HE IS FAITHFUL

God's power, His character, and His love

are not bound by my emotions,

neither should my faith in His power,

 His character or His love be bound by my emotions. 

What I am "feeling" is not real truth and is temporary. 

What God says and promises in His Word is

TRUTH and EVERLASTING.

I must know who God is and what His Word says. 

I must believe regardless of how I feel.

Faith to Faith.

FAITH...the step between promise and assurance.

AMAZING

AMAZING

The very fact you love me so much

that you gave up the life of your son

so that I might have eternal life

IS AMAZING.

The very fact you extend mercy and grace that

I am unworthy of so that I might experience

the life you promise to me

IS AMAZING.

The very fact you shape, mold and refine me

 into the vessel capable of living the life

 you desire and purpose for me

 IS AMAZING. 

The very fact that you are God

and in my life

IS AMAZING.

Lord, you are

 AMAZING.

copyright 2010 Groshonda McDonald

CHANGE

CHANGE

I hear my heart beat...

change is coming.

I hear my breath...

change is coming.

I hear my thoughts...

change is coming.

I hear my life...

change is coming.

Do I welcome this change?

Do I run from this change?

Do I resist this change?

Do I stand in this change?

These are questions for me and God to talk over.

Change is definetly coming...