Amazed

John 15:16
You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name he may give to you.

Heavenly Father, I am truly amazed by You. You amaze me with Your love, Your sovereignty, and Your grace. There are countless other reasons to be amazed, Oh Father, there is not enough time in our lives to mention everyone. Father, You predestined us from long before the world was even made. Before the foundations of this world were laid, Oh what a thought, what a majestic God You are. Oh I praise Your Holy Name, Lord Jesus.

Father, I truly thank You for choosing me. For being chosen to live in Your son, In Christ. You adopted us even though we didn't deserve it. If that is not love, then I don't anything at all. Your love is lavished on us, and we cannot see it at times. We are so absorbed by ourselves and everything that we think has to do with us, Oh Father, forgive me, forgive us. Forgive us of our sinful nature, forgive us of our self-center. We are weak and shameful people. Father, You see past that, You deluge us in Your love and grace, You sent the only sinless man, to the cross for us. The cross the mighty cross, Father, thank You for leveling the ground at the foot of the cross

We come to the cross, to the One, who knew no sin, and we are accepted by Him, and His loving and caring awesome arms wrap around us, and fill us full of His mercy. Father, my love abounds for You. Thank You for giving us the cross, for giving us the second chance when we were so far from You. Thank You for the blood of the Lamb, for the shed blood of Your son, for it is in that blood we are saved, we are redeemed and allowed to enter Your kingdom, to enter the many rooms that have been prepared for us. We can stand in front of You on that wonderful day, and when Your Son, our Savior, our mighty Mediator, Jesus Christ lays His hands on our shoulders and says to You that our names are in the book, You allow us into Your Heaven, Your graces, Your wonderful beautiful kingdom. Father, I am so wanting that day to come.

We see our world fall deeper and further away from You, we see evil and wicked take over this world, we see evil called good, and those who don't know You and choose not to know You lifted up as mighty and good, my heart goes out and cries. I pray that You will give them all discomfort in their days. May they all have sleepless nights, and hard days, til they finally give themselves up to You, and then and only then find peace. I pray for them and their lost souls. Father, they lead our country, our states, our jobs, our schools. They appear on our TVs and screens of all size, Lord, I pray for them all and their souls. You know them better than I, and You know who, what, when, how and why. I leave it all in Your hands. There is no better place.

Father, thank You again for all that You do, allow, and have in store for me, my wife, my children, my family (close and far away), my friends, and our neighbors. Father, I commit them all into Your hands, I lift up our pastors, our instructors, our counselors. May we all continue or start if we haven't yet, to speak the blood of Christ. May we never shy away from the blood of Christ, the only and true way to You. For as YOU said, no one, ( and I mean no one) comes to the Father, but through Your son, Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth, the life. There is no other way, may we never forget it, may we never stop telling it, may we never shy from it, that is the truth. There is no better truth no other fact that holds such meaning, such treasure, such glory, and such honor, than the truth of Christ. I praise His Holy name.

Father, I lift Your Holy name in praise, I commit my life to You now, as before, and as I will do for everyday to come. Help keep me on that path, though I may stray, I know You will pull me back, and set me strait on Your path again, fortify me so I may not stray.

Some say that they would climb the highest mountain, for someone they loved, or just to be with someone special. Some say they would swim the deepest oceans to be with someone they love, or want to be with. but those are just empty emotions, they can never be done. Father, You did not climb a mountain, but You climbed the hill of Calvary, Father, You never swam a deep ocean, but You walked on the ragging sea. You did it for us, You didn't just say it, You did it, there is no doubting You and Your love. Thank You Father God for Your love. I praise You,

I pray these words in the name of Your beloved Son, the One we sing about, the One who came to save, the One who gave His life, the One who is coming again for the ones who love Him, ....... His Name is JESUS CHRIST in Him we pray,
and GODS people all said
Amen