Praying God’s promises — it’s changed me.
That’s why I included a prayer at the end of each chapter, weaving together Scriptures from that chapter and others I sensed God wanted us to engrave on our hearts.
“Praying God’s Word has been one of the most life-changing ways I’ve learned to live in the security of His promises…and isn’t that what we all want?
“One way God tells us that confidence will come is when we ask Him for what is already part of His will. ‘This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us’ (1 John 5:14 NASB). So there you go: we can be confident we are praying God’s will when we pray God’s Word!” p.25
But that’s not all.
Romans 10:17 tells us that “faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ” so let’s pray these promises out loud again and again.
Yes, even if it seems weird. Find somewhere you can be alone to speak these truths so you can hear them, and let them echo in your thoughts.
Trust me, it makes a difference. “When we pray God’s words out loud, and hear them, the Holy Spirit engraves them on our hearts and writes them in our thoughts. We internalize God’s truth and our faith grows as we are transformed from the inside out!” p.25
Let’s join our hearts and pray Chapter One’s prayer {together}:
Lord, I pray that You would give me a confident heart in Christ. Take me beyond believing in You to truly believing You. Help me rely on the power of Your promises and live like they are true. You say blessed is the one who trusts in You and whose hope and confidence are found in You. Those who hope in You will not be disappointed, because You work all things together for good for those who love You and are called according to Your purpose.
When self-doubt tells me I can’t overcome my insecurities, I will believe Your promise that all things are possible to whoever believes. I will not throw away my confidence, because You say it will be richly rewarded. I will persevere so that when I have done the will of God, I will receive what You have promised. My confidence is in Christ and I am no longer one who shrinks back and is destroyed, but one who believes and is saved! In Jesus’ name, Amen. {See Jeremiah 17:7; Isaiah 49:23; Romans 8:28; Mark 9:23; Hebrews 10:35–36, 39}
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Very peaceful and beautiful..Be still and know that I am God! Felt Gods unconditional love around me and felt like He was telling me everything will be alright. Trust Him!
So Beautiful! Peaceful . Be still and know that I am God! 🙂
Peaceful!!! Beautiful! God gave him a wonderful gift.
Beautiful!!!! Cant wait until my kids bedtime to be in silence and listen!!!
I got up close and personal with my heavenly Father. For the first time in a long time I was totally honest with Him. What a wonderful feeling to have said how I felt about a situation that happened to me in my church. I told everything that was on my heart. I feel free of pain anger and most of all hurt.Thanks Renee for the healing prayer you gave us.
Praise Him! 🙂
I was speechless as I listened & began pouring out my heart to God on paper I couldn’t stop writing what turned out to be a love letter to God just telling Him how he makes me feel & how alive I am because of His incredible grace I couldn’t stop crying &I got a release & refreshing. I always read the emails but today eas the first time i clicked on something. I was so blessed. Thank you for posting.
Very peaceful, I felt like I was in Heaven and all my cares and worries and the rush of life were gone. I pictured myself sitting by Jesus on the grass by a stream and could hear the water rushing over the rocks. We were laughing and talking and He told me how much He loved me. The sun was warm on our faces and I sat amazed at His love for me. Wow, makes me homesick for Heaven!!! Thanks for sharing this video, it is definitely a work of the Holy Spirit. 🙂
I love this! Wow-there’s alot I can relate to with Chad.I have wanted a piano since I was a small child, yet was always told they were too expensive.As God would have it, most everyone of my friends growing up had one, yet they never played them. Strange, I thought. I learned to play by ear because I wanted one so bad. My Christmas lists consisted of wanting a brand new black shiny piano, to a used piano, to eventually just wanting lessons, which never happened. Discouraged, yet eventually my aunt & uncle got one at an auction and I learned to play theirs, however the problem was they lived 40 miles away. So discouraged and never having the funds to buy one, I tucked this talent into my pocket until I turned 19 and finally was able to take lessons at the local community college. Needless to say, it turned out to be a disaster. The teacher was so busy telling me everything I was doing wrong, from hand placement, to sitting properly that I withdrew from the class. It was actually two different things to me. I couldn’t play eloquently, what God would place on my heart and always felt an inner struggle-trying to learn the music chords. It was like learning to ride a bike in a whole new way. Yet it was discouraging for me, so once again, I tucked it away in my pocket, hoping one day I will be able to afford a baby grand piano and just play it on my own, however I wanted to play,whatever came natural to me. Well, here I am in a different season of my life, going through a 2nd job loss since 2011, trying to do what God is leading me to do.I always hear people say you need to use the gifts Gods given you for His glory, yet I still dont own a piano to this day. There was an opportunity for a keyboardist at my church, but then again, I don’t read music, so I didn’t go there. It is discouraging, yet I can truly say when I’m sitting at a piano, alone, I could literally play all day long, I get so lost in it. I’ve always wondered why God gave me this-if I can’t use it. Then I convinced myself that it was just a form of expression from suffering the childhood neglect from being in such a large family-children were seen and not heard. Ah well, I keep telling people, one day, ONE DAY, God will somehow provide a black shiny baby grand piano…I just know He will. Loved this!!♥
Loved it and it’s so peaceful. Helps me to put worries behind .
No words, just a beautiful dance with my Father.
As this music reaches into my soul, I am experiencing a longing from deep within….
My 16 year old daughter and I lay down after a long, rough morning, I started the music and felt this peace. I asked Sara, how does the music make you feel…she answered….”Peace, it’s so soothing..” we loved it.
I was so relaxed I almost fell asleep and I felt a great deal of warmth and comfort as I listened to it. I listen to spiritual music every day when I meditate and I will add this to my collection when I sit in silence and pray. I was very touched and felt the Lord come to me with his comforting arms and his presence was with me through the healing and warmth I felt in my hands. The music was very powerful and awesome and I thank Chris and I thank Renee. I was very blessed to have heard the music and will listen to it over and over every day
I felt like God whispered in my ear ” Do not be afraid, for I am with you, you are not alone, for I am with you. You are beautiful in my eyes! It is so hard to feel like you are alone even though there are plenty of people by your side. I felt like it was my time to reconnect with God, to let go and let God! Reading the book, the comments, listening to the song, everything about this book tells me that I AM NOT ALONE, I AM HIS PRINCESS! WE ARE ALL HIS PRINCESSES!!!
I am forever blessed God has brought me down this path, through all my fears, self-doubt, pain and struggles this study was God working to transform me totally. God has away of opening your eyes to a bigger picture and what really is the most important thing in life. To be still and truly allow God to take you by the hand and walk this journey, giving all of our worries to him. He will never leave us or forsake us. Thank you for sharing such a blessing of peace and comfort through this talented musician, it was so amazing to feel the power of the Holy Spirit just move me.
Truly amazing and filled with the spirit of God. I can hear God through out at times he’s loud and passionate and other times he is calm and quite but never silent. I could feel his presence near because I took the time to be still and listen. I think that’s the most powerful thing and really what God wants to teach me right now. That no matter what my circumstances I must always remember he is there for me waiting for me to turn to him. When I can’t feel him near I need to stop and be still and seek him. Stop relying on myself and more on him. For the plans that he has for my life is far better than those that I could think up on my own. He’s asking me to surrender all not just the hard stuff but the simple give it all to him and let go and allow his will to be done in my life.
I closed my eyes as I listened. And scriptures just kept popping into my head, one right after the other…about how much God loves me, is with me always, will never leave me nor forsake me. I imagined myself in the middle of a big field of flowers…lying there…looking up into the heavens. Smiling at God. When the music became more forceful, but yet still peaceful, I imagined myself still in that field….a rain falling down on me- His GRACE falling down on me. It was a refreshing, peaceful feeling.
Thanks for the images. God is truly amazing.
My free-flowing response in prayer as I listened…seemed appropriate given the music’s origin. Peace to all.
The Lord is Good. He dwells in His sanctuary. With a tender voice He calls to us. He waits patiently. He hears our cries. There is joy, peace, strength in His presence, in the shadow of His wings. There is joy in His presence! Be still and know…I AM GOD. Dance before me. Gently, peacefully, glide. Be in my arms. Revel in my presence. There is joy, peace…wonderment. You are mine. I am here for time with YOU. Come walk with Me, in the green pastures, beside the still waters, I am with you. Hear my Spirit, I am with you. There are beautiful and wonderful things happening around you, happening in and through you…be open to them, EMBRACE them with all that you are, all that I CREATED YOU TO BE…you are mine and I put you here for this special moment and time. Embrace it…you are loved. In the still, quiet voice you hear me calling you near…so near, to a tenderness you may have never known…or have forgotten in the passing of time. It is still here. I am still here. Draw near to me, and I will draw near to you. AS the deer seeks water, so thirst for ME and my WORD. We will quench your thirst, satisfy your soul, bring you ever nearer to a love with no end or limits. A love that surpasses all you could ever hope for or imagine. You hear me. Please risk it and take that first step toward me. I am the ONE who loves you…perfectly…with an everlasting love…Come before me with singing, with joy in my presence, let us celebrate together… You are MY CHILD…Let that sink in, let it mend, let it still your heart …and bring peace to your mind…in the still, quiet, you will find me…if you but search for me as for silver or gold…I WILL BE FOUND…by you. Even you, the breath I breathe, I give to you, to instill in you a sense of ME. Let my Spirit live in and through you…it will bring joy, adventure, peace, that you have never known. Lord, bring your rain into my life. It can satisfy my soul like no other. Open my heart and mind and spirit to what you have in store for me. May I see it, sense it, hear it, follow it. It is a refreshing, life-giving, rain…flowing through my heart, cleansing the mud, make it clear now, Lord. Just in that moment, in that time, breathe on me. Father, in the space that you have given me, may I live daily, fully, for you and your son Jesus Christ, the ONE who knows me and loves me…who knows each one of us…and chose to take up that CROSS, knowing everything about us and loving us and the Father enough to face that pain, rejection, suffering, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. It’s in His name I pray, Amen.
This is beautiful!!
Very touching and inspiring! Thank you for posting!
Very beautiful and soothing. A relaxing way to soak up God! Makes you slow down in the business of life!
When I listened to this song today, I felt God was right there next to me.