Good morning Father. Thank You for Your "Grace" that allowed me to wake up this morning. I thank You for my family and friends. I thank You for allowing us to have a good night's sleep.
Father, this morning I am lifting up all of those in Colorado who has lost a child, friend, husband, wife, mother, or son. It was a tragedy and I am thanking You for sending You Holy Spirit to touch them all, comfort them all and sending Your children to help those hurting through this. I pray that they were our brothers and sisters in Christ and are home with You. For those who are not saved, Father, send someone to them who knows Your words and is guided and instructed by Your Holy Spirit to minister to them. Help them understand the importance of having You in their lives. That when unthinkable things like this happens, yes you will hurt but knowing that they are with our Heavenly Father and that if they are a child of God they will meet again. Send someone to them who will very sensitively tell them about You and as tragic as this was, You (God) are still in control. Open their hurting hearts to hear You speak ever so gently to their hearts. Help them understand what You are saying and to make the decision and say "Yes" to you. I thank You for this day of "Grace" This is a day that a lost soul will give their life to You. I thank You for each day that You give to us. Each day is precious and none of us know when a day will be our last. I am sure that those who went to the movies did not think that it was their last night on earth. I lift up all the hurting to You this day for salvation first, then, healing.
As for the person who committed this crime. I am lifting him up to You for salvation. As awful and unthinkable as it is, You said that You don't want any to perish but all to come to repentance. Lord, something made this young man snap. I am not going to judge him but pray for him as You instruct us to do. I am lifting this man up to You for salvation, for deliverance, for healing, and for restoration. He will have to pay for what he did I know but I am asking You to send someone to him that knows Your words of salvation. Father, let Your Holy Spirit work through this person of Your chosen and talk to this lost person about You in a way that he will understand, and accept You. Deliver him from the evil that has him in bondage. Open his heart to hear You speak to his heart. Once he opens his heart to Your truth, and accept You, the devil has to flee from him.
All of us have a certain amount of time here on earth before we go to our final destination. This earth is not it. We don't know when it will be or how it will happen. But as long as we have Jesus, we can confidently know that no matter when or how it happens, we will finally rest in Jesus and be with him forever. Those who do not know Jesus as their Savor, will spend eternity without him. And, that is where we come in as Your children. We must be about our Father's business by spreading the God's good news. So, when I thank You father for each day of Grace. It is a day that You give a lost soul a chance to come to You for salvation. It is another day that You give a lost soul a chance to know You and learn of You and what You did for us. It is another day that Your children can tell someone about You Jesus and all that You did for all of us including that lost soul that need to hear it.
I continue to thank You for each day of Grace. I thank You for comforting the lives of those who has lost loved ones not just in Colorado but all over the world. I am thanking You for reaching past their hurt and giving them a listening ear and heart. I thank You for the love that You have for us. I thank You that in the midst of whatever we go through, the battle is not ours but Yours. I TRUST AND LOVE YOU DEARLY.