May This Not Be a Wasted Time

An excerpt from my journal in May 2010:

       A few verses that have stuck out to me over the past few days, "For You, O God, have tested us; You have REFINED us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs. You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you brought us out into RICH FULFILLMENT." Psalm 66:10-12.

       Lord, we proclaim these verses for our lives and ask that we not go through this situation without experiencing MORE OF YOU and the rich fulfillment that you want to teach us during this time. May it not be a wasted time, but a time where much PRUNING can take place and more FRUIT can come from our lives.

        God, we declare that YOU are still very much in charge of our lives and we love you and want to worship you despite our circumstances. We know that the enemy has plans for this circumstance: to increase our fear, to cause us to doubt and not trust YOU, to pull apart our marriage....the list goes on and on. Jesus, we pray against any strongholds that Satan has set up against us and ask that they would be ripped down. We ask for protection upon our household and ask that you would guard our hearts and minds in Jesus' name. Jesus, may YOU have your way in our circumstance.