protecting our seed

Lord

thank you for the awesome word you gave us via George. It was a word in time for us LORD. I never think to ask you to protect the seeds you have planted in my life. I normally just lift them up to you and I leave them in your hands. But it never occurs to me that like that scripture about how the farmer planted seeds and then the enemy came and sowed weeds amongst them that this is also like the dreams, visions, calling, gifts that you give each of us.

Satan will do anything for us not to fulfil the plans you have for us. He wants to kill these seeds because it will stop us from being all that we can be. To live the dreams you have given each of us. You made us to be so unique that the dreams we have for our own lives are seeds you sowed in us while we were in our mothers' wombs.

And as we have grown so have these seeds in us. But over the years, we start to doubt we can do these things, we start to think these dreams are too big and we don't have the skills we need to fulfil them, or we have left it too late. These are the seeds that Satan has planted in our lives right next to our dreams, our gifts, our visions. Seeds of doubt, seeds of disbelief as he tries to strip away our self-confidence.

But you LORD are faithful and you use these weaknesses in us to strengthen us. You replace our self-confidence with confidence IN YOU. You show us that NOT by our might or strength but by your spirit we will succeed. If we could do it by our own strength you would not receive the glory...we would thank you but we would still rely on our own talents and gifts instead of you.

You have planted in me some impossible dreams LORD and lots of them I have abandoned because I didn't know I had to protect them. I protected and watered lots of other seeds, but not really my dreams.

One of these dreams LORD is to have children. When i was young I thought i had all the time in the world. I had a regular cycle, never experience period pains, I had a healthy body. But I'm now nearly 38 yrs old. I don't feel it. But in the last 5 years Satan has tried to destroy this dream. He tried to make me give up on the idea of having a child, he even succeeded in stealing a child from me. But I'm still here and I am still trying.

So it hasn't happened as I planned it. You LORD have rescued me. Even now as we try IVF he tried to sow another seed to make it harder. But you LORD have rescued me. He knows that I plan to fill my children with love for you LORD. To leave a legacy of your unfailing love for the next generation, so that they will know you live. This is the seed which he is trying to steal, to rob you of receiving all the glory.

LORD, I am a fob from a tiny Pacific island. I dreamt that I would travel, and I have. I dreamt of visiting a little castle in Germany and I did. I dreamt of visiting Paris and I did. I dreamt of going to Jerusalem and I did. I dreamt of going to Africa and seeing lions and elephants and I did. But it didn't go according to my plan but according to yours LORD.

Imagine if I had given up? We went to London with hardly any money to support us. We ran out before we could collect our pay cheques, but you rescued us again. It makes the dream more impossible when it doesn't happen easily. You love doing the impossible LORD and we your children are amazed each time you succeed.

I have a few big dreams LORD some from when I was a child that I have not given up on. I realise now that these need protecting. I lift them up to you LORD and I give you the glory. These dreams can only happen by your spirit LORD. I can't make them happen, but I can wait patiently for you to show me how to water this seed so it will grow.

Lord Jesus, I cast out Satan's handiwork in our lives in your mighty name. I cast out his plans to destroy the seeds you have planted in each of us. I will put my trust in you and not lean on my own understanding and in all my ways (good and bad) I will acknowledge you and like your word says you will make my paths straight. I believe that greater are you Lord who lives in me than he who lives in this world. I pray for your protection over our dreams, gifts, talents, callings and visions and look forward to your many rescue plans for us LORD.

I believe in you Lord and the power of your name, Lord Jesus, which is above all names. By your resurrection you set us free from the bondages and strong holds that Satan is trying desperately to build in our lives. I break off his seeds of destruction from our midst, in your name LORD Jesus.

You said in Revelation LORD that we overcome by our testimony and by your blood which you sacrificed on that horrid cross for us. You are the LION and the LAMB Lord. Thank you LORD for you have proven time and time again that you are in complete control of our lives. That you will use ALL things (good and bad) for the good of those who love you, who have been called according to your purpose.

We have no idea what's around the corner LORD, but we know you and you know all our days LORD. Help us to perserve LORD, when Satan tries to close the door in our faces, help us to see the window that you have provided for us and to go thru it. To make the most of all the opportunities you have given us, even if it seems harder, even if it takes longer than our original plan. To trust that you will provide a way to make these seeds grow, to step out in faith and believe in the impossible.

Not by might or power but by your spirit. In Jesus' name I pray.