My mom taught me this prayer when I was a child:

“Good morning Lord Jesus, this day is for you.

I ask that you bless all I think, say and do.”

Decades later I’m teaching it to my children. It’s truly amazing how much we absorb when we are children and it’s an awesome opportunity for us as parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends to sow hope, faith and love into their hearts.

Ask yourself, “What negative things am I sowing?” Whatever they may be…STOP! Instead share stories and songs of Jesus, teach prayers of faith and lessons of love. When you do you will see the reward both now and later. 

Remember generations will reap what you sow!

Praying for you and your families!

~John

For many it’s been a difficult season, a time of testing and a time of questioning, “What’s going on? God where are you in this? Am I where I am suppose to be?”

And I want to tell you that you are exactly where you are suppose to be! God has been strengthening you, deepening your trust in Him and it will prove to be a blessing for a new season is coming!

Breakthrough is right around the corner, hold on a little longer.

As the seasons are changing, God’s grace and anointing are being poured out, the time that many of us have been waiting for is coming quickly and it is almost upon us!

So be encouraged! Don’t grow weary in well doing for God is with you and He is about to come through for you in great and meaningful ways!

Here’s to a new season, be blessed and encouraged!

~John Silkauskas

“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven”
Ecclesiastes 3:1

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
Do you hear the voice of the Lord calling you to respond? He is speaking even now calling us to obey, calling us to say, “Yes” to Him regardless of what He is asking.

This is a month of change! It will be the end of winter and the beginning of spring! Not only will there be a changing in the weather but there will be a changing in our hearts. As we’ve learned to trust God more this past year He is calling us to new places, to do new things!

You already sense it, a call to pray more, a call to get out of your comfort zone, a call to be bolder and to share what God has been doing in your midst. Now is the time! Today is the day! Let us move forward with confidence knowing that God is with us wherever we go! Move past your fears, step across the chicken line and step out in faith!

Isaiah 1:19 says, “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;” The Message translation says, “If you’ll willingly obey, you’ll feast like kings.” What is God saying? I believe He is calling us to boldly declare what we believe by our actions. He is calling us to welcome change and more than anything: BE WILLING!

As I think of all that He has done for me, how he took my sins on the cross, how he forgave my sin and freed me from the power of it I cannot help but be willing. I want to shout it from the rooftops what He’s done for me! So let me ask, “Are you with me?”

What will you answer God? I hope you’re answer will be, “Here I am, Send me.”

I’m praying for you friends,

~John

Not only should we start slow (see last blog) but we should also “End slow.” It’s not only in the morning that God wants to cover you with His love, it’s in the evening too.

It’s at night when some of the most real conversations take place between husbands and wives, and children and parents and that is something that God wants to share with you and your children as well.

Scripture states in Isaiah 26:9 “My soul yearns for you in the night;” David also declares in Psalm 63:6, “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.” There is so much that happens in just one day: problems, decisions one may regret, questions, concerns, worries oftomorrow and more. If we just turn on the TV and crash we miss out on a great opportunity for reflection, peace, answers, comfort and counsel from our God.

Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call upon the Lord and He will answer you and show you great and unsearchable things that you do not know.” The Holy Spirit is not only our Helper, but also our Counselor. Have you ever had a great conversation with a friend and afterwards you felt like you had clarity and peace that you didn’t have before your conversation. This is the kind of experience the Father wants you to experience with Him at night where you give Him your cares, worries, fears, disappointments, questions and frustrations and in exchange He gives you His peace.

You’ll sleep better, wake up more refreshed and have greater joy in your heart all because you decided to “End slow.”

Get off Facebook, close your email, turn off the TV and end slow…

Blessings,

~John