Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus A prayer by Elise Beatrice Lord, Your will be done. Good morning, Lord. Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your Great Name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory are Yours now and forever. Amen. Holy Father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, thank You so much for today. I thank You for the great things that You do, all the great things You have always been doing, and all the great things You still to do and always will. Lord Jesus, I bless You, and I thank You. And I glorify You. I know Your beauty, Lord. I know You, Lord, because You taught me about You. You taught me everything about You that You want me to know, which is why I fix my eyes on You, even when things are tough, even when the enemy throws negative thoughts on us, trying to make us think that things are not going to go the way You promised. Then I just completely ignore what he says because I trust You. I trust You, Lord. I trust the work of Your Holy Spirit. You are the truth. You are the real thing. You are God. You are powerful. You are mighty. You are glorious. You are great, Father and Son, Jesus, and His Holy Spirit. You are great. And there's nothing on this earth that can never diminish that greatness of Yours, or even scratch it. Because no matter how many people live in sin here against You, no matter how many false witnesses many may bear against You, how many blasphemous things they may say against You, it could never scratch Your beauty, that could never diminish Your beauty. For every lie spoken about You remains a lie. And the truth remains the truth. So I thank You, Father. I thank You, Lord Jesus. I thank You for Your greatness. I thank You for the way You are, how You are, Your beauty, Your love beyond human comprehension, Your ability to do unlimited things, Your ability to be Holy forever, Your ability to always be good. Your ability to be righteous. You are clothed in righteousness, Lord. There is nothing that could ever stain You. And I bless You. A human would not cope with all the things said, all the things that billions of people have been saying wrong against You, Lord. No human would cope with all those things. But You scoff at the wicked, at those demons who pollute this earth with lies, for You know that their day is coming. You scoff at Your enemy, the devil, who puts blasphemous thoughts in people's minds and builds people against You and builds a kingdom of sin, a Kingdom of rebellion that will be destroyed by Your Son Jesus. And everyone will see that no matter all the lies ever said against You, no matter the false accusations against You, all they have done, they have only hurt themselves. Of course, You feel the pain for them. You weep for them because that is a normal thing a loving father does, a normal thing a loving parent would do who gives birth to a child, and once that child grows and becomes rebellious and gets themselves into trouble. Of course, a parent is hurt. The parent weeps. Even if their children were to turn out to be murderers and they're being put to prison, of course, the parent moans; the parent grieves. So, I understand, my Lord. I understand how You feel. I understand You, Lord Jesus. I understand You, Father. If we could not mourn or grieve, we would not be humans. And if You could not mourn and grieve, Father, for the pain of innocent people, for the pain the enemy causes on people, You would be heartless. But if any human can grieve and moan because it is a part of You that is in all humans, they can express their joy with laughter, with celebration, and they can express their sadness with tears, with mourning, with grief, because You made us in Your image. You are a God who cares. You are a God who feels for us. A God who cares, a God who feels for His creation, Who gets hurt when His people are hurt, Who gets hurt for every single human because He knows what will come at them. And which is why, Lord, You plead for everyone to come to You so they can be saved, so that You can protect them so that they are safe with You forever. But would they understand, Lord? You are a great Father. Everlasting Father, You are The Prince of Peace. You are Mighty God. Your love is limitless. Your love can never die, for You can never die. You live forever, and Your love lives with You forever. Your love endures forever. Your word endures forever. So, Lord, thank You for hearing my prayer, my prayers for - for those who don't know what they are doing. Thank You, Lord, that You are so merciful. You are so great, Lord, and I thank You. I thank You for that miracle that You gave me two days ago. I have grown to understand You, to know how faithful You are. You never let down those who put their trust in You, though the enemy would target them and say all kinds of things and trying to get them off Your path, to turn them away from You, Your beauty always brings me closer, closer, and closer to You, For You have taught me about You. You have shown me Your beauty. You have presented Your beauty for all to see. You have put yourself there, willing to teach people about You, so that if somebody does not understand You, instead of bearing a false witness against You instead of thinking they know. Instead of thinking that they understand You, instead of thinking that they can teach about You when they don't even believe in You, and even when they believe in You, they don't even listen to You. Instead of thinking all that and letting the enemy pollute their minds with lies, and they all believe it and listen to the enemy more than they listen to You. Instead of doing all that, they could just see that You are there. You are willing to teach everyone about Yourself. If somebody does not know something about You, they can ask You. They can ask you. But if they do not ask You, for they are bringing trouble upon themselves, for they are bringing themselves to bear false witness against the Lord. Lord, You have always been speaking. You've never hidden Yourself from people. If everyone wants to know You, they will know You. If they want to see Your beauty, they will see it. If they want to understand You, they just need to lean on Your understanding, and You will teach them, for You are the understanding. You know everything on this earth. You are the best Teacher of all because You are great in all the fields. You are all the fields, the good fields. Yes, Lord, You are. So, Lord, I bless You. I bless You for Your beauty. I bless You for Your faithfulness. I bless You for Your greatness, Lord. I bless You, for You are good, and You are quick to forgive when You see a genuine person, when You see someone who runs to You, even if they did not have the courage to say a word, if they're just saying a quiet word in your heart, You hear it. You're always hearing, You hear everything. What You did two days ago, my Lord, that was a great thing that just adds to Your multiple, uncountable great things that You have always been doing. Lord, You are amazing. You are amazing and I just pray that many will come to understand Your beauty, to know Your beauty, Lord, for they are missing a lot by not knowing You. Yes, darkness seems to force himself on many and invade this world with darkness and have invaded many with his darkness to the point that they can't even see the light. But even I, your servant, he still tries to press me down continuously. But I know Your beauty. I know Your promise and Your faithfulness, and that keeps me going. Lord, You are my hope. You are my hope. The best hope. The only true hope. And we can look forward into the future. While we are looking into the future for the great things You will do, I am also seeing the great things You are doing in our lives. For what You did two days ago is amazing. It is not like You have abandoned people, and they cannot see You or know about You or learn about You until that day, that day, that great day that You will come again. But You are already with people now, You are already with those who want to be with You. You are already with those who seek to have You. Many believe in You, but they don't know You. And those same people who believe, who believe in You yet don't know You are the ones who are out there contributing to the lies. They listen to the enemy more than they listen to You. They listen to the devil more than they listen to You. And for this, the devil uses them to even obstruct Your beautiful Gospel of Salvation, the Gospel that saves lives, that brings people to the light, that brings eternal life, that heals us even as we are here on earth and shows us the way, that brings us to behave, to live well, because it is good. Lord, I thank You. I know things are tough. I know the enemy has his many people, and he uses his people to obstruct Your people. But he has never prevented my life. They have hurt me terribly, but he has not prevailed. And he would never prevail. Not by my authority, but Your authority, Lord, for You won't let him prevail in my life, in the life of those who put their trust in You. Whoever that is, who comes to say, "Yes, I know the Lord, I want the Lord, and I'm going to let the Lord guide my life and live for the Lord." Yes, You have never let me down, Lord, and I bless You for that, and I love You forever, my God. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving Your people. Thank You for loving Your creation, even the ones who try to run away from You and say wrong things against You. Thank You that You have love for them, and I just pray that they will see that love, Lord. I thank You for everyone You have already brought to Yourself, and I thank You for every single one You still to bring to Yourself. You won't let any single one who wants You, who truly genuinely wants You and wants to let go of their own ways, You won't let any of those ones perish. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, my Jesus. Thank You that even when things are tough, You always manage to bring us something that brings our minds back to You and expose the devil to be as he is, for he is a liar. And if it wasn't for his lies, no one would be on his side. He earns people with lies, every of his servants, because he has deceived them. And I just pray that many will wake up and see that the devil has wrapped them in his hands, his evil hands, and only You can unwrap them if they want to. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Lord Jesus. Thank You for Your grace. Your light shines in every place people want the light. If no one puts light in their home, there will be no light. The same way, if no one puts You and lets You be in their lives, then they have no greater light shining in their lives, shining in their hearts, shining in their bodies. You are the Light forever. And thank You that You invade the darkness. I love you, Lord. Happy birthday, Lord Jesus. Happy birthday, my Lord. In Your gracious name, my Lord. Thank You that You came on this earth to save us from our sins. Thank You, Lord, for Your Eternal Salvation. I love You. Thank You for loving us. Amen.