Ed Traut

By Ed Traut

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

• So often life seems to be difficult and have unpleasantness, but God has made everything beautiful.
• All of us have the understanding or the sense of eternity that awaits after this natural life.
• Our capacity to grasp God and all that He has done and all He is going to do is extremely limited, but we trust in Him and we know that He is able to make all things beautiful.

Prayer: How I praise Your name today Lord for how You have made all things beautiful, even through the trials and difficulties You always come through and do things beautifully.  You are a wonderful God and a wonderful Savior and I am so grateful to be Your child. Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalms 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

• God gives us a song in our heart to sing to Him on a daily basis. He is good and worthy of praise.  
• We belong to Him and His people should be praising Him continually.  
• People are moved and touched by our worship to God and our service to Him and will turn to Him to put their trust in Him, so let us continually praise Him.

Prayer:  Lord I do lift my hands in worship and praise.  I do want sing a hymn to You everyday to honor You and to constantly sing of all You have done and the goodness of God, because there is no one like You.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Ephesians 5:10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

• There are things that the Lord finds distasteful and He separated Himself from – 
• There are actually things that attract us to God.
• Throughout the word there are indicators of the things that excite, please, and attract God to us – let’s explore them continually and pursue them and He will make them known to us.

Prayer:  Hallelujah!  I want to please You in every way Lord, and I am looking for those things that please You and make You happy and not just man’s ideas or religious thoughts, but what Your word says that You are pleased with.  Teach me these things and I will follow them gladly.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

• We have access to God’s throne in the Holy of Holies, because of the completed work of our Lord Jesus.
• We enter and come to Him with confidence, because of this wonderful salvation. 
• We receive grace in any time of need and we ought to go to Him into that place when we do have a need. 

Prayer:  Help me Lord to always direct all my need and my immediate solutions to You rather than to man.  Help me to lean on You I pray in the name of Jesus.  I look to You and praise You for all the times You have helped me.  I can not even count.  You are a faithful God in every way.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

• So often and so easily our hearts are troubled by so many things in life.
• We have to really work against getting stressed, anxious or troubled in our hearts.
• We trust in the Father God Almighty and in Jesus who never lets us down.  We will depend upon Him.  Trust is blindly dependent upon the one you are trusting.

Prayer:  Lord I do trust in You and decide to continually trust in You regardless of how things look.  I will leave my life in Your hands and know that the outcome will always be according to Your purpose and plan.  Amen.  

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Ephesians 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,

• No question, God has a very specific purpose for each of us. 
• So often we think we have followed after Him and chosen Him, when whilst He has chosen us before the foundation of the world.
• God works out ‘everything’ align with that purpose.  There is a bigger hand in everything we see around us.  The almighty God!

Prayer:  How magnificent You are Lord.  I bless Your holy name today, because You are almighty and powerful and You have a destiny for me and have chosen me.  I am so grateful that I am part of Your plan.  Help me to yield to You in every way I pray in Jesus name.  Amen. 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

John 14:23 (Passion Translation) Jesus replied, “Loving me empowers you to obey my word. And my Father will love you so deeply that we will come to you and make you our dwelling place.

• It is a promise – that when we love Him, we keep His commands.  Keeping His commands becomes easy and natural when we devote our lives to Him.
• God responds to us when we choose to obey, certainly obedience is attractive to God.
• When He comes and dwells with us and constantly present, it is such a blessing and it is as result of being constantly obedient and committed child of God.

Prayer:  Lord this is exactly what I want!  Please help me to be that person, to be that obedient and quick to respond so that You can make Your dwelling place in me.  I want so much for You to live continually in me and have Your presence in my life.  Amen.  

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Dear Doug,

Romans 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

• The enemies target is to cause us to waiver in our faith.
• It is unbelief that renders faith weaker, not the amount of faith!
• Being strengthened in faith and to continue glorifying God regardless of how things look.

Prayer:  Lord help me to be strengthened in my faith and to glorify You continually and to never look at the circumstances or let them determine where my faith stands, but rather by Your word.  I praise You for Your faithfulness.  I love You Lord.  Amen.

  
Ed Traut

Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalms 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

• God is never in a hurry, but certainly is sudden.
• Waiting is a growth and development of patients and faith.
• We ‘take heart’ because we know the Lord will hear and answer.  We just need to wait.

Prayer:  Holy Spirit help me to be patient to wait for Him even though He does not move fast, He moves suddenly and He will come to my aid.  Help me to be patient and not be reactionary or stressful today.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

• The enemy tries to sow bad and difficult thoughts in our heads.
• But by the power of God, we destroy those arguments and the thoughts that come to us.
• Taking captive every thought that is not from Him and submitting it to the word of God and focussing our thoughts on all Gods ways.

Prayer:  Lord I yield my mind and take every thought captive that it is subjective to the word of God and to God’s plan.  I will not allow the enemy to make my mind rush into different directions and think different things.  I yield my thoughts to Your life and let the Spirit of God renew it daily.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life