Ed Traut

By Ed Traut

Psalms 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

• Even though we are saved, we have to focus continually on growing in Him and letting the Lord renew our hearts.
• Sometimes we allow wrong thoughts and need to return to our love for Him and God to strengthen our hearts with His love and upright spirit.
• We are not of this world even though we are in this world and we need to be reminded constantly of that.  We belong to Him.

Prayer:  Lord I yield to You and ask You to create in me a pure and upright heart.  I want to belong to You in every way and have the right spirit. I am weak, but You are strong.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

• In tough times or challenges, it is difficult to rejoice.  
• When we remind ourselves of who He is and what He has done, excitement and praise arises.
• We rejoice not because of our circumstances, but even in them we know that He is great and rejoicing is a strength that God gives.

Prayer:  Lord I do rejoice today, I rejoice in Your salvation, I rejoice in Your goodness and who You are.  I rejoice in Your victories that have been and will come.  Hallelujah!  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalm 84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

• When we love Him and pursue Him, we only want more.
• After spending 40 days and 40 nights with God, Moses prayer was “teach me Your ways that I may know You”.
• May God give us that same yearning and desire for Him and all that is associated with Him.

Prayer:  Lord my heart does long for You and I pray by Your spirit an even greater desire and greater longing and focus on You that I will not only love You more, but have a hunger and thirst for Your righteousness and Your ways I pray.  I belong to You, but want to be even more committed to You.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalms 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

• An overwhelmingly fantastic gift – forgiveness!
• The entire kingdom of God is hinged on forgiveness – both receiving and giving, complete forgiveness.
• We are so blessed and need to be reminded of it constantly that our sins are covered and taken away.

Prayer:  I lift my hands in worship to You today to thank You for this immense and wonderful salvation that all my sins are forgiven. Help me to forgive others consistently I pray, and to walk in this complete guilt free state of worship continually, because I am forgiven.  Amen. 
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Mark 11:17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’ ?

• Prayer is the basis of all spiritual life.  We participate in God’s spiritual ecology through prayer.
• Where people come together (in church – God’s house) it is a place that we pray and call upon God as a collective body.
• God made His house a place for anybody, everybody, every nation, every walk of life, there is no one that is not welcome there.  Let us always have that outlook.

Prayer:  Holy Spirit, please raise me up in a power of prayer on a continual daily basis that I will be a person of prayer.  Let me always regard Gods home, Gods church and Gods people as a place of prayer and to have a heart for anyone who wants to pray and not have any judgements against people who are seemingly, possibly less spiritual.  Teach me Holy Spirit I pray.  Amen. 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

John 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

• It was a mega focus of Jesus to stay on point and to finish His tasks.
• John 17:4 says He completed His task – may we be aware of our tasks and actually fulfill it.
• We all have been given by God tasks and not one is more important than the other and we will be rewarded according to what we finish. 

Prayer:  Lord I commit my life to You and my heart to You.  Direct me, teach me and show me what Your will is for my life continually.  Keep me on task and not get distracted or diverted by something that seems to be You, but rather finish what You have appointed in my life.  I belong to You willingly and gladly and I am thrilled to be Yours.  Amen.

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

Psalms 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him.

• Those that belong to the Lord are set apart by Him for His purpose and plan and have a special place in His focus. 
• God chose us, we did not choose Him.
• We have this confidence, because we belong to Him that He hears us when we call.

Prayer:  Hallelujah!  I rejoice today that I belong to You that You chose me.  I can not even thank You enough for choosing me.  I want to be and I am thrilled to be Your child and to belong to You.  I want nothing else.  I praise Your holy name.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

2 Thessalonians 1:8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

• Certainly there is an end coming – the whole world agrees.
• Those that do not accept this wonderful salvation gospel, which is a simple gift, will be punished and receive God’s judgement for it.
• If we don’t know Him through salvation and relationship, then we are lost.  It is a free gift.  All are welcome.  

Prayer:  Lord, I thank You for saving my soul and showing me and my household grace.  I ask You to help me to reach out to the lost and not keep this message to myself, that they may have a chance, and hear and turn and get to know You I pray.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

2 Thessalonians 3:13 And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

• It is the nature of God in us that causes and propels us to do what is right at all times.
• We choose, even when it is inconvenient, to do the right thing that God may be glorified. 
• Sometimes people and situations make us tired, but we are to focus and not   allow ourselves to get tired, but to keep doing good.  

Prayer:  My Father, I yield and submit to You, I praise Your Holy name today, that You fill me with Your joy and Your spirit that I will continue to do good and always to be unselfish and to be focused on doing what is right.  I love You Lord.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life

By Ed Traut

1 Corinthians 10:24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

• Sometimes we need to be reminded of what really matters in life.
• We are so much happier and more fulfilled when we focus on others and not on our own need and our own selfish ways.
• May God give us the ability to always focus on others regardless whether they are Christians or friends.

Prayer:  Change my heart I pray O Lord and fill me with Your ways and Your heart that I can be like You and reflect this caring for others and doing good for others I pray.  I do not want to be concerned about myself.  Amen.
 

Ed Traut
Prophetic Life