Dance Devotional Day 13

Day 13

Confession

Psalm 86 [AMP] (MSG) <TPT>

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,

For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].

<I am in deep trouble. I am broken and humbled.>

Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful;

O You my God, save Your servant, 

<Your faithful friend> who trusts in You 

[believing in You and relying on You, 

confidently committing everything to You].

Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord,

For to You <my hero> 

I cry out all the day long <in faith>.

(I count on You from morning to night)

<Restore joy to Your loving servant>

Make Your servant rejoice,

For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul 

[all that I am—in prayer] <for all I am is Yours>.

For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive 

[our sins, sending them away, completely letting them go forever and ever];

And abundant in lovingkindness and overflowing 

(bighearted to all who ask for help)

<Your grace-fountain keeps overflowing,

drenching all Your lovers who pray to You>

in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Hear, O Lord, my prayer;

And listen attentively to the voice of my supplications 

(specific requests)!

In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,

For You will answer me.

(Every time I'm in trouble I call on You, 

confident that You'll answer.)

There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,

<You outshine all others>

Nor are there any works [of wonder and majesty] like Yours.

<Your miracles make it easy to know You.>

All nations whom You have made shall come 

and kneel down in worship before You, O Lord,

And they shall glorify Your name

(ready to put your beauty on display,

parading Your greatness).

For You are great and do wondrous works!

You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, O Lord,

<Teach me more about You,

how You work and how You move>

I will walk and live in Your truth;

Direct my heart to fear Your name 

<until everything within me brings honor to Your name>.

(Put me together, one heart and mind;

then, undivided, I'll worship in joyful fear)

[with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

And will glorify Your name forevermore.

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;

And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death]

(from the brink of disaster)

<You placed Your greatness upon me>.

O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;

A band of violent men have sought my life,

And they have not set You before them.

But You, O Lord, are a God 

[who protects and is] merciful and gracious,

<Your nurturing love is gentle>

(tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love,

and you never, never quit!)

Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth

<so swift to show Your faithful love>.

Turn to me, (look me in the eye) and be gracious to me;

Grant Your strength <bring me Your grace-fountain>

[Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant

<so that Your strength becomes mine>,

And save the son of Your handmaid.

Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill,

(make a show of how much You love me)

That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,

Because You, O Lord, helped and comforted me

(gently and powerfully put me back on my feet).

Storehouse - The Gray Havens

Lyrics:

I'll go, to the storehouse I'll go
To the storehouse of mercy, I'll go

I've been a fool, went down
Thought I could walk the line
Be just in time to turn it back around
But I fall through that old forbidden door
And though I knew the stakes
Still made my way
Just like every time before

I'm over my head and lost
And no, there's no way I'm able to pay back the cost
But this I call, this I call to mind
That I'm not alone
And I can come back home anytime

So I'll go, to the storehouse I'll go
To the storehouse of mercy, I'll go

You're caught standin' still, think you'll be fine
The colors fade, you drift away
And you're back to what you know
What's easy, what you like
You don't look back
Refuse to turn, like
I'll build my own makeshift my home
But it only ever serves to make it worse

I'm over my head and lost
And the ground feels unstable and I can't make this stop
But this I call, this I call to mind
How the Father runs to the wayward son

Comin' back alive

Even when, even when, even when you fall so hard

Even then, even then, even then you're not too far gone
When you go through your head and lost
Even when, even when, even when you fall so hard
And the ground feels unstable
Even then, even then, even then you're not too far gone
Even when, even when, even when you fall so hard
Even then, even then, even then you're not too far gone
Come back home
Even when, even when, even when you fall so hard
I keep comin' back home
Even then, even then, even then you're not too far gone

Response:

Before you speak or think

the answer

Linger,

pace into a sway

and sway into a 

place of focused energy.

Focus your body,

align your eye line

to My astounding 

miraculous Name

The Name of Overflowing,

Abounding,

Life Breathing, 

Evil Crushing,

Never-ending,

Eternally Triumphant 

Powerful Love.

Now answer Me

not for the sake of 

answering correctly,

but conversing honestly.

How are you feeling and what are you thinking about right now?

As you begin to speak

catch what you are about to say;

what you begin to say;

have it condensed in one place

within your hands

in awareness

in honesty.

This comes from some of the

hidden places in your heart.

Like a procession down the aisle,

to the confession booth,

to your groom-to-be

honestly afraid 

or authentically emboldened;

Come near to Me

and lay it at my feet

beneath My far Greater Heart.

If you use your strongest appendages

you can trace

Some afterbirth of lies

that begin traveling up 

from your belly to the end of your esophagus 

in response to this unexplainable mercy...

almost as if your shame is another person

separate from yourself

grabbing you from your core,

and you begin sinking away from 

the awareness of my Presence inescapable 

Witness My Love grab a hold of you by that very arm

that traced the lies

Before you sank into the hole below you

You witness now My hand uphold you 

I choose to keep you present 

of my inescapable pursuit to give you 

love, joy, kindness, goodness, gentleness 

WORTH, VALUE, PURPOSE, IDENTITY 

VISION, HOPE, FAITH, CONFIDENCE

COURAGE, PEACE

Shame is shouting muffled from behind you

your tempted to keep looking behind

and Shame uses the strings attached to your phalanges 

pulling you back desperate to not let you think

you should ever receive or experience the fullness

of such gifts.

Then your body feels a violent releasing wind

you hear chains fall to the floor...

Shame and the lies told you

fade... 

You are here

in the Storehouse.

My Presence.

You are at my banquet buffet Table

in my warm abode.

INDULGE!

Feast on my help.

Devour picking up the gifts of love to your face 

like it cannot come into your heart fast enough

We're going to do this as many times as it takes

to get you to stay forever. 

I'm not giving up on you,

so if you walk away

know I'll see you back soon

at the storehouse. 

Spin as many times 

in the same familiar cycle

that your enemy will obsessively use 

to temporarily cripple you 

but you'll end up right back here 

Perfectly, wholly, passionately

affectionately, permanently 

Known, Forgiven, Saved and Loved.

That isn't a fluffy cloud-like love

this love when understood with a mustard seed of faith

brings you to your knees in joyful fear

like an animal activist cuddling a lion or a bear

for the very first time

I dare you to get used to this

to live in this

to get addicted to this

Meeting at The Storehouse.