Heavenly Mail/Words of Love: Prayers Letters to Heaven and God's Refreshing Response
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Then in heaven's compassionate and loving response, your heart will soar as you experience God's everlasting and unconditional love expressed in personalized scriptures paraphrased just for you. Whether for yourself or a special friend, this beautiful book is a meaningful and memorable treasure that will be kept close at hand and cherished for years to come.
Philis Boultinghouse
Philis Boultinghouse is the author of the best-selling Hugs for Sisters and several other books. She has served as managing editor for Howard Publishing since 1991. As a speaker to women's groups, Boultinghouse brings her understanding of the needs of women to her insightful writing. Married for thirty-two years, she is the mother of two grown children, Jason and Crystal.
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Heavenly Mail/Words of Love - Philis Boultinghouse
HEAVENLY
WORDS OF LOVE
Philis Boultinghouse
Our purpose at Howard Publishing is to:
Increase faith in the hearts of growing Christians
Inspire holiness in the lives of believers
Instill hope in the hearts of struggling people everywhere
Because He’s coming again!
Heavenly Mail—Words of Love from God © 2002 by Philis Boultinghouse
All rights reserved. Printed in Mexico
Published by Howard Publishing Co., Inc.
3117 North 7th Street, West Monroe, Louisiana 71291-2227
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Interior design by Steve Diggs
Edited by Jennifer Stair
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eISBN 978-1-451-60494-8
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations within critical articles and reviews.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the Holy Bible, New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
I love the LORD because he hears and answers my prayers.
Because he bends down and listens,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
Psalm 116:1-2 NIT
Contents
DO YOU LOVE ME EVEN NOW?
INTERFERE IN ME
TEACH ME THE SECRETS OF FORGIVENESS
CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND?
I’M SICK TO DEATH OF DEATH
DO YOU HEAR MY PRAYERS?
HOW CAN I HELP MY HURTING FRIEND?
HEAL MY GRIEVING HEART
PLEASE TAME MY WILLFUL HEART
MY WORLD IS UNRAVELING
EXTEND YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION
I SEEK YOUR FACE
I’VE DISAPPOINTED YOU!
RESTORE YOUR PEACE TO ME
I’M WORTHLESS—TO YOU AND OTHERS
MUST I BE NICE TO HER?
BLESS ME, O LORD
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME ONCE AGAIN?
CAN YOU MEND THIS BROKEN RELATIONSHIP?
MY CONFIDENCE HAS SHRIVELLED
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE
A Word to the Reader
Writing a letter is a special way to express yourself to someone you care for. It allows you to convey your feelings, thoughts, and emotions in a way unlike any other.
And what about receiving mail in return? Who doesn’t enjoy the feeling of going to the mailbox, opening the door, and finding that you’ve got mail? With anticipation, you open the envelope and read the words of a cherished loved one or a faraway friend. Even though the writer is not present, you feel the warmth that the two of you share, and your hearts are united once again. That’s what happens when you read Heavenly Mail: Words of Love from God.
This unique book is filled with letters between someone like yourself and the very best Friend of all—your heavenly Father. You’ll quickly identify with the prayers, written as letters to a loving God, because they convey the needs, emotions, feelings, and struggles that life presents on a regular basis. In heaven’s response, you’ll read personalized, paraphrased scriptures, also written as letters, and you’ll experience the assuring presence and loving warmth that only heaven can give.
The love that fills these heavenly letters will remain with you, inspire you, and fill you with hope. Let this little book bring you closer to heaven and to words of love that will impact your todays, tomorrows, and the rest of your life.
A LETTER TO Heaven
Dear God in Heaven,
I come to You with mixed emotions. I know in my head that You love me—I’ve read of Your love in the Bible; I’ve heard it preached in church; I’ve even felt it at times. But do You love me all the time? I don’t really see how You could.
I mean, there are times when I feel as if I have it together—when my life is in balance, when I’ve been kind to my family and coworkers, when I’m having successes at work—and I can see how You might love me then. But there are other times when I have absolutely nothing together.
I’m living through one of those times right now. My relationship with my spouse is filled with tension, I’ve been snapping at my children all week, and I’m in a real slump at work. And the scary part of it is,