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Feeling Alone? A Prayer for When Life Feels Too Heavy | Stronger Together · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant.
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  - And sometimes
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do.
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  - It's how we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Grotcher.
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  - I'm your host. And today's prayer topic is
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  - if you're feeling alone,
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  - what to do when life feels too heavy.
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  - Scriptural text comes from Galatians six two and
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  - reads, carry each other's burdens. And in this
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  - way, you will fulfill the love of Christ.
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  - Well, it is definitely
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  - a real reality that loneliness
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  - doesn't always look like being by yourself.
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  - Sometimes it looks like carrying responsibility,
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  - certain disappointments,
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  - and unanswered prayers without letting anyone know you're
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  - struggling.
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  - If you will, this is if you're in
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  - a crowd of people
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  - and
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  - you see everyone, but
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  - no one sees you.
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  - Or at least there's the appearance that no
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  - one sees you.
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  - So
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  - in your mind, you're wondering, does anybody see
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  - me? Does anyone care? Doesn't anybody see all
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  - the
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  - the the tears that I'm crying?
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  - I'm I'm buckling up under the stress and
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  - the worry.
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  - Doesn't anyone care?
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  - God, do you even see me?
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  - Does it even matter who I am, what
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  - I'm going through?
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  - And we often believed that asking for help
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  - is a sign of weakness.
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  - But
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  - look luckily and prayerfully for us, God designed
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  - us to find strength through him and through
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  - the encouragement of others.
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  - And
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  - even in the scripture,
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  - the scripture text that comes to mind is
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  - when Jesus sent out the disciples,
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  - he always sent them out two by two.
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  - Why? Because iron sharpens iron.
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  - If one person,
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  - gets discouraged, the other person can speak life
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  - into them
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  - and,
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  - can pray for them.
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  - And that's how we
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  - keep each other
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  - lifted up.
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  - You know, this thing called life is it's
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  - tough. It really, really is, and it can
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  - feel
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  - excessively
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  - overwhelming.
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  - And even the strongest of intercessors or the
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  - strongest of believers
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  - can come and will come to a place
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  - where you feel overwhelmed at times and need
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  - someone to speak life into you.
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  - So just know
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  - that
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  - as you water someone with words of encouragement
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  - to others,
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  - God will allow others to
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  - to water you also.
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  - And even if he doesn't,
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  - he will always encourage you. All you have
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  - to do is just open up the book.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Father God, you know every burden we've been
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  - carrying, even the ones
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  - we've kept hidden from everyone else.
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  - Thank you for reminding us that we are
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  - never
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  - alone, and we were never meant
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  - to walk alone.
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  - Help us release the pressure to have everything
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  - together, and give us humility to receive encouragement
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  - when we need it.
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  - Surround us with people who will strengthen our
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  - faith and point us back to you.
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  - Above all, father, remind us that your presence
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  - is always with us, and your grace is
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  - always enough.
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  - And we will bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Before you continue your day,
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  - take a moment and ask God to show
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  - you
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  - one burden you've been carrying alone.
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  - Bring it to him in prayer.
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  - And if he places someone on your heart,
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  - don't be afraid to let them pray for
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  - you.
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  - If today's prayer encouraged you,
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  - continue to follow us on divine five one
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