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Your Daily Prayer - A Prayer for Quiet Trust in God · GodLife On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to Your Daily Prayer, where we
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  Speaker 1: help you find the words you need to connect to
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  Speaker 1: your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening in your
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  Speaker 1: life today, you can trust that God wants to hear
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  Speaker 1: from you. Right after this short word from our sponsors,
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  Speaker 1: we'll pray through today's prayer for quiet trust in God.
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  Speaker 1: A Prayer for Quiet Trust in God Written by Whitney
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  Speaker 1: Hopler Read by Leah Gerard This is what the Lord
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  Speaker 1: says to me, I will remain quiet. and will look
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  Speaker 1: on from my dwelling place like shimmering heat in the sunshine,
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  Speaker 1: like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah 18.4 Long summer days can be both wonderful and exhausting.
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  Speaker 1: Gardens are growing and farm fields are nearing harvest time.
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  Speaker 1: Golden sunlight fills many days and is beautiful to look at,
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  Speaker 1: especially on summer afternoons. But summer can also be a
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  Speaker 1: quiet time that makes you feel like slowing down The
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  Speaker 1: sun appears high in the sky and the hot air
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  Speaker 1: can seem to shimmer in the distance. Some afternoons feel
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  Speaker 1: almost still under the sun's steady light and constant heat.
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah 18.4 describes God's presence in ways that evoke summer days.
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  Speaker 1: In the verse, the Lord says he will remain quiet
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  Speaker 1: and watch from his dwelling place like shimmering heat in
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  Speaker 1: the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat
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  Speaker 1: of harvest. That peaceful imagery compares God's watchful presence to
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  Speaker 1: the gentle stillness of a hot summer day and the
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  Speaker 1: refreshment of morning dew during harvest season. It's easy to
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  Speaker 1: notice God's presence with you when He's doing something traumatic
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  Speaker 1: in your life. But God's presence is most often steady
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  Speaker 1: and quiet, like warm sunshine resting over the land on
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  Speaker 1: a summer day. God is still watching you and caring
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  Speaker 1: for you in the background. even when you aren't aware
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  Speaker 1: of His work. Learning to trust God's quiet presence can
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  Speaker 1: be challenging if you want immediate answers and quick solutions,
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  Speaker 1: when you want clear signs that God is working and
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  Speaker 1: quick answers to your prayers, but you don't get what
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  Speaker 1: you're hoping for when you want it. Doubt and worry
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  Speaker 1: can creep into your mind. When you're wondering where God
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  Speaker 1: is or concerned that your prayers aren't working, You have
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  Speaker 1: to make a choice to have faith and trust God
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  Speaker 1: even when you can't sense His presence. The words in
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah 18.4 encourage you that God is still active even
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  Speaker 1: though He's quiet. Just as the heat of summer quietly
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  Speaker 1: helps crops grow, God's work often happens in ways that
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  Speaker 1: are powerful but quiet. The prayers you prayed weeks or
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  Speaker 1: months ago are like seeds planted in the ground. God
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  Speaker 1: hasn't forgotten about them. He just has the best timing
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  Speaker 1: in mind to answer those prayers. Seeds planted earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the year begin to break through the soil surface during
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  Speaker 1: the summer. Growth that once seemed invisible gradually becomes visible
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  Speaker 1: as harvest time gets closer. God's work in your life
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  Speaker 1: happens that way too. Even when you can't immediately see
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  Speaker 1: what He's doing, God watches over your life with wonderful care.
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  Speaker 1: Summer can remind you of that. On a hot summer
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  Speaker 1: afternoon when sunlight looks like it's shimmering in the distance
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  Speaker 1: and the world feels calm, you can remember that God's
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  Speaker 1: presence is peaceful and steady. God is watching over you carefully,
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  Speaker 1: even when you're not aware of what He's doing beneath
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  Speaker 1: the surface of your life. Quiet seasons in your life
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  Speaker 1: can strengthen your faith. They can teach you to trust God,
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  Speaker 1: not only when something exciting or dramatic is happening for you,
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  Speaker 1: but also during times ordinary days. They remind you that
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  Speaker 1: God is doing something wonderful in your life every single day.
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  Speaker 1: God's plans for you aren't rushed. Just like crops grow
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  Speaker 1: slowly and steadily according to God's design for what's best
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  Speaker 1: for them, God will reveal His plans for you when
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  Speaker 1: the time is right for what's ultimately best. Long summer
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  Speaker 1: days can inspire you to trust that God is still
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  Speaker 1: present with you, watching you carefully and working for good
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  Speaker 1: purposes in your life. While learning to trust quietly takes time,
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  Speaker 1: you can grow more trust as you continue bringing your
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  Speaker 1: concerns to God in prayer, even when you don't get
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  Speaker 1: answers right away. You can also develop more quiet trust
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  Speaker 1: in your life by waiting with hope when you need
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  Speaker 1: to wait for God's timing. The same God who watches
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  Speaker 1: over the whole world, is also watching over your life.
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  Speaker 1: God's quiet care surrounds you like warm sunlight in summer.
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  Speaker 1: Let's pray. Dear God, thank you for the quiet reminders
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  Speaker 1: of your presence that appear throughout the year's seasons. During
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  Speaker 1: these sunny summer days when the world around me feels still,
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  Speaker 1: help me remember that you're always watching over my life.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes I struggle to trust you, when your answers to
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  Speaker 1: my prayers seem slow or when I'm facing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of stress and uncertainty in my circumstances, please teach me
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  Speaker 1: how to rest in your quiet faithfulness. Just like the
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  Speaker 1: summer sun slowly helps crops grow so they can be harvested,
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  Speaker 1: help me believe that you're patiently working for good purposes
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  Speaker 1: in my life, even when I can't see what you're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Please give me the peace that comes from trusting you
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  Speaker 1: and your timing Help me be calm and confident in
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  Speaker 1: your care. I want to walk through every season of
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  Speaker 1: my life with steady faith in you. Thank you, God. Amen.
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