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God, Help Me Trust You While I Wait | Prayer for Patience and Hope · The Power of Prayer

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  Waiting can be harder than working. You've asked
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  questions and taken the steps available. Yet
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  the answer is not arrived. Bring that waiting
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  into prayer. You don't have to hide your impatience.
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  Heavenly Father, I come to you in a season. I
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  cannot hurry. There are things I want to understand
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  in outcomes. I hope to see. You know how often
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  my thoughts return to them. Help me live this
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  day with attention. instead of treating it only
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  as a space before something else begins. Lord,
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  I confess that waiting sometimes makes me afraid.
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  I wonder whether I have been forgotten or whether
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  I should have done something differently. Help
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  me examine those questions honestly without accepting
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  every fearful thought as truth. Give me steadiness
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  when my feelings change. I bring you the answer
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  I'm hoping for. I will not pretend it doesn't
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  matter. Help me speak plainly about my desire
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  while remaining willing to recognize Let my trust
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  include honesty about disappointment. Father,
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  show me the difference between patient waiting
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  and avoiding a necessary action. That there's
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  a call to make, a form to complete, a conversation
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  to begin, or advice to seek. Keep me from calling
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  something patient when fear is keeping me still.
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  When I have done what is available today, let
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  me put the question down for a while. I do not
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  need to check for news constantly. Give me wisdom
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  to choose a reasonable time to follow up and
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  incur the responsibilities before me. I pray
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  for those waiting for work and find encouragement.
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  Remind us to offer practical assist without judging
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  someone by their... I pray for those waiting
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  for news about someone they love. Give them clear
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  communication and trustworthy company. Help them
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  care for their bodies. Kindness reach them through.
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  For the person waiting for a relationship to
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  improve, give discernment. Help them notice where
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  the words are being followed by change behavior.
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  Teach them to communicate their needs and keep
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  wise boundaries. Be near to those whose waiting
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  has lasted longer than anyone realized. They
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  may be tired of explaining. Hear an easy answer.
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  Help us listen without rushing to turn their
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  experience. There is some mix my own way.