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YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY EVERYTHING ALONE | God Is With You in Your Hardest Moments · The Power of Prayer

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  Before you close your eyes tonight, there is
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  something I want you to remember. You do not
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  have to carry every worry into tomorrow. You
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  do not have to solve every problem before you
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  sleep. You do not have to pretend that everything
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  is okay and your heart is tired. Be honest with
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  God. Perhaps today was more difficult than you
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  expected. Perhaps you spent the entire day trying
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  to be strong for everyone around you while quietly
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  struggling with your own worries. Maybe you received
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  disappointing news. a conversation left you hurt.
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  Perhaps you are worried about your finances,
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  your family, your health, or something that has
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  not yet happened. It all becomes quiet. Your
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  thoughts seem louder than ever. If that is how
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  you feel tonight, hide your sadness to have everything
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  figured out. The Lord gives us safety. What a
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  beautiful reminder that we do not have to remain
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  awake and address tomorrow. The conversations
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  we can have when we have rested with a grateful
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  heart. Bring me through another day. Thank you
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  for the moments when things went well. Thank
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  you for giving me strength during the moments
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  when they did not. Thank you the people who showed
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  me kindness. Thank you the opportunities I had
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  to learn, to work, to help someone, to make a
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  difference, even in a small way. Sometimes I
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  become so focused on what I have not accomplished
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  that I forget to appreciate how far I have come.
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  Sometimes I remember every mistake more easily
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  than I remember the things I did well. Sometimes
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  I focus so much on what is missing that I fail
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  to recognize the blessings already present in
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  my life. Help me look back on this day with honesty
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  and gratitude. I made a mistake if I hurt someone.
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  Give me the courage to apologize and make things
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  right where possible. Help me process that pain
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  without allowing bitterness to control my heart.
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  If I experience disappointment and not define
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  my entire life for the gift of another day of
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  life, peace I may have overlooked. Thank you
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  for every person who encouraged me. Listen to
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  me. I needed support. And thank you for reminding
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  me that I do not have to be perfect. I will pray
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  for those who are ending this day with heavy
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  hearts. Some people going to bed worried about
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  how they will pay their bills. Some are missing
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  loved ones. Some are facing uncertainty about
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  their future. Others are lying awake, wondering
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  whether things will ever get better. Please meet
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  them in their diva. Give them comfort where there
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  is sadness. Give them wisdom where there is confusion.
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  Encouragement they need. For those who have experienced
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  loneliness today. Lives have fasted from caring
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  for others. I want to end this day remembering
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  only to whom I can bring my gratitude, my questions,
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  my concerns. As I prepare to rest, let me carry
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  the lessons of today in unnecessary regret. Days
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  ending. Things that are still troubling my heart.
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  The worries I have spoken about. And you know
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  the ones I have kept to myself. Or the questions
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  I cannot answer. You know the responsibilities
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  that feel overwhelming. You know the situations
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  I wish I could change. And the uncertainty I
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  sometimes struggle to accept. for you tonight.
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  I pray for peace in my mind. My thoughts keep
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  returning to difficult situations. Help me recognize
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  when it is time to pause. Seeing every possible
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  problem that might happen tomorrow through tomorrow's
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  difficulties tonight to prepare for the future.
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  Without allowing fear, steal the rest I need
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  today. That resting is not the same. Part of
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  caring for conversations I keep replaying in
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  my mind. If I said something hurtful, how to
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  take responsibility. Misunderstood me. Patience
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  to seek other person's decision. me recognize
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  the limits of punishing myself for every imperfect