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Trusting That God Is Still Working | 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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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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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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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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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 this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five.
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  - I'm your host, Valerie Rocha,
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  - and we are doing a bonus episode
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  - on finding strength through prayer and community because
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  - I
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  - wanna be sure that you have all the
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  - ammunition that you need. So today, I wanted
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  - to empower you
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  - to know that you can trust God is
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  - still working even when you're feeling forgotten.
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  - Scripture text comes from Isaiah forty nine
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  - fifteen through 16
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  - and says, can a mother forget the baby
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  - at her breast and have no compassion on
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  - the child she has born?
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  - Though she may forget, I will not forget
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  - you.
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  - See, I have engraved you on the palms
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  - of my hands.
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  - Now
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  - before I go into some of the challenges
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  - and different things that we can be facing.
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  - I just wanna say how much of a
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  - blessing that scripture is to me, you guys.
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  - You know, we
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  - often think about God being so far away,
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  - but this scripture is very, very clear that
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  - not only is he not far away, but
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  - we are always
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  - on
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  - his
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  - mind.
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  - He has us tattooed
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  - in his hand. Yo. That is exciting. Right?
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  - A tattoo. That's how much he loves us.
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  - He can't forget us because we're always on
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  - his mind, and he always
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  - has
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  - our
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  - best interest at heart.
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  - Okay.
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  - Now
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  - let's talk about some of the challenges. Right?
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  - We've talked about in earlier episodes that the
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  - idea of community is so important.
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  - Some of the challenges that we face that
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  - we feel like we,
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  - need to do this thing solo.
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  - Right?
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  - But how scripture tells us that
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  - we don't need a whole lot of people,
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  - maybe just one or two,
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  - just someone that we can bear our burdens
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  - with.
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  - You know, life is hard. It's it's challenging.
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  - I mean, we're being bombarded on every
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  - side. If it's not health, it's finances or
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  - relationship
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  - or all of the above. Right. And it
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  - can be absolutely
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  - overwhelming.
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  - And so
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  - is it any wonder
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  - that sometimes we feel like
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  - everyone else is moving forward while while
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  - you're standing still?
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  - I mean, it's like we're in quicksand. Right?
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  - I mean, you watch others celebrate answered prayers
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  - and new opportunities,
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  - restored relationships or exciting milestones.
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  - But yet there's this gnawing in the back
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  - of your mind where you wonder,
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  - God, what about me?
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  - Don't you see me? Don't I matter?
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  - Well, let me assure you.
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  - I think it's part of the human plight,
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  - but it can also be a tactical
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  - strategy from the enemy. Because remember, he's the
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  - father of lies and there's no truth in
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  - him. And if he can
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  - drive a wedge between us and our heavenly
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  - father, then he's done his job well.
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  - And those feelings that you're feeling, they're so
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  - common to the, to the human plight.
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  - I mean,
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  - if you live long enough, you're going to
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  - get there. If you're not there yet.
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  - And the waiting,
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  - the waiting can make us question God's timing.
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  - And that's why we have to stand on
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  - his word through faith. Because remember, scripture tells
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  - us without faith, it's impossible to please him
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  - his presence. And sometimes even his promises,
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  - it's like we're reading the scriptures, but we,
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  - we have no way to connect it. It's
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  - like, there's just no anchor for us.
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  - And the longer the silence lasts, the easier
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  - it becomes to believe that God is working
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  - everywhere else
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  - except in our own lives.
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  - But
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  - just like prayer,
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  - the scripture
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  - always paints a different picture
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  - Through the prophet Isaiah, God reminds his people
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  - that forgetting them is impossible.
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  - He doesn't have at Nisha.
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  - The children of Israel's names were engraved on
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  - his hands. Now you might be like, well,
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  - that was great for them. That doesn't have
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  - anything to do with me. Yes. We are
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  - modern day children of Israel.
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  - We are his people, the sheep of his
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  - pasture.
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  - We are his kids
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  - and just like any good parent,
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  - he wants the best for us.
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  - What an incredible image of his unwavering love
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  - and constant attention that is. I mean, even
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  - when
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  - the,
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  - they couldn't see, we can't see him working.
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  - It doesn't mean that
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  - he's not present.
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  - He stands by his work to perform it.
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  - And he is always faithful.
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  - And because of it,
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  - he's not like, man, he will carry out
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  - his plan every single time. Remember he says,
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  - I know the thoughts that I
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  - have goods of blessings and a good outcome,
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  - but that doesn't mean that waiting is easy.
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  - What's important to know
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  - is that
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  - it doesn't mean God's absent.
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  - Remember we talked about
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  - when you have to take that test, the
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  - teacher doesn't say anything. It doesn't mean he's
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  - not there.
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  - Many of God's greatest works happen. We need
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  - the surface before
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  - they're ever visible,
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  - Just as a seed develops and roots long
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  - before
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  - you see anything, it breaks through the soil.
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  - God is often
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  - just like that.
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  - Strengthening our fate, shaping our character and preparing
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  - us for what lies ahead.
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  - Prayer becomes especially important during seasons of waiting
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  - because it keeps us connected to the father.
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  - When our emotions tell us to give up,
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  - it reminds us that our confidence is not
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  - found in what we see, but in the
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  - one who has promised to never leave us,
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  - if you have ever looked
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  - or felt
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  - like
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  - God forgot about you,
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  - remember this.
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  - God hasn't forgotten
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  - your name.
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  - He hasn't misplaced your prayer.
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  - He hasn't abandoned his promise.
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  - His timing is purposeful.
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  - His love is constant
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  - and his plans are still unfolding.
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  - It's all about
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  - the relationship.
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  - So continue to seek him,
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  - continue to trust him
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  - and continue
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  - meeting him at the throne.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Dear father,
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  - thank you for reminding us
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  - that we are never forgotten
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  - that you have us tattooed
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  - on your hand.
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  - When waiting becomes difficult and discouragement becomes to
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  - settle into our hearts,
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  - father help us to remember that you are
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  - always working
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  - even when we cannot see it. It.
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  - Strengthen our faith to trust your timing
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  - above our own expectations.
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  - Father, keep us close to you during seasons
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  - of waiting and help us to find peace
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  - in knowing that your plans are always good.
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  - Thank you for loving us faithfully and intentionally
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  - and for never letting us go. And we
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  - will bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Before I go,
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  - remember this.
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  - Your waiting season is never wasted when it
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  - is a place in God's hands.
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  - Every prayer,
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  - every act of faith, and every moment spent
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  - in his presence is shaping you for what
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  - he has prepared.
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