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God, I Give You My Worries | A Prayer for Peace and Trust · The Power of Prayer

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  What is the worry you keep returning to, even
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  when you try to rest? You do not you'd have to
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  hide it while you pray. Take a quiet breath,
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  bring that concern before God, and let us begin.
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  Heavenly Father, I come to you with a heart that
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  needs rest. I have spent so much time thinking
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  about what might happen, what I should have done,
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  and what I cannot change. For these next few
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  moments, help me become still enough. to pray
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  honestly. You know the concern that follows me
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  through the day. You know why a simple conversation
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  can leave me unsettled, why certain memories
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  still hurt, and why tomorrow sometimes feels
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  so heavy. I bring these things into your presence
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  without trying to make them sound smaller than
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  they are. Father, help me recognize what is within
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  my responsibility. Give me courage to address
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  the conversation I have avoided. Patience to
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  finish the work before me. Humility to ask for
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  support when I have done what I reasonably can.
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  Teach me to stop searching for one more thing
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  to control. Forgive me for the moments when fear
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  has shaped the way I treat people. Sometimes
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  I become impatient because I feel uncertain.
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  Sometimes I withdraw because I do not know how
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  to explain what is happening inside me. Help
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  me find honest, gentle words. Let the people
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  who love me understand how they can help. Lord
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  Jesus, when I think about your invitation to
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  the weary, help me receive it. I come with un
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  -fifth inch responsibilities and unanswered questions.
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  Teach me to rest in your love while those questions
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  remain. Bring peace into the ordinary places
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  of my life, into the room where I wake up already
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  worried, into the journey to work, into the quiet
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  moments. When my thoughts grow loud, help me
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  remember that I can pause, breathe, and turn
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  toward you. I pray for my home. Help us speak
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  with kindness, especially when we are tired.
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  Give us patience with each other's limitations.
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  Where there has been tension, open a way for
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  an honest conversation. Where an apology is needed,
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  give us the willingness to offer it without excuses.
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  I place my loved ones before you. Some are facing
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  burdens I can see. and others are carrying things
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  they have never mentioned. Help me notice them.
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  Remind me to make the call, ask the question,
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  and listen carefully to the answer. For those
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  who are ill, I ask for comfort, appropriate care,
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  and strength through treatment. For those who
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  are grieving, provide companionship through the
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  lonely hours. For those who are, help them, practical
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  support, and the opportunity to rest. Father,
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  I also bring you my disappointment. Their prayers,
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  I hope would be answered differently. Their plans
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  I worked hard for that did not succeed. Help
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  me grieve those losses honestly. Give me wisdom
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  to understand what I can learn and patience with
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  the healing that takes time. Keep disappointment
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  from closing my heart to everything that is still
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  possible. Help me receive kindness. Let me enjoy
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  a meal, a conversation, a moment of laughter
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  without feeling. and must solve my whole life
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  first. Show me how to care for the body and mind.
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  You have entrusted to me. Help me recognize when
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  I need sleep, nourishment, movement, or the guidance
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  of someone qualified to help. Give me the humility.
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  Accept care, as readily as I offer. The same
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  worry returns. Help me respond with patience.
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  Remind me of the next useful action. If there
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  is no action needed in that moment, help me return
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  the attention to what is happening around me.
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  I thank you for the people who have stayed beside
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  me. for the ordinary provisions that have carried
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  me through this day, for moments of strength
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  I didn't expect, and for opportunities to begin
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  again, after a mistake. Tonight, or whenever
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  I next lie down to rest, help me put aside the
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  need to review every conversation, and predict
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  every outcome. Let me acknowledge what remains
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  unfinished, and allow myself to rest. Tomorrow,
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  guide me toward the responsibilities that matter,
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  and approach them with a clearer mind, and a
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  kinder heart. Give me courage for difficult tasks.
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  I'm gratitude for simple blessing. Here's the
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  concern I've been holding so tightly.