Sooner or later,
every believer discovers
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that the Christian
life is a battleground,
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not a playground.
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You and I face an enemy
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who is much
stronger than we are.
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That is apart from the Lord.
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Ephesians 6:10-12 says,
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"Finally, my brethren,
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be strong in the Lord and
in the power of His might.
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Put on the whole armor of God,
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that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
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For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood,
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but against
principalities, against powers,
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against the rulers of
the darkness of this age,
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against spiritual
hosts of wickedness
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in the heavenly places."
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You see, we waste our time
when we fight with one another,
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we must fight the real enemy,
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the devil who
seeks to control us
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and make us
oppose the work of God.
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Remember by His
death and resurrection
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Christ overcame the world,
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the flesh and the devil.
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As believers, we don't
have to fight for victory.
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Victory is already
ours through Christ.
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God wins His battles
and proves His faithfulness.
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Thy hand has provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness,
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Lord, unto me
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Oh, sing that with me now.
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Oh great is Thy faithfulness
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Great is Thy faithfulness
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Morning by morning
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New mercies I see
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All I have needed
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Your hand has provided
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Great is Thy faithfulness,
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Lord, unto me
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One of the ways that
God proves His faithfulness
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is by putting us
in contact with people
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who we then grow close to.
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And a very dear friend of mine
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is also president,
vice president rather,
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and COO of 3ABN.
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Her name is Jill Morikone.
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Jill, thank you
for being my friend.
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And thank you for
joining me on Pause to Pray.
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Thank you so much,
Tim, for the invitation.
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It's a privilege to
be here and to pray,
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to spend time
seeking our Father's face.
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I'm so grateful
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for the
faithfulness of God toward us.
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I love that song. Thank you.
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This is a special time
that we have to join you
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our viewers and pray for needs
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that you have called in.
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So I just want to take
time to pause and pray.
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Jill, would you like to open
us with a word of thanksgiving?
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Father God, we're
grateful that You are faithful,
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that You're faithful in
our lives and in our hearts,
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and in our homes
and in our marriages,
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and in our families
and in our communities.
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Thank You, God, that
You Are on the throne.
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Thank You for
parting the Red Sea.
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Thank You that you are
mighty and powerful and strong.
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Thank You that You
fight our battles for us,
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that You want
to give us victory.
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Thank You for the blood of Jesus
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that cleanses us from all sin.
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We just give You
praise right now,
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for you are a great God,
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but yet You are our savior.
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And we're so grateful today.
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Father, we bring before You
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those who are
battling cruel cancer,
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those who are in
the beginning phases,
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those who've endured
the various treatments
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and are left weak.
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Those who seem to have no hope.
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God, in whatever stage,
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I pray that Your
healing touch would be evident
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and that Your presence
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would be obvious
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that it would overcome
the fear of the process
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that they're
going through, Lord.
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You are greater than cancer God,
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we have no doubt.
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So we ask Lord that
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You would do
what only You can do.
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In Jesus' name, thank You, Lord.
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Father God, I lift
up those in school,
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elementary school, high
school, college, university,
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even pre-K and the little ones.
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Lord, Satan comes
as a roaring lion,
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especially
against our young people.
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Right now I
wanna stand in the gap
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for our young people, God.
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For those who maybe
haven't made a decision for You,
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for those who are bullied,
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who are oppressed,
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who deal with peer
pressure every day.
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God, would You make a
way of escape for them?
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Would You part their own Red Sea
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and allow them to
walk on dry ground?
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Father, would
You pour Your wisdom
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into their hearts
and into their lives
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like You did for
Daniel and his three friends.
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Give them wisdom
in what they study.
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Give them favor.
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Father, give them direction.
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If they're trying to
decide what course to take,
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what direction to
go with their life,
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grant them direction.
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Most of all, God,
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would You save
them in Your kingdom?
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Yes.
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Father, I lift up those
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who are seeking
gainful employment,
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profitable employment,
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those who are
young and inexperienced,
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looking for opportunities
to prove themselves.
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And on the other end
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those who have
many years of experience
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and are having
difficulty finding work,
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maybe due to their age.
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Father, You have used
work to provide for us.
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So I ask that You
will make jobs available
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and that the pay would
meet the needs of Your children.
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I thank You,
Lord, that You again
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have always been
faithful to meet our needs,
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according to
Your riches and glory,
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knowing that You own the
cattle on a thousand hills
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and that's nothing to you
to provide in miraculous ways.
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Lord, we don't know Your ways.
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And so I just ask for
those who are looking for work,
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Father, keep them healthy.
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Father, thank You,
Lord, in Jesus' name.
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Father, God, I lift up
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our brothers and
sisters right now,
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watching, listening,
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who are trying to decide
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whether they wanna
still walk with You.
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Who wonder if...
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Maybe they
should go on their own?
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Maybe they're discouraged.
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Maybe they're tired.
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Maybe it seems like
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they've been
asking for something
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and they haven't heard
any answer from You, God.
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And they're not sure they
wanna keep walking with You.
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God, I pray for them right now
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that You would
reveal Yourself to them
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in such an amazing way.
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Yes, God.
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I ask that You
would reveal Your love
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that You would wrap
Your arms around them,
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that they could
really taste and see
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that You are good.
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That you are love
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and that You have a
plan for their lives.
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Oh, Father, keep them
from making a decision
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to turn away from You
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to walk as it were in darkness.
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God, sometimes
Satan brings temptations,
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the glitter of the world,
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the things that look
appealing and we might think,
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"Oh, I'm done with God
and I wanna go my own way."
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But, Father, the end of
that is misery and destruction.
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The end of that is
fear and oppression.
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The end of that is death.
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And so, Father, I
ask in the name of Jesus
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that my brothers and sisters
would make a choice for You.
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Just look up into
your face and say,
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I don't understand everything
happening in my life right now,
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but I want Jesus.
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Father, would You save them
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right now in Your kingdom.
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Praise the Lord.
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Father, I know You said that
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there would always
be the poor among us
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and that really to
me doesn't seem fair,
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but I pray, Lord, that
You would lay on my heart,
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someone who is in need
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so that I might
help meet that need.
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And in doing so,
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lead them to a
knowledge of You, Lord.
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Father, I ask that
You would remind us
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all of our personal poverty
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and that if it weren't for You
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and Your blessings in our lives,
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we would all be destitute.
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And teach me not
to judge others, Lord,
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by how much they own,
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by what they live in,
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by what they wear.
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But rather may I love one
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simply because You love us.
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I thank You for that love, Lord.
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And so I thank You, Father,
for the plan of salvation,
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the gift of eternal life.
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Thank You for Your
faithfulness to me,
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precious God.
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2 Corinthians 10:3-4 says,
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"For though we
walk in the flesh,
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we do not war
according to the flesh.
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For the weapons of our warfare,
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they're not carnal,
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but they are mighty in God
for pulling down strongholds."
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We fight in the
power of God's might.
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So trust that God
will move on your behalf
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if you will only pause to pray.
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And, Father God, I
pray for Jill Morikone.
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I pray, Lord, that
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You will give her
the mind of Christ,
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that You will order her steps,
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that You will give her wisdom,
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that You will give her peace.
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That, Lord, the
times her job is stressful.
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I pray, oh God,
that You will remind her
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that she is your daughter
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and You control it all.
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You calm the waves.
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So you've got her.
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Thank you Jesus, in Jesus' name.
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