It's a fact we live in
a world of great sadness,
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feelings of
disadvantage, loss, despair,
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grief, helplessness,
disappointment, sorrow.
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Sadness has been a part of life
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ever since the
happy couple in the garden
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disobeyed and set
unhappiness into motion.
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When Adam and Eve sinned,
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their sin sent them
into a spiral of sadness.
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But God has the power
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to overcome
sadness with gladness.
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His very
presence erases sadness.
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In Isaiah 41:10 God speaks,
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"Fear not for I am with you,
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be not dismayed
for I am your God,
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I will strengthen you,
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I will help you,
I will uphold you
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with My righteous right hand."
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In James 4:8 we read,
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"Draw near to God
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and He will draw near to you."
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When we want to get warm,
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we get close to
a source of heat.
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When we're sad,
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well, I encourage you then
to lay your cares upon God.
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He is your source.
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Let His loving
strength restore your joy.
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Join me as we pray for
those who are downhearted.
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Father, You are our
refuge in times of sadness.
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In Psalm 16, You tell us
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in Your presence
is fullness of joy.
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Bring us into Your
presence more fully,
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and replace our
sadness with the joy we need,
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the joy only You can give.
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Lord, we love You.
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We thank You for
Your tender mercies
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and care over us
in Your healing love.
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O Lord, You are a wonderful God.
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And we thank You in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Father in Heaven,
Lord, I come before You now,
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Father, on behalf of many people
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who are struggling with sadness.
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Father, there is a real
unfortunate epidemic of sadness
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of severe depression.
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People feeling
like they have no hope.
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And the devil would
like us to be that way.
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He wants us to
think we have no hope.
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He wants us to
believe lies about ourselves,
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Father, that we
can never find joy.
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But I thank You, Lord,
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that there is
joy in Your presence.
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Lord, I thank You that
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You are the source of love
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and hope and peace and joy.
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I think You've got that one,
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the fruits of the Spirit is joy,
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not sadness, it's joy.
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So I pray, Father,
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that You will send
this love to these people
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who are struggling with sadness,
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send people who are there
to encourage them, Father,
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as they struggle
with their depression
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and their sadness and these lies
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the devil is
planted in their hearts.
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I pray all this in
Your name Lord Jesus.
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Amen.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come before
You in Jesus' name
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to bring to You our sadness,
our difficulties, our sorrows.
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Lord, You know that as
we go through this life
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we face times of sorrow,
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and help us to take
hold of Your strength
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and Your promise that
You will be with us always,
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even unto the end of the world.
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Help us, Lord, to realize
that You are our comfort,
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our strength and our refuge.
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Thank You, Lord,
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Be still, my soul
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For Lord is on your side
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Bear patiently
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The cross of grief or pain
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Leave to your God
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To order and provide
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Who threw all changes Faithful
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Will remain Be still,
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My soul Your best
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Your heavenly friend
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Through thorny ways
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Leads to a joyful end
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Father God, we
come before You today
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because we are broken
and crushed in spirit.
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And yet You have promised
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that when we cry that You hear
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and You will deliver us,
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You have promised
that You are near those
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who have a broken heart,
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and that You save those
who have a crushed spirit.
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So right now we
just bring You our heart,
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we bring You our sadness,
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we bring You our brokenness,
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asking God would You mend us?
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Would You fill us?
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Would You heal us?
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Would You make us whole again?
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Would You comfort us
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by the power of
Your Holy Spirit?
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Would You do a new
thing in our hearts and lives
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and where there
seems to be brokenness,
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where it's dry,
where it's barren
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where it is a desert,
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God, would You
pour rivers of water?
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And would You bring
something beautiful,
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something new again?
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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thank You for all
the love and mercy
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You have for each one of us.
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Father, as I look
at the world around me,
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I see so much sadness.
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Many have lost loved
ones to this COVID-19
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and other diseases.
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Others are feeling
the pain of someone
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who has turned
their backs on You.
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There are many who are sad
because of other circumstances.
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At this moment,
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I pray for each one
of these individuals.
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Please grant them
peace and joy and happiness.
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O Father, we pray that
grand moment will come soon
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when every tear
will be wiped away.
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Hear my prayer, O Lord,
in Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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Lord, You have said
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that obedience,
perfect and perpetual
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is the condition
of eternal happiness.
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Let not my heart be
troubled, falling into sadness,
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by keeping my eyes set on You,
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the lifter of my head,
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Be still, my soul,
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For God will undertake
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To guide our future surely
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As our past Your hope,
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Your confidence,
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Let nothing shake
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All now mysterious
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Shall be clear at last
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Be still, my soul,
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The waves and winds still know
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The voice that calmed
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Their fury long ago
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So much goes on in our mind
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When we are sad.
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So I think it's important
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to look to
Philippians 4:8 that says,
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"Finally brothers and
sisters, whatever is true,
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whatever is
noble, whatever is right,
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whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
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whatever is admirable,
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if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy,
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think about such things."
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Don't let your mind get away.
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When you are
overcome with sadness,
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take hold of
the promises of God,
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of the good things God has done.
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Think on good things.
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God, I want to thank
You for the good things
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that You have
brought into my life.
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One of those things is grace.
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Your supply of grace is vast.
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We'll never exhaust Your grace.
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We'll never exhaust
Your love, O Father.
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So we come to You to find rest
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from the burdens
that are weighing us down.
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Making us sad.
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Lord, may we experience
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the transforming power
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of Your grace and Your love.
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We know, Lord,
that You are the giver
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of good gifts to Your children.
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You are the
source of life itself.
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We have no other
hope but You, God.
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We thank You, Lord,
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that You will never let us down.
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Father, we know that
You are the Prince of Peace.
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We know that You
give peace to Your people.
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Thank You that
You suffered Jesus.
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You died for us,
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proving Your great love.
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You paid the greatest
price to meet our deepest need.
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So we can trust you with
every aspect of our life.
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You are a rock of hope, Lord,
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You were rejected and forsaken,
so that we never have to be.
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So we put our
trust in You, Lord.
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Thank You, Lord.
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Faithful God, I thank
You that You are the God
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who gives hope to the hopeless.
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And, Lord, I simply ask
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that You would fill heavy hearts
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with that hope.
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Lord, may we praise You
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during the good
times and the bad.
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Lord, our
circumstances, they change,
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but Your love doesn't change.
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Thank You for being near to us,
Your nearness is our good, God.
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You're not a distant God.
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You are living and active
and present right here with us.
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If you're going
through a time of sadness,
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I encourage you just right now
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to spend a moment
reaching out to the Father.
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He's waiting there for you.
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So take some time to pray.
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Be encouraged and remember that
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nothing,
nothing can separate you
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from the love of God.
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When the cares of this world
cause sadness in your heart,
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all you have to do is
call on the Holy Spirit.
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Ask Him for comfort.
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Ask Him for freedom from sorrow.
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And remind
yourself, God loves me.
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Then I encourage you
to get in the Word of God.
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Stir up your faith
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until you
experience happiness and joy.
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The Lord is on your side.
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He cares about you.
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In Psalm 147:3,
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we're reminded,
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"He heals the brokenhearted
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and He binds up their wounds."
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And I love the
scripture in Revelation 21:4
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that it's just the one
most wonderful promise.
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He says,
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"He will wipe away
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every tear from their eyes.
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There will be no more death,
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no more mourning,
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no more crying, no more pain.
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For the old order of
things has passed away."
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Thank you, Lord.
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So be still my soul
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The Lord is on my side
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The Lord is on my side
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He loves you. You are His child.
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Rest in Him.
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Let Him know how
much you love Him.
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Amen.
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