Hi, welcome to Day 1
of 10 Days of Prayer.
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My friend JD and I are here
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to remind you in the
business of your day,
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to take time to pause to pray.
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The disciples pleaded
with Jesus to teach them
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how to pray.
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They saw how
Jesus connected daily
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with His heavenly Father,
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and they longed
for the same power
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in their own lives.
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In Luke 11, Jesus
taught them the Lord's Prayer,
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along with the parable of
a friend coming at midnight,
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and then need to continually
request the Holy Spirit.
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In the parable,
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a man has
nothing to feed a visitor
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who arrives late in the evening,
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and the man
hurries to his neighbor
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and asks for bread
to feed the visitor
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explaining I have nothing.
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He continues
asking until at last
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he receives bread to
share with his guest.
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We can relate with this
because we have nothing.
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We come to Jesus in
order to have something
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to share with others.
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Throughout Luke 11,
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Jesus emphasizes
that we should ask
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for the Holy
Spirit in our lives.
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Jesus says, "Ask and
it will be given to you,
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seek and you will find,
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knock and it
will be open to you.
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For everyone who asks, receives,
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and he who seeks
finds, and to him who knocks,
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it will be opened.
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If a son asks for a bread
from any father among you,
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will he give him a stone?
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If you then
being sinful by nature,
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know how to give good
gifts to your children,
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how much more will
your heavenly Father
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give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask Him?"
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Ask, seek, knock.
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Jesus shows that
we must take action
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in order to be
filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Recently, I was facing
a decision with an issue
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in which I needed
some divine clarity.
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After discussing
this with a friend,
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he told me to make a
daily request in my prayer,
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Spirit of truth
lead me into all truth.
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And every morning, I
earnestly prayed this prayer.
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And within three weeks,
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I had the clarity
and the peace of mind.
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And the piece in my spirit
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that only comes
from the living God.
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I can't say that the answer
will come that fast for you,
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or it may come faster.
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But greater than the
answer is the nearness of God
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that I felt during my time
of seeking the Holy Spirit.
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To the point that I
decided to keep praying
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and continuing to
ask, seek and knock.
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And that's the kind of
relationship I want for you.
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See ye first The kingdom of God
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And His righteousness
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And all these things
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Shall be added unto you
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Hallelu, Hallelujah!
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Ask, and it
shall be given unto you
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Seek, and ye shall find
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Knock, and the door
Will be opened unto you
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Hallelu
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Hallelujah!
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James 4:2-3 tells us,
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"You don't have
because you don't ask.
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You ask and you do not
receive because you ask amiss."
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Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, we love You.
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And we thank You
for the Holy Spirit
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for the promise that You've
given us of the Holy Spirit.
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And, Lord, I ask
that You would forgive me
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when I think I
can do it on my own.
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It's so silly of
me to even consider
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that I would know anything.
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Lord, You are omnipotent.
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You are all knowing
all, all loving all,
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You are all present.
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So I'm going to trust You
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and I will daily
seek Your Holy Spirit.
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The Spirit of truth to guide me,
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to give me knowledge,
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to put me in the
path where I should go.
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To interrupt me
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when I get too
busy doing my own thing.
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JD, do you wanna pray?
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Amen.
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Father as we come together
today in the name of Jesus,
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Father, thank You
for this tender moment.
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Thank You, Lord, that
this is a time about You.
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We praise Your name
above all names, Lord.
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And, Father, we
just asked, Lord,
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that You take our hand
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and follow that we
just together, walk.
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Father, that You will talk to us
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that You impress
upon our hearts, Lord,
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the things that we need to know.
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We thank You
for the Holy Spirit.
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We thank You, Lord,
for that preciousness,
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Father, that
tenderness that He has,
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that He will impress
upon our hearts and our minds,
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the directions that we seek for.
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We love You, we thank
You, thank You for this moment,
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Lord, this reminder,
that this is about You.
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Life is about You, Lord,
and our journey through it.
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We ask this in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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We have so many requests
that have come in and JD works
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in pastoral here at 3ABN
and you receive a lot of,
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you talk to a lot of
people have lot of needs.
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And we've taken some of those
and may these prayer requests
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kind of spur you to pray.
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And maybe you'll think of people
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in your own life
that you need to pray for.
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So let's do it. Let's pray.
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I wanna pray for world leaders.
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That, Father God,
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that You would touch
the leaders of this world
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who we believe You
have put into place.
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Father, we don't always agree
with the style of leadership
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or the decisions.
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But, Father, we
know Your ways again,
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they're higher than our ways.
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So I just pray that
You will give our leaders
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justice and fairness.
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And that they would
lead with wisdom, peace.
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God, we pray for
our religious freedoms,
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the right to
pray and the liberty
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to share Jesus with others.
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And, Father, there
are those people out there
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that are fighting acute issues.
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We've lost three
of our good friends
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just lately, dear
Father, to that enemy of cancer.
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Father, we're
missing those people.
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But, Father, the
good news is that someday,
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we're looking
forward to that blessed hope,
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dear Father, when we
shall see each other again.
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But, Father, there's
others that have pacemakers,
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they perhaps are in a comma.
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Father, maybe they're
having bone marrow transplants.
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Father, it may be
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that they have
just a sniffly nose.
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But whatever the issue may be,
Lord, we call upon Your name,
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the name above all names,
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and ask Lord for You to
intercede in our behalf.
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And, Father, I pray
for those who are elderly.
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Lord, we know that
there is a cutting off point
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where we must return
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to the earth.
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Father, I pray Lord,
that in our older age,
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and for those who are watching
who are elderly, I pray, O God,
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that You will
continue to give them purpose,
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remind them that they until
they draw their last breath
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they can be used of You.
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Father, I pray that
You give them strength,
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purpose, courage, and hope.
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Maybe they find someone
to speak their wisdom into.
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And, Father, we lift up
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those that are
contemplating marriage,
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those that are married,
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we thank You for
the gift of love, Lord,
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Father, this
that wonderful feeling
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to have a mate, to have
someone that we can share with.
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Father, we just ask, Lord that,
that we in our weakness, Lord,
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give you
permission to be in charge,
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that You become the
center of all communication,
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and our relationships
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with those that You've given us.
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Those that we participated
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in choosing for ourselves, Lord.
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And, Father, I do ask,
Lord, that there are many
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that are looking for
that special mate, Lord.
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And, Father, we just ask, Lord,
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that they will just slow
down and listen to Your voice.
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And that, Father, you know
in the end from the beginning
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will assist them in
choosing the right person
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that they can share with
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the rest of their
life on this earth.
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Father, we know
that there are people
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who are overwhelmed by life,
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just they're
under the circumstances,
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that's what they are.
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And, Father, I ask that
You would remind us that we...
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Your burden is light.
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And so, we shouldn't be
under our circumstances.
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Lord, I pray
that You will help us
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to surrender our lives to You
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so that Your ways
are what we pursue.
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But, Lord, I know
that life gets frustrating,
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life gets hard,
and I just ask God
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that You would be our deliverer.
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And, Father, we
have certainly talked
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to lots of people
during this pandemic
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that are going through
financial issues right now.
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Maybe they've lost their
job, maybe they're on furlough,
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whatever the issue may be, Lord.
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We know that the
demands of this world
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continues to go forward.
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We know that this nasty disease
continues to go forward, Lord.
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So we're lifting
all this up to You.
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And, Father, once again,
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we're just
turning it over to You,
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Lord, and say
Jesus, Jesus help us.
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Father, we know
nothing escapes You.
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Father, thank You
that You have ears to hear.
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Thank You, Lord, that You care.
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And thank You, Lord,
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that You
participate in our lives
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and You open up those
doors that need to be open.
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We thank You, Lord.
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As a believer...
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my body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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And if you are a
believer, watching today,
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the spirit dwells in you.
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Father, I thank You that
You are leading and guiding me,
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guiding Your
children by the Holy Spirit,
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illuminating our minds.
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Help us to yield
to the Holy Spirit.
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Help us to walk in the steps
that are ordered by the spirit.
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Help us to commit
and fully trust Your way,
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Your guidance and expect You...
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to move in our lives.
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The Spirit of the Living God
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Fall fresh on me
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The Spirit of the Living God
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Fall fresh on me
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I wanna
encourage you to come back
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tomorrow, and the next day.
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For the next nine days
we're going to be meeting
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like this and praying for needs.
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Stop in your busyness.
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Take time to listen to the Lord.
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Listen to His Holy Spirit.
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Let Him melt you and mold you.
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Make you what
He wants you to be.
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We can't do it on our own.
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Now more than ever,
we need the Holy Spirit.
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JD, thank you so much
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for being my friend
and for your prayers.
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Thank you. God bless you.
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Come back again.
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