Hi, friend, welcome to
Day 3 of 10 Days Of Prayer.
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My friend JD
Quinn and I are here
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to remind you to pause to pray.
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Romans 12:1 reminds
us, "Offer your bodies
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as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God.
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This is your true
and proper worship."
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This is a good
testimony, listen to it.
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"I was a businessman, age 36
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when a friend who was a pastor
suddenly passed away at age 41.
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This brought the
question to my mind,
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'What would happen if God
called me to be a pastor?'
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I did not want this at all.
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For a whole week
I fought bitterly
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and negotiated with God
morning, noon and night.
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I explained to him
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how I could serve
Him in other ways.
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Apparently, He was
not hearing my objections.
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And as I knelt by my bed
with no further arguments,
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a quiet thought entered my mind.
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'God loves you.'
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And I thought,
'Yeah, I believe that,'
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after a few minutes,
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trust in God's love led me
to completely surrender myself.
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Then I was at peace.
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And one and a half years later,
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the Lord did call
me to become a pastor.
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Years later, I am
still so grateful to Him.
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It was His
endless love and wisdom
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that showed me a
completely different way
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than what I had in my mind.
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Now I see that
this surrender released
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great blessings in my life.
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God led me in the
best possible way."
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Isn't that good?
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You know many of us
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have not fully
surrendered to God.
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But instead, we take our
lives into our own hands,
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which leaves us with no
power of the Holy Spirit,
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which is the gift that brings
forth all of God's other gifts.
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Well, I know I've been there.
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When we surrender to
Christ, He is able to free us
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from the tyranny of ourselves,
from envy, resentment,
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quarrelsomeness, greed,
addiction, anger, pride,
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conceit, discouragement,
inferiority complexes,
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and so much more.
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There's great freedom
in surrendering to Christ.
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But a potter, he can
only work with the clay
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that is in his hands.
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That's why we must
offer ourselves to God.
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He invites you
today to experience
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the benefits of
totally trusting in Him.
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Purify my heart
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Let me be as gold
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And precious
silver Purify my heart
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Let me be as gold
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Pure gold
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Refiner's fire
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My heart's one desire
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Is to be holy
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Set apart for you, Lord
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I choose to be holy
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Set apart for you, my Master
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Ready to do Your will
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I hope that's your prayer.
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JD, you wanna pray for us?
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Yes.
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Father, we just love You.
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We come to You in the
name of Your Son, Jesus.
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Father, we do surrender to You.
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Father, that's
what we want to do,
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we consent to
give You permission
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to be in charge of our lives.
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What a gift it is, Lord,
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to be able to depend upon You
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and not depend upon ourselves.
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Thank You, Lord, for
the gift of the Holy Spirit,
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that is there to
urge us, just to nudge us
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into who we should be,
according to Your will.
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Once again, thank You, Lord,
for the gift of surrendering
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to the creator of the universe.
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We love You and we thank
You in the name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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One of the important aspects
of surrendering our lives
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is to give up those things
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that we so easily
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fall into our
vices and our habits.
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And we certainly
need Your Spirit, oh, God,
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to give us that
strength to resist temptation.
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1 John 5:18, says,
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"We know that everyone
who has been born of God
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does not keep on sinning.
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But he who was
born of God protects him
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and the evil one
does not touch him."
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Father, thank You for promising
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to protect us from the evil one.
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Lord, we need that protection.
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Lord, we need a
shield of protection,
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a hedge of
protection wrapped around us
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to protect us,
and we need to walk
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all the more closer to You, God.
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For we know when
we're in Your arms,
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and our minds
are stayed upon You
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that we don't want to sin.
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So, God, thank You
for Your protection.
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And thank You, Father,
that we have forgiveness.
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In Jesus' name,
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we have
forgiveness when we do sin.
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Lord, You're such a good God.
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And we come to You
with so many needs.
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We present them to You now, God.
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Father, we just come to
You in the name of Jesus
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once again, Lord.
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Father, we ask for healing.
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Father, there's so much
going on in this world today.
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It seems like whether we look
at to the right or to the left,
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even behind us, Lord,
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there's someone
that's yelling out,
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looking for
betterment, looking Lord to You,
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to help make some
sense out of their life.
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So, Father, as we just
lift up this healing to You.
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There are
people out there, Lord,
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that are prone to accidents.
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Maybe they are
falling off of a ladder
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or, Father, maybe they'll
just run through an amber light
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thinking that they're okay.
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So, Father, as we just
continue to think about You,
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we just think, Lord,
with You we have that peace.
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We have that calmness.
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We have that surety
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that You're out there beside us.
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So, Father, as we
call upon Your name,
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as we trust in You,
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let us have that peace
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that goes beyond
our understanding.
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Lord, we know that there are
many who are facing addiction,
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alcohol and drug and pornography
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and so many things that, God,
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they can take
our eyes off of You,
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but more than that
or not necessarily more,
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but the fact that
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they are so destructive to us,
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destructive to our health
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and destructive
to our relationships.
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Father God,
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I believe that we
have deliverance in You.
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Jesus, we know that You
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gave Your life...
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that we might
have abundant life,
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freedom and the
chains broken from addiction.
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So, God, I'm praying right
now for the one who is watching
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that is suffering, Lord,
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may be something in secret
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that they're trying
to keep under wraps.
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God, let them know that
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they can find
deliverance in You.
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Father, You offer peace of
mind and freedom from addiction.
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Thank You for
breaking our chains,
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let it be in Jesus' name
that they surrender to You.
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Father, I'm thinking right now,
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most of us work in an
office or we have neighbors,
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we have family members
that are combating something.
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We think of Clyde.
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Clyde is preparing
for his 17th surgery
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on his back, Lord.
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And, Father, he continues
to be a soldier for You.
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He continues to go
forward in faith, Lord,
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that this time is going to work.
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Father, we don't
understand how all this works.
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We just know, Lord,
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that You have the
plan for our life.
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And, Father, with each
obstacle that comes before us,
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each test that that tries us,
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Father, we just wanna
keep our eyes focused on You,
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trust in You, Lord,
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so that we will receive
that healing, that comfort.
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We love You, Lord.
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Father, for those who are
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in relationships and
marriages that are struggling.
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Father, the virus ,
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the COVID situation left
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so much more even
than sickness of it,
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the physical ramifications,
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Lord, as people were
confined to their homes
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and having to
live with each other.
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Lord, we learn of abuses
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that were happening
and child abuse and divorce
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because people can't get along
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when they're
confined to their homes.
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God give us hearts that love You
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and love one another.
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And I just pray that
for those relationships
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who are that are in great need
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of peace and love
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and just the
attributes of Christ, oh God.
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I pray that Your Holy Spirit
will please just intervene.
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Help us to surrender to You,
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help us to surrender to
the fruit of the Spirit,
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that we will be
filled with such love,
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that we will love our
husbands and our wives.
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Father, that we
will love as You love.
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Father, I remember my
daddy telling me many times
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that there's never a
road that doesn't have a turn.
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Thank you.
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We thank You for
those turns, Lord.
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And, Father, right now I
know that there are people
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that are have been incarcerated,
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and, Father,
they're soon to be released.
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Father, going from a battle
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that they have survived through,
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hopefully have established a
closer relationship with you.
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And, Father, now
they're going to be released.
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And, Father, what do they do?
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Who do they see?
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Father, we just
pray through Your mercy,
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through Your grace, Lord,
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that You will bring
that spiritual mentor
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into their pathway.
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Father, so that
they can equip themselves
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for the daily activities
on this outside world.
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And, Father,
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that they will have
a deeper relationship
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with You knowing that all good
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and perfect
things come from above.
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So once again,
Father, we thank You.
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We thank You that
we can call upon You,
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the creator of the universe
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that has a plan
for each one of us.
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Let us never forget that, Lord,
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through all the
junk that we go through,
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that You have
promised never to leave us,
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never to forsake us.
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Let us continue to
call upon Your name, Lord,
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that You're always there.
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Increase our faith, Lord,
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knowing that You are our Father.
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I choose to be
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Holy
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Set apart for you, my Master
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Ready to do Your will
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I'm ready to do Your will
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I hope that's your prayer.
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And I hope you'll come back
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and pray with us again tomorrow.
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Thank you JD.
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I love you and I love you.
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God bless you.
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