O Lord, I’m so blessed to be Your child. Thank You for Your tender, diligent watchcare over me. I’m overwhelmed by the difficult places in my life, and yet, I am aware of Your precious presence. Help me walk on this stormy sea to reach Your embrace.
I hear Your voice calling to me, “Do not be afraid.” You are encouraging me to reach out for Your hand and to trust You. But the waves are high and ferocious.
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Lord, You are my strength and my shield. I place my trust in You, and I am helped. You are faithful and true … I trust in Your Word. You have taught me that it is not by my might, nor by my power, but by Your Spirit that I can overcome any mountain that is in my way and any giant that is in my land.
For You are not against me, Lord. No! You are for me. You call me Your daughter.
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Lord, You are the Most High God, You are El Shaddai — the All-Sufficient God who meets my insufficiencies and completes me. You fulfill all that I need. I know You are with me and I know You are for me, so when life is hard, I look to You for help. But, unless I abide in You as You abide in me, I am vulnerable to the enemy’s assaults.
Teach me to live within Your love when life is hard.
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Father, I’m reminded of Your unfolding grace, Your unforced rhythms of grace so amazing, so available … so sufficient. So why do I feel so discouraged? Why am I drowning in complacency, just going through the motions, clinging to Your hand? Will You help me overcome, Lord?
You are my God, my faithful Father who has never failed me. Stir within me and help me rise from this pit. I got swallowed up slowly … over time … and wasn’t aware of how much the world was taking out of me.
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Lord, life in a fallen world can be hard, and yet You remain through it all, never leaving the side of Your child. Things can be difficult — bewildering — but I have learned that farther along I’ll understand why. As I rest in Your sovereignty, one day I’ll know all about it and give praise for Your goodness.
You do all things well, Lord. You hung the stars in place, You tell the ocean how far it can come. You hold the seas in the hollow of Your hands, and You search my heart and know all of my anxious thoughts.
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Lord, how precious You are. Thank You for loving me so beautifully. In the wilderness places, You carry me close to Your heart; in the difficult places, You comfort me and whisper Your perfect peace over my restless heart.
You quiet me with Your love.
What manner of love is this? The depths cannot be understood, and yet, I know it well — I live within Your love. For it is in You that I live, move, and have my being.
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Father, Your hand has held me, guiding me through my life — I love to sense Your grip on mine. Doors open. Doors close. The path is bright. The path is dark. And every step is covered by Your grace.
Oh, Lord, were it not for Your grace …
You are El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient God. Your sufficiency meets my insufficiency, and I am helped. Your grace rains upon me, and I am strengthened in the difficult place.
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