WEBVTT - A Prayer for When the Battle Doesn't End

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,

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<v Speaker 1>where we help you find the words you need to

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<v Speaker 1>connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what is

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<v Speaker 1>happening in your life today, you can trust that God

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<v Speaker 1>wants to hear from you. Right after this short word

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<v Speaker 1>from our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer for the

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<v Speaker 1>Battle that won't End. A Prayer for the Battle that

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<v Speaker 1>Won't End, written by Rachel Bojo, read by Kerrie Eiberger.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the Lord, for he heard my voice, he

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<v Speaker 1>heard my cry for mercy, because he turned his ear

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<v Speaker 1>to me. I will call on him as long as

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<v Speaker 1>I live. The chords of death entangled me. The anguish

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<v Speaker 1>of the grave came over me. I was overcome by

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<v Speaker 1>distress and sorrow. Then I called on the name of

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord Lord save me. Saw m One sixteen versus

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<v Speaker 1>one through four. I had been sleeping with one ear

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<v Speaker 1>turned to hear any little noise for twelve years. That

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<v Speaker 1>night the seizure barged into the dark, and I knew

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<v Speaker 1>what it meant. My daughter Taylor had been diagnosed with

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<v Speaker 1>a rare metabolic disorder for eight years. At that point,

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<v Speaker 1>we had found a seizure medication that worked, and for

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<v Speaker 1>a while it really did work. Relief from the terror

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<v Speaker 1>of unpredictable seizures came and I started to breathe a

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<v Speaker 1>little easier again. The word stable felt like such a gift.

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<v Speaker 1>But then her body adapted. The drug that held her

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<v Speaker 1>last month did it hold? And if you've ever encountered

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of medical roller coaster, ride your back at

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<v Speaker 1>square one. Now you start the new medication, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a weight and see issue that feels like an awful game.

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<v Speaker 1>Under all of it. The truth you never allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>leave your head and come out of your mouth is

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<v Speaker 1>that the list of medications is limited. One day we

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<v Speaker 1>will have tried them all. After the seizure passed, I

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<v Speaker 1>sat down beside her bed and turned the lights back off,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wept. I wanted to trade places with her,

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<v Speaker 1>I remember wanting that very clearly. I would have taken it,

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<v Speaker 1>all of it, the whole disorder, into my own body,

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<v Speaker 1>if someone had offered me the chance. I wished her

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<v Speaker 1>a portion could be mine. I wished mine could be

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<v Speaker 1>something other than sit in a dark room watching my

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<v Speaker 1>daughter's brain betray her on a schedule. Neither one of

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<v Speaker 1>us could predict or stop if you're in a fight

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<v Speaker 1>that resets every time you think you're gaining ground, you

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<v Speaker 1>know this place. Maybe yours is a diagnosis, or an

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<v Speaker 1>addiction that keeps circling back, or a marriage that heals

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<v Speaker 1>just enough to break again. The details change, but the

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<v Speaker 1>exhaustion never ends. Sawhim one sixteen opens with a man

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<v Speaker 1>who has been there. Check out how he says it.

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<v Speaker 1>The chords of death entangled me. The anguish of the

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<v Speaker 1>grave came over me. This isn't a man reflecting on

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<v Speaker 1>a hard week from a comfortable chair. This is someone

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<v Speaker 1>who has been in a dark room, maybe lying prostrate

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor. I appreciate what he did in the dark.

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<v Speaker 1>He cried out, Lord save me. I find it interesting

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<v Speaker 1>how he opens the psalm, because he tells you the

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<v Speaker 1>end result before he tells you the story. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord for he heard my voice, He heard my

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<v Speaker 1>cry for mercy heard. He doesn't begin with what God fixed.

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<v Speaker 1>He begins by noting that God listened because he turned

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<v Speaker 1>his ear to me. I will call on him as

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<v Speaker 1>long as I live. Picture in your mind what turning

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<v Speaker 1>his ear looked like. It's the motion of someone leaning,

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<v Speaker 1>It's a focus on a voice. They don't want to miss.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not the posture of a king on a high

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<v Speaker 1>throne receiving a formal report. It's the place of a

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<v Speaker 1>parent in a dark room at three am. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>fix Taylor. I sat in that room with empty hands

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<v Speaker 1>more nights than I can tell you. Thankfully, I wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>sitting there alone, and I isn't talking to the ceiling.

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<v Speaker 1>God could have stopped the seizure but didn't, but he

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<v Speaker 1>was leaning in the whole time. I want to be

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<v Speaker 1>honest with you. His answer wasn't the one I wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>But we treat God hearing us like it's a consolation prize,

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<v Speaker 1>don't we? Hearing is the promise He turned his ear

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<v Speaker 1>to mine. He was there in a way I can't

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<v Speaker 1>fully explain and couldn't measure, and the Psalmist tells us

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<v Speaker 1>what that does to a person. I will call on

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<v Speaker 1>him as long as I live, not because I got

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<v Speaker 1>what I wanted in the moment, because he listened. Friend,

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<v Speaker 1>you may not get the rescue you're asking for and

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<v Speaker 1>the way you're asking for it. I need to share

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<v Speaker 1>that plainly, because you've probably been toil otherwise and it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't turn out to be true. But you are heard

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<v Speaker 1>right now, in the dark, mid sentence, before you find

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<v Speaker 1>the right words, he is already leaning in. His presence

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<v Speaker 1>in the battle is a gift. Will you pray with me?

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<v Speaker 1>Heavenly Father, you know the room I'm sitting in. You

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<v Speaker 1>know the thing that keeps coming back just when I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's handled. I'm starting over, and I'm so tired

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<v Speaker 1>of starting over. Your word says you heard a man

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<v Speaker 1>who had nothing left but a cry, and you turn

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<v Speaker 1>your ear toward him. God turned your ear toward me.

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<v Speaker 1>Not because I've prayed well or believe hard enough, but

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<v Speaker 1>because that's who you are. Father. I confess I've measured

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<v Speaker 1>your love by whether you fixed my problem. Forgive me,

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<v Speaker 1>help me hold the truth that you are listening even

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<v Speaker 1>when nothing changes, and that you are leaning in when

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<v Speaker 1>the room is dark and quiet. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>this ends on this side of heaven, but you do.

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<v Speaker 1>Let that be enough for tonight. I love you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>because you hear me in Jesus' name. Amen. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>still praying and starting to wonder if it's working, Rachel

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