Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,
Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to
Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening
Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants
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Speaker 1: student before the Big Move. A Prayer for your college
Speaker 1: student before the Big Move, written by Callie Logan, read
Speaker 1: by Leah Gerard. For the Lord sees not as man sees.
Speaker 1: Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks
Speaker 1: on the heart. For Samuel sixteen seven B. The tassels
Speaker 1: have turned, the warm summer nights are dwindling down, and
Speaker 1: the extra long twin bedsheets have been purchased. For the
Speaker 1: young person who is about to start college, it's not
Speaker 1: just a pivotal time for them academically, but also a
Speaker 1: dynamic one for life, which will never be quite the
Speaker 1: same again. As a school teacher and mentor to young
Speaker 1: people for over ten years, I've been fortunate to watch
Speaker 1: metaphorical baby birds leap out of the nest and fly
Speaker 1: from both academic and personal vantage points. Although each student
Speaker 1: has their own unique journey. Certain aspects of this transitional
Speaker 1: time are universal. For example, even if a young person
Speaker 1: is ready, eager and bouncing off the walls to start
Speaker 1: their next chapter, and the most prepared soul still has
Speaker 1: a mind that lingers with doubts, what ifs, and questions
Speaker 1: about what exactly the future holds. Even good change can
Speaker 1: spark anxiety or fear. This is where the benefit of
Speaker 1: having a strong support system back at home is an
Speaker 1: irreplaceable gift. It's not necessarily that they need you to
Speaker 1: hold their hand through this transition, but knowing that your
Speaker 1: hand is extended to them will offer the reminder of
Speaker 1: stability and a safe place. In First Samuel sixteen we
Speaker 1: see the powerful beginning of what an advocate can do
Speaker 1: for a young person. The Lord has instructed the prophet
Speaker 1: Samuel to find and anoint the teenager who would one
Speaker 1: day become king of all Israel. In verse sixteen seven,
Speaker 1: be God's heart is revealed, and that his desire is
Speaker 1: not to have someone who looks the part in such
Speaker 1: a role, but to have someone who is truly all
Speaker 1: in for living for God. Our verse reads for the
Speaker 1: Lord sees not as man sees, man looks on the
Speaker 1: outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Through
Speaker 1: this holy act of anointing, Samuel and David forged not
Speaker 1: only fellowship but a bond. Not long after David's anointing,
Speaker 1: a desperate need required David's service in the household of
Speaker 1: the current residing King Saul. As the years passed, David
Speaker 1: would defeat Goliath, offer his musical talents to King Saul,
Speaker 1: and become entangled in the intricate inner workings of the
Speaker 1: royal court. In time, a well of jealousy arose in
Speaker 1: King Saul toward David, to the point that he plotted
Speaker 1: to kill him. When David had nowhere else to go,
Speaker 1: he recalled that he did indeed have someone he could
Speaker 1: call on, Samuel. We're told in First Samuel nineteen that
Speaker 1: Samuel not only offers him guidance but shelter. It says now,
Speaker 1: David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at
Speaker 1: Rama and told him all that Saul had done to him,
Speaker 1: and he and Samuel went and lived at naof It
Speaker 1: was not that David needed Samuel, for David was anointed
Speaker 1: by God and therefore under his protection. But what a
Speaker 1: grace it was unto David that Samuel was not only
Speaker 1: someone he could call on, but someone he could trust
Speaker 1: when he did not know what to do next. Youth
Speaker 1: may often hold firm to the belief that their invincible,
Speaker 1: full fledged adults, but no matter how confident they appear,
Speaker 1: they're still insecure or unsure within. This is where and
Speaker 1: when they need to know where to find a parent,
Speaker 1: mentor or advocate they can trust. As older brothers and
Speaker 1: sisters in Christ, we can ask the Lord to make
Speaker 1: our hearts ever aware and softened to how best to
Speaker 1: love them, offer godly counsel, or encourage them in the moment.
Speaker 1: God sees everything, so if he moves you to mail
Speaker 1: a care package, text a sweet note of hope, or
Speaker 1: drop a reminder that you care, trust that He has
Speaker 1: an intentional purpose for that nudge. You never know the
Speaker 1: impact you can have on someone for simply being available
Speaker 1: and present. Let's pray, Father, God, we thank you so
Speaker 1: much for the young people in our lives. We recognize
Speaker 1: what an accomplishment it is for them as they venture
Speaker 1: into the next stage of their lives, moving to college,
Speaker 1: starting a new career or profession, or exploring new horizons.
Speaker 1: We also recall the day he's gone by in our
Speaker 1: own lives, where we experienced the complexities of feeling nervous, curious,
Speaker 1: and hopeful all at once. Lord, we lift up these
Speaker 1: young hearts and we ask that you would make us
Speaker 1: keenly aware of how we can be the hands and
Speaker 1: feet of Jesus unto them, not only today, but in
Speaker 1: the weeks and years to come. We also pray that
Speaker 1: you would move us when and in what context to
Speaker 1: share our testimonies. We're applicable vulnerably, so that there's never
Speaker 1: the feeling of no one understands, or isolation or loneliness.
Speaker 1: We pray more than anything else, that you would move
Speaker 1: in their lives, hearts, situations, and minds, that they may
Speaker 1: call you their father, their God, and that they would
Speaker 1: surrender their lives to your son, Jesus Christ as our savior.
Speaker 1: We want to see them flourish into the victorious men
Speaker 1: and women of God you crafted them to be. Thank you, Lord,
Speaker 1: and thank you for the gift you've entrusted to us
Speaker 1: to be in their lives. We don't take that lightly,
Speaker 1: nor do we count it as commonplace, but as a
Speaker 1: duty and a calling from You in Jesus Holy Name,
Speaker 1: We pray Amen. Your daily prayer is a production of
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