WEBVTT - A Prayer for Your College Student Before the Big Move

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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's happening

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>student before the Big Move. A Prayer for your college

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<v Speaker 1>student before the Big Move, written by Callie Logan, read

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<v Speaker 1>by Leah Gerard. For the Lord sees not as man sees.

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<v Speaker 1>Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks

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<v Speaker 1>on the heart. For Samuel sixteen seven B. The tassels

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<v Speaker 1>have turned, the warm summer nights are dwindling down, and

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<v Speaker 1>the extra long twin bedsheets have been purchased. For the

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<v Speaker 1>young person who is about to start college, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>just a pivotal time for them academically, but also a

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic one for life, which will never be quite the

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<v Speaker 1>same again. As a school teacher and mentor to young

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<v Speaker 1>people for over ten years, I've been fortunate to watch

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<v Speaker 1>metaphorical baby birds leap out of the nest and fly

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<v Speaker 1>from both academic and personal vantage points. Although each student

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<v Speaker 1>has their own unique journey. Certain aspects of this transitional

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<v Speaker 1>time are universal. For example, even if a young person

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<v Speaker 1>is ready, eager and bouncing off the walls to start

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<v Speaker 1>their next chapter, and the most prepared soul still has

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<v Speaker 1>a mind that lingers with doubts, what ifs, and questions

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<v Speaker 1>about what exactly the future holds. Even good change can

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<v Speaker 1>spark anxiety or fear. This is where the benefit of

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<v Speaker 1>having a strong support system back at home is an

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<v Speaker 1>irreplaceable gift. It's not necessarily that they need you to

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<v Speaker 1>hold their hand through this transition, but knowing that your

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<v Speaker 1>hand is extended to them will offer the reminder of

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<v Speaker 1>stability and a safe place. In First Samuel sixteen we

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<v Speaker 1>see the powerful beginning of what an advocate can do

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<v Speaker 1>for a young person. The Lord has instructed the prophet

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<v Speaker 1>Samuel to find and anoint the teenager who would one

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<v Speaker 1>day become king of all Israel. In verse sixteen seven,

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<v Speaker 1>be God's heart is revealed, and that his desire is

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<v Speaker 1>not to have someone who looks the part in such

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<v Speaker 1>a role, but to have someone who is truly all

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<v Speaker 1>in for living for God. Our verse reads for the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord sees not as man sees, man looks on the

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<v Speaker 1>outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. Through

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<v Speaker 1>this holy act of anointing, Samuel and David forged not

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<v Speaker 1>only fellowship but a bond. Not long after David's anointing,

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<v Speaker 1>a desperate need required David's service in the household of

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<v Speaker 1>the current residing King Saul. As the years passed, David

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<v Speaker 1>would defeat Goliath, offer his musical talents to King Saul,

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<v Speaker 1>and become entangled in the intricate inner workings of the

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<v Speaker 1>royal court. In time, a well of jealousy arose in

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<v Speaker 1>King Saul toward David, to the point that he plotted

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<v Speaker 1>to kill him. When David had nowhere else to go,

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<v Speaker 1>he recalled that he did indeed have someone he could

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<v Speaker 1>call on, Samuel. We're told in First Samuel nineteen that

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<v Speaker 1>Samuel not only offers him guidance but shelter. It says now,

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<v Speaker 1>David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at

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<v Speaker 1>Rama and told him all that Saul had done to him,

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<v Speaker 1>and he and Samuel went and lived at naof It

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<v Speaker 1>was not that David needed Samuel, for David was anointed

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<v Speaker 1>by God and therefore under his protection. But what a

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<v Speaker 1>grace it was unto David that Samuel was not only

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<v Speaker 1>someone he could call on, but someone he could trust

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<v Speaker 1>when he did not know what to do next. Youth

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<v Speaker 1>may often hold firm to the belief that their invincible,

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<v Speaker 1>full fledged adults, but no matter how confident they appear,

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<v Speaker 1>they're still insecure or unsure within. This is where and

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<v Speaker 1>when they need to know where to find a parent,

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<v Speaker 1>mentor or advocate they can trust. As older brothers and

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<v Speaker 1>sisters in Christ, we can ask the Lord to make

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts ever aware and softened to how best to

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<v Speaker 1>love them, offer godly counsel, or encourage them in the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>God sees everything, so if he moves you to mail

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<v Speaker 1>a care package, text a sweet note of hope, or

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<v Speaker 1>drop a reminder that you care, trust that He has

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<v Speaker 1>an intentional purpose for that nudge. You never know the

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<v Speaker 1>impact you can have on someone for simply being available

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<v Speaker 1>and present. Let's pray, Father, God, we thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much for the young people in our lives. We recognize

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<v Speaker 1>what an accomplishment it is for them as they venture

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<v Speaker 1>into the next stage of their lives, moving to college,

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<v Speaker 1>starting a new career or profession, or exploring new horizons.

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<v Speaker 1>We also recall the day he's gone by in our

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<v Speaker 1>own lives, where we experienced the complexities of feeling nervous, curious,

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<v Speaker 1>and hopeful all at once. Lord, we lift up these

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<v Speaker 1>young hearts and we ask that you would make us

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<v Speaker 1>keenly aware of how we can be the hands and

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<v Speaker 1>feet of Jesus unto them, not only today, but in

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<v Speaker 1>the weeks and years to come. We also pray that

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<v Speaker 1>you would move us when and in what context to

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<v Speaker 1>share our testimonies. We're applicable vulnerably, so that there's never

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<v Speaker 1>the feeling of no one understands, or isolation or loneliness.

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<v Speaker 1>We pray more than anything else, that you would move

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<v Speaker 1>in their lives, hearts, situations, and minds, that they may

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<v Speaker 1>call you their father, their God, and that they would

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<v Speaker 1>surrender their lives to your son, Jesus Christ as our savior.

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<v Speaker 1>We want to see them flourish into the victorious men

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<v Speaker 1>and women of God you crafted them to be. Thank you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you for the gift you've entrusted to us

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<v Speaker 1>to be in their lives. We don't take that lightly,

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<v Speaker 1>nor do we count it as commonplace, but as a

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<v Speaker 1>duty and a calling from You in Jesus Holy Name,

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