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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, a podcast

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Speaker 2: dedicated to helping you find the words you need to

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Speaker 2: connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter what is

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Speaker 2: going on in your life today, you can trust that

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Speaker 2: God wants to hear from you. Right after the short

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Speaker 2: word from our sponsor, you will pray through today's prayer

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Speaker 2: to express gratitude for the gift of God's People.

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Speaker 1: Together.

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Speaker 2: A Prayer to express Gratitude for the gift of God's People,

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Speaker 2: Written and read by Carrie Iberger. I thank my God

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Speaker 2: every time I remember you in all my prayers for

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Speaker 2: all of you. I always pray with joy because of

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Speaker 2: your partnership in the Gospel from the first Day until

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Speaker 2: now Philippians one, Verses three through five. If I were

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Speaker 2: to be completely transparent, I would confess that I currently

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Speaker 2: sense quite a bit of heaviness and see some difficult

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Speaker 2: circumstances looming on the horizon, and all the while desperately

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Speaker 2: desiring to strap myself tighter to a solid foundation beneath me,

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Speaker 2: to lock into a giant rock that won't shake or

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Speaker 2: shift with the fear that sometimes consumes and worry that

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Speaker 2: attempts to sway me. What I need, as I always do,

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Speaker 2: is to lean into the Lord, our almighty God, the

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Speaker 2: anchor of every storm. And how grateful I am for

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Speaker 2: his unshakable presence, his sufficient power, and to surpassing peace

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Speaker 2: that never leaves. But besides the steady source of God's

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Speaker 2: constant existence within and beneath us, he also provides invaluable

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Speaker 2: visible blessings all around us to bolster our strength and faith.

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Speaker 2: He offers us this. People, reflect with me for a minute.

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Speaker 2: Consider a time when someone helped you through a hard time,

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Speaker 2: offered aid, assistance, or some sort of support in a mission,

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Speaker 2: calling or project. When someone encouraged you, served you, or

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Speaker 2: sat with you, possibly prayed for you, prayed with you,

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Speaker 2: or even prayed over you personally, I have found the

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Speaker 2: greatest support and encouragement from God's people given by God himself,

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Speaker 2: brothers and sisters in Christ who have a God given

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Speaker 2: heart to help as well as shine and show the

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Speaker 2: love of Jesus. In fact, in this very season one

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Speaker 2: of difficulty, doubt, and fear, I have taken a leap

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Speaker 2: and shared my struggle of an upcoming major surgery with

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Speaker 2: fellow believers and trusted church members. I have vulnerably reached out,

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Speaker 2: requested prayer, and in response have received great gifts of

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Speaker 2: God's strength, peace and comfort through his people. And I

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Speaker 2: couldn't be more grateful. And I don't know about you,

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Speaker 2: but asking for help or even prayer doesn't come easy

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Speaker 2: to me. But what I do know is how blessed

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Speaker 2: I have been when I have blessed others with love, prayer,

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Speaker 2: and support. So I'm learning to open my own heart.

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Speaker 2: I've learned that the power of prayer promotes peace and

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Speaker 2: support Bolster's strength. I've learned that there are people who

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Speaker 2: share the same Gospel mission to pray, love, and serve

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Speaker 2: other believers wanting and waiting to help. And I've become

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Speaker 2: incredibly grateful for the body of the Church that bolsters

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Speaker 2: one another and the mission of Jesus, just like Paul

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Speaker 2: has he expressed in his letter to the Philippians when

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Speaker 2: he wrote, I thank my God every time I remember

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Speaker 2: you and all my prayers for all of you. I

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Speaker 2: always pray with joy because of your partnership and the

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Speaker 2: Gospel from the first day until now. If you are

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Speaker 2: the one carrying a load right now, I pray that

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Speaker 2: you will open your heart to God's people. I pray

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Speaker 2: that you will share your struggles and express your need,

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Speaker 2: that you will let the Body of Christ help carry

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Speaker 2: your burdens, strengthen your way, and refresh your soul with peace.

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Speaker 2: And I pray that you will then be filled with

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Speaker 2: joyful gratitude for God's people. Maybe all remember all of

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Speaker 2: the people God has placed along our path to lift

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Speaker 2: us up and thank him. May we acknowledge that He

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Speaker 2: still has people waiting to serve us and walk alongside

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Speaker 2: us today and thank Him. And in response, may we

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Speaker 2: rejoice in our thanksgiving by joining in the gospel advancement,

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Speaker 2: gratefully serving the Church, the Body of Christ, and being

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Speaker 2: light and blessing to each and every single one of

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Speaker 2: God's people. Let's pray, Father, God, you are my steady

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Speaker 2: rock through my every life struggle. You are in me

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Speaker 2: and with me with your power and peace. Not only that,

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Speaker 2: but you offer blessings and gifts all around me that

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Speaker 2: I can see, in touch and experience with the senses

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Speaker 2: you creatively gave me. You offer the presence of your people,

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Speaker 2: people who have offered to help me, encourage me and

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Speaker 2: pray for me. And I am so thankful. Lord. I

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Speaker 2: admit it isn't always easy to ask for help, But

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Speaker 2: help me reach out and let your people in. Remind

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Speaker 2: me of this truth that you have placed people in

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Speaker 2: my path who are waiting and wanting to beat your

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Speaker 2: hands and feet and love as you do.

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Speaker 1: You already have, and you'll never stop. Help me to.

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Speaker 2: Express my gratitude by showing up for others in return,

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Speaker 2: to love them as you do, to serve them as

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Speaker 2: you do, and join in the advancement of the gospel

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Speaker 2: of your son, our Savior, Jesus. I praise and am

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Speaker 2: forever grateful for who you are, all you've done, and

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Speaker 2: all you'll continue to do in Jesus' name. Amen. If

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