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Speaker 2: connect with your Father in Heaven.
Speaker 1: No matter what is going on in your life.
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Speaker 1: A Prayer for the Weary Hearted.
Speaker 2: And Hurting written by Emily Rose Massey, read by Kirie Eichberger.
Speaker 2: Seeing praise to the Lord you his godly ones, and
Speaker 2: give thanks to his Holy name. For his anger is
Speaker 2: but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime.
Speaker 2: Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of
Speaker 2: joy comes in the morning, Psalm thirty, verse four and five.
Speaker 2: How have you been tired? I responded with a chuckle.
Speaker 2: But on the inside, I know that I am struggling
Speaker 2: deeply from what seems to be one very long season
Speaker 2: of sleep deprivation. I am convinced that sleep deprivation from
Speaker 2: the baby toddler phase is the mom version of fasting.
Speaker 2: My flesh becomes so weakened and my reliance upon God
Speaker 2: becomes absolutely everything. I cannot help, but rely on His
Speaker 2: grace to do pretty much anything. You see, the Lord
Speaker 2: has blessed me with four precious boys who simply do
Speaker 2: not like sleep. For at least the first threach to
Speaker 2: four years of life, when I had the difficulty of
Speaker 2: sleeping and pregnancy and having children every two to three years,
Speaker 2: I haven't had uninterrupted sleep in over ten years. I
Speaker 2: don't share all of this to complain or receive sympathy
Speaker 2: or ask for advice. I share to remind you and
Speaker 2: myself that the Lord is near to those suffering and
Speaker 2: walking through a difficult season that may have you feeling
Speaker 2: so incredibly incapable and discouraged. What I was praying last
Speaker 2: night in the midnight hours during the on and off wakings,
Speaker 2: awakened every one to two hours because of my youngest
Speaker 2: teething pain and what I can assume is another sleep regression,
Speaker 2: I said, God, I know.
Speaker 1: He is a gift. Please help me.
Speaker 2: And this morning, as I reflect, I'm realizing the ways
Speaker 2: my son is a gift from the Father. When my
Speaker 2: flesh is weak and I am humbled to my knees,
Speaker 2: I'm able to bear fruit and walk in the spirit
Speaker 2: in a way that pleases the Lord Lord, so I
Speaker 2: find myself thanking God through tears for his sleep deprivation.
Speaker 2: Suffering is a gift, and with it comes joy and
Speaker 2: praise to God for his faithfulness. These verses in Psalm
Speaker 2: thirty command us to sing praises to the Lord, even
Speaker 2: in the midst of our suffering and weeping. Sing praise
Speaker 2: to the Lord you his godly ones, and give thanks
Speaker 2: to His Holy name.
Speaker 1: For his anger is but.
Speaker 2: For a moment, his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping
Speaker 2: may last for the night, but a shout of joy
Speaker 2: comes in the morning.
Speaker 1: Psalm thirty, verse four and five.
Speaker 2: Are you currently in a season of great difficulty and trial?
Speaker 2: Cry out to the Lord. His grace is sufficient in
Speaker 2: your weakness. Lean upon him and He will strengthen you
Speaker 2: and transform you in your suffering to look more like him.
Speaker 2: He is faithful in every season. His ways may seem
Speaker 2: confusing to you, but trust that He will turn your
Speaker 2: weeping into great joy.
Speaker 1: In his time.
Speaker 2: There is purpose in the pain you may be experiencing,
Speaker 2: and one of the purposes is to remind you that
Speaker 2: your heavenly Father is near and is truly worthy of
Speaker 2: our adoration and praise. He is working things out for
Speaker 2: your good, which is to make you look more like Christ.
Speaker 2: I know it may be difficult to see your trial
Speaker 2: as a gift or reason to praise God. It's hard
Speaker 2: for our minds to fully comprehend how pain can be
Speaker 2: called good. But we must trust that His ways are
Speaker 2: higher than ours, and he uses everything for his plans
Speaker 2: for our lives so that he would receive the most glory.
Speaker 2: And then through us, do you remember to lift your
Speaker 2: gaze and call out to him when life seems too much.
Speaker 1: To bear and the hurt is too heavy.
Speaker 2: He wants you to lean upon him in all things,
Speaker 2: draw near to him, and he will draw near to you.
Speaker 2: Let's pray heavenly Father. I am so weary and weighed
Speaker 2: down by my current life circumstances.
Speaker 1: It is difficult for.
Speaker 2: Me to see the gift in this trial, but I
Speaker 2: trust you are using it for my good and for
Speaker 2: your glory. Help me to have eyes to see that
Speaker 2: you are working in my life. My circumstances may not
Speaker 2: change anytime soon, but please change me in my circumstances
Speaker 2: to look more like Jesus. I ask you to strengthen
Speaker 2: my faith so that I can left my voice and
Speaker 2: praise to you, trusting.
Speaker 1: That joy is coming in your perfect timing.
Speaker 2: I may be weary, but I choose to worship you
Speaker 2: because you are forever faithful to me, help me to
Speaker 2: look to you and point others to you in this season.
Speaker 2: You are good in Jesus' name.
Speaker 1: Amen.
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