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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer,

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Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can

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Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after

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Speaker 1: today's prayer for Delight on Disappointing Days together. A Prayer

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Speaker 1: for Delight on Disappointing Days written and read by Carrie Eiberger.

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Speaker 1: He brought me out into a spacious place. He rescued

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Speaker 1: me because he delighted in me. So I'm eighteen verse nineteen.

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Speaker 1: I've faced my fair share of disappointments. Some are much

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Speaker 1: greater than others, and a mild case is yanking on

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Speaker 1: my heart strings in this very season. It might not

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Speaker 1: make sense to you, and honestly, that's true for many

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Speaker 1: of the things that personally drag each of us down.

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Speaker 1: Everyone certainly feels everything differently for variety of very personal reasons.

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Speaker 1: For me, I've been pretty let down ever since I

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Speaker 1: got word that my husband would be returning to the

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Speaker 1: office after working from home in the same room for

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Speaker 1: five sweet years. In homework setups can be a little

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Speaker 1: lonely at times, but Mike's company has not only been

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Speaker 1: a gift of friendship and companionship, but it has also

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Speaker 1: breathed fresh life into our marriage. If I'm being brutally honest,

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Speaker 1: I have a whole wide web of worries and woes

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Speaker 1: over his upcoming absence, cares and concerns that have stolen

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Speaker 1: some delight from my recent days, adding increased swells of disappointment.

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Speaker 1: And although this example sits on the small side of

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Speaker 1: the scale of disappointment, the truth is I've definitely dealt

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Speaker 1: with much greater difficulties in moments of despair. What's also

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Speaker 1: true is that as much as I'd like to hope

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Speaker 1: all my dark days are over, I know that's not

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Speaker 1: what God promised. He warned us of troubles of all

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Speaker 1: kinds in this life, which reminds me that I will

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Speaker 1: no doubt face much much more we all will. You're

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Speaker 1: well acquainted with disappointment, are you? You may have even

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Speaker 1: once wondered if you did something to deserve the difficulties

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Speaker 1: you face, But whether you've suffered more struggle than you

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Speaker 1: ever imagined, are living through it now or just know

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Speaker 1: it's coming You've been brought down by disappointment, and I

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Speaker 1: would imagine the moments and seasons have threatened to knock

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Speaker 1: the breeze of joy from your sales and the breath

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Speaker 1: of delight from your soul too. I'd also be willing

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Speaker 1: to bet you would really prefer to maintain a hopeful

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Speaker 1: outlook through the hardships and desire the ability to focus

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Speaker 1: more on the good. You know, God never stops giving,

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Speaker 1: always noticing his blessings that continually flow through all circumstances.

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Speaker 1: A mindset of truth and hope, the encouraging truth we

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Speaker 1: could all benefit from remembering and moments of disappointment is this.

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Speaker 1: Not only is our disappointment not a result of God's

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Speaker 1: disappointment in us, but it isn't at all a surprise

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Speaker 1: to him. Psalm eighteen nineteen says he brought me out

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Speaker 1: into a spacious place. He rescued me because He delighted

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Speaker 1: in me. God purposefully the exact space you're in in

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Speaker 1: his love and delight. In fact, through your current conditions,

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Speaker 1: God has been constantly protecting you from things that you

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Speaker 1: can't even see. He is offering you rescue and refuge

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Speaker 1: right in the middle of this very journey, and He

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Speaker 1: has been graciously guiding you through and to his good provision.

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Speaker 1: All of this in him and through him, because He

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Speaker 1: delights in you and me, and he will continue to

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Speaker 1: delight in us. But our Loving Lord longs for us

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Speaker 1: to find our delight in Him and return no matter

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Speaker 1: where we find ourselves, understanding that regardless of what seems wrong,

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Speaker 1: he is always keeping us in the perfect line of

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Speaker 1: His good and perfect will. You and I have felt

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Speaker 1: many stings of disappointment, and though we have our reasons

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Speaker 1: for feeling hurt, sad, or low spirited by the letdowns

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Speaker 1: of life, God delights in you and me still and always.

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Speaker 1: Our sorrow or dissatisfaction offers a sufficient space for refuge.

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Speaker 1: Still and always, you can take hold of his hand,

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Speaker 1: trusting that He has to you in a place where

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Speaker 1: peace is still present and his blessings are still boundless.

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Speaker 1: You can delight in his presence, and you can find

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Speaker 1: delight in and through your disappointments because our God knows

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Speaker 1: he has you on his path, and our God will

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Speaker 1: lead you to an even more delightful future, perfectly planned

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Speaker 1: by Him, our good and perfect friend, Master and creator.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray Lord God, you delight in me and I

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Speaker 1: in you, and know my life falls upon continual waves

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Speaker 1: of disappointment. I know your love and delight light in

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Speaker 1: me never wavers, no matter what comes my way or

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Speaker 1: the set back side face. You will never let me

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Speaker 1: fall from your perfect plan. Help me remember that you

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Speaker 1: are not surprised by a thing, and you are present

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Speaker 1: through it all. You graciously offer a spacious place of

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Speaker 1: refuge and rescue constantly. Your presence and peace enfold me always,

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Speaker 1: and your blessings surround me continually. Lord, I trust you,

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Speaker 1: and I delight in your love, protection and perfection all

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Speaker 1: the days of my life. In your delightful name. Amen.

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