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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, where we

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Speaker 2: help you find the words you need to connect to

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Speaker 2: your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening in your

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Speaker 2: life today, you can trust that God wants to hear

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Speaker 2: from you. Right after the short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 2: will pray through today's prayer for those who feel like

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Speaker 2: God is far away. A Prayer for those who feel

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Speaker 2: like God is far away, written by Kenisia Saundersliddy, read

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Speaker 2: by Leah Gerard. Oh Lord, do not stay far away.

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Speaker 2: You are my strength. Come quickly to my aid. Psal

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Speaker 2: I'm twenty two nineteen. Have you ever experienced a period

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Speaker 2: of profound suffering, the time when you felt like God

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Speaker 2: had abandoned you. This is the suffering and anxiety that

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Speaker 2: King David displayed in Psalm twenty two. He had enemies

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Speaker 2: on every side, those who were God's chosen in those

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Speaker 2: who were enemies of God. What a time David had,

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Speaker 2: running for his life and suffering as a nomad, But

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Speaker 2: God was on his side. The mind is one of

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Speaker 2: the battlefields for believers. What we think can have either

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Speaker 2: a crippling or inspiring mark on how we live and.

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Speaker 1: Who we are.

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Speaker 2: Here's the simple truth. When we feel like God is

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Speaker 2: far away, it's only.

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Speaker 1: In our minds.

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Speaker 2: God never leaves the believer's side. Never once you are his.

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Speaker 2: It is for time and eternity. What happens is the

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Speaker 2: believer leaves God's side. We may have sin in our lives,

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Speaker 2: or we've stopped praying and reading God's words, so we

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Speaker 2: can't hear from him if we truly examine it. God

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Speaker 2: has remained constant. He is still in the same place,

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Speaker 2: waiting with arms open wide. He has said that if

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Speaker 2: we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to

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Speaker 2: forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He has

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Speaker 2: also said he would never leave us or forsake us,

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Speaker 2: and has promised to be with us until the end

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Speaker 2: of the age. Once we belong to him, no one

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Speaker 2: can pluck us from his hand. We are to hold

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Speaker 2: fast to God's unchanging hand. Because God is the same yesterday, today.

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Speaker 1: And forever. We're the ones who let go.

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Speaker 2: You may be wondering, well, what do I do when

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Speaker 2: I recognize that I'm the one who drifted and that's

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Speaker 2: why I feel like God's far away. Here's how draw

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Speaker 2: close to God and he will draw close to you,

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Speaker 2: communicate with your God.

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Speaker 1: This is the time to pray.

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Speaker 2: I believe we don't realize how essential prayer is to

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Speaker 2: our relationship with God. If you love someone, you talk

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Speaker 2: to them, you plan to spend quality time in conversation

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Speaker 2: with them. It should be the same with the lover

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Speaker 2: of our souls. God loves us more than we can fathom.

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Speaker 2: Nothing was too good for him to withhold from us.

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Speaker 2: To show his love, he allowed his only begotten son

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Speaker 2: to die for us many times. As believers, we don't

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Speaker 2: feel like we have eternal life. But it's not about feelings.

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Speaker 2: It's about faith. David hoped in his God. He said,

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Speaker 2: you are my strength, come quickly to my aid, and

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Speaker 2: with faith he believed and waited.

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Speaker 1: Let's do what Day did.

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Speaker 2: Let's believe with faith that God is not far away

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Speaker 2: and that He will come through for us in times

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Speaker 2: of deep suffering because he has a proven track record.

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Speaker 2: Let us also pray and recommit ourselves to God so

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Speaker 2: that we may know He is present no matter what

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Speaker 2: we're feeling. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for your

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Speaker 2: faithfulness toward me. You have never failed me yet, and

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Speaker 2: you never will. I can boldly trust in you to

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Speaker 2: always be there for me. You have said in your

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Speaker 2: word that I am yours, and I accept embrace and

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Speaker 2: trust that your words are trustworthy. Oh Lord, don't stay

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Speaker 2: far away. You are my strength, Lord, and I will

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Speaker 2: rely on you for help always. But I don't feel

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Speaker 2: your presence. Dear Lord, I feel as though you're far

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Speaker 2: away from me. So I dismiss my feet feeling and

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Speaker 2: trust with faith that you are near to me. I

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Speaker 2: believe that you are with me, So forgive me for

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Speaker 2: any sin in my life that's separating me from you.

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Speaker 1: Restore my faith.

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Speaker 2: Dear Lord, Help me to seek you by reading and

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Speaker 2: studying the Bible. I know that I can only feel

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Speaker 2: close to you when I hear from you, and you've

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Speaker 2: already given me direct access to you through your word.

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Speaker 2: Help me to put you first in my life and

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Speaker 2: live for you. Thank you for being my strength and

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Speaker 2: for coming to my aid whenever I deal with deep suffering.

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Speaker 2: You suffered for me, and as you're a child, I'm

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Speaker 2: not immune to suffering. So help me to remember your

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Speaker 2: goodness and your faithfulness. Help me to praise you through

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Speaker 1: Times and bad times.

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Speaker 2: Help me to realize that you are never far away,

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Speaker 2: and when I feel like you are, to praise and

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Speaker 2: have faith that you are not. In Jesus name, Amen.

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