WEBVTT - A Prayer for the Weary Volunteer

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,

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<v Speaker 1>our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer for the Weary Volunteer.

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<v Speaker 1>A Prayer for the Weary Volunteer Brittain by Rachel Britton

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<v Speaker 1>read by Leah Gerard. Let us not become weary in

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<v Speaker 1>doing good, for at the proper time reap a harvest

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<v Speaker 1>if we do not give up Galatians six'. Nine school is,

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<v Speaker 1>out people head out of, Town the church hallways become.

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<v Speaker 1>Quieter as regular activities help for the. Summer maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>relaxing vacation is on the, calendar sitting by the pool

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<v Speaker 1>or walking on the. BEACH a change of pace and

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<v Speaker 1>a pause in our usual schedules is often just what we.

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<v Speaker 1>Need but sometimes it's also a time when we realize

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<v Speaker 1>just how active we've been and that we are completely.

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<v Speaker 1>Exhausted perhaps staring at the fall calendar fills you with

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<v Speaker 1>dread rather than joyfully. Anticipation the thought of serving or

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<v Speaker 1>volunteering yet again brings a heavy. Weight you may sit

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<v Speaker 1>in a worship service or look in A sunday school

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<v Speaker 1>classroom with this thought going through your. HEAD i don't

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<v Speaker 1>THINK i can do this again In. SEPTEMBER i Think i'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Done or maybe those thoughts are a silent plea in.

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<v Speaker 1>Prayer the agricultural imagery Of galatians six' nine helps us picture.

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<v Speaker 1>A farmer he works hard during the springtime to plow,

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<v Speaker 1>and plant toiling all day and often into. The night

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<v Speaker 1>in the heat of, the summer sometimes the hard work doesn't,

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<v Speaker 1>appear worthwhile perhaps the harvest will be ruined because of

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<v Speaker 1>heavy rains or. Scorching sun it's a time, of waiting

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<v Speaker 1>but also. Of preparation unlike the farmer who cannot guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>his work will produce a, good Yield the bible reassures

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<v Speaker 1>us that our doing good will reap. A harvest summer

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<v Speaker 1>exhaustion isn't always a sign. To quit it can simply

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<v Speaker 1>be a sign that you've poured out too much use.

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<v Speaker 1>This season god has given you to, be replenished so

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<v Speaker 1>you can discern clearly what to do in the future

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<v Speaker 1>and anticipate the harvest that is not, our Responsibility but god's.

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<v Speaker 1>To bring, Let's Pray, Lord god the sanctuary is quieter.

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<v Speaker 1>This month the hallways, are emptier the schedules have slowed

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<v Speaker 1>in the rush of, the ministry. Years Paused, but lord

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<v Speaker 1>in the quiet of this, summer season the exhaustion in

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<v Speaker 1>my own soul has finally caught up. WITH me i

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<v Speaker 1>confess THAT as i look ahead to, the fall my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Feels heavy the tank. Feels empty i've poured out, my time,

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<v Speaker 1>my energy and my heart to serve. Your people, right

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<v Speaker 1>now the whisper to simply walk away and stay on

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<v Speaker 1>the sideline speaks. So LOUDLY today i bring my exhaustion,

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<v Speaker 1>to you asking you to fill me. UP again i

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<v Speaker 1>ask these summer weeks to be not just a break from,

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule but a holy rest for. My soul breathe

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<v Speaker 1>fresh life into my. Weary heart remind my heart of

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<v Speaker 1>the Promise in galatians that at the proper time a

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<v Speaker 1>harvest is COMING if i do not. Give up help

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<v Speaker 1>me to see this summer not as a, barren desert

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<v Speaker 1>but as a season where you are. At work let

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<v Speaker 1>my service flow from, your abundance not. My Depletion in Jesus'.

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