My Assurance – God is in Control – Part 3 – Dr. Charles Stanley

The Lord loves to hear the earnest prayers of His faithful followers. Sometimes He answers with a resounding “Yes!” But sometimes we have to wait because He has something better for us. Dr. Stanley urges us to trust God for His best and be willing to accept His wisdom and instruction. For more messages from Charles Stanley, including this week’s broadcast, go to https://intouch.org/watch

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Next on “In Touch,” Part 3 of

“My Assurance –
God Is in Control.”

Dr. Charles Stanley:
Does our prayer influence God?

If I pray long enough and
strongly enough and intensely

enough, could I possibly change
God’s mind to get Him to do

something that I
really want Him to do?

And in fact, if God
knows everything,

has all power, and has
chosen to do certain things,

and His policy is
to please Himself,

what difference does it
make whether I pray or not?

In fact, does it make any
difference whether we go to Him

in prayer, bringing our
petitions and our desires?

If He already knows
what He’s going to do,

how He’s going to do it,
when He’s going to do it,

what difference does it
make whether we pray or not?

Well, that’s what I want to
talk about in this message.

And this is the third message
in our series entitled “My

Assurance: God is in Control.”

And I want you to turn to that
hundred and third Psalm that we

have read several times
because, in this passage,

He states that He is indeed the
sovereign ruler over all this

universe and over all mankind.

So if that be true, then the
whole issue is: What part does

our prayer play in God’s big
scheme of things and His plan

for our life, the lives of
others in His great kingdom,

if He indeed is in control?

So, He says in this nineteenth
verse of the hundred and third

Psalm, “The LORD has established
His throne in the heavens;

and His
sovereignty rules over all.

Bless the LORD, you His
angels, mighty in strength,

who perform His word,
obeying the voice of His word!

Bless the LORD,
all you His hosts,

you who serve
Him, doing His will.

Bless the LORD, all
you works of His,

in all the places
of His dominion;

bless the LORD, O my soul!”

And His
sovereignty rules over all.

If His
sovereignty rules over all,

then what difference does it
make whether I pray or not?

Well, that’s what I
want to talk about here.

And so, I want you
to follow along,

and what I want to do is just to
deal with some of these issues

that come up in our thinking
when we get on our knees,

and maybe things aren’t just
transpiring as quickly as we

think they ought to.

Well–listen,
anytime you start praying,

I guarantee you,
Satan’s not sleep.

Because the one thing He wants
to do in your life is to get

you, cause you, stimulate you,
intimidate you in some fashion

to get you to doubt God, to
doubt this awesome God who has

saved you and loves you
and wants the best for you.

So, when I think about these
things, I think about this,

first of all, and that is that
God impresses upon our heart

to pray for those things
that He wants to do in our life.

That is, God is–listen,
that’s the way He operates.

That’s one of His principles: to
impress upon your heart and mine

to pray for those things that
He desires to do in our life.

Now, when I think about
that, I think about this,

and that is there are some
things that you and I may pray

about that are God’s purposes
and plans that all the praying

in the world is not gonna
change what He’s going to do.

And remember that ’cause
I’m coming back to something.

In other words, all the praying
in the world is not gonna change

what God has
purposed to do, that is,

what God has divinely purposed
to achieve and accomplish in

this world, whether it’s in your
life or someone else’s life.

You know what, His
purpose will be done, His will.

There are some things
that absolutely no prayer,

no amount of prayer is going to
change about God because

He is sovereignly in control.

And therefore, He is not subject
to my prayers, to that point.

And so when we think
about how that works,

I think, for example, let’s
say that here’s a person.

And I’ve heard people say
this, and I’ve heard women say

sometime, “Well, I’ve prayed for
my husband for years and years

and years and he’s
such a good man.

He’s a good father and
he’s a good husband.

He doesn’t go to
church, he hasn’t been saved.

But you know, somehow, I do
believe that in some way,

in some fashion, God
is going to save him.

Now, I’m just praying for
God to save him anyway.”

Well, let me tell you something.

God has certain policies and God
has certain principles that no

amount of praying in all
the world’s gonna change.

Listen, if somebody
rejects the Lord Jesus Christ,

refuses to
acknowledge Him as Savior,

refuses to acknowledge what He
did at the cross in order to be

saved, I’m here to tell you a
million people could pray a

million years and that person’s
not gonna be saved until they

come to it in God’s way, and
that is dependence upon the

crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
the shedding of His blood,

the atonement of His blood,
for the salvation of their soul.

That’s the only way
they’re gonna be saved.

So, you and I are
not gonna change any,

listen, divine principle
that God has set in motion.

It is absolutely unchangeable.

So, we ask the question: Well,
if God knows all these things

and He’s purposed
to do all this,

then why would God burden you to

pray for something that God is

going to do anyway?

Because listen, there are some
things God’s gonna do anyway

whether we pray or not.

And so, why would He impress

us to pray about certain things

even though He knows
He’s going to do it?

Well, I think there
are several reasons.

Number one, God wants to
involve you and me in on

the work that He’s going to do.

It’s very important in the eyes
of God that you and I do not

just sit around, say,
“Okay, God,

we are just gonna
leave it to God.

Just leave it all to God.

Let go and let God.”

You know people say, “Well,
just let go and let God.”

Depends on how much you let go.

Because listen, God in–chooses
to involve every single one of

us in the work of the kingdom.

He chooses to involve us in
what He’s up to in our life.

So, there’s not any verse of
scripture anywhere that says I

am no longer responsible for
my life or anyone else’s life.

Since God is sovereign and He’s
in control of all things and He

says that He’s working all
things according to His good

pleasure, I have
no responsibility,

just let God do it His way.

There’s not a single verse in
the scripture that even comes

anywhere close to
implying such an erroneous idea.

But rather, it is different.

God wants to involve us,
He wants to include us.

This is why, for example, He
would challenge you and burden

you to pray for someone, why?

Because He’s got something in
mind by involving you in that.

So one of the primary
reasons He motivates us to pray,

and prayer is a very important,
even though He’s in sovereign

control, is that He wants to
get us involved in His miracles,

in His will, in His way and
His plans and His purposes.

Secondly, He knows that when you
and I pray and He answers our

prayer, what does it do but
our faith begins to grow and

sometimes it skyrockets in some
situations and circumstances,

when we prayed for a very long
time and God answers our prayer

over something
extremely difficult

or it looks impossible.

God answers our
prayer, and what happens?

It strengthens our
faith, builds our faith.

A third reason He wants us to
pray is because He wants us to

live with a sense of
dependence upon Him.

God doesn’t want
us living with

this sense of, “Well,
I can handle it.”

Or, “God, You take care of ’em.

I’m gonna leave all
that to You, God.”

You can have that
kind of attitude and

not be dependent upon God.

That’s just sort of
a–being a separatist

in your relationship to Him.

God wants us to sense
our dependence upon Him.

The more
dependent I am upon Him,

the more I’m gonna be
on my face before Him.

The more, listen, the more
I’m on my face before Him,

something else is gonna happen.

Not only am I going to be
sensitive to my dependence upon

Him, but I am going to
grow in this intimate,

loving relationship which He
desires for your life and my

life above every
other single thing.

In other words, He can get
somebody else to do every single

thing you and I do but the one
thing He can’t get somebody to

do in your place and my
place is to love Him,

be devoted to Him, and to
grow into an intimate,

loving relationship with Him.

And so, one of the reasons He
motivates us to pray and desires

that we pray is because
He wants to draw us to

Himself, draw us to Himself.

And another reason is this.

He wants to bring us into
agreement with His will and His

purposes and His plans.

You see, the more in agreement
you and I are with what God is

up to, the more excited
we’re gonna be about

getting involved
in what He’s up to.

And likewise, the more
involved we’re gonna

be with Him personally.

And the more we’re gonna want
to know Him, the more we’re

gonna love Him, and the more
we’re gonna want to serve Him.

God has some very specific
reasons in mind to motivate us

to pray, to call us to pray,
even though He knows what He’s

going to do, when He’s gonna
do it and how He’s gonna do it.

So therefore,
when a person says,

“Well I, you
know, I–personally,

I don’t see any reason to pray
if God’s gonna do it anyway.”

Because, you see, God has
some very specific reasons.

And if you’ll think about this.

If He–if His reason
is to involve me in it,

to build my faith, to
teach me dependence,

to grow me into this intimate
relationship and to get me into

agreement with Him, listen, so
that the more in agreement I am

with the will of God, the
more God is able to do

in your life and my life.

Prayer is the heart, listen,
prayer is the heart

of the believer’s walk.

Prayer is, listen, it’s the soul
of the believer’s relationship.

It is an intimate relationship
that is based on doing what?

Speaking with Him and listening
to Him and bringing our

petitions, and backing off
and watching God do it

His way in His time.

That’s what the
Christian life’s all about.

It is a relationship.
It is an intimate relationship.

So, our prayers
make an impact, yes.

But it will not
ultimately affect God’s

ultimate plan and purpose.

Some things we pray for we get,
some things we pray for we don’t

get, some things we
don’t pray for we do get.

God is in absolute control
of every single issue here.

Now, when I think about
that, I think about: Is that

consistent with the
sovereignty of God?

Yes, it is.

Because He’s in
absolute control,

He’s gonna show us what to pray.

In other words, if you and
I are walking in His will,

he’s going to burden you
as to what to pray for

and what not to pray for.

And here’s what I’ve discovered.

If I begin to pray for
something’s not God’s

will, I lose interest.

Next thing I know, I
just–that’s just gone by the

way and I’m not even asking
Him about it anymore, why?

Because He knows I
want to know His will,

I want to do what’s right.

I wanna make the right decision.

If it’s not His will,
you just lose interest.

And you see, you can
tell if you’re honest.

If you’re really honest and
you’re praying for something and

something that you
particularly want,

and you’re not getting anywhere,
maybe you oughta stop and say,

“God, is this Your
will or is it not?”

And listen, God
doesn’t–He doesn’t

like to leave us in mystery.

“Ugh, not gonna tell you, you
figure this out for yourself!”

That’s not the way God is.

God, listen, He wants
us to know His will.

He wants us to know His ways.

He wants us to know His
plan and His purpose.

And therefore, He will just
sorta take the interest away.

Won’t have any more
interest in that issue,

and we just move on.

Is it important to pray?

If it’s not important to pray,
the Apostle Paul would never

have made this statement:
“Pray without ceasing.”

It is a lifestyle
for the child of God.

Now, one other question
that I want to deal with,

and that’s just simply this.

And that is: Can
prayer change God’s mind?

Can prayer change God’s mind?

Well, say, “Well, I know some
people who must think it will

because there are people who
believe that if you’re praying

and nothing
happens, then you fast.

And if I fast long
enough, I’m

finally gonna get
God’s attention.

He’s gonna be forced to do
what I ask Him to do because,

look, God, I haven’t eaten
anything in twenty days.”

You know what, if you don’t
eat anything for six months,

not gonna make any difference
with Him if it’s not His will.

Fasting, listen, fasting doesn’t
impact God to force Him to do

something that’s
against His will.

All the praying in the world’s
not gonna force God to do

something’s not against–that’s
against His will.

And so, somebody says,
“Well, wait a minute

now, I know a couple
of verses in the

Bible that says God
changed His mind.”

Well, that’s what I
want to talk about.

So, what I’d like to do is I’d
like to give you three passages

that state very specifically
God does not change His mind,

then I want to give you
two that imply that He does.

So, let’s start with
First Samuel chapter fifteen.

Go back there for a moment.
First Samuel chapter fifteen.

Now, here is Samuel
talking to Saul because of his

disobedience, what God’s gonna
do–and listen to what he says.

Verse twenty-eight,
“So Samuel said to him,

‘The LORD has torn the kingdom
of Israel from you today and has

given it to your neighbor
who is better than you.

And also the Glory of Israel,'”
speaking of God the Father,

“‘will not lie or
change His mind;

for He is not a man that He
should change His mind.'”

Turn to Psalm one ten,
Psalm one ten, and look,

if you will, in verse four.

Psalm one ten verse four.

He says, “The LORD has sworn
and will not change His mind.”

Jeremiah chapter four.

Go on over to Isaiah–Jeremiah
chapter four and look,

if you will, in this
twenty-eighth verse.

Verse twenty-seven says,
“For thus says the LORD,

‘The whole land
shall be a desolation,

yet I will not execute
a complete destruction.

For this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above be dark,

because I have
spoken, I have purposed,

and I will not change My mind,
nor will I turn from it.'”

Now, think about
this for a moment.

Well, before we do that,
let’s find a couple of passages.

Turn to–turn, if you will, to,
let’s see, turn to Exodus

chapter–Exodus
chapter thirty-two

and look in verse twelve.

Exodus chapter
thirty-two, verse twelve.

Let me give you a little
idea of what’s happening.

Moses has been up on the mount
receiving the Ten Commandments.

While he’s gone,
here’s what they said.

They said, “Where is
Moses our leader?”

“He’s gone.”

“Aaron, make us a god that’ll
lead us to the Promised Land.”

Can you imagine anybody
being so absolutely, totally

empty of any serious thinking.

“Make us a god.”

So they make a golden calf.

And that golden calf’s gonna
lead them to the Promised Land.

You see, we don’t have any
earthly idea where those people

were in their thinking
because you and I have a Bible.

They didn’t have that.
They had nothing written.

They just had to take the
word of Moses, their leader.

So, they build this calf.

So, he comes down, he sees it,
and of course you remember he

threw the Ten Commandments
down and shattered

them all over the place.

Well, look what happens in
his conversation with God.

In verse eight of this
thirty-second chapter,

he says, “‘They have quickly
turned aside from the way

which I commanded them.

They have made for
themselves a molten calf,

and have worshiped it, and
have sacrificed it,’ he said,

‘And this that–‘
said, ‘This is your god,

O Israel, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt!’

And the LORD said to Moses,
‘I have seen this people,

and behold, they are
an obstinate people.'”

He says that, used that same
word about three or four times.

“‘Now then let Me alone, that
My anger may burn against them,

and that I may destroy
them; and I will make

of you a great nation.’

“Then Moses entreated
the LORD his God,

and said, ‘O LORD,
why does Your

anger burn against
Thy people

whom You have brought
forth from the land of Egypt

with great power and
with a mighty hand?

Why should the
Egyptians speak, saying,

“With evil intent He brought

them out to kill
them in the mountains

and to destroy them from
the face of the earth”?

Turn from Thy
burning anger,'”

talking to God now,

“‘Turn from Thy
burning anger

and change Your
mind about

doing harm to Thy people.

Remember Abraham,
Isaac and Israel,'” Jacob,

“‘Thy servants to whom
Thou didst swear by Thyself,

and didst say to
them, “I will

multiply your
descendants as the

stars of the
heavens, and all

this land of which
I have spoken

I will give to your
descendants,

and they shall
inherit it forever.”‘

So the LORD changed
His mind about the harm which He

said He would do to His people.”

Now, did God change His mind?

Now, think about
this for a moment.

If God is omniscient, He
doesn’t need to change His mind,

because that means
He knows everything

past, present, and future.

When He looks at
time and everything,

He looks at it just
like that, sees it all.

So therefore, for Him to change
His mind would mean that He

either discovered something
new or had a different

feeling about something.

But you see, the truth
is He knew exactly

what He was going to do.

The implication here also, as
Moses said, “Have You forgotten

what You said to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?

Have You forgotten Your
covenant promise to them?

And You didn’t say to Abraham,
‘Here’s what I’m gonna do if.’

You said, ‘I’m gonna make
you–I’m gonna make your

descendants like
the stars of the sky,

sands of the sea, not be
able to count them.’

Have You forgotten that, God?”

No, He hadn’t forgotten that.

“Well, Lord, how–why are
You going to do this?”

Now, what I want you
to notice here is this.

If you’ll notice in verse
ten, that God said to him,

“Now, let Me alone that My anger
may burn against them and that I

may destroy them, and I will
make of you a great nation.”

What’s going on here?
I believe two things.

Number one, God
is testing Moses.

He said, “Now Moses,
just leave Me alone.

Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll just
wipe this whole crowd out.”

Now, on the one hand, Moses
probably said, “Praise God!”

Because they had done
nothing but cause him

trouble from day one.

I mean, the Bible says
that when they left

Egypt, there was
a mixed multitude.

They were always
giving him a hard time.

I mean, doubting him
and wanted to stone him.

I mean, just all kind
of things going on.

They hadn’t gotten quite to
the place of stoning him at this

point, but they’re giving him
a hard time in the wilderness,

and so they were
just a real motley

bunch and hard to deal with.

But here’s what Moses said.
Moses said, “No, no!”

What was He doing?

I believe, first of all, He
was testing Moses’ devotion

to them as a leader.

Now, Moses is considered the
greatest–one of the greatest

leaders in all human history.

What was God doing at
this moment in his life?

He was testing his devotion to
what He had called him to do: to

lead His people out of Egyptian
bondage into the Promised Land,

testing his devotion
and love for them,

even though they had treated him
the way they would treated him.

God knew what He
was going to do.

And so, first of all,
I think it was a test.

And secondly, you and I could
call this an anthropomorphism,

which simply means
that ascribing to God

the way man thinks.

And so, the only way
Moses could possibly

think is that, “God,
change Your mind.”

God never intended
to destroy them.

He said, listen, “Let Me alone
that My anger may burn against

them and destroy them.”

What was He doing?
Testing Moses.

He already knew exactly
what He was going to do.

He knew Moses was gonna
intercede and He know–knew that

He was gonna respond in
Moses’ mind to Moses’ response.

What do you think that did–what
do you–to Moses’ request?

What do you think that did for
Moses the rest of those years he

was out there with them in the
wilderness and giving him a hard

time and wandering
around for forty years?

What did it do?

It absolutely skyrocketed
his faith because he–God did

exactly what he asked Him to do.

Had God purposed
to do that anyway?

He certainly had.

Listen, if you’re omniscient
and you’ve purposed something,

you don’t have to
change your mind.

All right, go, if you will,
to–because the Bible

says in James one, “There is no
variableness of turning,

no shadow of turning with Him.”

Go, if you will, to

Jeremiah the
twenty-fifth chapter,

and I want you to look
at the eleventh verse.

People of Israel sinned
against God, and so here’s

what God says in verse
eleven of twenty-fifth chapter.

“‘And this whole land shall
be a desolation and a horror,

and these nations shall
serve the kingdom

of Babylon seventy years.”‘

Now, watch
what happens here.

Here’s what God said.

He said, “Jeremiah, here’s
what I want you to tell ’em.

I want you to tell ’em
the Babylonians are coming.

And here’s what I’m gonna do.”

Verse twelve, “‘Then it
will be when seventy years are

completed, I will punish
the king of Babylon and that

nation,’ declares the
LORD, ‘for their iniquity,

and the land of the
Chaldeans; and I will

make it an everlasting
desolation.'”

Here’s what He said,
He said, “Jeremiah,

here’s what I’m
gonna do.

Because of their sin against Me
and refused to abide by My will

and my purpose, my plan, I’m
sending the evil Babylonians,

and they’re going to
desolate this land.

They’re gonna destroy this city,
burn its gates and its walls,

and then after seventy years
when they have been in–when

they’ve been in Babylonian
bondage for seventy years,

I’m gonna set ’em free, but
here’s what I’m gonna–I’m gonna

send the Persians down and
they’re gonna destroy the

Babylonians who were used by
me to accomplish My will by

destroying the
city of Jerusalem.”

How in the world
could God do that?

Because He’s God and
because He, listen,

He didn’t put evil in
the Babylonians minds.

They were an idolatrous people.

He used their evil thinking, He
used their disobedient heart,

He used their
hostility toward

Israel to accomplish
His purpose.

And after He did it, He
judged them for their

evil and their ways.

So, Jeremiah got a
big prophetic word.

So, here’s what happens.

If you’ll turn to this
twenty-sixth chapter now.

And if you will
notice that now Jeremiah,

he stands in the court
and he begins to tell the

people of Judah
what’s gonna happen.

Well, you can
imagine what they thought.

Look, if you will, in
the eleventh verse.

This is the kind
of response he got,

God’s prophet’s response as a
result of telling them what

God told him
to tell ’em,

“Then the priests and
the prophets spoke

to the officials and
to all the people,

saying, ‘A death
sentence for this man!

For he has prophesied
against this city as you

have heard in
your hearing.’

Then Jeremiah spoke to
all the officials and

to all the people,
saying, ‘The

LORD sent me to
prophesy against

this house and
against this city

all the words that
you have heard.

Now therefore amend
your ways and your deeds,

and obey the voice
of the LORD your God;

and the LORD
will change His

mind about the
misfortune which

He has pronounced
against you.'”

Now, what he’s
saying is this.

God, listen, God was not
going to change His mind.

God had already decreed what
He was gonna do and He had all,

listen, He had already said
the Babylonians are coming,

and here’s what I’m gonna do.

Now, the only way, of course,
He knows how to say this,

and this is a challenge
to them, for example,

to amend their ways.

But you think about this.

If God changes, if God will
change His mind about one thing,

how do I know He won’t
change about something else?

Instead of changing His
mind, what does He do?

He says oftentimes,
“Here’s what I’m gonna do.

If you do this,
here’s what I’m gonna do.

If you don’t do that,
here’s what I’m gonna do.”

So, it isn’t a matter of
changing His mind as it is that

God has decreed
what He would do,

sometimes upon
certain conditions.

He knew absolutely that the
nation of Israel was not

gonna change their
mind–listen, you know what?

The problem is the sin they
committed was so awful in God’s

eyes, He had
already said to Jeremiah,

“This is what’s gonna happen.”

Jeremiah in his
love for the nation,

Moses in his love for the
nation, what were they doing?

They were speaking in
those terms of what they felt.

There is no place in
the scripture where

God changed His mind.

Because knowing what
He was going to do,

determining what
He was going to do.

Listen, there may be a time when
situations and circumstances

change and God
decreed that if it changes,

here’s what I will do.

But if God says, “Here’s
what I’m going to do,” period,

there’s nothing
gonna change that.

And they had sinned
so long against God.

Refused to let the
land lay, as He said.

And He gave them, listen, He
gave them year after year after

year of tribulation
in proportion to the

years of their disobedience.

And you know, they
could have said,

“Well, we’re gonna
change our ways.”

Too late.

God says, “Here’s
what I’m gonna do.”

He says, “I’m gonna send a
desolation and a horror,

and these nations shall
serve the king of Babylon,

and here’s what’s gonna happen.

God doesn’t have
to change His mind.

He’s absolutely
Sovereign over everything.

So, the question comes, listen,

does it make any difference
whether I pray or not?

Yes, it does.

Because you see, it’s
gonna impact how involved

He gets us in His work.

It’s gonna impact our faith.

It’s gonna impact our
sense of dependence upon Him.

It’s gonna impact my
agreement with His will.

It’s gonna impact every
single facet of my life.

It’s gonna impact my love
and relationship to Him.

If I pray for anything,
will it change God’s mind?

No.

Can I impact my life and
other people’s lives by prayer?

Yes.

Will I get everything I ask for?
No.

Will I get God’s
best if I come to Him?

Yes.

Well, can God use me in
someone else’s life if I pray?

Yes.

Will my prayer change things?

No, but God will respond to
my prayer and God will change

things if I pray according
to His will and His purpose.

Do you understand what an
awesome thing it is to be a

child of God and
to be able, listen,

be able to kneel or stand before
the Holy Father who has all

power, who’s
ruling every single,

listen, every single solitary
thing on the face of this earth

and talk to Him and know that
He will respond to you with joy

that you’re coming to Him.

And He’s willing and ready to
answer our petitions and our

prayers no matter what.

That’s the kind of God we serve.

Now, I don’t know about you, but
if you’re not in the habit of

praying, you need to go home and
get on your knees and ask God to

forgive you for being prayerless
when this awesome God who is in

control is so willing, listen,
to move heaven and earth in

order to accomplish His purpose
and His plan in your life.

And I don’t have time to give
you one long illustration of

something that
happened in my life,

but I can tell you that God
arranged the affairs of heaven

and earth to show me
His will unmistakably,

and absolutely for my life
without any question whatsoever.

And He had me at the spot at
the time to see something that I

have never seen since, and
I never had seen before

to show me: This is My will.

Let you never doubt what
I’m doing in your life.

My friend, God loves you more
than you’ll ever be able to

conceive and, listen, He is so
willing to get on the inside of

you and work His works of
grace and fulfill His plan,

but you gotta let Him do it.

You gotta trust Him, believe
Him, and walk in His ways.

And my friend, He’ll absolutely,
totally amaze you and surprise

you with His goodness and
grace and love for you.

May God grant you the wisdom
if you’ve heard, to have heard

well, and to abide by it.

And Father, we love You and
praise You and thank You today.

You love us so much.

Open our eyes,
stir our emotions,

move our hearts, God,
draw us to Yourself,

sanctify us unto Yourself, show
us the truth, and enable us

to walk in it is my prayer
in Jesus’ name, amen.

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