God is using this message and prayer to confirm His best for me in 2026. His desire is for me to embrace the newness of life and forget the past. Thank you Lord for creating a newness in my 
for You. A heart that will love and obey You. A that will set its affections upon You. A heart that will love You and receive Your unfailing love towards me:folded_hands:t5:
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This mornings devotion, “A Prayer for When the Truth Hurts”, reminded me of a couple of things! First, it reminded me, of the, more than one occasion when I have been ‘hurt by the church!” And of how it almost made me want to no longer go to church! I am so thankful that I didn’t go that route! We are all imperfect human beings and in this imperfect world we are bound to get hurt by someone. The second thing this makes me think of is someone, who is related to me, did just that; got hurt by the church and no longer attends any church! They have been talking about going to church again as one of their children or grandchildren have been expressing an interest. This encourages me to touch base with her and see how things are going! Would appreciate some prayers for this situation!
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Thank you for the reminder that our identity is not based upon what I do, but who I am in Christ. I always miss the mark, but God’s grace and unfailing love reminds me that nothing can separate me from the love of God❤️. Therefore, no weapons formed against me can prosper. Peace & Blessings to all my brothers & sisters in Christ🙏🏾
There is so much beauty in God’s creation. Part of my devotional time includes looking at nature and trees. It brings on a heavenly presence that comforts me. I am awed when I behold the beauty and presence of God through His creation. There is a sense of renewal, healing, comfort, & hope when I reflect on God through His creation. As the Author reflect on today’s Psalm, reading Psalms are a wonderful way to inhale and exhale the beauty of God’s love & goodness:heart:
I am doing somewhat better now that I adjusted my psych meds upward and started some new ones.
Amen, Amen. & Amen. The entire devotion & prayer ministered to my struggles & heart desire for living a life that is pleasing to God. After decades of chasing other things to fill my voids, I am learning to be satisfied and content in Christ. I have been in the season of care giving and grief where loneliness and emptiness were my companions until Jesus told me He was enough for me. At first, I felt it was unfair because of all the responsibility, until the Lord posed the question, “am I enough?” My answer was and still is, Yes Lord you are enough:heart:. Today’s devotion reminds me to continue to find satisfaction and contentment in Jesus as I live one day at a time with peace, hope, & joy:raising_hands:t5:
Once again this morning, today’s devotion and prayer was ‘perfect timing!’ I started “The Good and Beautiful Bible Study” this morning and this was the perfect devotion and prayer to go along with it. My prayer is to draw closer to God and strengthen my walk with Him!
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That was the verse He sent me, when I held my bestest, goodest girl, after she died so suddenly, and I asked him why, He answered, and sent me that verse. He is SO near to the broken hearted! He’s always so near. Thank you for reminding me of His promise.
I have been in the role of caregiving since 2021. God is using caregiving as an opportunity to teach and transform my heart. Is it easy? No! As the author said, it’s imperative to breathe, pause, and ask Jesus for help, take time to understand what the person is experiencing, and try not to take it personal with God’s help. When I do that God graces me with His perspective and gives me strength. When I serve by God’s grace, I experience a wholeness that is liberating and I hope the person I am caring for feels God’s love❤️
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The part of today’s prayer that stood out the most is, “Open my eyes to see where You’re at work. When thanksgiving feels impossible, help me to rest in who You are rather than straining for feelings I cannot produce.” When I am overwhelmed and my feelings do not match my faith and love for God, I am learning to not rely on my feelings to embrace God’s faithfulness and rest in His goodness and love. When I embrace God’s love & comfort my soul worships God with gratitude & Thanksgiving that words cannot express. This prayers expresses the true authenticity of being human during hard times and loving God inspite of:folded_hands:t5:
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It’s ok to not be ok. That’s what I’m learning. I have praised him through sobs, when I’m so scared I can hardly breath, when I’m really angry with someone, or when I’ve felt so alone, which has been most of my life. I’ve never really fit in. I’ve always felt like I’m on the outside of everything..until Jesus. So, when life is hard, and it is right now, I still wake up each morning with the words “thank you” and end most days with the same words, especially when I just don’t know what to pray for because it seems like there is just so much to pray for. It’s hard to say all is well with my soul..but I say it anyway. I trust Him and whatever He is doing in my life and that brings me peace and the ability to say “all is well with my soul Lord”
I really like this topic. Thank you for creating it.
The daily prayer on broken families really stood out to me today. I have a son that I haven’t seen in years. I’m so worried I might not live long enough or that my health might fail or something to keep me from seeing him if I do hear from him. That is the absolute puzzle piece of my life that is missing. It pulls at your heart strings. My siblings and I have drawn apart as well, which makes me sad because we’re from a family of 14 and there are 10 of us still living by the Grace of God. He has truly loved and poured his blessings on our family. Me being the baby of the family and my age being 66 is such a blessing.
Thank you so very much for the daily prayer, A prayer for God’s Comfort When Your Family is Broken”. I listened to the recording because tears had filled my eyes making focused reading difficult. It was as though sunlight burst through my windows encircling me into the light. What seemed insurmountable is now surmountable and certain with God’s love, grace and power. God bless you.
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This one really hit home. All my life my mom would say you’re attractive but you’ll never be as pretty as your sister or you’re smart but you’ll never be a smart as your sister. Then my dad left us when I was 12, and he never came to visit us but maybe once a year so I felt I wasn’t lovable and I wasn’t smart and I wasn’t pretty. I love to sing and I wanted to major in music but we didn’t have the money to send me to college and my mom never encouraged artistic creativity, she said I needed to get a “real” job and learn to type and be a secretary. She wasn’t a lovey dovey touchy feely type of mom ever and she was very controlling, so when I was 18 she packed my bag and I left home and she told me never to come back once I was gone I was gone. Later on in life she did ask me to come back and she was sorry for all the hateful things she said but the damage was done once again. So I never felt I was good enough with my music. It was really hard for me in later life to feel I was lovable and anytime my husband would lose his temper and yell and tell mr to “get out”, it just took me right back to my childhood when my dad left and my mom told me to leave. I felt that he didn’t love me and I went running to find love anywhere from anyone that would at least make me feel wanted or attractive. I realized way too late that my husband’s yelling didn’t mean he didn’t love me he never physically hurt me but the mental anguish in those moments of anger was so hurtfuland damaging, that I really had a hard time trusting him 100%. And yet he was the only one that ever wanted me and he did love me and he would always wonder what was wrong that made him lose his temper and take it out on me verbally. The minute the words would come out of his mouth he would be sorry for it. We were married for 45 years and though this sounds like he was always angry he wasn’t. It was later on in his life where he started being depressed. And I think his health not being good did not help him feel good about anything. And that’s the way it always was with him, if he was upset about anything he said he didn’t want to worry me so he would just fly off the handle at something little I would do. I came to realize later on that it was just not me he was angry with. But it didn’t make it any easier to not be hurt by the hateful things he would say to me at times. Now that he’s dead I’ve had a lot of time to reflect and realize that we should have stopped and prayed when he would get mad. I should have prayed instead of reacting and running away. We believed, we attended church regularly, we volunteered in different ministries, but In the heat of the moment, we just lost sight of God. But hindsight is always 20/20. But the bottom line is, since he’s been gone I don’t feel God’s presence and so I’m right back to the beginning where I feel abandoned by God and unloved by God because I’m not feeling any kind of relief or peace from this constant grief and constant berating of myself for my past mistakes. So between the grief and the anxiety and the regrets and the self-hatred, I don’t feel I’ve been forgiven in any way shape or form for anything that ever happened to me in my life. And that pain of not feeling loved by the one and only being that is supposed to love you no matter, what is too much for me to bear. It’s like the straw and I am broken and I don’t think I’m ever going to be “fixed”. I just want to be able to feel that God loves me and will help me get better and help me get through the pain and help me feel loved again. I feel like I really had God’s love when I had my husband. We didn’t have children so I only had him. And I don’t want this new life without him.
It’s always a great reminder to know for followers of Christ there is no condemnation. I too think about how I could have done some things differently, and if I’m not careful I end up being too hard on myself. I’m so grateful for God’s loving care for me. He reminds me that He looks beyond my faults and meet all my needs. Yah knows my needs better than I do. Therefore, I embrace His unfailing love, and trust that all things will work out together for good
Have you guys listened to the podcast yet? 
I lost my wife two an a half years ago It has been a vary difficult journey though hell it seems. We were married 54 years. She became ill after picking up an infection at a care center after an operation for a broken pelvis. there was a year of operations trying to relieve her of this terrible accident. She was faith filled believed in her God and loved Jesus vary much. I took care of her the last eight months of her life. She passed away at our home Oct 1 2024. i will see her again when the Lord calls me home.
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God bless you. I’m only twenty-one years in, but it seems like nothing. Sadly, most people do not get to say things like 54 years. More like, if I don’t get my way, we divorce and move on.
I’m sorry to hear this. However, may I remind you of this simple truth as a child of God?
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” Romans 8:18
Amen. You will. Welcome again. We are here for you.
May God be with you.
Peter
Thank you for your prayers.
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