A prayer for God's help in your challenges, by Betsy de Cruz, read by Liam Arton.

For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but

your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

Psalm 44-3.

Do you feel pressured to work harder, faster, and smarter to achieve success?

Are challenges at home weighing you down?

We drive ourselves as if everything depended on us.

Yet the stress we carry on the inside can undermine our ability to meet our challenges.

We forget the Lord holds all things in His hands.

We can trust Him to line up the circumstances of our lives, to work out His perfect will

for our good.

What monumental task are you facing today, friend?

Are you carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders as though everything depended

on your efforts to make it happen?

Is that project at work, or your responsibility to raise children, making your shoulders sag?

Or maybe you're struggling with trying to make everything okay for a loved one who's

experiencing a challenge, yet praying for that person and surrendering him to God's

care is the best thing you can do.

The Israelites faced a monumental task after the Lord delivered them from Egypt.

To take possession of the land, the Lord had promised them.

They would have to conquer the peoples already living there.

Indeed, they had to fight battles to receive their inheritance from God.

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