A Prayer of God's Blessing over those you love by Debbie McDaniel,

Read by Kelly Givens.

The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious

to you.

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

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As believers, we can know in our hearts that God is sovereign and strong.

We can believe that His plan for us, for our loved ones, are for good and that He has

blessing and store as we follow after Him.

Yet, often, when life presses and things feel stressed, when problems overwhelm and hardships

come our way, our focus gets blurred.

We somehow start to believe that it all depends on us.

Like maybe we blew it, messed up, and got ourselves off the course from the road to success.

We spin our wheels trying to find a fast way out of difficulty.

We feel like it's up to us to make things happen, stirring up action, trying hard to get

one foot into an open door, or wondering why a closed one shut.

We start thinking that if we're not able enough, talented enough, brave enough, that maybe

God can't quite use us.

We forget that the very God who created this entire universe, who holds the stars in place,

and who knows the exact number of hairs on our head, also knows our way.

That His favor rests on us as we seek after Him first, and that He holds the power to

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