A prayer to remember you matter to God, by Alicia Headley, read by Liam Martin.

By this my father is glorified that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit.

John 158 and 16.

We all want to matter in this world.

The truth is we do matter already exactly as we are wherever we are and no matter what

we've done up to this point.

Everything changes when you let your maker show you why you matter.

The one who fashionably knit you together one thread at a time in your mother's womb

who created you and the world we live in says that you matter immensely to him.

It's God that we must look to to truly recognize our worth in this world.

God uses everything in your life for his purpose, everything.

It all matters, every ounce of it, nothing is dropped, nothing is discredited.

God wants you to flourish and grow in him and bear fruit for him.

We do this by giving ourselves fully to his faithful ways, trusting our lives in the hands

of the Master Gardener.

It's then that we can grow in bear fruit and come to realize it all matters.

Every small or large seed he plants in your life is intended to grow into fruit.

Yes, even the painful, hurtful things planted in your life can become fruit for his greater purpose.

He'll use it all for his glory just as he promises us in Romans 8.28 saying,

he works all things for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose.

Your failures matter, your relationships matter, your childhood matters, your past matters,

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