A prayer to surrender our desires to Christ by Emily Rose Massey, read by Liam Arden.

When Jesus told his disciples if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take

up his cross and follow me.

For whoever would save his life will lose it.

But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16, 24-25.

Before I became a stay-at-home mom, I worked in a small medical office for four-and-a-half years.

That job was difficult for me because I encountered a lot of hurting people, and as we all know,

hurting people hurt people.

There were many days I'd drive home crying and collapse on my bed because of the exhausting

day of what felt like being a human punching bag.

I constantly asked the Lord to get me out of there, but He had other plans for me.

I longed for the day when I would be used in ministry, but what God was trying to get

me to understand was, my ministry was right in front of me.

Every single patient who walked into our office was an opportunity to share the love of Jesus.

Once my eyes were open to that truth, my experience in that office changed, and the Lord in turn

changed me.

I would pray every single morning that God would bring someone across my path who I could

pray for and share truth with.

And guess what?

God always provided.

I was given countless opportunities to pray for people and to share truth with them.

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