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Genesis chapter 41, verse 52,

For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Oh, this is one of my favorite verses in the book of Genesis,

as Joseph is naming his two sons and the second one he

names Ephraim and this is what his name means for God has made me fruitful in the land of my

affliction in that a great thing to pray as we're walking through affliction in our own lives,

as we're walking with others through affliction in their lives?

God, please make this affliction fruitful, which we know is God's desire in a Romans 828 way for God to work all things together,

including the hardest things for the good of those who love him and are called according to

his purpose, his promise to do do that to make the land of our

affliction fruitful. And think of all the different ways it can be fruitful in our own lives. As

James 1st Peter 1 talks about, 1st Peter 1 talks about all over scripture, we see how God uses

trials to conform us more into the image of Jesus,

to lead us to deeper trust in God, to deeper experience of the goodness of God.

Romans chapter 5, we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance,

character and character, hope, and hope does not disappoint us because God has poured out

his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who he's given us. Like all of those things

are fruitful things. Character, perseverance, hope, the love of God being poured out into our hearts.

And so we pray, God, we want all that fruit in the land of our affliction.

So we pray for this in our own lives, God, for any of us who are walking through affliction in any way right now.

Trials, suffering, challenges.

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