GOD-TRACKING IS FLYING HIGH WITH GOD-CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF EVERY STORM OF LIFE

Author Dudley Anderson

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06 May 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS FLYING HIGH WITH GOD-CONFIDENCE IN THE FACE OF EVERY STORM OF LIFE

Psalm 31:14-15(a)
But I trust in you, O LORD; I say,
“You are my God.” My times are in your hand

There are storms out there like economic slowdown, job losses, political turbulence, radical terrorism, violent crime and severe natural disasters. And there are storms closer to home like illness, financial need, marital upheaval and bullying. Sometimes I become so disillusioned with the world and my own circumstances that I just want to pack-it-all-in and give up. But then the Lord reminds me to not give but look up. If I’m acknowledging him in all my ways and trusting him to guide my life track, then God will guide me through all the storms of life. And he’s good at it!

In his book, “Before Amen”, Max Lucado tells the story of how he climbed aboard a plane on a business trip. As he entered the craft, he heard his name being called. It was his good friend, Joe. Joe was the pilot. Max says of him, “He’s been flying forever. He’s faced every flight crisis from electric storms to empty fuel tanks. He’s a good pilot. He is good in skill and good in heart.” Lucado went on to say that Joe was experienced and proven. More than that, Joe was Max’s tried-and-true friend.

As it turned out that flight was destined to hit the mother of all storms. The plane was shaken by violent winds. It bounced up and down like a wild rollercoaster ride. As passengers gasped and shrieked, Max Lucado said, “I stayed calm. I knew the pilot. I knew his heart and I trusted his skill. The storm was bad but the pilot was good.”

Jesus is the pilot of your life, dear God-tracker. If you continue to acknowledge him in every aspect of your life – storms or not – then he will see you through. He has the skills and the heart to meet your every need. He has the wisdom and power to guide world affairs. And he has the love and grace to still your beating heart. The Lord your God is a good God, and he’s good at what he does. He is faithful and his love endures your every hardship. Put your faith in his omniscient, omnipotent wisdom and trust that he will land you safe and sound on the other side of your calamity. The storm may be bad but the pilot is good.

God-tracking is flying high with God-confidence in the face of every storm of life.

Every blessing

Dudley


READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Proverbs 3:5-8
Hebrews 12:2-3
Isaiah 43:1-2
Philippians 4:11-13
Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I place my confidence squarely in you, Lord my God

Pray
“O Father God, thank you so much that you are in control of my life. Thank you that control world affairs and guide the paths of man. Thank you that you pilot my life with skill and a true heart. I surrender my life to you. I commit my every need to you. You are my source and my resource. You are my healer and my comforter. You are the provider of my every need. I will not give up on life but choose to look up, instead. I look up into the eyes of Jesus, author and pilot of my faith. I place my confidence squarely in you, Lord my God. Amen.

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GOD-TRACKING IS FULFILLING YOUR KINGDOM PURPOSES BY GOD’S EMPOWERING GRACE

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29 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS FULFILLING YOUR KINGDOM PURPOSES BY GOD’S EMPOWERING GRACE

Psalm 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

Mike felt so inadequate as he stood before the congregation with his guitar in hand. He’d been the church worship leader for several years but had recently suffered a breakdown. Workload and emotional upheaval had left him feeling totally unqualified to lead God’s people in worship. “I feel so unworthy, Lord,” he said in his mind as he strummed his guitar. The church folk were in deep worship. He couldn’t understand how his leading could be so blessed when he felt so distant from God. “Yes, you are unworthy,” the Holy Spirit whispered back into his mind, “but I’m not!”

That day Mike learned a valuable lesson. He discovered that, no matter how he felt when he ministered, it was not him leading those people, it was the Holy Spirit within him. Mike was only God’s tool used in drawing his people into a place of worship. He realised that it was only by God’s grace that the people were engrossed in worship. God’s grace is God’s doing; and God was doing it through Mike. If Mike had stopped ministering because he felt inadequate, he would have insulted God’s grace.

I think Paul was feeling a little like this when he spoke about his thorn in the flesh. Paul was a great man of God and had received unparalleled revelations from the Lord. He was once caught up into heaven and saw things that he could never describe. Yet, here on earth, he was continually confronted by weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. He pleaded with God to take these away but the Lord simply replied, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

God has a plan and a purpose for your life. If you’ve acknowledged Christ as Lord, then you are part of his Kingdom – God has Kingdom purposes for you! His plan is to bless you and give you a future filled with hope. God’s grace has saved you and God’s grace will empower you to serve him. The devil, on the other hand, is intent on dragging you down in order to prevent you from fulfilling your Kingdom purposes. Do not allow him to do this! Remind him that he was conquered at Calvary and, in Christ, you are more than a conqueror. And when you feel inadequate or unworthy, remember you are not functioning in your own power; you only function by God’s grace. And God’s grace is God’s doing!

So if you feel low today and lack the wherewithal to get up and go, stand strong, stand tall and declare along with the apostle and with Mike, “For when I am weak, then I am strong!”

God-tracking is fulfilling your Kingdom purposes by God’s empowering grace.

Every blessing

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Jeremiah 29:11
Romans 8:31-39

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

I acknowledge you in ALL my ways and trust that you will empower me to do it all, by your grace

Pray
“Dear God, I praise you for your grace. Thank you that you have saved me, not by my good works, but by your grace. And thank you that your grace is daily at work in me enabling me to be a good parent, spouse, worker and servant of the gospel. Forgive me for attempting to do things in my own strength. My strength is just not strong enough. But when I am weak then I need to depend on your strength to function in life. Only in Christ can I do all things! I commit my relationships and my work to you, O Lord. I acknowledge you in ALL my ways and trust that you will empower me to do it all, by your grace. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS DISCOVERING GOD’S PURPOSES TO MAKE YOU AN AMBASSADOR OF RECONCILIATION

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22 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS DISCOVERING GOD’S PURPOSES TO MAKE YOU AN AMBASSADOR OF RECONCILIATION

2 Corinthians 5:18
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Author and Bible teacher, Rick Warren said, “The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfilment, your peace of mind or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.” God’s Word says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” It also says, “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” And this is exactly what God-tracking is all about.

I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour at the age of 9. My brother, who is 6 years older than me, took me to a church that was aptly named, The Miracle Centre. Here I witnessed many miracles of God from legs growing to testimonies of the healing of cancer. The best miracles of all, however, were the many people who discovered the grace of God through the work of Jesus. It was here that I heard that the story of Jesus dying on the cross for the sins of the world was more than a Children’s Bible story – it was true fact! There is a real man called, Jesus who is sinless in every way, and he yet took the consequences of my sin upon himself when he died; for the wages of sin is death. But this Jesus (who is the Son of God) did not stay dead, he rose again. Because Jesus isn’t guilty of sin meant, death could not keep him down! It was at The Miracle Centre that I learned how God reconciled me to himself through the greatest miracle of all – the resurrection of Jesus! And he did it for me.

From that age till now I have been discovering that Jesus did indeed die and rise again to set me free from sin, but this fact has a purpose for me on earth. I’ve discovered the reason God has reconciled me to himself through Christ is for me to walk with him by faith, discovering his plans and purposes for my life. As the Scripture says, “He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who, for their sake, died and was raised.” You see, God reconciled us to himself through Christ so that we might all have the ministry of reconciliation. What purpose!

This ministry can take on many shapes from preaching the gospel to thousands, to sharing the love of Jesus with one close friend. It is God’s will for us to discover his plans for us so that we may fit that purpose. To discover God’s plans and purposes I encourage you to seek first his Kingdom and goodness. Tracking God’s will for you involves acknowledge him in all your ways: your relationships, your family, your career and your wildest dreams and ambitions. Then walk in God’s will by faith, trusting him with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding. Indeed, discovering your real purpose in life begins with God.

God-tracking is discovering God’s purposes to make you an ambassador of reconciliation

Every blessing

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Jeremiah 29:10-14
Proverbs 3:5-6
2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Matthew 6:33

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Today, O Lord, I confess that my purpose in life begins with God

Pray
“O Lord Jesus, thank you for dying for my sins to reconcile me to God. Thank you that you did not stay dead but rose again to make a way for me to enter new life in God. Today I commit my life to you; I acknowledge you in each and every part of my life and seek first your Kingdom purposes for my future. I receive the ministry you have given me (as you have every believer) to be a reconciler – sharing the Good News of Jesus with those around me. Help me to make the most of every opportunity and to walk exclusively according to you plans for my life. Today, O Lord, I confess that my purpose in life begins with God. Amen."

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GOD-TRACKING RESULTS IN GOOD PRODUCE FROM PRUNED BRANCHES

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15 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING RESULTS IN GOOD PRODUCE FROM PRUNED BRANCHES

John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name

On more than one occasion Jesus used a vineyard or workers of a vineyard as the subjects of his parables. Growing up in Israel, he would have understood well the finer principles associated with nurturing the vine to produce the best and most succulent grapes. Jesus knew how important it was to annually cut back a vine so that it will both grow well and produce better fruit.

Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” Then later he said, “I am the vine; you are the branches.” By this analogy Jesus is referring to vineyard husbandry, which includes pruning back the plants each year so that their growing energies will go into producing better fruit. Just as a vineyard keeper would prune the vines in this way, so the Father cuts away the dead wood or malformed branches from the true Vine so it will produce a better crop.

You may feel as though you’re being pruned right now. There may be circumstances or situations in your life that have died off or become malformed through the course of time. These could include a bad habit, a wrong relationship or a wrong involvement. God could be pruning your vine today, removing apathy, indifference or pessimism. Whatever it is that you feel is being cut off, you can be sure that you will not be left naked or abandoned in any way. Jesus said that God cuts off the branches that bear no fruit so those that do, will produce even more fruit. Be encouraged, dear God-tracker, God is removing from you those things that are time-wasters or soul-destroyers. The Lord will never cut back anything that is to your benefit. And believe me when I tell you, unless God cuts out the dead wood from your life, you will never be fully productive. God desires for you to produce good results in your studies, your career, your home life and your church life. Your Father is pruning you so that you will produce good fruit in your relationships, your work and your commitments. So, embrace the pruning of the vineyard Keeper so that your harvest may be plentiful!

God-tracking results in good produce from pruned branches

Every blessing

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
John 15
Galatians 5:16-25

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Bless all my efforts to serve you and cause me to produce good fruit for your kingdom

Pray
“Dear Father I know there are many areas of my life that need to be pruned back. I submit them to you today. I repent of those things that are grievous to your Spirit and seek to live a productive life according to your purposes for me. Lord, I open myself to your pruning. I ask that as you cut away the dead and malformed branches so that I will produce better product in my life. Bless my output. Bless all my efforts to serve you and cause me to produce good fruit for your kingdom; fruit that will be a blessing to those around me and, ultimately, a blessing to me, too. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS HONOURING THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES – JESUS CHRIST!

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08 April 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS HONOURING THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES – JESUS CHRIST!  

Philippians 2:9
Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him
the name that is above every name.

Funny how we read the words, “Frequent use of mild bad language”, in the viewing guidance controls on the reverse of many DVD boxes, but when we watch the film it turns out the “mild bad language” is actually the use of the words, “Jesus” or “Christ”. In fact, the use of the Lord’s name as an expletive is so common these days that the average millennial has no idea that Jesus Christ is the name of a real person. There is power in the name of Jesus; there is salvation in the name of Jesus and there is answer to prayer in the name of Jesus.

In his epistle to Philippi Paul writes about the name of Jesus. He tells us that Jesus is the incarnation of the Almighty God and yet, he did not consider equality with God something to brag about. In fact, he says the Son of God humbled himself to the lowest form of ridicule and death, that of crucifixion. The righteous One became our sin on the cross so that we could become God’s righteousness in him. But then, because of his humble obedience, God exalted Jesus above every man, spirit and force. Listen: “God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” The name of Jesus is powerful – supremely powerful! At that name your knee and my knee as well as the knee of every human, angel and demon will prostrate. It was through Christ that God Created the universe. There is power in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that name?

After healing the lame man at the temple gate, Peter and John were dragged before the Sanhedrin. The authorities challenged them on the use of the name of Jesus to perform a healing. In response, Peter said, “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Jesus Christ was sinless, yet God placed on him the sin of the world, because all the world has sinned and come short of God’s righteousness. He died to take the results of that sin, but, because Jesus was sinless, he rose victoriously from the dead. In this act, Jesus Christ opened the way for all who would call on his name to be saved. There is power and salvation in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that name?

Jesus once used the analogy of a grapevine to describe his relationship with his followers. He said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” By this he was saying that we need to remain connected to him. We connect to Christ in faith when we accept him as Lord and Saviour. But Jesus said we need to abide in him. In other words, we enter into covenant with him, like a wife enters into covenant with her husband. When a woman marries a man she takes on his name. My wife is called, Karen Anderson. When you entered covenant with Jesus Christ you took on his name, Christian. Therefore, just as my wife bares my name in business and daily dealings so too do you bare the name of Jesus in your daily life. And it is in that name that you pray! By the authority of the name of Jesus you approach the throne of God with confidence. Therefore, Jesus confidently said, “I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” There is power, there is salvation and there is answered prayer in the name of Jesus; any wonder why the devil attempts to belittle that Name?

God-tracking is honouring the name above all names – Jesus Christ!  

God bless you

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Philippians 2:5-11
2 Corinthians 5:21
Colossians 1:15-20
Acts 4:8-12
Romans 10:8-13
John 15:1-17

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to never again become so casually familiar with that name that I become guilty of blasphemy

Pray
 “Dear God, forgive me if I have ever taken your name for granted, or disrespectfully used the name of Jesus Christ. Today I affirm that I come to you, Almighty God, in the name of Jesus and seek your hand on my life, in that name. I declare that the name of Jesus Christ is the name above all names and I humbly bow my knee to that name. Thank you for giving me salvation, in that name. Thank you that I experience answered prayers, in that name. Help me to never again become so casually familiar with that name that I become guilty of blasphemy. Your name is great! You are high and exalted! Glory to God, in the name of Jesus! Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS STANDING SURE IN THE WISDOM, POWER AND LOVE OF OUR AWESOME GOD

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01 April 2016

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GOD-TRACKING IS STANDING SURE IN THE WISDOM, POWER AND LOVE OF OUR AWESOME GOD

Jeremiah 32:17
Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom, power and love,
Our God is an awesome God!

How many times I’ve sung these amazing words written by the late Rich Mullins, with gusto but not really grasped what I was singing. Listen again: Our God is an awesome God who reigns from heaven above with wisdom, power and love. Our God is sovereign and omnipotent. Our God made the heavens and the earth by his outstretched arm (and the estimated size of the known universe is 8,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 metres in diameter), nothing is too difficult for him. Our God is full of wisdom, power and love, showing his love to generation upon generation of mankind while loving each one of us as though we were the only human alive. By the intimacy of personal fellowship through the Holy Spirit our God knows our needs, our dreams and our fears. Our God owns the cattle on a thousand hills; the world and its fullness is his. Our God is able to meet all our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ.

Whatever difficulty you’re facing today, don’t give up; look up!  Gaze at your difficulties through the spectacles of God’s awesome wisdom, power and love. His arm is not too short and his compassions are not too small to reveal his love, grace and power new every morning. If you turn to him today in repentance and submission, putting your trust in his love for you, then I know he will lift you out of that pit you find yourself in. He will be your hope for tomorrow and your strength for today. Our God cares for you, so go ahead – cast all your cares on him. Humble yourself before our God’s awesome hand and stand your ground against the devil’s schemes. God will exalt you above your foes. Never loose heart; always be encouraged. He will never leave nor forsake you.

God’s Word is the only resource you’ll ever need to face the trials of life. God’s Word is your daily food and it will nourish your soul. The living Holy Spirit watches over God’s Word and activates it in your life. So fill your heart and your mind – your very life – with the Word of God and the fellowship the Holy Spirit. Do this and you will have all you’ll ever need to face any attack of Satan. And the next time you sing that lovely simple worship song by Rich Mullins, sing with understanding and listening to its words. Boldly declare, our God is an awesome God!

God-tracking is standing sure in the wisdom, power and love of our awesome God

God bless you

Dudley

READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Jeremiah 32:17-20
Psalm 50:7-15
Philippians 4:19-20
1 Peter 5:6-11
Joshua 1:9
Jeremiah 1:11-12

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I believe that you possess the wisdom, power and love to help me face this difficult circumstance in my life

Pray
 “Oh awesome God, I believe that you made the heavens and the earth by your outreached arm; nothing is too difficult for you. So I believe that you possess the wisdom, power and love to help me face this difficult circumstance in my life. I put my hope in you and, in faith, believe that you will rescue me from this attack of the devil. You are the source and resource for all I will ever need in life. I cast all my cares on you, because I know you care for me. I don’t need money, I don’t need people, I don’t need possessions to make me happy; Lord all I need is you! So, I choose to acknowledge you in all my ways and trust that you will meet all my needs according to your awesome riches in Christ my Lord. Thank you for the peace, joy and hope I feel at this moment. My God is an awesome God! Amen.”

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GOD-TRACKING IS DEALING WITH REBELLION BEFORE EXPECTING A BLESSING

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18 March 2016

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS DEALING WITH REBELLION BEFORE EXPECTING A BLESSING

Psalm 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favour is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Maggie drew me aside after church one morning. “You said today that the Bible says God’s compassion is new every morning and that God desires to bless us every day,” she said. “Well, I don’t feel blessed when I wake up in the mornings. Every day I get up it feels like the world is on my shoulders. There is so much turmoil in my life, I feel like God has abandoned me.”

Indeed, I had brought a word about God’s compassion during worship that morning, quoting from the book of Lamentations that tells us God’s love never ceases and his compassion is new to us each morning we wake up. Yet, what Maggie had failed to realise was the fact that the prophetic book of Lamentations was written as a lament by a Godly man, while his people were in exile to Babylon. Around AD 605 God executed judgement on Judah because of their idolatrous rebellion. Judah had rejected God’s call to seek him and his warnings of pending judgement, brought through prophets like Jeremiah. Jeremiah warned his people that if they did not return to God with a pure heart, God would raise up their enemy against them. Sadly, the people ignored the warnings and, persecuting Jeremiah, continued in their rebellion. So God raised up the Babylonians to come against Judah.

Lamentations was probably also written by Jeremiah, but during the exile to Babylon. These words were most likely written while God’s people were under God’s discipline for their rebellion. Lamentations is a woeful cry about the agony they faced after losing their homes and liberty. Nebuchadnezzar was a ruthless and violent ruler. The Jews were abused and forced into labour under his rule. However, it was under this discipline of Father God that they were drawn back to God in repentance. After 70 years God raised up the likes of Ezra and Nehemiah to bring them back home to Jerusalem. It was during the height of this suffering that the prophet writes, “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning,” and, “The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”

I tried to gently explain to Maggie that God’s love is indeed, enduring and his compassion is revealed to us new every morning. However, sometimes, because of our rebellious ways or disobedience to his instructions, we open ourselves to the enemy’s attacks, just as Judah was attacked by their enemy because of their disobedience. Sometimes, it is not God who is to blame for not blessing us it is we who have stepped out from under his blessings, because of our apathy and indifference to his commands. I tried to clarify to Maggie that, instead of blindly claiming God’s blessings, she should ask him why she felt abandoned by him. Perhaps she was enduring her own little exile, because she had ignored his word to her.

Just as ancient Judah needed to repent of her rebellion and turn back to seeking God with a pure heart (as seen through the writings of Lamentations), so too we all need to repent of our rebellion and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. And he will bless those who seek him with clean hands and a pure heart.

God-tracking is dealing with rebellion before expecting a blessing

God bless you

Dudley

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Jeremiah 34:1-5

Lamentations 3

Psalm 24

Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to step out in faith to receive your blessing as I now seek you with all my heart

Pray
“Father God, I know that you love me. I know that it is your desire to bless me and I know that all things work out for my good, in Christ. But I still feel as though you have abandoned me. It seems that every morning I don’t have joy. However, I realise now that one thing that inhibits your blessing in my life in my rebellion. Dear God, I am sorry. I repent of all the things I have said, done or even though in my mind that has grieved your Spirit. I’m sorry for not obeying your instructions. Please forgive me for my indifference and my apathy toward your calling. Help me to step out in faith to receive your blessing as I now seek you with all my heart. Amen."

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