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      2020 has been a year of hardship for many people. Covid, job losses, mandates, politics. People fighting and bickering on social media. Families falling apart instead of coming together. Churches closing doors and people afraid to hug or talk to each other. It has been CRAZY. But in all this I have trusted God and not believed much of the hype from news media. 

  Why?? Because my Faith is strong and although people lie, my God NEVER lies. I took the lies that Satan has been telling me for years and threw them back in his face. I am not a failure. I am a precious child of God. I am worthy because he who is in me is worthy.

  So that means I am  better off than I was years ago even in all this mess. I have been blessed. Yes, BLESSED. And you can be too! The heaviness that you feel can be lifted. Just trust in God and read his word. Cast your cares upon him. He loves you! When the Lord sets you free, you are FREE INDEED!

   If you need a prayer guide. Here is the best one ever. The Lord's Prayer.

               The Lord's Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer is actually quite short. This is how Jesus tells us to pray: with fewer words and more intimacy. We speak less so God can speak more. If we are the only ones talking when we pray, how then can we hear from God?

When Jesus said, ‘this then is how you should pray,’ he was telling his disciples to use it as a guide.

‘Our Father Who art in Heaven’  - Address God, Say his name, Call on him .

‘Hallowed be your name’  - Praise God, tell him what he means to you.

 ‘Thy Kingdom come’  - Surrender your hearts to the work of His Kingdom.

‘Thy Will be done On Earth as it is in Heaven’  - Pray for your hearts to seek his will, to accept it.

 ‘Give us this day our daily bread’  - Pray about your most practical needs, physical and spiritual.

‘Forgive us our sins’  - Name the ways in which you have sinned.

 ‘As we forgive others’  - Talk to God about the situation of your heart toward other people.

‘Lead us not into temptation’  - Ask God to lead you away from situations where you are tempted.

‘Deliver us from Evil’  - Pray for protection from all that is evil whether it be spirits or attitudes or political powers.

‘For Thine is the Kingdom’ acknowledge that everything is his, that he is in control

‘The power and the glory’ Pray that everything would be filled with this divine glory.

‘Forever’ Declare your Faith in His Eternal Power

‘Amen’ You are saying “So Be It” or “This is True”