God's character traits never change. Yes, you can trust Him! He does love you.

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worldwide to gather online and pray for prayer requests.In addition to church, it's a great way to get extra prayer. Please share about it with your friends. Take part in our weekly prayer time in three easy-to-apply steps:

1) Focus on God's Word.

2) Pray for all prayer requests.

3) Send in your prayer request or praise report.

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Devotional

"Take God's Word For It" is a weekly devotional by Stacie Ruth Stoelting Hudzinski.

God's character traits never change.

You can trust Him.

Heads up: No matter what trial you face, the enemy will try to tempt you to doubt God's character traits. The enemy of our souls wants to add pain and problems to your trial through the temptation to distrust our Heavenly Father. Don't fall for it. The Lord still loves you. Our Lord Jesus never forsakes His own. When we repent and believe on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, we are forever adopted by our Heavenly Father who makes us co-heirs with Christ. Take His Word to heart: "The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him" (Romans 8:16-17).

With His promises and purposes on our minds and hearts, we must continue to trust Him with our pain: We must remember His incalculable suffering on the cross for you and me. We must repent from letting our lives get cluttered and blurred by the sin and distractions of this world. It is time to remember His victory! He remains good, SO merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and eternally trustworthy.

Yes, things hurt here on earth. There's no denying that. But the most elderly person will attest to how short is this life. In the eternal scheme of things, there remains only the best to come for believers because Christ is coming again!

You can trust your Heavenly Father more than even the finest human parent. Let down your guard fully with God. Pour out your heart to Him. He loves you. Yes, He loves you! With that confidence in Christ, draw near to Him. He will draw near to you. Yes, since we know who He is in His Word, we can get the deepest security knowing we are His dearly beloved children and imitate Him accordingly. So let's look up to Jesus together today and praise our Heavenly Father!

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children" (Ephesians 5:1).

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

-Stacie Ruth for Praying Pals (www.PrayingPals.org)

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Prayer Tip of the Week

Memorize Scripture about a character trait of God that is an

answer to your current trial and problems. For example, if you're in grief,

memorize Scripture about God's faithfulness and comfort.

Weekly Prayer

"Lord, we praise You still even as we face everyday pressures. We thank You for the gifts we received, but, Lord, we want You most! We repent of our sins such as excluding You from our daily lives. Please open our eyes and our hearts whenever we open Your Word. Grant us grace to give grace, please. Heal us so that we enjoy You most and bring glory to You. We pray for all members of Praying Pals, too, and ask for Your best for each prayer request sent. We hand over everything to You. Thank You, Jesus, for coming so that we can come close to You for eternity. We love You. In Jesus' Name, Amen."

Prayer Requests

Share your prayer request at www.PrayingPals.org.

If you have a praise report, please send it by e-mail

instead at info@prayingpals.org.