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•A Prayer to Seek God’s Presence on Difficult Days•By Anthony Valente👉 “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”(Psalm 105:4)I stood just outside the automatic doors of the hospital, breathing in the fresh air and staring at the fountain centered in the courtyard. Earbuds in place, I held my phone and tapped the preselected worship songs I’d chosen for this day. The music, the fountain, and the gentle breeze helped me sense God’s presence while I waited for my loved one to have surgery at that very moment.In the most difficult times of my life, seeking the Lord’s presence keeps me focused on Him instead of worrying about what’s to come. If I let my mind get carried away with worry, I struggle to feel God near me. But when I take the time to tune in to His goodness, I have an awareness that God is there. His presence calms my heart and reassures me that He is working on my behalf.Psalm 105 opens with a call to praise, encouraging God’s people to: give thanks, sing to the Lord, rejoice, and seek His presence. Verse 4 proclaims, “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!” And when we do that, something miraculous happens.Jeremiah 29:13 says, “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” God revealed this amazing promise through the prophet Jeremiah — when we seek the Lord, we will find Him. What a sweet promise that is!Staying aware of God’s presence continually as I waited at the hospital that day not only helped me through the waiting, it also filled me with comforting peace. I could rest knowing God was not just present with me, but with my loved one in the hospital, as well.Do you need to feel enveloped in God’s presence today? Let’s pray together and seek Him, even if we’re facing a difficult day ahead. We can tune into the wonders of His presence and see what a difference it makes. God is with us.✝️ Dear Lord Jesus,Thank You for being with me right now. I seek Your presence, Lord. You are welcome here with me. Help me to sense that You are near as I praise You for who You are.Your presence changes everything. It brings peace, strength, and comfort in my darkest times. Your Word also tells me that “in your presence there is fullness of joy.” (Psalm 16:11) I long for the kind of abundant life that I will only experience when I choose to seek You continually.Thank You for promising to be with me always as I focus on You. God, whatever You have planned for my day, I will face it knowing You are right beside me. Help me to feel Your gentle arms surrounding me. I know You are here, loving me, comforting me, and giving me strength. Thank You for the gift of Your presence. I trust and love You Lord.In Jesus’ Name,AMEN 🙏 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.(Hebrews 11:6)Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(James 4:8)But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(Matthew 6:33)I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.(Proverbs 18:17)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.(Deuteronomy 4:29)Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.(Psalm 9:10)One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.(Psalm 27:4)The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.(Psalm 34:10)You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.(Psalm 63:1)I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.(Psalm 119:10)Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(Isaiah 55:6-7)“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.(Matthew 13:44-46)So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.(Luke 11:9-10)And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”(Mark 8:22-26)An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.(Luke 22:43-44)Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.(1 Peter 5:7)(pic verse)That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(2 Corinthians 12:10)Artist 👨‍🎨 I Am With You Always - David Delfeld