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b'With our heads bowed and eyes closed, I sat in our weekly prayer circle at church. Every Wednesday before band practice, our ministry group would come together and pray. We took turns thanking God, praising Him, and laying our requests before Him. As I listened to my friend talk to the Lord beside me, I knew I was next to pray.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Lord,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I prayed, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153thank You for Your grace and love. Thank You for our many blessings.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I paused because I wasn\\u2019t sure how to put the thoughts in my heart into audible words: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153And\\u2026um\\u2026Lord, help me to trust You. Sometimes it\\u2019s just hard to trust You.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I closed my short prayer with an \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153amen\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d and then continued praying silently with the friends beside me.\\nAs I sat there listening to the other prayer requests, I realized what I had just said to the Lord: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Sometimes it\\u2019s hard to trust You.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Immediately, my heart flinched, and I felt convicted.\\nHad God given me a reason not to trust Him? Was His track record tainted in some way? Was He not faithful to me? Had He retracted His love for me? As I wrestled with these questions in my mind, the solitary answer was a resounding, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153No!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nHere\\u2019s what I do know. God is the One who tells me that He will never leave me (Hebrews 13:5). He is the One who loves me unconditionally (Romans 8:38-39). He is the One who loves me even in the midst of my sin (Romans 5:8). He is the One who sent His only Son to die in my place (John 3:16). He calls me His own\\u2026 His child (John 1:12). He can be trusted more than we can possibly imagine (Ephesians 3:14-21). \\n\\u2022 In our broken world, people can be untrustworthy. You may have been hurt by a person\\u2019s unfaithfulness. Read Numbers 23:19. Why God can be trusted, even when others are not trustworthy?\\n\\u2022 Read the Bible passages mentioned in the last paragraph of today\\u2019s devotion. For each passage, tell yourself (out loud) who God is. (For example, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153He loves me forever. He will never leave me.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d) Write down any of the truths that stick out to you. \\nThose who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, Lord. Psalm 9:10 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPsalm 36:5; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:3'