Prayer: It’s So HardFoundational Scripture: Hebrews 10:35–36 (NLT)Sometimes the hardest part of faith is not enduring what people do to us—it is choosing to respond the way God calls us to respond. We will encounter people whose motives are selfish, people who discourage us, drain us, hurt us, or even try to interfere with the dreams and purpose God has placed within us. Genuine encouragers can feel rare and precious, which makes the journey of faith even more challenging.Hebrews 10:35–36 reminds us not to throw away our confident trust in God, but to patiently endure so that we can continue doing His will and receive what He has promised. Prayer: It’s So Hard is about the difficult discipline of responding with grace when anger would be easier, forgiving when retaliation would feel better, and continuing to love when someone has given us every reason not to.Christ showed extraordinary patience toward us even when we resisted Him, ran from Him, and failed Him. Now, as believers, we are called to reflect that same love, patience, grace, and forgiveness to others. That is what makes it so hard: we cannot allow someone else’s behavior to determine our character. We must continue becoming the image of the God we serve, trusting that if we patiently endure and remain faithful, God will take care of everything else.

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