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Prayer in the Midst of Uncertainty

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Short66 words

Sovereign God, when I cannot see Your purposes,

help me trust Your presence.

You who work all things together for good—

even this confusion, even this waiting—

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