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A Prayer To Become A Blessing

Loving God,

You see us.

You see when we feel less than.

You see the hurts we carry.

You see how quickly we rise to defend ourselves.

Redirect us.

When someone insults us, let their words fall away.

Remove our need to repay them.

Keep us from exhausting ourselves trying to prove ourselves.

Remind us that our worth is not on trial.

You have called us.

You guide us.

You protect the promise.

Free us from arguing with every critic

or answering every accusation.

Form in us a different reflex.

When we are tempted to diminish,

teach us to build up.

When we are tempted to retaliate,

teach us to bless.

Widen our hearts.

Make us a blessing —

to all families of the earth.

Amen.

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Called To Bless

“I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever tries to make you small —

that I will take seriously…

and all families of the earth will be blessed through you.” — Genesis 12:3

When God calls Abram and Sarai,

there is no command to defend themselves.

No calling to argue with their critics.

No instruction to prove their worth.

There is simply a promise.

If someone tries to make you small —

to belittle you,

to treat you as insignificant —

that matters to the One who called you.

We do not have to exhaust ourselves fighting for our value.

We do not have to reflexively respond

to someone else’s attempt to belittle us.

God sees us.

God guides us.

God protects the promise.

Our calling is not about fighting our opponents.

Our calling is about becoming a blessing.

Not just to those we like.

Not just to those we agree with.

Not just to those who treat us kindly.

But to all families of the earth.

When we build others up,

we step into the wideness of that promise.

We are not called to retaliation.

We are called to become a blessing.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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A Prayer for the Courage to Begin

Faithful God,

You call us forward

even when we cannot see the whole path.

You invite us to move

before we have all the answers.

And if we are honest,

we prefer clarity.

We prefer guarantees.

We prefer comfort.

Give us the courage to trust You

when the future is not fully visible.

Help us release what has always felt comfortable

when it is no longer where we are meant to remain.

Guard our hearts from pride —

as if leaving makes us better than those who stay.

Guard us from fear —

as if staying is always safer than going.

Teach us to recognize Your voice.

Teach us to discern Your call.

Teach us to begin.

Like Abram and Sarai,

help us trust enough

to take the first step.

And when the road feels uncertain,

remind us that Your promise

is greater than our understanding.

We place our future in Your hands.

Amen.

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Becoming Who We Are Meant To Be

“Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’” — Genesis 12:1

Sometimes becoming who we are meant to be

requires leaving what has always felt comfortable.

God did not give Abram and Sarai a full explanation.

There was no outline.

No step-by-step instructions.

Only a call.

Leave your country.

Leave your kindred.

Leave your father’s house.

Go.

This was not a declaration that something was wrong with where they had been.

It was not a judgment on those who would remain.

They were not called to what Abram and Sarai were called to.

And that is always the tension.

Not everyone is called to the same road.

Not everyone is invited into the same season.

The call of God does not usually come with a full itinerary.

There is no map.

Only a promise.

Abram and Sarai did not know the destination.

They did not know the timing.

They did not know the details.

They trusted.

And sometimes that is what faith looks like —

not having all the answers,

but trusting enough to begin.

What has always felt comfortable

may not be where we are meant to stay.

The question is not whether the familiar is good or bad.

The question is whether we are willing

to answer the call

when it comes.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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A Prayer for Recognizing Our Fruit

Loving God,

You see what grows in us

even when we do not.

You see the patience forming

and the resentment we still carry.

You see compassion rising

and the places where contempt tries to take root.

You see our generosity —

and the fear that sometimes restrains it.

Search us gently.

Not to shame us,

but to help us see clearly.

Where resentment lingers,

teach us patience.

Where contempt hardens,

soften us with compassion.

Where fear constricts our hearts,

lead us into generosity.

Make us whole —

our words and actions telling the same story.

Shape us into people

whose fruit reflects Your love.

And when we look at our own lives,

let us recognize

who we are becoming.

Amen.

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Do We Recognize Ourselves?

“By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?” — Matthew 7:16

Our impulse to judge is strong.

When we hear this verse, many of us want to use it as permission —

to examine someone else’s life,

to evaluate their behavior,

to question their motives.

And yet only a few verses earlier,

the Gospel reminds us not to judge.

This teaching is not an invitation to police others.

It is a mirror.

Fruit reveals the nature of the tree.

So the question is not,

“What are they producing?”

The question is:

What is growing in us?

Are we producing patience or resentment?

Compassion or contempt?

Generosity or fear?

Are we who we say we are?

Are we becoming who we claim we aspire to be?

When we look at the fruit of our lives —

do we recognize ourselves?

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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A Prayer for Release

Loving God,

We confess how easily we keep accounts.

We remember what was said.

We remember what was taken.

We remember what we believe is still owed.

We say we want freedom,

yet we hold onto the ledger.

Teach us to release.

Not to deny harm.

Not to pretend wounds did not matter.

But to surrender the right to collect.

Close the accounts we hold against others.

And close the accounts we imagine You hold against us.

Free us from resentment that binds us to the past.

Free us from shame that tells us we are still defined by it.

Form in us a love-centered way of life

where debts are released,

where new beginnings are possible,

and where no account remains open.

Make us a people who live differently —

together.

Amen.

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When Debts Remain

“But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” — Matthew 6:15

The gospel is not speaking about feelings.

It is speaking about keeping accounts.

Just moments earlier, we were taught to pray,

“Forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.”

Debt language.

Economic language.

To forgive means to release.

To cancel.

To let it go.

In the ancient world, debt meant bondage.

Loss of freedom.

Generational burden.

And we begin to see what this means:

If we will not release others,

we cannot live in a world of freedom.

As long as one account stays open,

the system of obligation remains.

If we believe our debt still defines us,

we will live as though we are still bound.

But the Kingdom of Heaven

is not built on outstanding accounts.

It is a love-centered way of life

where debts are released

and we are free to live differently.

To fully experience freedom — personally and together —

all debts must be released.

Theirs.

And ours.

None can remain.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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