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Evening Prayer: After Difficult Day

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 4.070 words

God who does not leave, today was hard. I'm tired in ways that sleep won't fix. I don't need You to explain why it was difficult. I just need You to be near. Meet me in this exhaustion. Speak into t

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presence of God exhaustion honesty rest

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Psalm 34:18 Matthew 11:28 Psalm 23:4

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