Prayer Journal

A Prayer for When Trust Requires Release

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11 Jan 2026

Lord,

Trust often asks more of me

than understanding ever did.

Teach me to release what I keep trying to secure—

outcomes, explanations, and timing.

Where I have confused holding on with faithfulness,

loosen my grip.

Where I have mistaken control for wisdom,

restore my dependence.

I release the need to manage what belongs to You,

and I lay down the burden of seeing ahead.

Let trust be formed not by certainty,

but by surrender.

I place what I cannot resolve into Your care,

and I rest there.

Amen.

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