Prayer Journal

A Prayer Without Needing to Be Understood

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18 Jan 2026

Lord,

Teach me to obey without being affirmed,

and to follow without being understood.

Free me from the need to explain

what You have not asked me to defend.

Where misunderstanding lingers,

give me patience instead of correction.

Where judgment settles,

give me steadiness instead of response.

Let my faith be formed in obedience,

not in consensus,

and let my trust be rooted in You,

not in how clearly my path is seen by others.

I choose faithfulness over visibility,

and obedience over clarity.

Amen.

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