WEBVTT 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:10.160 Today, as we pray, find a quiet place to connect with God. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:16.079 Put yourself in an environment where you can hear Him, distraction-free. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.760 Maybe you are in a busy or a public place. 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:26.960 Close your eyes if you can and block out anything that might fight for your attention. 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:33.920 Would you say out loud with me, God, I'm here to meet with you. 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:49.119 Acts 17, 27 through 28 says, He is not far from any one of us, for in him we live and move and have our being. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.840 God did not create the world and stay far away. 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:57.359 He is near to every person he made. 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:03.280 You live, move, and breathe within his presence. 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.680 Say this prayer along with me. 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:12.400 God, thank you for staying near. 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:22.239 Thank you for surrounding my life with your presence. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:29.599 Next, ask God to make his nearness real to you today. 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.760 Tell him where you feel distant or alone. 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:42.079 Invite him in and ask him to help you become aware of him in those places today. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.759 Close, safe, surrounded. 00:02:54.960 --> 00:03:02.879 Let your mind stay on that picture for the next fifteen seconds and wait on the presence of God. 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:25.840 Do you know someone who is far from God or someone who might in this season feel distant from God? 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.520 Take the next minute and pray for them. 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:37.199 Help us to live aware of your presence today. 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:38.560 Amen.