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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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A Prayer for What Truly Matters

Loving God,

We want a good life.

We want peace.

We want a life that feels full.

We want relationships that last.

But we confess how easily we chase what cannot satisfy.

We reach.

We strive.

We accumulate.

And still feel empty.

Teach us to seek first.

Turn our hearts toward Your Kingdom —

a love-centered way of life.

Form in us true righteousness —

not self-righteousness,

but right relationship.

Right relationship with You.

Right relationship with ourselves.

Right relationship with others.

Give us the courage to choose what endures.

Free us from what promises life but doesn’t deliver.

And as we pursue what truly matters,

let Your peace become not a distant dream,

but the life we live.

Amen.

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When We Pursue What Matters

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” — Matthew 6:33

We all want a good life.

But we chase the wrong things,

in the wrong places,

for the wrong reasons —

and then wonder why we feel empty.

We don’t have peace.

Our relationships are strained.

And even when we reach our goals, we still feel unsatisfied.

Seek first.

Pursue what truly matters.

The Kingdom — a love-centered way of life.

Marked by righteousness — not self-righteousness.

Right relationship with God.

Right relationship with ourselves and others.

A shared commitment to seek one another’s wellbeing.

When we order our lives around that —

peace is no longer a dream.

It becomes something we live.

I’m Horace McMillon.

This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

Peace be with you.

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A Prayer for When a Little Isn’t Enough

Loving God,

You see fear in us that only protects itself.

You see desires that curve inward.

You see the greed that keeps us hoarding more.

You see how we measure our wellbeing

by money,

by status,

by recognition,

by power.

We tell ourselves, “Just a little more.”

But a little more is never enough.

Help us seek to store up a different kind of treasure.

Help us store up kindness.

Help us accumulate compassion.

Help us practice generosity.

Help us choose service.

Root our wellbeing not in what we possess,

but in Your love shared in, among and through us.

Give us a peace that cannot be stolen.

A hope that does not depend on circumstance.

A love that endures beyond what fades.

Amen.

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