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The Hidden Cost of Trying to Control Everything | Stronger Together

Control often disguises itself as responsibility. We tell ourselves that if we plan enough, worry enough, prepare enough, we’ll prevent disappointment, but life still throws twists we never saw coming.

In today’s prayer, Valarie gets honest about how control quietly becomes a crutch, and how surrender feels riskier than certainty even though it’s actually where peace lives. She reminds us God already knows everything we’re facing; He proved it by sending His Son. Anchored in Proverbs 3:5-6, “trust in the Lord with all your heart,” she prays for the grace to trust His wisdom above our own understanding and His timing above our expectations, releasing the weight of outcomes we were never meant to carry alone.

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