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Hello, everyone. I'm Isaac McGemsey. And I am Jackie McGemsey. And we're founders of an organization called Marriage360. We are so glad to be here on Faith Base and providing our devotional for the day. Today, we'd like to talk about prayer. Before we do that, though, we'd like to tell you a little bit about ourselves. We're from the sunny state of South Carolina, and we love it here. And our family is so important to us. We've been so blessed to be able to be together over 30 years and raise over 12 children. And with all that being said, and all the things we have going on, Jackie, have you ever felt overwhelmed? I think we live in a state of overwhelm. You know, as we're raising our children and raising our families, I think the toughest part was in the mornings, just trying to get out of the house to go to work. You know, we had five to six kids here at a time. So, you know, I got one that don't want to go to school. I got one that's thinking about what they're going to wear to school. Then I have another one just simply trying to decide, am I going to be able to go today? Is the teacher going to act right? You know, it's always something. And on top of that, I'm trying to get to work on time. Fifteen minutes after I've dropped three kids off at two different schools, I got to be at work and I've got a presentation to do. And if that presentation is not done right, as the kids say, life be life, I could lose my job. So, I mean, you know, I think to be in a state of overwhelm is a constant thing for most people today. Yeah. That sounds familiar. One of the things we feel that's a core to our family and what we believe is, is prayer. You may be asking, what is prayer? How do I pray? How do I go to God? Well, God gives us a great prescription. He says in 1 Peter 5 and 7, cast your cares on me for I care for you. And in that, to me, what he's saying is release, release those things, release the anxiety, release the fear, release being overwhelmed because he's concerned about everything that concerns us. I totally agree. And, you know, as we think about casting our cares unto the Lord, I think one of the most next important thing is the very first thing that God gave us was breath. And that is the last thing that we do whenever we become overwhelmed or stressed. So, we encourage you today when you have these moments, go to God in prayer. And as you do before you do, make sure you take a deep breath in, get God's creation into your system and meditate on that and then go to God and ask him for guidance. So next time we'll see you, but just remember, cast your cares, release your cares on him for he cares for you. We'll see you next time on Faith Base.