Guided Prayer to Let Go | Release What You're Carrying

Take a deep breath in and slowly exhale again, breathe in and exhale. Begin to slow your thoughts, begin to relax your shoulders, begin to release the tension you've been carrying, and allow yourself to be fully present with God. Sometimes we hold on to things longer than we should, past hurts, disappointments, regrets, fear, control. And often we carry them because we don't know what would happen if we let them go. Maybe you're holding on to a painful memory. Maybe you're holding on to resentment. Maybe you're holding on to unforgiveness. Or maybe you're trying to hold on to a season that has already come to an end. But today, God is inviting you into freedom. Listen to what Jesus says in Matthew chapter 11, "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Philippians chapter 3 says, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." Psalm 55 says, "Cast your cares on the Lord, and He will sustain you." God never intended for you to carry every burden forever. God, we come before you right now, right where we are. Carrying things that have become too heavy, things we've held on to for far too long. And right now, we see the things we've been holding too tightly. And we want to give them to you, the hurts, the disappointment, the fear, the regret, the anger. God, give us courage to release what we've been carrying. Give us the courage to trust you with it. Give us the courage to know that you are greater than we are. You are stronger than we are. When you can do more with what we've been carrying, than we can. So let's take a deep breath in and slowly exhale. Imagine yourself releasing that burden. You don't have to keep caring what God is asking you to surrender. It's no longer yours to carry.

You don't have to keep reliving what He wants to heal. He is here right now. So God, help us release bitterness. Help us to release the fear, to release regret, to release control, and replace those things with your peace. So I want to invite you into a moment of surrender. Write where you are, open your hands. As a physical act of surrender, release what you've been holding. You don't have to grip it any longer. Replace it into God's hands because we were never meant to carry it forever. Say this with me. I am releasing what I cannot control. God is carrying my burdens. I do not have to live in fear. I am moving forward in faith. [MUSIC PLAYING] Peace is filling my life. I trust God with what I release. God, we thank you for being with us. Help us to release what we've been carrying fully. Give us the courage to let go completely. Give us your peace in the process and help us trust you with every part of our lives. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.