My Voice Matters

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

Proverbs 31:8, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

My Voice Matters

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

Who around you is going through something unfair and needs someone to speak up for them?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for giving me a voice that can defend and encourage someone else.

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

God, as you did for Esther, give me courage to speak when staying quiet would be more comfortable. Teach my voice to tell the truth with love.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Today, say one word out loud in defense of, or in encouragement to, someone nobody is listening to.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)