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Letting Go | When God Says Move On · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
• 0:16
  - Here is today's prayer.
• 0:22
  - And welcome to daily prayers with Valerie Groeschel.
• 0:26
  - Today's prayer focus is talking about
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  - what to do when God says move on.
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  - The scripture text comes from Isaiah forty three
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  - eighteen through 19
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  - and says forget the former things, do not
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  - dwell on the past.
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  - See, I am doing a new thing.
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  - Well, you know, sometimes we're waiting for God
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  - to restore something he's asking us to release.
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  - Maybe it's a relationship,
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  - an opportunity,
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  - a plan,
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  - or even a season of life.
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  - We keep looking backward hoping something will return
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  - to the way it was.
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  - But sometimes God isn't taking us backward.
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  - He's calling us forward.
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  - But moving forward means accepting that something has
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  - to change
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  - or has already changed.
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  - In either case,
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  - acceptance can feel painful.
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  - And we may wonder whether letting go means
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  - what happened didn't matter.
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  - Well,
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  - let me assure you.
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  - It did. It mattered.
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  - But something
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  - can have been meaningful for one season
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  - without being meant for every season.
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  - Now
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  - what prayer does is it helps us honor
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  - what was
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  - without becoming trapped there.
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  - I mean, it's completely okay for us to
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  - ask God,
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  - father, help me,
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  - and thank you for what this season gave
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  - me.
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  - Now help me recognize
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  - when it's time to move forward.
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  - You don't have to erase yesterday to embrace
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  - tomorrow.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's go to the throne.
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  - Father God, give us discernment to recognize
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  - when you're calling
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  - us forward.
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  - Help us release what has ended without bitterness
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  - or fear
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  - and we say thank you for what was
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  - and
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  - give us faith for what you are doing
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  - now
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Well,
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  - it's important
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  - to ask yourself,
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  - am I waiting for something to return that
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  - God is asking me to release?
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  - Take a moment
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  - and reflect.
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  - Don't force an answer.
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  - Rather, bring the question
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  - into prayer.
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  - And if someone you know is struggling to
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  - move forward,
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  - share this with them.
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  - And as always remember,
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  - honor yesterday
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  - but keep
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  - walking with God today.