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The Bible Effect | When Knowledge Isn’t Enough · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant,
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  - and sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - This September, our theme is how to study
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  - the Bible.
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  - So it changes your life.
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  - Last week, we focused on moving from simply
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  - reading scripture to allowing God's word to transform
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  - us.
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  - This
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  - week, we're taking the next step with from
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  - knowing the word to living the word.
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  - We'll look at what happens when scripture challenges
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  - our choices,
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  - exposes areas that need change,
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  - calls us to obedience, and becomes visible in
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  - the way we live.
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  - Because knowing what God's word says is important,
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  - but transformation happens
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  - when we begin doing what it says.
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  - And that leads us to our key scripture
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  - for this week,
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  - James one twenty two.
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  - Do not merely listen to the word and
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  - so deceive yourselves.
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  - Do what it says.
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  - Now this week's prayer strategy
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  - is to
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  - ask each morning,
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  - father, what is one truth from your word
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  - you want me to live today?
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  - Choose one truth from your Bible
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  - reading and identify one action that puts it
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  - into practice.
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  - If you're reading about forgiveness,
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  - identify someone you need to release.
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  - If you're reading about generosity,
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  - find
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  - an important
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  - opportunity
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  - to give.
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  - If you're reading about patience,
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  - pay attention to how you respond
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  - when you're interrupted or frustrated.
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  - At the end of the day, ask,
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  - where did God's word become visible in my
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  - life today?
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  - Today, we're gonna be focusing
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  - on knowing the Bible,
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  - but struggling to live.
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  - And here's what may be missing.
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  - It's impossible to know what scripture teaches and
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  - still struggle to live it.
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  - We know we're supposed to forgive, but we're
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  - still hurt.
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  - We know we're supposed to trust God, but
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  - we're still trying to control the outcome.
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  - We know we're supposed to love difficult people,
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  - but some relationships
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  - does everything in us.
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  - The gap between knowing and doing is where
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  - many believers become frustrating.
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  - Information doesn't automatically produce transformation.
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  - Knowing scripture gives
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  - us truth, but living scripture
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  - requires surrender.
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  - And sometimes God's word asks us to change
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  - our responses before
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  - he changes our circumstances.
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  - That's where obedience becomes personal.
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  - Prayer gives us a place to begin the
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  - struggle between what we know and what we're
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  - actually living.
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  - Instead of pretending obedience
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  - is easy,
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  - we can tell God,
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  - father, I know what your word says, but
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  - I'm struggling to live it. Help me.
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  - The beautiful thing is that prayer invites God's
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  - strength into the place where our own strength
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  - isn't enough.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Father God, thank you for giving me truth
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  - that guides my life.
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  - Show me where I've become comfortable knowing your
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  - word without practicing it.
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  - Give me courage to obey when obedience is
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  - difficult and strength
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  - when my emotions resist what you've asked me
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  - to do.
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  - Let your truth move beyond what I know,
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  - father,
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  - and become visible to how I live.
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  - And I will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Today's daily challenge, choose one scripture you already
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  - know and ask yourself,
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  - am I actually living this?
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  - And for more practical ways to grow through
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  - scripture and prayer,
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  - we welcome you to visit
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  - divine515.com.