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Sleep Stories from the Bible_ Jacob _ Esau · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Find rest as you listen to this peaceful bedtime story.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the story of Jacob Esau and struggles with God.
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  Speaker 2: Now commit today's tasks and worries to God. Soak in
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  Speaker 2: his presence and get comfortable. Just close your eyes and relax.
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  Speaker 2: Breathe in the unity of God's family, and release division.
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  Speaker 2: As you breathe out, drift off to the land of dreams.
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  Speaker 2: Just like Jacob. If you fall asleep before I finish,
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  Speaker 2: all the better. God is present with you even while
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  Speaker 2: you dream. And listen. Now, as I begin our time
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  Speaker 2: with an opening prayer, hear God, fill my heart and
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  Speaker 2: mind fresh with your presence and your peace as I
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  Speaker 2: sleep by your holy spirit guide my dreams. Just give
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  Speaker 2: me courage and humility, just as you gave it to Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: You blessed him and were faithful to him, and I
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  Speaker 2: believe you want to bless me and be faithful to
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  Speaker 2: me as well. So now renew me as I rest
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  Speaker 2: to you.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Now I want you to imagine Jacob's life through his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: You grow up watching over goats and sheeps, wandering through
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  Speaker 2: springs and mountain forests. But you love to stick around
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  Speaker 2: home with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine her smiling at you
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  Speaker 2: as you run through the yard. She is old and
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  Speaker 2: has been as far back as you can remember. She
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  Speaker 2: thought she couldn't have kids, and your dad, Isaac pleaded
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  Speaker 2: with God to have children. Your dad was sixty years
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  Speaker 2: old when you and your twin brother, Esau were born.
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  Speaker 2: Your brother, Esau's name means hair. He has thick hair
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  Speaker 2: like fur covering his neck and arms. Want you to
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  Speaker 2: imagine feeling Esau's prickly arms as you wrestle with him
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  Speaker 2: in your yard. Your father loves Esau. In fact, he
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  Speaker 2: loves him more than you. Esaw is an outdoorsman, a
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  Speaker 2: hunter who adventures the rocky crags and hills to find
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  Speaker 2: game that he brings home and roasts over open fires.
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  Speaker 2: Smell the savory meat that he cooks for your dad.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, you're.
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  Speaker 2: Jealous, knowing your dad will smile at Esau and tell
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  Speaker 2: Esau how proud he is of him. Now, your name,
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  Speaker 2: Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your mom and
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  Speaker 2: dad say your name. Why would they call you Jacob deceiver? Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: your mom calls out. You come running to her side. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: she whispers, I just heard your dad ask Esau to
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  Speaker 2: go out and bring him some wild game. Your dad said,
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  Speaker 2: make me a delicious meal so I can bless you
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  Speaker 2: with God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get
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  Speaker 2: two goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish.
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  Speaker 2: Take it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you, She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess. So you
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  Speaker 2: go out. You pick out two young fat goats, and
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  Speaker 2: your mom cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even
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  Speaker 2: dress in your brother's clothes and cover your arms and
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  Speaker 2: neck with the hairy skin of a young goat. Your
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  Speaker 2: mom then hands you the steaming plate of meat. Feel
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  Speaker 2: Esau's rough shirt on you just it's your neck on
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  Speaker 2: the hairy goat's skin. Hould the plate to your nose
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  Speaker 2: and smell the roasted meat. You've taken pretending to a
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  Speaker 2: whole new level. You walk into your dad's room and
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  Speaker 2: set the food next to his bed. Feel his arms
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  Speaker 2: as he gives you a giant hug, squeezes your arms.
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  Speaker 2: He's almost blind, but still he hears your voice and
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  Speaker 2: senses that something is wrong. Are you really my son, Esau?
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  Speaker 2: He asks, yes, Yes, yes I am. You lie. Listen
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  Speaker 2: as your father gives you a blessing that you've wanted
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  Speaker 2: four years. May God always give you huge harvests of grain.
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  Speaker 2: May many nations serve you and bow down to you.
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  Speaker 2: May you be the master over your brothers. When he's done,
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  Speaker 2: you leave quickly, just before Yesaw gets back Esau. Then
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  Speaker 2: hears that you stole his blessing. His cries echo across
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  Speaker 2: the homestead. No wonder his name is Jacob, he saw, hollers.
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  Speaker 2: Now he has cheated me twice. Soon your mother calls
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  Speaker 2: for you again, Jacob, she says, Listen, Esau is planning
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  Speaker 2: to kill you. Get ready and flee to my brother Laban.
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  Speaker 2: Stay there until your brother cools off. When he calms
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  Speaker 2: down and forgets what you've done to him, then I
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  Speaker 2: will send for you to come back. You immediately flee
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  Speaker 2: from your family, which is deeply broken now by lies
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  Speaker 2: and jealousy. Can God heal a family like yours? Can
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  Speaker 2: he use someone like you? Jacob the deceiver. We'll keep
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  Speaker 2: resting here for a moment and breathe in, trust in God.
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  Speaker 2: Then breathe out and release your worries. Breathe in and
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  Speaker 2: let the Holy Spirit fill you with faith. Just rest
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  Speaker 2: now in God's arms. So now twenty years have passed
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  Speaker 2: and you're now heading back home and must deal with Esau.
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  Speaker 2: The Angel of God came to your dreams and told
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  Speaker 2: you to go back home. See God's angel now in
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  Speaker 2: your dreams. Hear the angel call out your name. You're
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  Speaker 2: camping with your family. Your eleven sons run around your
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  Speaker 2: camp on the hillsides. Hear your boys Judah and Reuben laughing.
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  Speaker 2: Watch Joseph skip past you smiling. Just reach down and
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  Speaker 2: give Joseph hug. Tell Joseph to follow God's dreams for
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  Speaker 2: his life, just like you're following God's dreams for your life.
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  Speaker 2: Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh, he's mad at you.
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  Speaker 2: What have you done? Laban says, you tricked me. You've
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  Speaker 2: carried off my daughters like captives in war. But the
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  Speaker 2: funny thing is you didn't trick Laban. He tricked you.
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  Speaker 2: Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah. He cheated
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  Speaker 2: you with wages and animals. His sons accused you of
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  Speaker 2: stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a single thing
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  Speaker 2: from them. You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren
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  Speaker 2: and my daughters. Goodbye. Laban declares in frustration. I have
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  Speaker 2: the power to harm you. But last night the God
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  Speaker 2: of your father said to me, be careful not to
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  Speaker 2: say anything to Jacob, either good or bad. What can
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  Speaker 2: this mean? Did the God of your dad Isaac, just
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  Speaker 2: show up to Laban and tell him not to say
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  Speaker 2: anything good or bad? Is Laban trying to trick you again?
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  Speaker 2: What is my crime? You ask? So he kisses his
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  Speaker 2: grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them. Then he leaves
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  Speaker 2: in peace. Now once again you must face Esau. You
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  Speaker 2: send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask him if he's
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  Speaker 2: fine with me coming back home again. With the messengers return,
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  Speaker 2: you get frightened. We went to your brother Esau. They say,
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  Speaker 2: now he is coming with four hundred men to meet you,
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  Speaker 2: four hundred men. You are afraid and distressed, so you pray, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: God of my Grandpa Abraham, and God of my dad Isaac. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you said to me, go back to your country and
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  Speaker 2: your relatives, and I will make you prosper. I am
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  Speaker 2: unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown,
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  Speaker 2: your servant, Save me from my brother, Esau. I'm afraid
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  Speaker 2: he will come back and attack me and Leah and
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  Speaker 2: Rachel and my children. You told me will make you prosper,
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  Speaker 2: and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea,
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  Speaker 2: which cannot be counted. You decide to send gifts ahead
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  Speaker 2: to Esau, hoping to appease him in humility. You seek
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  Speaker 2: the approval of a brother who once planned to kill you.
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  Speaker 2: How will Esau respond to the gifts? Will he still
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  Speaker 2: hold his grudge? Or will he forgive you and restore
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  Speaker 2: your friendship. You pray for your family to live in peace.
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  Speaker 2: Rest for a moment and breathe in that same spirit
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  Speaker 2: of trust from God. Then breathe out. Let go of
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  Speaker 2: any earthly thing that you're clinging to. Just breathe in
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  Speaker 2: and let the Holy Spirit fill you with peace. Rest
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  Speaker 2: now in God's arms. You spend the night in your
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  Speaker 2: camp alone. Tomorrow morning you will see Esau. You were
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  Speaker 2: alone twenty years ago in a place just like this,
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  Speaker 2: when you fled from your brother. You had nothing but
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  Speaker 2: a staff and rested your head on a hard stone
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  Speaker 2: for a pillow. You dreamed of God's angels coming up
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  Speaker 2: and down a staircase from heaven to earth. Remember that
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  Speaker 2: once again. Now watch the angels again going up and
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  Speaker 2: coming down from heaven. God stood above the angels and said,
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  Speaker 2: I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham,
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  Speaker 2: and the God of your dad Isaac. I will give
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  Speaker 2: you and your descendants the land on which you are
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  Speaker 2: laying on right now. Your descendants will be like the
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  Speaker 2: dust of the earth, and you will spread out to
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  Speaker 2: the west and to the east, and to the north
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  Speaker 2: and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed.
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  Speaker 3: Through you and your children.
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  Speaker 2: I am with you and will watch over you wherever
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  Speaker 2: you go, and I will bring you back to this land.
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  Speaker 2: I will not leave you until I have done what
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  Speaker 2: I have promised I will do through you. All peoples
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  Speaker 2: on earth will be blessed through you. What could this mean?
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  Speaker 2: What great work could God be doing through your children
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  Speaker 2: to bless the whole earth? You are no longer alone.
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  Speaker 2: A man has entered your camp. Where did he come from?
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  Speaker 2: How long has he been watching you and following you?
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  Speaker 2: He says nothing. You don't know what he wants, but
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  Speaker 2: the two of you suddenly begin to wrestle. You struggle
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  Speaker 2: with each other, feel your hands, lock with his hands,
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  Speaker 2: feel your chest and head, and knock against his. You
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  Speaker 2: have struggled your entire life, even from the womb. You
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  Speaker 2: wrestled your brother, who you must struggle with tomorrow. Now,
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  Speaker 2: through the night, you continue the struggle, wrestling, shoving, being shoved,
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  Speaker 2: But this man does not overpower you. You pass the deepest,
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  Speaker 2: darkest part of the night in faint starlight. You know
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  Speaker 2: what you want. You're not fighting this man to beat him.
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  Speaker 2: You're fighting for his favor. You want his blessing. The
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  Speaker 2: first glow of morning begins to show on his face. Suddenly,
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  Speaker 2: the man touches your hip. You feel the socket of
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  Speaker 2: your joint wrench in pain, but still you don't let go.
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  Speaker 2: Let me go. The man says, it is the start
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  Speaker 2: of a new day. I will not let you go.
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  Speaker 2: You say, unless you bless me, what is your name?
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  Speaker 2: The man asks, Jacob. You say, my name is deceiver.
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  Speaker 2: Then the man says, your name will no longer be Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: the deceiver. Your name will be Israel, which means he
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  Speaker 2: struggles with God. You have struggled with God and with
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  Speaker 2: humans and have overcome. What does this name mean for
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  Speaker 2: your family, for God's family who we struggle with God?
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  Speaker 2: Then the man blesses you. You realize that you are
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  Speaker 2: staring into the very face of God. How does he
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  Speaker 2: look to you? How does it feel to be blessed
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  Speaker 2: by God? Then suddenly you look up and see Esau
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  Speaker 2: approaching you, with four hundred men down before him. Humbly,
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  Speaker 2: you've surrendered yourself to the will of a brother who
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  Speaker 2: once plotted to kill you. But yet Esau is running
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  Speaker 2: to meet you. He throws his arms around your neck
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  Speaker 2: and kisses you in a huge embrace. You hold your
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  Speaker 2: brother tightly and weep. At last, he loves you, and
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  Speaker 2: you love him. You tell him, when I saw your face,
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  Speaker 2: it was like seeing the face of God. For you, now,
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  Speaker 2: what's it like to see the face of God? You,
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  Speaker 2: now named Israel, have struggled with God and been blessed.
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  Speaker 2: So pace your breathing now, as you continue to listen
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  Speaker 2: to the word of God as it's preyed over you
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  Speaker 2: softly in this continuing time of peaceful relaxation. Just breathe
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  Speaker 2: slowly and deeply. You listen to God's word for you.
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  Speaker 2: Just breathe, just imagine, just dream. You can lie down
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  Speaker 2: and sleep soundly because the Lord will keep you safe.
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  Speaker 2: For God is not a god of confusion, but of peace.
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  Speaker 2: Turn away from evil, do good, seek peace, Pursue peace.
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  Speaker 2: Cast all of your anxieties on him because he cares
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  Speaker 2: for you. Sleep and wake up refreshed because the Lord
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  Speaker 2: will protect and care for you. Now, May the God
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  Speaker 2: of Peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole
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  Speaker 2: spirit and soul and body be kept blameless with the
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  Speaker 2: coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration, Comfort
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  Speaker 2: one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and
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  Speaker 2: the God of love and peace will be with you. Now.
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  Speaker 2: May the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at
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  Speaker 2: all times. In every way. The Lord be with you. Quiet.
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  Speaker 2: Return to the safety of God's Word, the centering word
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  Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit. Let him buffer you from distraction.
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  Speaker 2: Rest beloved. I pray that all may go well with you,
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  Speaker 2: and that you may be in good health as it
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  Speaker 2: goes well with your soul. And let the peace of
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  Speaker 2: Christ rule in your heart to which indeed you were called,
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  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
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  Speaker 2: down and sleep for the Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
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  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith and Jesus alone, Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there. God's presence will go with you,
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  Speaker 2: and he will give you rest. The spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
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  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
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  Speaker 2: God by faith. Enter his place of rest. Remain in
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  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
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  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
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  Speaker 2: stayed on God, and you will find perfect peace. Your
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  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness, and in trust
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  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
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  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
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  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting, He
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  Speaker 2: is present in his presence. You find rest, peace and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not, for God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
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  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
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  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. There's rest there. Peace, Peace to the
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  Speaker 2: far and to the near, says the Lord. And I
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  Speaker 2: will heal you. Heaven is God's throne, and the earth
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  Speaker 2: is his footstool. Let this too be your place of rest.
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  Speaker 2: Your faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord so that he may return to you. He
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  Speaker 2: is slow to anger, and abounding and loving kindness.
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  Speaker 4: Come home to him.
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  Speaker 2: But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
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  Speaker 2: open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial
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  Speaker 2: and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace.
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  Speaker 2: When you make and pursue peace, God satisfies your weary soul.
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  Speaker 2: He replenishes you. Agree with God and be at peace.
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  Speaker 2: Thereby good will come to you. The Holy Spirit is
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  Speaker 2: present and caring for you. The Lord cares for his
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  Speaker 2: own even while you sleep. Let not your heart be troubled,
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  Speaker 2: neither let it be afraid. Peace. I leave with you
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  Speaker 2: God's peace. I give to you, not as the world
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  Speaker 2: gives peace, but God. Let the centering word be a
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  Speaker 2: pillow for you, cool, soft comforting, directing you back to God.
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  Speaker 2: Rest now in the world you will have tribulation. But
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  Speaker 2: take heart, Jesus has overcome the world. So find peace.
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  Speaker 2: For God so loved the world that he gave his
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  Speaker 2: only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish,
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  Speaker 2: but have eternal life. The Lord and the Spirit are
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  Speaker 2: one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets you free.
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  Speaker 2: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Glory
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  Speaker 2: to God in the highest and on earth, Peace among
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  Speaker 2: those with whom He is pleased. Don't be worried. Have
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  Speaker 2: faith in God, and have faith in Jesus. He is
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  Speaker 2: preparing a place for you. He is preparing your heart
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  Speaker 2: to be with him. I don't need to keep carrying
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  Speaker 2: your heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them. Jesus gives you rest.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is gentle, he is humble. Rest now in Jesus
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  Speaker 2: and find his rest. Even when storms suddenly strike around you.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus sleeps soundly. So can you rest now with the
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  Speaker 2: peace of Jesus. Come to God and rest a while.
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  Speaker 2: Come to him so he can give you rest. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
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  Speaker 2: rest for your soul. Be at peace, show peace, for
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  Speaker 2: blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a worry and sleep soundly.
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  Speaker 2: But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Therefore,
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  Speaker 2: do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
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  Speaker 2: anxious for itself sufficient, for the day is its own trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Grace to you and peace from God, our Father and
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  Speaker 2: the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't be anxious or fearful of
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  Speaker 2: wandering thoughts. Just let His arms welcome you back cradle.
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  Speaker 2: You rest now in his arms. Do not be anxious
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  Speaker 2: about anything, but in everything my prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Let your requests be made known to God. Let your
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  Speaker 2: thoughts be thoughts of love, of faith, of hope, of rest,
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  Speaker 2: and of peace. What you have learned and received and
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  Speaker 2: heard and seen in Jesus practiced these things, and the
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  Speaker 2: God of Peace will be with you. The peace of God,
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  Speaker 2: which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind.
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  Speaker 2: In Christ Jesus, a tranquil heart gives life to the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: When your away pleases the Lord, he makes even your
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  Speaker 2: enemies to be at peace with you. Fold your hands
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  Speaker 2: and rest in the presence of the Lord. H Lie down,
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  Speaker 2: and do not be afraid. When you lie down, your
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  Speaker 2: sleep will be sweet. Glory be to the Father and
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  Speaker 2: to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it
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  Speaker 2: was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be
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  Speaker 2: world without end. Our Father in heaven, like you send
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  Speaker 2: your son into the world. Send us now into the world,
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  Speaker 2: and the power of your Holy Spirit as ministers of
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  Speaker 2: reconciliation and ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go, please
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  Speaker 2: bless us and keep us. Make your face to shine
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  Speaker 2: upon us, and be gracious to us. Live your countenance
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  Speaker 2: upon us, and give us peace. In the name of
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  Speaker 2: your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ amendm.
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  Speaker 5: Tis.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the story of jacob Esau and struggles with God.
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  Speaker 2: Now commit today's tasks and worries to God. Soak in
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  Speaker 2: his presence and get comfortable. Just close your eyes and relax.
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  Speaker 2: Breathe in the unity of God's family. And release division.
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  Speaker 2: As you breathe out, drift off to the land of dreams,
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  Speaker 2: just like Jacob. And if you fall asleep before I finish,
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  Speaker 2: all the better. God is present with you even while
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  Speaker 2: you dream. And listen. Now as I begin our time
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  Speaker 2: with an opening prayer, Dear God, fill my heart and
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  Speaker 2: mind fresh with your presence and your peace as I
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  Speaker 2: sleep by your Holy spirit guide my dreams. Just give
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  Speaker 2: me courage and humility, just as you gave it to Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: You blessed him and were faithful to him, And I
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  Speaker 2: believe you want to bless me and be faithful to
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  Speaker 2: me as well. So now renew me as I rest
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  Speaker 2: in you. Amen. Now I want you to imagine Jacob's
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  Speaker 2: life through his eyes. You grow up watching over goats
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  Speaker 2: and sheeps, wandering through springs and mountain forests, but you
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  Speaker 2: love to stick around home with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine
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  Speaker 2: her smiling at you as you run through the yard.
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  Speaker 2: She is old and has been as far back as
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  Speaker 2: you can remember. She thought she couldn't have kids, and
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  Speaker 2: your dad Isaac pleaded with God to have children. Your
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  Speaker 2: dad was sixty years old when you and your twin
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  Speaker 2: brother Esau were born. Your brother Esau's name means hair.
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  Speaker 2: He has thick hair like fur covering his neck and arms.
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  Speaker 2: Want you to imagine feeling Esau's prickly arms as you
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  Speaker 2: wrestle with him in your yard. Your father loves Esau.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, he loves him more than you. Esaw is
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  Speaker 2: an outdoorsman, a hunter who adventures the rocky crags and
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  Speaker 2: hills to find game that he brings home and roasts
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  Speaker 2: over open fires. Smell the savory meat that he cooks
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  Speaker 2: for your dad.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, you're.
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  Speaker 2: Jealous, knowing your dad will smile at Esau and tell
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  Speaker 2: Esau how proud he is of him. Now, your name,
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 2: Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your mom and
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  Speaker 2: dad say your name. Why would they call you Jacob? Deceiver? Jacob?
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  Speaker 2: Your mom calls out. You come running to her side. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: she whispers, I just heard your dad ask Esau to
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 2: go out and bring him some wild game. Your dad said,
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  Speaker 2: make me a delicious meal so I can bless you
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  Speaker 2: with God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get
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  Speaker 2: two goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish.
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  Speaker 2: Take it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you, She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess. So you
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  Speaker 2: go out. You pick out two young fat goats, and
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  Speaker 2: your mom cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even
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  Speaker 2: dress in your brother's clothes and cover your arms and
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  Speaker 2: neck with the hairy skin of a young goat. Your
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  Speaker 2: mom then hands you the steaming plate of meat. He
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  Speaker 2: saw his rough shirt on you. Just it's your neck
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  Speaker 2: on the hairy goat skin. Hold the plate to your
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  Speaker 2: nose and smell the roasted meat you've taken pretending to
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  Speaker 2: a whole new level. You walk into your dad's room
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  Speaker 2: and set the food next to his bed. Feel his
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  Speaker 2: arms as he gives you a giant hug and squeezes
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  Speaker 2: your arms. He's almost blind, but still he hears your
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 2: voice and senses that something is wrong. Are you really
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  Speaker 2: my son, Esaw? He asks, yes, yes, yes I am.
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  Speaker 2: You lie listen as your father gives you a blessing
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  Speaker 2: that you've wanted four years. May God always give you
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  Speaker 2: huge harvests of grain. May many nations serve you and
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 2: bow down to you. May you be the master over
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  Speaker 2: your brothers. When he's done, you leave quickly, just before
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  Speaker 2: Esau gets back. Esau then hears that you stole his blessing.
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  Speaker 2: His cries echo across the homestead. No wonder his name
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  Speaker 2: is Jacob, he saw hollers. Now he has cheated me twice.
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  Speaker 2: Soon your mother calls for you again, Jacob, she says, listen,
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  Speaker 2: Esau is planning to kill you. Get ready and flee
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  Speaker 2: to my brother Labe and stay there until your brother
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  Speaker 2: cools off. When he calms down and forgets what you've
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  Speaker 2: done to him, then I will send for you to
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  Speaker 2: come back. You immediately flee from your family, which is
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 2: deeply broken now by lies and jealousy. Can God heal
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 2: a family like yours? Can he use someone like you,
• 1:08:00
  Speaker 2: Jacob the deceiver. We'll keep resting here for a moment
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 2: and breathe in, trust in God. Then breathe out and
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 2: release your worries. Breathe in and let the Holy Spirit
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 2: fill you with faith. Just rest now in God's arms.
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 2: So now twenty years have passed and you're now heading
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 2: back home and must deal with Esau. The Angel of
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 2: God came to your dreams and told you to go
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 2: back home. See God's angel now and your dreams. Hear
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 2: the angel call out your name. You're camping with your family.
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  Speaker 2: Your eleven sons run around your camp on the hillsides.
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  Speaker 2: Hear your boys Judah and Reuben laughing. Watch Joseph skip
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 2: past you smiling. Just reach down and give Joseph. Tell
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 2: Joseph to follow God's dreams for his life, just like
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 2: you're following God's dreams for your life. Then your uncle
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 2: Laban arrives. Oh, he's mad at you. What have you done?
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  Speaker 2: Laban says, you tricked me. You've carried off my daughters
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 2: like captives in war. But the funny thing is you
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  Speaker 2: didn't trick Laban. He tricked you. Laban tricked you to
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  Speaker 2: marry his daughter Leah. He cheated you with wages and animals.
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 2: His sons accused you of stealing his wealth, but you
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  Speaker 2: didn't steal a single thing from them. You didn't even
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  Speaker 2: let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. Goodbye. Laban
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 2: declares in frustration. I have the power to harm you,
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 2: But last night, the God of your father said to me,
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 2: be careful not to say any anything to Jacob, either
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  Speaker 2: good or bad. What can this mean? Did the God
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  Speaker 2: of your dad, Isaac, just show up to Laban and
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  Speaker 2: tell him not to say anything good or bad. Is
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  Speaker 2: Leebn trying to trick you again? What is my crime?
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  Speaker 2: You ask? So he kisses his grandchildren and his daughters
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  Speaker 2: and blesses them. Then he leaves in peace. Now once
• 1:10:28
  Speaker 2: again you must face Esau. You send messengers ahead to him, saying,
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  Speaker 2: ask him if he's fine with me coming back home again.
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 2: When the messengers return, you get frightened. We went to
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  Speaker 2: your brother Esau. They say, now he is coming with
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 2: four hundred men to meet you. Four hundred men. You
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  Speaker 2: are afraid and distressed. So you pray, Oh, God of
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  Speaker 2: my Grandpa Abraham, and God of my dad Isaac. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you said to me, go back to your country and
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  Speaker 2: your relatives, and I will make you prosper. I am
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  Speaker 2: unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown,
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  Speaker 2: your servant, Save me from my brother Esau. I am
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  Speaker 2: afraid he will come back and attack me Leah and
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  Speaker 2: Rachel and my children. You told me I will make
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  Speaker 2: you prosper, and will make your descendants like the sand
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 2: of the sea, which cannot be counted. You decide to
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 2: send gifts ahead to Esau, hoping to appease him in humility.
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 2: You seek the approval of a brother who once planned
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 2: to kill you. How will Esau respond to the gifts?
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  Speaker 2: Will he still hold his grudge? Or will he forgive
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 2: you and restore your friendship? You pray for your family
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  Speaker 2: to live in peace. Rest for a moment and breathe
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 2: in that same spirit of trust from God. Then breathe
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 2: out and let go of any earthly thing that you're
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 2: clinging to. Just breathe in and let the Holy Spirit
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 2: fill you with peace. Rest now in God's arms. You
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 2: spend the night in your camp alone. Tomorrow morning you
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 2: will see Esaum. You were alone twenty years ago in
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 2: a place just like this when you fled from your brother.
• 1:13:03
  Speaker 2: You had nothing but a staff and rested your head
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  Speaker 2: on a hard stone for a pillow. You dreamed of
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 2: God's angels coming up and down a staircase from heaven
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 2: to earth. Remember that once again. Now watch the angels
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 2: again going up and coming down from heaven. God stood
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 2: above the angels and said, I am the Lord, the
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  Speaker 2: God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 2: dad Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 2: land on which you are laying on right now, Your
• 1:13:45
  Speaker 2: descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 2: you will spread out to the west and to the east,
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 2: and to the north and to the south. All peoples
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  Speaker 2: on earth will be blessed through you and your children.
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  Speaker 2: I am with you. I will watch over you wherever
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  Speaker 2: you go, and I will bring you back to this land.
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  Speaker 2: I will not leave you until I have done what
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 2: I have promised. I will do through you. All peoples
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  Speaker 2: on earth will be blessed through you. What could this mean?
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 2: What great work could God be doing through your children
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 2: to bless the whole earth? You are no longer alone.
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 2: A man has entered your camp. Where did he come from?
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 2: How long has he been watching you and following you?
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 2: He says nothing. You don't know what he wants, But
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 2: the two of you suddenly begin to wrestle. You struggle
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 2: with each other, feel your hands, lock with his hands,
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 2: feel your chest and head, and knock against his. You
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 2: have struggled your entire life, even from the womb. You
• 1:15:27
  Speaker 2: wrestled your brother, who you must struggle with tomorrow. Now
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 2: through the night, you continue the struggle, wrestling, shoving, being shoved.
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 2: But this man does not overpower you. You pass the deepest,
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 2: darkest part of the night in faint starlight. You know
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 2: what you want. You're not fighting this man to beat him.
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 2: You're fighting for his favor. You want his blessing. The
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 2: first glow of mourning begins to show on his face.
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 2: Suddenly the man touches your hip. You feel the socket
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 2: of your joint wrench in pain, but still you don't
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  Speaker 2: let go. Let me go. The man says, it is
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 2: the start of a new day. I will not let
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  Speaker 2: you go. You say, unless you bless me, what is
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 2: your name? The man asks, Jacob. You say, my name
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  Speaker 2: is Deceiver. Then the man says, your name will no
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 2: longer be Jacob the Deceiver. Your name will be Israel,
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 2: which means he struggles with God. You have struggled with
• 1:16:48
  Speaker 2: God and with humans and have overcome. What does this
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 2: name mean for your family? For God's family? Can we
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 2: struggle with God? Then the man blesses you. You realize
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 2: that you are staring into the very face of God.
• 1:17:12
  Speaker 2: How does he look to you? How does it feel
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 2: to be blessed by God? Then suddenly you look up
• 1:17:20
  Speaker 2: and see Esau approaching you with four hundred men. You
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  Speaker 2: bow down, before him humbly. You surrendered yourself to the
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 2: will of a brother who once plotted to kill you.
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 2: But yet Esau is running to meet you. He throws
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 2: his arms around your neck and kisses you in a
• 1:17:39
  Speaker 2: huge embrace. You hold your brother tightly and weep. At last,
• 1:17:46
  Speaker 2: he loves you, and you love him. You tell him,
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 2: when I saw your face, it was like seeing the
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 2: face of God. For you, now, what's it like to
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 2: see the face of God? You, now named Israel, have
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 2: struggled with God and been blessed. So pace your breathing
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 2: now as you continue to listen to the word of
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 2: God as it's prayed over you softly in this continuing
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 2: time of peaceful relaxation. Just breathe slowly and deeply as
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 2: you listen to God's word for you. Just breathe, Just imagine,
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 2: just dream. You can lie down and sleep soundly because
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 2: the Lord will keep you safe. For God is not
• 1:19:15
  Speaker 2: a god of confusion, but of peace. Turn away from evil,
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 2: do good, seek peace, Pursue peace. Cast all of your
• 1:20:29
  Speaker 2: anxieties on him because he cares for you. Sleep and
• 1:21:04
  Speaker 2: wake up refreshed because the Lord will protect and care
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 2: for you. Now, may the God of Peace himself sanctify
• 1:21:43
  Speaker 2: you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 2: body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration, Comfort one another, agree with
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  Speaker 2: one another, live in peace, and the God of love
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 2: and peace will be with you. Now. May the Lord
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 2: of Peace himself give you peace at all times. In
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 2: every way, the Lord be with you. Quiet. Return to
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 2: the safety of God's Word, the centering word from the
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction. Rest beloved.
• 1:24:28
  Speaker 2: I pray that all may go well with you, and
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 2: that you may be in good health, as it goes
• 1:24:34
  Speaker 2: well with your soul. And let the peace of Christ
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  Speaker 2: rule in your heart, to which indeed you were called,
• 1:25:11
  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 2: down and sleep, for the Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
• 1:26:27
  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 2: and a time for slummer. Salvation has come to you
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone, Salvation
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there. God's presence will go with you,
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 2: and he will give you rest. The Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
• 1:28:33
  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
• 1:29:09
  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
• 1:29:43
  Speaker 2: God by faith. Enter his place of rest. Remain in
• 1:30:18
  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
• 1:30:22
  Speaker 2: you also find a rest from your work. Keep your
• 1:30:57
  Speaker 2: mind stayed on God and you will find perfect peace.
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 2: Your faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
• 1:31:37
  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rog and comfort. Rest in God,
• 1:32:13
  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness and in trust
• 1:32:18
  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness quietness and trust.
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  Speaker 2: For my people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in
• 1:33:35
  Speaker 2: secure dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting,
• 1:34:12
  Speaker 2: He is present. In his presence. You find rest, peace
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 2: and strength. Fear not, for God is with you. Be
• 1:34:53
  Speaker 2: not dismayed, for He is your God. God will strengthen you.
• 1:35:30
  Speaker 2: God will help you. God will uphold you with his
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 2: righteous right hand. Your name is written on the hand
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 2: of God. He knows you, He cares for you. You
• 1:36:14
  Speaker 2: were always in his thoughts. There's rest there peace, Peace
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  Speaker 2: to the far and to the near, says the Lord.
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 2: And I will heal you. Heaven is God's throne, and
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  Speaker 2: the earth is his footstool. Let this too be your
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 2: place of rest. Your faith is firm, and the Lord
• 1:38:08
  Speaker 2: gives you perfect peace. He is forever your mighty rock
• 1:38:12
  Speaker 2: and comfort. Return to the Lord so that he may
• 1:38:45
  Speaker 2: return to you. He is slow to anger, and abounding
• 1:38:50
  Speaker 2: and loving kindness.
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  Speaker 3: Come home to him.
• 1:39:24
  Speaker 2: But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
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  Speaker 2: open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial
• 1:39:38
  Speaker 2: and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace.
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 2: When you make and pursue peace, God satisfies your weary soul.
• 1:40:51
  Speaker 2: He replenishes you. Agree with God and be at peace.
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 2: Thereby good will come to you. The Holy Spirit is
• 1:42:00
  Speaker 2: present and caring for you. The Lord cares for his
• 1:42:04
  Speaker 2: own even while you sleep. Let not your heart be troubled,
• 1:42:40
  Speaker 2: neither let it be afraid. Peace. I leave with you
• 1:43:15
  Speaker 2: God's peace. I give to you, not as the world
• 1:43:19
  Speaker 2: gives peace, but God. Let the centering word be a
• 1:43:54
  Speaker 2: pillow for you, cool, soft comforting, directing you back to God. Rest.
• 1:44:04
  Speaker 2: Now in the world you will have tribulation. But take heart,
• 1:44:41
  Speaker 2: Jesus has overcome the world.
• 1:44:43
  Speaker 3: So find peace.
• 1:45:15
  Speaker 2: For God so loved the world that he gave his
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  Speaker 2: only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish,
• 1:45:22
  Speaker 2: but have eternal life. The Lord and the Spirit are
• 1:45:57
  Speaker 2: one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets you free.
• 1:46:31
  Speaker 2: May mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you. Glory
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 2: to God in the highest and on earth, Peace among
• 1:47:10
  Speaker 2: those with whom He is pleased. Don't be worried. Have
• 1:47:45
  Speaker 2: faith in God, and have faith in Jesus. He is
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 2: preparing a place for you. He is preparing your heart
• 1:47:52
  Speaker 2: to be with him. No need to keep carrying your
• 1:48:26
  Speaker 2: heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them. Jesus gives you rest.
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 2: Jesus is gentle, he is humble. Rest now in Jesus
• 1:48:39
  Speaker 2: and find his rest. Even when storms suddenly strike around you.
• 1:49:15
  Speaker 2: Jesus sleeps soundly, So can you rest now with the
• 1:49:21
  Speaker 2: peace of Jesus. Come to God and rest a while.
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  Speaker 2: Come to Him so he can give you rest. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
• 1:50:33
  Speaker 2: rest for your soul. Be at peace, show peace, for
• 1:51:10
  Speaker 2: blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a worry and sleep soundly.
• 1:52:17
  Speaker 2: But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Therefore,
• 1:52:52
  Speaker 2: do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 2: anxious for itself sufficient, for the day is its trouble.
• 1:53:31
  Speaker 2: Grace to you and peace from God, our Father and
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  Speaker 2: the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't be anxious or fearful, wandering thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: Just let His arms welcome you back. Cradle you rest
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  Speaker 2: now in his arms. Do not be anxious about anything,
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  Speaker 2: but in everything my prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let
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  Speaker 2: your requests be made known to God. Let your thoughts
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  Speaker 2: be thoughts of love, of faith, of hope, of rest,
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  Speaker 2: and of peace. What you have learned and received and
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  Speaker 2: heard and seen in Jesus practiced these things, and the
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  Speaker 2: God of Peace will be with you. The peace of God,
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  Speaker 2: which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind.
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  Speaker 2: In Christ Jesus, a tranquil heart gives life to the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: When you're away, pleases the Lord. He makes even your
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  Speaker 2: enemies to be at peace with you. Fold your hands
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  Speaker 2: and rest in the presence of the Lord. Lie down,
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  Speaker 2: and do not be afraid. When you lie down, your
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  Speaker 2: sleep will be sweet. Glory be to the Father and
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  Speaker 2: to the and to the Holy Spirit. As it was
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  Speaker 2: in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world
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  Speaker 2: without end. Our Father in heaven, like you send your
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  Speaker 2: son into the world, Send us now into the world,
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  Speaker 2: and the power of your Holy Spirit, as ministers of
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  Speaker 2: reconciliation and ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go, please
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  Speaker 2: bless us and keep us. Make your face to shine
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  Speaker 2: upon us, and be gracious to us. Live your countenance
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  Speaker 2: upon us, and give us peace. In the name of
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  Speaker 2: your son, our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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