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BE STILL Be Empty, Be Filled with Peace 🕊 God Turns Pressure Into Peace Relaxing Sleep Meditation - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

• 0:16
  Speaker 1: Welcome to a time of authentic peace and rest. I'm
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: James Seawood. Jesus offers peace, and it's not like the
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: peace the world gives. It's true, lasting peace, It's real,
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: renewing rest. Isn't that what you want? What your soul
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: longs to be filled with? So tonight we're going to
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: practice abiding in the peace Jesus gives. Tonight, you can
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: stop pretending everything is fine. You can stop trying to
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: earn anyone's love or respect. You can admit all the
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: things you need, all the ways you feel empty, and
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: you can be sure that in Jesus you are given
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: everything you need. Before we begin, take a moment to
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: be real with Jesus. Take off any masks you're wearing.
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: Tell Jesus that you're here and you're ready to be honest.
• 1:33
  Speaker 1: Admit to him that you need him, and tell him
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: that you're ready to receive his love. Take a deep breath.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: Isn't it good to let down your God and know
• 1:57
  Speaker 1: that you are safe here with Jesus. In this safe place,
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: you can truly rest. So get comfortable. Make sure your
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: blankets are just right, adjust your pillows and your lights,
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: and attend to your breath. Notice it moving in and out, steady, constant.
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: God is closer to you than your very breath. Let
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: go of every other distraction and thought, and just pay
• 2:45
  Speaker 1: attention to your breath. Move your attention to your feet.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: Feel the muscles of your feet softening and relaxing, and
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: then your calves. Feel those muscles grow loose and warm,
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: and continue moving your focus slowly up your body, relaxing
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: each part one by one. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: you for being with your child now. Thank you for
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: being closer than their breath, for being even more constant
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: and dependable than the air moving in and out of
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: their lungs. Thank you for the promise that when we
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: are empty, you will fill us. Thank you most of
• 4:10
  Speaker 1: all for sending your son Jesus to show us how
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: to live and to reconcile us with you. Thank you
• 4:20
  Speaker 1: for sending your spirit to guide and comfort us. Now
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: fill your child with peace. Remove distractions or worries from
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: their mind. May they know your near presence and rest
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: peacefully in it. It's in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen,
• 4:50
  Speaker 1: let your breathing stay slowly and steady. As I read
• 4:54
  Speaker 1: from Philippians two in the new revised standard translation, Let
• 5:02
  Speaker 1: the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: who though he was in the form of God, did
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,
• 5:16
  Speaker 1: but emptied himself taking the form of a slave. Being
• 5:23
  Speaker 1: born in human likeness and being found in human form,
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death,
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: even death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: him and gave him the name that is above every name,
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: bend in heaven and on earth and under earth, and
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: the glory of God the Father. Let your confession of
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: faith move in and out with your breath, breathing in
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows
• 6:37
  Speaker 1: you to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting
• 6:43
  Speaker 1: your need of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic
• 6:51
  Speaker 1: faith begins when you stop grasping for power and control
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: and your own benefit and empty yourself. When God fails you,
• 7:05
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others. In love and humility,
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 7:14
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself.
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 7:47
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 7:55
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 8:07
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 8:13
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life, and then died a selfless obedient death,
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 8:36
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 8:41
  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
• 8:57
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, and call out and praise that he is
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God.
• 9:07
  Speaker 1: The Father Jesus is willing to give up all of
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 9:22
  Speaker 1: Breathe in the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 9:32
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rights in order to
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 9:47
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: to plants, sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers,
• 10:07
  Speaker 1: But as you approach the garden, you realize they can't
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: grow here. This plot is too full, already full of
• 10:18
  Speaker 1: plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: scratch at you when you try to touch them, leaving
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and run
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: to turn over with the small spade. Nothing is growing
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 11:17
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground as new
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: snap peas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: to hold on to, and they will climb up the
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: trellis toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: then pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: with peas. The carrots will grow long and sweet and
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: orange underground, sending feather greens up above to drink in
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: the sunlight. The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: by thin crisp believes, and the zenias and snapdragons will
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: bloom in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they will become.
• 12:23
  Speaker 1: Imagine the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this
• 12:28
  Speaker 1: empty space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: the spirit growing in your own life as you make
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: space for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 13:22
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from You.
• 13:26
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work, to
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: bring new growth, Grow good things in your child as
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 13:42
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
• 13:46
  Speaker 1: with you as they rest. May you work as they
• 13:51
  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen,
• 14:05
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses one last time, this time
• 14:10
  Speaker 1: in the New Living Translation. You must have the same
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ and exhaling is Lord.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: your God and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: In this safe place, you can truly rest. So get comfortable.
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, a gesture pillows
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought, and just pay attention to your breath.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: focus slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: child now. Thank you for being closer than their breath,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: for being even more kind, instant, and dependable than the
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: air moving in and out of their lungs. Thank you
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: for the promise that when we are empty, you will
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: fill us. Thank you most of all for sending your
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: son Jesus to show us how to live and to reconcile.
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: Us with you. Thank you for sending your spirit to
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: guide and comfort us. Now fill your child with peace.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: Remove distractions or worries from their mind. May they know
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: your near presence and rest peacefully in it. It's in
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Let your breathing
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: stay slowly and steady. As I read from Philippians too
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: in the new revised standard translation, Let the same mind
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who though
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: he was in the form of God, did not regard
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: himself taking the form of a slave. Being born in
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: human likeness and being found in human form, he humbled
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: himself and became obedient to the point of death, even
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: and gave him the name that is above every name,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: so that at the name of Jesus every knee should
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: and heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confession of faith
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath, breathing in Jesus
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting your
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: need of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: begins when you stop grasping for power and control and
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: your own benefit and empty yourself. When God fails you,
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless obedient death,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and call out in praise that he is
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: the master of all. To the glorious honor of God,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus is willing to give up all of
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Breathe in the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rits in order to
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: garden pass filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers,
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: But as you approach the garden, you realize they can't
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: grow here. This plot is too full, already full of
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: scratch at you when you try to touch them, leaving
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and run
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: to turn over with the small spade. Nothing is growing
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground. As new
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: snap peas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: to hold on to, and they will climb up the
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: trellis toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: then pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: with peas. The parrots will grow long and sweet and
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: orange underground, sending feathery greens up above to drink in
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: the sunlight. The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: by thin crisp believes, and the zenias and snapdragons will
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: bloom in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they will become.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Imagine the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: empty space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: the spirit. Growing in your own life as you make
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: space for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: gentlemness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from You.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work to
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: bring new growth. Grow good things in your child as
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: with you as they rest. May you work as they
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses one last time, this time
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: in the New Living Translation. You must have the same
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: Breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ, and exhaling is Lord.
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: your guard and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: In this safe place, you can truly rest. So get comfortable.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, adjust your pillows
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought and just pay attention to your breath.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: focus slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your child. Now,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: thank you for being closer than their breath, for being
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: even more constant and dependable than the air moving in
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: and out of their lungs. Thank you for the promise
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: that when we are empty, you will fill us. Thank
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: you most of all for sending your son Jesus to
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: show us how to live and to reconcile us with you.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: Thank You for sending your spirit to guide and comfort us.
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: Now fill your child with peace. Remove distractions or worries
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: from their mind. May they know your near presence and
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: rest peacefully in it. It's in the name of Jesus
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: we pray. Amen. Let your breathing stay slowly and steady.
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: As I read from Philippians too in the new revised
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: standard translation, let the same mind be in you that
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: was in Christ. Jesus, who, though he was in the
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: form of God, did not regard equality with God as
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: something to be exploited, but emptied himself taking the form
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: of a slave. Being born in human likeness and being
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore,
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: God also highly exalted him and gave him the name
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: that is above every name, so that at the name
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: of Jesus. Every knee should bend and heaven and on
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: earth and under earth, and every tongue should confess that
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Let your confession of faith move in and out with
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: your breath, breathing in Jesus Christ and breathing out is Lord.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: Authentic faith allows you to find authentic rest. It begins
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: with humility, admitting your need of God, admitting that Jesus
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: is Lord. Faith begins when you stop grasping for power
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: and control and your own benefit and empty yourself. When
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: God fails you, you find yourself able to serve others
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: in love and humility. You find yourself able to rest
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: in the certainty that you are special and beloved by God,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: and that is glory. Let me read those verses again
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: in the Message translation. Think of yourselves the way Christ.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God,
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: but didn't think so much of himself that he had
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what,
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: not at all. When the time came, he set aside
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: the privileges of deity and took on the status of
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: a slave, became human, having become human. He stayed human.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead,
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: selfless obedient death, and the worst kind of death at that,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: a crucifixion. Because of that obedience, God lifted him high
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: and honored him far beyond any one or anything ever,
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: so that all created beings in heaven and on earth,
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: even those long ago dead and buried, will bow and
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  Speaker 1: worship before this Jesus Christ and call out in praise
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  Speaker 1: that he is the master of all to the glorious
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  Speaker 1: honor of God, the Father. Jesus is willing to give
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  Speaker 1: up all of his privileges in order to bring God's
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  Speaker 1: love to us. Breathe then, the wonder of that, and
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  Speaker 1: Jesus invites us to give up our privileges and rights
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  Speaker 1: in order to serve and love others. Well, perhaps you
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  Speaker 1: need to clear some space, to give up some things
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  Speaker 1: so that God's love has room to grow in you.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine a weedy garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: You want to plant sweet snappeas, carrots, tender baby lettuces,
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: and flowers. But as you approach the garden. You realize
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  Speaker 1: they can't grow here. This plot is too full, already
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: full of plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients.
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  Speaker 1: The weeds scratch at you when you try to touch them,
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: leaving your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: here unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: around and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: run your fingers through the It's dark and soft, easy
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  Speaker 1: to turn over with a small spade. Nothing is growing
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  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
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  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground. As new
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: snappeas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something to
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  Speaker 1: hold on to, and they will climb up the trellis
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and then
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat with peas.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: The carrots will grow long and sweet and orange underground,
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: sending feathery greens up above to drink in the sunlight.
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded by thin,
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: crisp laves, and the zenias and snap dragons will bloom
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  Speaker 1: in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they will become.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this
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  Speaker 1: empty space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of
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  Speaker 1: the spirit growing in your own life as you make
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  Speaker 1: space for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
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  Speaker 1: and self control, blooming and bringing color and life and
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  Speaker 1: beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God, empty
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  Speaker 1: this child of all that is not from you. Make
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  Speaker 1: space in them for your spirit to work, to bring
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  Speaker 1: new growth. Grow good things in your child as they rest, God,
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  Speaker 1: bring beauty and nourishment to their lives as they are
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  Speaker 1: emptied of self. May they be filled with you as
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  Speaker 1: they rest. May you work as they trust you. May
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  Speaker 1: you provide. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen. Let
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  Speaker 1: me read those verses one last time, this time in
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  Speaker 1: the New Living Translation. You must have the same attitude
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  Speaker 1: that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: he gave up his divine privileges. He took the humble
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  Speaker 1: position of a slave, and was born as a human being.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in
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  Speaker 1: obedience to God and died a criminal's death across Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: God elevated him to the place of highest honor and
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  Speaker 1: gave him the name above all other names, that at
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  Speaker 1: the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven
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  Speaker 1: and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue
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  Speaker 1: declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: God the Father. Let these words guide your breath again.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Breathe again, Jesus Christ. Breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ,
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: and exhaling is Lord. Take a deep breath. Isn't it
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  Speaker 1: good to let down your guard and know that you
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  Speaker 1: are safe here with Jesus. In this safe place, you
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  Speaker 1: can truly rest. So get comfortable. Make sure your blankets
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: are just right, adjust your pillows and your lights, and
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: attend to your breath. Notice it moving in and out, steady, constant.
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: God is closer to you than your very breath. Let
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: go of every other distraction and thought, and just pay
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: attention to your breath. Move your attention to your feet,
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: feel the muscles of your feet softening and relaxing, and
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: then your calves. Feel those muscles grow loose and warm,
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: and continue moving your focus slowly up your body, relaxing
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: each part one by one. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for being with your child now. Thank you for
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: being closer than their breath, for being even more constant
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: and dependable than the air moving in and out of
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  Speaker 1: their lungs. Thank you for the promise that when we
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  Speaker 1: are empty, you will fill us. Thank you most of
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  Speaker 1: all for sending your son Jesus to show us how
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  Speaker 1: to live and to reconcile us with you. Thank you
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: for sending your spirit to guide and comfort us. Now
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: fill your child with peace, Remove distractions or worries from
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  Speaker 1: their mind. May they know your near presence and rest
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: peacefully in it. It's in the name of Jesus. Amen.
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: Let your breathing stay slowly and steady. As I read
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: from Philippians too in the new revised standard translation, let
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  Speaker 1: the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who,
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: though he was in the form of God, did not
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: emptied himself taking the form of a slave. Being born
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: in human likeness and being found in human form, he
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death,
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: even death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted
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  Speaker 1: him and gave him the name that is above every name,
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  Speaker 1: so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend,
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: and heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confession of faith
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath, breathing in Jesus
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
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  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting your
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  Speaker 1: need of God, admitting their Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith
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  Speaker 1: begins when you stop grasping for power and control and
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  Speaker 1: your own benefit and empty yourself. When God fails you,
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  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
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  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
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  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
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  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
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  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
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  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
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  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
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  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life, and then died a selfless obedient death,
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  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
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  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
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  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
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  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and call out in praise that he is
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: the master of all. To the glorious honor of God,
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus is willing to give up all of
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: Breathe then, the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
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  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rits in order to
• 51:46
  Speaker 1: serve and love others well. Perhaps you need to clear
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  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
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  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers,
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: but as you approach the garden you realize they can't
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: grow here. This plot is too full, already full of
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: scratch at you when you try to touch them, leaving
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and run
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy
• 53:04
  Speaker 1: to turn over with a small spade. Nothing is growing
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground. As new
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: snap peas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something
• 53:41
  Speaker 1: to hold on to, and they will climb up the
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: trellis toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: then pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: with peas. The carrots will grow long and sweet and
• 54:03
  Speaker 1: orange underground, sending feathery greens up above to drink in
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: the sunlight. The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded
• 54:14
  Speaker 1: by thin crisp believes, and the zenias and snap dragons
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: will bloom in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: will become. Imagine the way they will feed the hungry.
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: Imagine this empty space filled with good things. Imagine the
• 54:40
  Speaker 1: fruits of the spirit growing in your own life as
• 54:43
  Speaker 1: you make space for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 55:06
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
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  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from you.
• 55:31
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work to
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: bring new growth. Grow good things in your child as
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
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  Speaker 1: with You as they rest. May you work as they
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  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide I ask this in Jesus name. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: let me read those verses one last time, this time
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  Speaker 1: in the new Living translation. You must have the same
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  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
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  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
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  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
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  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
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  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
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  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
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  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
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  Speaker 1: is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ.
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: Breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ, and exhaling is Lord.
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: your guard and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 58:07
  Speaker 1: In this safe place you can truly rest. So get comfortable.
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right. Adjust your pillows
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought and just pay attention to your breath.
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: focus slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your
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  Speaker 1: child now. Thank you for being closer than the their breath,
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  Speaker 1: for being even more constant and dependable than the air
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  Speaker 1: moving in and out of their lungs. Thank you for
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: the promise that when we are empty, you will fill us.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you most of all for sending your son Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to show us how to live and to reconcile us
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  Speaker 1: with you. Thank you for sending your spirit to guide
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  Speaker 1: and comfort us. Now, fill your child with peace, Remove
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  Speaker 1: distractions or worries from their mind. May they know your
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  Speaker 1: near presence and rest peacefully in it. It's in the
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  Speaker 1: name of Jesus we pray. Amen breathing stays slowly and steady,
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  Speaker 1: as I read from Philippians too in the new revised
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  Speaker 1: standard translation, Let the same mind be in you that
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  Speaker 1: was in Christ Jesus, who though he was in the
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  Speaker 1: form of God, did not regard equality with God as
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  Speaker 1: something to be exploited, but emptied himself taking the form
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  Speaker 1: of a slave. Being born in human likeness and being
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  Speaker 1: found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient
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  Speaker 1: to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: God also highly exalted him and gave him the name
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  Speaker 1: that is above every name, so that at the name
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  Speaker 1: Aim of Jesus, every knee should bend, and heaven and
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  Speaker 1: on earth and under earth, and every tongue should confess
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
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  Speaker 1: the Father. Let your confession of faith move in and
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  Speaker 1: out with your breath, breathing in Jesus Christ and breathing
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  Speaker 1: out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you to find authentic rest.
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: It begins with humility, admitting your need of God, admitting
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  Speaker 1: that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith begins when you stop
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  Speaker 1: grasping for power and control and your own benefit and
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  Speaker 1: empty yourself when God fails you, you find yourself able
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  Speaker 1: to serve others in love and humility. You find yourself
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  Speaker 1: able to rest in the certainty that you are special
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  Speaker 1: and beloved by God, and that is glory. Let me
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  Speaker 1: read those verses again in the Message translation. Think of
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  Speaker 1: yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself. He had
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  Speaker 1: equal status with God, but didn't think so much of
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  Speaker 1: himself that he had to cling to the advantages of
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  Speaker 1: that status no matter what, not at all. When the
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  Speaker 1: time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and
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  Speaker 1: took on the status of a slave, became human. Having
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  Speaker 1: become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless,
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  Speaker 1: obedient life, and then died a selfless, obedient death, and
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  Speaker 1: the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion. Because
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  Speaker 1: far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all created
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  Speaker 1: beings in heaven and on earth, even those long ago
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  Speaker 1: dead and buried, will bow and worship before this Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ and call out in praise that he is the
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  Speaker 1: Master of all. To the glorious honor of God. The
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  Speaker 1: Father Jesus is willing to give up all of his
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  Speaker 1: privileges in order to bring God's love to us. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: then the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us to
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  Speaker 1: give up our privileges and rites in order to serve
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  Speaker 1: and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear some space,
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  Speaker 1: to give up some things so that God's love has
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  Speaker 1: room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy garden patch
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  Speaker 1: filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want to plant
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  Speaker 1: sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers. But
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  Speaker 1: as you approach the garden, you realize they can't grow here.
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 1: This plot is too full, already full of plants grasping
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  Speaker 1: for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds scratch at
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: you when you try to touch them, leaving your hands
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  Speaker 1: stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here unless these
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  Speaker 1: invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around and see
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  Speaker 1: another garden patch. Kneel before it and run your fingers
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  Speaker 1: through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy to turn
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  Speaker 1: over with a small spade. Nothing is growing here yet.
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  Speaker 1: Open a seed packet and drop the tiny seeds into
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 1: the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil. Imagine
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: those seeds dying and breaking open underground as new life
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 1: bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar snappeas
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something to hold
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  Speaker 1: on to, and they will climb up the trellis toward
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  Speaker 1: the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and then pale
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 1: green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat with peas.
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: The carrots will grow long and sweet and orange underground,
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: sending feathery greens up above to drink in the sunlight.
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 1: The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded by thin
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: crisp believes, and the zenias and snapdragons will bloom in
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 1: bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they will become. Imagine
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this empty
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  Speaker 1: space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of the
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 1: spirit growing in your own life as you make space
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 1: for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 1:09:32
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from you.
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work. To
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: bring new growth. Grow good things in your child as
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: with you as they rest. May you work as they
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen.
• 1:10:15
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses one last time, this time
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: in the New Living Translation. You must have the same
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
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  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
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  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 1:11:21
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again Jesus Christ,
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 1: breathing out his Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ and exhaling is Lord.
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 1: your guard and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: In this safe place, you can truly rest. So get comfortable,
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, adjust your pillows
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought, and just pay attention to your breath.
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 1: focus slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your
• 1:14:01
  Speaker 1: child now. Thank you for being closer than their breath,
• 1:14:08
  Speaker 1: for being even more constant and dependable than the air
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 1: moving in and out of their lungs. Thank you for
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: the promise that when we are empty, you will fill us.
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: Thank you most of all for sending your son Jesus
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: to show us how to live and to reconcile us
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: with you. Thank you for sending your spirit to guide
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: and comfort us. Now fill your child with peace, remove
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: distractions or worries from their mind. May they know your
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: near presence and rest peacefully in it. It's in the
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Let your breathing stay
• 1:15:08
  Speaker 1: slowly and steady. As I read from Philippians too in
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 1: the new revised standard translation, let the same mind be
• 1:15:20
  Speaker 1: in you that was in Christ. Jesus, who, though he
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: was in the form of God, did not regard equality
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: taking the form of a slave. Being born in human
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: likeness and being found in human form, he humbled himself
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: and became obedient to the point of death, even death
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 1: on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him and
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 1: gave him the name that is above every name, so
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 1: that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend,
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 1: and heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confession of faith
• 1:16:29
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath. Breathing in Jesus
• 1:16:36
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
• 1:16:53
  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, your need
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith begins
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: when you stop grasping for power and control and your
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: own benefit and empty yourself. When God fails you, you
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 1: find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
• 1:17:43
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
• 1:17:49
  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God. He didn't think so
• 1:18:00
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 1:18:30
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death,
• 1:18:45
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 1:18:52
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
• 1:19:04
  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
• 1:19:14
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and call out in praise that he is
• 1:19:19
  Speaker 1: the master of all. To the glorious honor of God,
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus is willing to give up all of
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 1: Breathe then, the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 1:19:49
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rits in order to
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 1:19:59
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 1:20:04
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 1:20:16
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers,
• 1:20:24
  Speaker 1: but as you approach the garden, you realize they can't
• 1:20:28
  Speaker 1: grow here. This plot is too full, already full of
• 1:20:34
  Speaker 1: plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds
• 1:20:41
  Speaker 1: scratch at you when you try to touch them, leaving
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here
• 1:20:52
  Speaker 1: unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and run
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 1: your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy
• 1:21:13
  Speaker 1: to turn over with a small spade. Nothing is growing
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
• 1:21:26
  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 1:21:33
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground. As new
• 1:21:39
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: snap peas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: to hold on to, and they will climb up the
• 1:21:54
  Speaker 1: trellis toward the sun. Small white flowers bloom, and then
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat with peas.
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 1: The carrots will grow long and sweet and orange underground,
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 1: sending feathery greens up above to drink in the sunlight.
• 1:22:21
  Speaker 1: The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded by thin
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 1: crisp leaves, and the zenias and snapdragons will bloom in
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 1: bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they will become. Imagine
• 1:22:40
  Speaker 1: the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this empty
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of the
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: spirit growing in your own life as you make space
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from You.
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work, to
• 1:23:47
  Speaker 1: bring new growth. Grow good things in your child as
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: as they are in deed of self. May they be
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: filled with you as they rest. May you work as
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 1: they trust you. May you provide. I ask this in
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen. Let me read those verses one last time,
• 1:24:26
  Speaker 1: this time in the New Living Translation. You must have
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 1: the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God,
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: he did not think of equality with God as something
• 1:24:42
  Speaker 1: to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges.
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: He took the humble position of a slave and was
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 1: born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 1:25:23
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 1: is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again Jesus Christ,
• 1:25:48
  Speaker 1: breathing out his Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ and exhaling his Lord,
• 1:26:19
  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, Dwell richly in this child tonight. Abide in
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 1: them as they abide in you. Fill every empty place
• 1:26:30
  Speaker 1: within them with your love. Cultivate humility and all the
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: fruits of the spirit in their life, even as they sleep,
• 1:26:41
  Speaker 1: Make them more like Jesus. May this child sleep in
• 1:26:46
  Speaker 1: your peace tonight and rise up in the morning ready
• 1:26:50
  Speaker 1: to seek you again. Jesus offers peace, and it's not
• 1:27:06
  Speaker 1: like the peace the world gives. It's true, lasting peace,
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: It's real, renewing rest. Isn't that what you want, what
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: your soul longs to be filled with? So tonight we're
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 1: going to practice abiding in the peace Jesus gives. Tonight,
• 1:27:32
  Speaker 1: you can stop pretending everything is fine. You can stop
• 1:27:36
  Speaker 1: trying to earn anyone's love or respect. You can admit
• 1:27:42
  Speaker 1: all the things you need, all the ways you feel empty,
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 1: and you can be sure that in Jesus you are
• 1:27:51
  Speaker 1: given everything you need. Before we begin, take a moment
• 1:27:59
  Speaker 1: to be with Jesus. Take off any masks you're wearing.
• 1:28:06
  Speaker 1: Tell Jesus that you're here and you're ready to be honest.
• 1:28:12
  Speaker 1: Admit to him that you need him, and tell him
• 1:28:16
  Speaker 1: that you're ready to receive his love. Take a deep breath.
• 1:28:32
  Speaker 1: Isn't it good to let down your guard and know
• 1:28:36
  Speaker 1: that you are safe here with Jesus. In this safe place,
• 1:28:42
  Speaker 1: you can truly rest. So get comfortable. Make sure your
• 1:28:50
  Speaker 1: blankets are just right, a gesture pillows and your lights,
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 1: and attend to your breath. Notice it moving in and out, steady, constant.
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 1: God is closer to you than your very breath. Let
• 1:29:19
  Speaker 1: go of every other distraction and thought and just pay
• 1:29:24
  Speaker 1: attention to your breath. Move your attention to your feet.
• 1:29:39
  Speaker 1: Feel the muscles of your feet softening and relaxing, and
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: then your calves. Feel those muscles grow loose and warm,
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: and continue moving your focus slowly up your body, relaxing
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: each part one by one. Let's pray Heavenly Father, thank
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: you for being with your child. Now. Thank you for
• 1:30:28
  Speaker 1: being closer than their breath, for being even more constant
• 1:30:33
  Speaker 1: and dependable than the air moving in and out of
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 1: their lungs. Thank you for the promise that when we
• 1:30:43
  Speaker 1: are empty, you will fill us. Thank you most of
• 1:30:49
  Speaker 1: all for sending your son Jesus to show us how
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: to live and to reconcile us with you. Thank you
• 1:30:59
  Speaker 1: for sending your spirit to guide and comfort us. Now,
• 1:31:06
  Speaker 1: fill your child with peace. Remove distractions or worries from
• 1:31:12
  Speaker 1: their mind. May they know your near presence and rest
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 1: peacefully in it. It's in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
• 1:31:29
  Speaker 1: Let your breathing stay slowly and steady. As I read
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 1: from Philippians too in the new revised standard translation, let
• 1:31:41
  Speaker 1: the same mind be in you that was in Christ. Jesus, who,
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 1: though he was in the form of God, did not
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: emptied himself taking the form of a slave. Being born
• 1:32:02
  Speaker 1: in human likeness and being found in human form, he
• 1:32:09
  Speaker 1: humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death,
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 1: even death on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted
• 1:32:22
  Speaker 1: him and gave him the name that is above every name,
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend,
• 1:32:34
  Speaker 1: and heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 1:32:39
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
• 1:32:46
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confession of faith
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath, breathing in Jesus
• 1:32:59
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
• 1:33:16
  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting your
• 1:33:23
  Speaker 1: need of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 1: begins when you stop grasping for power and control and
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 1: your own benefit and empty yourself. When God fills you,
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 1:33:49
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 1:33:53
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God and that glory.
• 1:34:05
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
• 1:34:12
  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself.
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 1:34:26
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 1:34:34
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 1:34:39
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 1:34:46
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 1:34:52
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 1:35:00
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life, and then died a selfless obedient death,
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 1:35:15
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 1: him far beyond any one or anything ever, so that
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: all created beings in heaven and on earth, even those
• 1:35:31
  Speaker 1: long ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 1: this Jesus Christ and called out in praise that he
• 1:35:41
  Speaker 1: is the master of all to the glorious honor of God,
• 1:35:46
  Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus was willing to give up all of
• 1:35:54
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 1: Breathe in the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 1:36:11
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rights in order to
• 1:36:15
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 1:36:21
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 1:36:32
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 1:36:39
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces and flowers.
• 1:36:46
  Speaker 1: But as you approach the garden, you realize they can't
• 1:36:51
  Speaker 1: grow here. This plot is too full, already full of
• 1:36:57
  Speaker 1: plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds
• 1:37:03
  Speaker 1: scratch at you when you try to touch them, leaving
• 1:37:08
  Speaker 1: your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow here
• 1:37:15
  Speaker 1: unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn around
• 1:37:23
  Speaker 1: and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and run
• 1:37:29
  Speaker 1: your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft, easy
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 1: to turn over with a small spade. Nothing is growing
• 1:37:40
  Speaker 1: here yet. Open a seed packet and drop the tiny
• 1:37:48
  Speaker 1: seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the soft soil.
• 1:37:56
  Speaker 1: Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open und as new
• 1:38:01
  Speaker 1: life bursts forth and reaches for the sun. The sugar
• 1:38:07
  Speaker 1: snappeas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching for something to
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 1: hold on to, and they will climb up the trellis
• 1:38:18
  Speaker 1: toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom, and then
• 1:38:25
  Speaker 1: pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and fat with peas.
• 1:38:32
  Speaker 1: The carrots will grow long and sweet and orange underground,
• 1:38:38
  Speaker 1: sending feathery greens up above to drink in the sunlight.
• 1:38:43
  Speaker 1: The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts surrounded by thin,
• 1:38:48
  Speaker 1: crisp leaves, and the zenias and snap dragons will bloom
• 1:38:54
  Speaker 1: in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they become. Imagine
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 1: the way they will feed the hungry. Imagine this empty
• 1:39:07
  Speaker 1: space filled with good things. Imagine the fruits of the
• 1:39:13
  Speaker 1: spirit growing in your own life as you make space
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 1: for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 1:39:32
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 1:39:39
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 1:40:01
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from You.
• 1:40:05
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work, to
• 1:40:09
  Speaker 1: bring new growth. Grow good things in your child as
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 1:40:21
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
• 1:40:25
  Speaker 1: with you as they rest. May you work as they
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
• 1:40:44
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses one last time, this time
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 1: and the new Living translation. You must have the same
• 1:40:54
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 1:41:01
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 1:41:12
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 1:41:17
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 1:41:23
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 1:41:27
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 1:41:36
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 1:41:45
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 1:41:51
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 1:41:56
  Speaker 1: is Lord to the glory of God. Let these words
• 1:42:03
  Speaker 1: guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ. Breathing out
• 1:42:12
  Speaker 1: is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ, and exhaling is Lord. Take
• 1:42:33
  Speaker 1: a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down your
• 1:42:38
  Speaker 1: God and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 1:42:44
  Speaker 1: In this safe place you can truly rest. So get comfortable,
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, adjusture pillows and
• 1:42:58
  Speaker 1: your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it moving
• 1:43:07
  Speaker 1: in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to you
• 1:43:20
  Speaker 1: than your very breath. Let go of every other distraction
• 1:43:26
  Speaker 1: and thought, and just pay attention to your breath. Move
• 1:43:41
  Speaker 1: your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of your
• 1:43:46
  Speaker 1: feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel those
• 1:43:54
  Speaker 1: muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your focus
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 1: slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your
• 1:44:30
  Speaker 1: child now. Thank you for being closer than their breath,
• 1:44:37
  Speaker 1: for being even more constant and dependable than the air
• 1:44:43
  Speaker 1: moving in and out of their lungs. Thank you for
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 1: the promise that when we are empty, you will fill us.
• 1:44:54
  Speaker 1: Thank you most of all for sending your son Jesus
• 1:44:59
  Speaker 1: to show us how to live and to reconcile us
• 1:45:03
  Speaker 1: with you. Thank you for sending your spirit to guide
• 1:45:08
  Speaker 1: and comfort us. Now fill your child with peace. Remove
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 1: distractions or worries from their mind. May they know your
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 1: near presence and rest peacefully in it. It's in the
• 1:45:28
  Speaker 1: name of Jesus we pray. Amen. Let your breathing stay
• 1:45:36
  Speaker 1: slowly and steady. As I read from Philippians too in
• 1:45:42
  Speaker 1: the new revised standard translation, let the same mind be
• 1:45:49
  Speaker 1: in you that was in Christ Jesus, who though he
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 1: was in the form of God, did not regard equality
• 1:45:58
  Speaker 1: with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself,
• 1:46:04
  Speaker 1: taking the form of a slave. Being born in human
• 1:46:09
  Speaker 1: likeness and being found in human form, he humbled himself
• 1:46:16
  Speaker 1: and became obedient to the point of death, even death
• 1:46:21
  Speaker 1: on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him and
• 1:46:29
  Speaker 1: gave him the name that is above every name, so
• 1:46:34
  Speaker 1: that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend
• 1:46:40
  Speaker 1: in heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
• 1:46:52
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confession of faith
• 1:46:58
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath, breathing in Jesus
• 1:47:05
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting your
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 1: need of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith
• 1:47:37
  Speaker 1: begins when you stop grasping for power and control and
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 1: your own benefit and empty yourself. When God fills you,
• 1:47:50
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 1:47:56
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 1:47:59
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
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  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the message translation,
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  Speaker 1: think of yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself.
• 1:48:24
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 1:48:29
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 1:48:40
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 1:48:52
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 1:48:58
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life, and then died a selfless obedient death,
• 1:49:14
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 1:49:21
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 1:49:26
  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
• 1:49:32
  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
• 1:49:37
  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
• 1:49:42
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and call out in praise that he is
• 1:49:48
  Speaker 1: the master of all. To the glorious honor of God,
• 1:49:52
  Speaker 1: the Father. Jesus was willing to get give up all
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: of his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 1:50:08
  Speaker 1: Breathe in the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 1:50:18
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rights in order to
• 1:50:21
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 1:50:27
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 1:50:32
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 1:50:38
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 1:50:45
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers,
• 1:50:53
  Speaker 1: but as you approach the garden you realize they can't grow.
• 1:50:57
  Speaker 1: Here is too full, already full of plants grasping for
• 1:51:05
  Speaker 1: space and fighting for nutrients. The weeds scratch at you
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  Speaker 1: when you try to touch them, leaving your hands stinging
• 1:51:16
  Speaker 1: and raw. Nothing good can grow here unless these invasive
• 1:51:22
  Speaker 1: plants are first removed. Now turn around and see another
• 1:51:30
  Speaker 1: garden patch. Kneel before it and run your fingers through
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  Speaker 1: the soil. It's dark and soft, easy to turn over
• 1:51:42
  Speaker 1: with the small spade. Nothing is growing here yet. Open
• 1:51:51
  Speaker 1: a seed packet and drop the tiny seeds into the darkness,
• 1:51:57
  Speaker 1: gently covering them with the soft Imagine those seeds dying
• 1:52:04
  Speaker 1: and breaking open underground. As new life bursts forth and
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 1: reaches for the sun. The sugar snappeas will unfurl their
• 1:52:15
  Speaker 1: tiny tendrils, searching for something to hold on to and
• 1:52:22
  Speaker 1: they will climb up the trellis toward the sun. Small
• 1:52:27
  Speaker 1: white flowers will bloom, and then pale green pods will emerge,
• 1:52:34
  Speaker 1: growing bright and fat with peas. The carrots will grow
• 1:52:40
  Speaker 1: long and sweet and orange underground, sending feathery greens up
• 1:52:46
  Speaker 1: above to drink in the sunlight. The lettuces will emerge
• 1:52:51
  Speaker 1: with tight hearts surrounded by thin crisp leaves, and the
• 1:52:57
  Speaker 1: zenias and snap dragons will gloom and bright rainbow colors.
• 1:53:04
  Speaker 1: Imagine the beauty they will become. Imagine the way they
• 1:53:09
  Speaker 1: will feed the hungry. Imagine this empty space filled with
• 1:53:15
  Speaker 1: good things. Imagine the fruits of the spirit growing in
• 1:53:21
  Speaker 1: your own life as you make space for God to
• 1:53:24
  Speaker 1: work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 1: self control, blooming and bringing color and life and beauty
• 1:53:46
  Speaker 1: and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God, empty this
• 1:54:08
  Speaker 1: child of all that is not from You. Make space
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  Speaker 1: in them for your spirit to work to bring new growth.
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  Speaker 1: Grow good things in your child as they rest, God
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  Speaker 1: bring beauty and nourishment to their lives as they are
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  Speaker 1: emptied of self. May they be filled with you as
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: they rest. May you work as they trust you, May
• 1:54:38
  Speaker 1: you provide. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen, Let
• 1:54:50
  Speaker 1: me read those verses one last time, this time and
• 1:54:55
  Speaker 1: the new living translation. You must have the the same
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 1:55:10
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 1:55:17
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 1:55:22
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 1:55:28
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 1:55:32
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 1:55:41
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 1:55:44
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 1:55:50
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 1:55:55
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 1:56:00
  Speaker 1: is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 1:56:07
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ.
• 1:56:15
  Speaker 1: Breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ, and exhaling is Lord.
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 1:56:41
  Speaker 1: your God and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 1:56:48
  Speaker 1: In this safe place, you can truly rest, So get comfortable,
• 1:56:57
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, adjust your pillows
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 1:57:10
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 1:57:28
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought, and just pay attention to your breath.
• 1:57:43
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 1:57:48
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 1:57:56
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose and warm, and continue moving your
• 1:58:03
  Speaker 1: focus slowly up your body, relaxing each part one by one.
• 1:58:25
  Speaker 1: Let's pray, Heavenly Father, thank you for being with your
• 1:58:33
  Speaker 1: child now. Thank you for being closer than their breath,
• 1:58:40
  Speaker 1: for being even more constant and dependable than the air
• 1:58:45
  Speaker 1: moving in and out of their lungs. Thank you for
• 1:58:51
  Speaker 1: the promise that when we are empty, you will fill us.
• 1:58:57
  Speaker 1: Thank you most of all for sending your sons Jesus
• 1:59:01
  Speaker 1: to show us how to live and to reconcile us
• 1:59:05
  Speaker 1: with you. Thank you for sending your spirit to guide
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 1: and comfort us. Now, fill your child with peace, Remove
• 1:59:18
  Speaker 1: distractions or worries from their mind. May they know your
• 1:59:24
  Speaker 1: near presence and rest peacefully in it. It's in the
• 1:59:31
  Speaker 1: name of Jesus, we pray, Amen. Let your breathing stay
• 1:59:39
  Speaker 1: slowly and steady. As I read from Philippians too in
• 1:59:45
  Speaker 1: the new revised standard translation, let the same mind be
• 1:59:51
  Speaker 1: in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he
• 1:59:56
  Speaker 1: was in the form of God, did not regard equality
• 2:00:00
  Speaker 1: with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself
• 2:00:07
  Speaker 1: taking the form of a slave. Being born in human
• 2:00:12
  Speaker 1: likeness and being found in human form, he humbled himself
• 2:00:19
  Speaker 1: and became obedient to the point of death, even death
• 2:00:24
  Speaker 1: on a cross. Therefore, God also highly exalted him and
• 2:00:32
  Speaker 1: gave him the name that is above every name, so
• 2:00:37
  Speaker 1: that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend,
• 2:00:43
  Speaker 1: and heaven and on earth and under earth, and every
• 2:00:48
  Speaker 1: tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
• 2:00:54
  Speaker 1: glory of God the Father. Let your confess of faith
• 2:01:01
  Speaker 1: move in and out with your breath, breathing in Jesus
• 2:01:07
  Speaker 1: Christ and breathing out is Lord. Authentic faith allows you
• 2:01:25
  Speaker 1: to find authentic rest. It begins with humility, admitting your
• 2:01:31
  Speaker 1: need of God, admitting that Jesus is Lord. Authentic faith
• 2:01:39
  Speaker 1: begins when you stop grasping for power and control and
• 2:01:44
  Speaker 1: your own benefit, and empty yourself. When God fills you,
• 2:01:53
  Speaker 1: you find yourself able to serve others in love and humility.
• 2:01:58
  Speaker 1: You find yourself able to rest in the certainty that
• 2:02:02
  Speaker 1: you are special and beloved by God, and that is glory.
• 2:02:14
  Speaker 1: Let me read those verses again in the Message translation.
• 2:02:21
  Speaker 1: Think of yourselves the way Christ. Jesus thought of himself.
• 2:02:27
  Speaker 1: He had equal status with God, but didn't think so
• 2:02:32
  Speaker 1: much of himself that he had to cling to the
• 2:02:35
  Speaker 1: advantages of that status no matter what, not at all.
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: When the time came, he set aside the privileges of
• 2:02:48
  Speaker 1: deity and took on the status of a slave, became human.
• 2:02:55
  Speaker 1: Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly
• 2:03:01
  Speaker 1: humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived
• 2:03:09
  Speaker 1: a selfless, obedient life, and then died a selfless, obedient death,
• 2:03:17
  Speaker 1: and the worst kind of death at that, a crucifixion.
• 2:03:23
  Speaker 1: Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored
• 2:03:29
  Speaker 1: him far beyond anyone or anything ever, so that all
• 2:03:35
  Speaker 1: created beings in heaven and on earth, even those long
• 2:03:40
  Speaker 1: ago dead and buried, will bow and worship before this
• 2:03:45
  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and call out in praise that he is
• 2:03:50
  Speaker 1: the master of all to the glorious honor of God,
• 2:03:55
  Speaker 1: the Father, Jesus is willing to give up all of
• 2:04:03
  Speaker 1: his privileges in order to bring God's love to us.
• 2:04:10
  Speaker 1: Breathe in the wonder of that, and Jesus invites us
• 2:04:20
  Speaker 1: to give up our privileges and rights in order to
• 2:04:24
  Speaker 1: serve and love others. Well, perhaps you need to clear
• 2:04:30
  Speaker 1: some space, to give up some things so that God's
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 1: love has room to grow in you. Imagine a weedy
• 2:04:41
  Speaker 1: garden patch filled with tangled thorns and vines. You want
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 1: to plant sweet snap peas, carrots, tender baby lettuces, and flowers.
• 2:04:55
  Speaker 1: But as you approach the garden, you realize they can't
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 1: grow grow here. This plot is too full, already full
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 1: of plants grasping for space and fighting for nutrients. The
• 2:05:11
  Speaker 1: weeds scratch at you when you try to touch them,
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 1: leaving your hands stinging and raw. Nothing good can grow
• 2:05:22
  Speaker 1: here unless these invasive plants are first removed. Now turn
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 1: around and see another garden patch. Kneel before it and
• 2:05:37
  Speaker 1: run your fingers through the soil. It's dark and soft,
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: easy to turn over with a small spade. Nothing is
• 2:05:49
  Speaker 1: growing here yet, open a seed packet and drop the
• 2:05:56
  Speaker 1: tiny seeds into the darkness, gently covering them with the
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 1: soft soil. Imagine those seeds dying and breaking open underground
• 2:06:10
  Speaker 1: as new life bursts forth and reaches for the sun.
• 2:06:15
  Speaker 1: The sugar snap peas will unfurl their tiny tendrils, searching
• 2:06:20
  Speaker 1: for something to hold on to, and they will climb
• 2:06:25
  Speaker 1: up the trellis toward the sun. Small white flowers will bloom,
• 2:06:32
  Speaker 1: and then pale green pods will emerge, growing bright and
• 2:06:38
  Speaker 1: fat with peas. The carrots will grow long and sweet
• 2:06:44
  Speaker 1: and orange underground, sending feathery greens up above to drink
• 2:06:49
  Speaker 1: in the sunlight. The lettuces will emerge with tight hearts
• 2:06:55
  Speaker 1: surrounded by thin crisp leaves, and the zenia and snapdragons
• 2:07:02
  Speaker 1: will bloom in bright rainbow colors. Imagine the beauty they
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 1: will become. Imagine the way they will feed the hungry.
• 2:07:15
  Speaker 1: Imagine this empty space filled with good things. Imagine the
• 2:07:21
  Speaker 1: fruits of the spirit growing in your own life as
• 2:07:25
  Speaker 1: you make space for God to work love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• 2:07:41
  Speaker 1: gentleness and self control, blooming and bringing color and life
• 2:07:48
  Speaker 1: and beauty and nourishment. Let me pray for you, God,
• 2:08:10
  Speaker 1: empty this child of all that is not from You.
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 1: Make space in them for your spirit to work, to
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 1: bring new growth, Grow good things in your child. As
• 2:08:23
  Speaker 1: they rest, God, bring beauty and nourishment to their lives
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 1: as they are emptied of self. May they be filled
• 2:08:34
  Speaker 1: with you as they rest. May you work as they
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 1: trust you. May you provide. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen,
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 1: let me read those verses one last time, this time
• 2:08:58
  Speaker 1: in the New Living trainslation. You must have the same
• 2:09:04
  Speaker 1: attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he
• 2:09:11
  Speaker 1: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 2:09:14
  Speaker 1: cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges. He
• 2:09:21
  Speaker 1: took the humble position of a slave and was born
• 2:09:26
  Speaker 1: as a human being. When he appeared in human form,
• 2:09:32
  Speaker 1: he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a
• 2:09:37
  Speaker 1: criminal's death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to
• 2:09:45
  Speaker 1: the place of highest honor and gave him the name
• 2:09:49
  Speaker 1: above all other names, that at the name of Jesus,
• 2:09:55
  Speaker 1: every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and
• 2:10:00
  Speaker 1: under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ
• 2:10:05
  Speaker 1: is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Let
• 2:10:12
  Speaker 1: these words guide your breath again. Breathe again, Jesus Christ.
• 2:10:20
  Speaker 1: Breathing out is Lord. Inhaling Jesus Christ, and exhaling is Lord.
• 2:10:42
  Speaker 1: Take a deep breath. Isn't it good to let down
• 2:10:47
  Speaker 1: your God and know that you are safe here with Jesus.
• 2:10:53
  Speaker 1: In this safe place, you can truly rest. Get comfortable.
• 2:11:03
  Speaker 1: Make sure your blankets are just right, adjust your pillows
• 2:11:08
  Speaker 1: and your lights, and attend to your breath. Notice it
• 2:11:16
  Speaker 1: moving in and out, steady, constant. God is closer to
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 1: you than your very breath. Let go of every other
• 2:11:34
  Speaker 1: distraction and thought, and just pay attention to your breath.
• 2:11:50
  Speaker 1: Move your attention to your feet. Feel the muscles of
• 2:11:55
  Speaker 1: your feet softening and relaxing, and then your calves. Feel
• 2:12:03
  Speaker 1: those muscles grow loose.