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Letting Go | Casting Your Anxieties on God · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome
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  - to the divine five one five podcast. Here
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  - is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today's
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  - prayer topic is casting your anxieties on God.
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  - Scripture text comes from first Peter five seven
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  - and says,
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  - cast all your anxiety on him because he
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  - cares for you.
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  - You. You know, we've talked about in other
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  - episodes
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  - how worry convinces us that if we keep
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  - thinking about something,
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  - we're somehow keeping it under control.
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  - So, again, we replay possibilities
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  - and we prepare for worst case scenarios that
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  - haven't even happened yet.
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  - And while it's good to plan,
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  - we're
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  - still gonna have to deal with the faith
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  - element.
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  - And because of it, we carry tomorrow
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  - and today.
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  - But worry doesn't give us control, and that's
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  - what we're trying to hold on to.
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  - In fact, it gives the problem more space
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  - in our minds,
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  - which is the polar opposite of what we're
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  - trying to do.
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  - Releasing worry requires trusting God with an outcome
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  - we cannot guarantee.
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  - Scripture does tell us that without faith, it
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  - is impossible to please him.
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  - And let's be honest, if God told us
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  - what it was that we were gonna have
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  - to face,
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  - we would probably respond
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  - with absolutely not.
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  - And to make matters
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  - worse, sometimes
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  - he doesn't tell us and we still say
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  - absolutely not.
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  - And because of it, that's what makes worry
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  - difficult
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  - because sometimes we'd rather hold on to a
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  - problem we can see rather than trust a
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  - god whose plan we cannot.
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  - Now
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  - a good example of this is
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  - the character Peter in the bible.
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  - Peter doesn't simply tell us to stop being
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  - anxious.
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  - Oh, no. He can tell us from firsthand
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  - experience
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  - about anxiety
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  - and how to deal with it,
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  - And
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  - he tells us to start by
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  - first being specific.
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  - Father, I'm worried about my finances.
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  - I'm worried about my family.
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  - Father, I don't know
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  - how to deal with this decision,
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  - and I'm terrified
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  - about what happens next.
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  - Then he tells us to remind ourselves why
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  - we can't release it
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  - because God cares for us.
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  - And here is the the the sick room.
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  - The enemy, the scripture says, is the father
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  - of lies and there's no truth in him,
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  - which is the polar opposite of what God
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  - is because he cannot lie.
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  - So if he says that he cares for
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  - us,
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  - you can rest assure
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  - that we are the object of his affection
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  - and there is not one worry, stress, or
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  - anxiety
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  - that he will not help us work through.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's take the anxiety,
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  - the worry,
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  - and the stress to the throne.
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  - Heavenly father, we give you the worries that
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  - we've been carrying.
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  - Give us the wisdom for what
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  - we can address and the faith to release
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  - what we cannot control.
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  - When anxiety returns, father remind us that we
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  - can bring it back to you because you
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  - care for us.
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  - Guard our heart with your peace,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Every time the worry returns today,
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  - just remember,
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  - turn it into a prayer. There's not one
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  - thing that we go through
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  - that he doesn't know about, and he welcomes
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  - the conversation.
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  - If he comes back,
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  - pray again.
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  - And if you're learning to develop this kind
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  - of everyday prayer rhythm, the inner chamber offers
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  - scripture based encouragement
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  - and practical resources
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  - to help you keep growing.
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  - We'd like to invite you to join
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  - the inner prayer chamber community
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  - at divine515.com/free.
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  - And remember, you don't have to carry tomorrow
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  - while you're still living today.