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Grace in the Grind: Let God Take Over · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  If he walks the road... Hey, it's Thursday, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  This is Angel. I hope you enjoy it this week, and I hope that you continue to
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  We are trying to continue to grow our podcast and our family.
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  And always remember that you are a part of a family here at Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin, so we welcome you together.
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  Today, I wanted to talk to you all about my busy listeners.
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  The ones sitting in traffic balancing coffee in one hand and emails in the other. Yeah, of course.
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  You know what you are. You're the grace in the grind.
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  And the ones who are doing everything they can to just keep life moving forward.
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  Yeah, this is for you too. Because let's be honest, life can feel like a grind.
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  We wake up tired. We rush through our day.
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  And sometimes it feels like there's just not enough of us to go around.
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  Oh, I heard of that one before.
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  But here's the thing. Even in the grind, God's grace is at work.
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  You know, in 2 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 9, it says, my grace is sufficient for you.
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  For my power is made perfect in weakness.
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  I'll never forget one week, a few years back when I was, when everything seemed to pile up.
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  Work deadlines, home responsibilities, car trouble, or I should say car troubles.
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  I've had many cars at the same time. For some reason, they just tend to break down at the same time.
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  It's like they're literally related and they give each other the sickness.
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  But you name it, it's happened to me.
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  I remember standing in my kitchen late one night, looking at the mess around
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  me, thinking, well, I can't vacuum and I can't clean because I'll wake up the
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  whole house. I can't do this anymore.
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  I am just frustrated.
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  And you know, you get to that point where you want to cry, but you can't.
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  And then you want to scream, but you won't.
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  Yeah. Right there and then I felt small, a small whisper again in my heart,
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  which we've heard about this whisper, right?
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  You don't have to let me. And I said, whoa, let me think of that.
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  Let me hear that again in my head. you don't have to let me that's what grace
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  looks like that's what it sounds like it's not a lightning bolt moment or a
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  magical fix it's that quiet strength that shows up when you got nothing,
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  it's that peace that slips in during chaos and it says you don't have to so
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  just let me do it let me take over.
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  It's that reminder that you don't have it all together because God already does.
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  Now, you're probably saying, well, I've never heard that voice before. I've never heard that.
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  Well, we've had moments where we've kind of heard something in our mind saying,
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  you know, don't do this, don't do that.
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  Well, maybe if you do this, oh, you know, give it to God.
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  That's what I'm talking about. I'm just giving you my personal experience.
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  But that's what we're talking about. So if you're driving right now,
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  and if you're heading to work and you're juggling a million things,
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  maybe that plain donut, I know I just did, it's gone, breathe.
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  God sees your effort and he honors your heart and his grace will carry you through
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  what your strength can't.
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  You're not failing. I'm going to say that again. You are not failing.
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  You are being refined.
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  So let's pray about it. We thank you for your grace, Lord, the kind that meets
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  us in the mess, the stress, and the grind.
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  Help us remember that we don't have to be perfect to be loved by you.
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  For every listener feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stretched too thin.
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  Fill them. That's right.
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  Fill them with peace today, Lord.
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  Remind them that your grace is enough. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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  So how do we close out today? Well, it's Thursday, which means tomorrow's Friday. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  We're gonna leave on a positive note today, a different type of intro, a more upbeat intro.
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  So you don't need to be strong every day. You just need to let God's grace step in.
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  So remember, you matter and never forget.
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  Have faith, let it begin. Tomorrow's Friday.