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The Hidden Cost of Trying to Control Everything | Stronger Together · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant.
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  - And sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha. I am your
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  - host.
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  - And today, I get the honor of helping
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  - you tackle the hidden cost of trying to
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  - control everything.
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  - Scripture text I'm coming from today comes from
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  - Proverbs three five through six and says, trust
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  - in the Lord with all your heart.
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  - And we wanna start the conversation by saying
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  - that control often disguises itself as responsibility.
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  - I,
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  - know a couple of people who are,
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  - they're very good at leadership,
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  - but,
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  - I think that one of them would probably
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  - admit that the reason that they're so good
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  - at what they do is because they they,
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  - they have control issues.
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  - And
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  - I laugh about it because
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  - part of,
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  - being healed and delivered from the thing that's
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  - holding you back or that can become a
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  - a crutch or a hindrance is to acknowledge
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  - it. Right?
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  - Because of of, as I say that,
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  - we feel like if we plan enough, right,
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  - or if we worry enough or if we
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  - prepare enough, we'll prevent disappointment.
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  - But the truth of the matter is is
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  - that life is gonna be full of disappointments
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  - and unexpected,
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  - twists and turns.
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  - And I often tell people
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  - that, you know, you cannot control what happens
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  - to you. You can only control how you
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  - deal with it.
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  - And sometimes,
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  - we get hit with life so hard that
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  - we're just not sure how to deal with
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  - it. Right? It it's it's like, we're in
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  - a in a in a boxing ring, and
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  - life just uppercuts us and knocks us out
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  - the ring, and we're left on the floor
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  - somewhere,
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  - twitching like a fly, if you will, feeling
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  - like all the oxygen has been sucked out
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  - of the the room.
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  - And it can leave you asking God, what
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  - is going on here?
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  - But
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  - I always say that God welcomes the conversation.
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  - And he's he doesn't get deterred by anything
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  - that we go through. And,
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  - the the beautiful part is is that every
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  - situation that we go through, I I often
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  - tell people there's not one thing that we
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  - go through that God does not know about.
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  - And the argument could be, well, if he
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  - knows about it, why doesn't he do something
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  - about it? Well, he did do something about
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  - it. He sent his son who laid his
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  - life down,
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  - to bring glory to the father to restore
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  - us back to the father. The father also,
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  - gave us the tools that we would need
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  - to handle everyday life.
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  - And so
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  - even when control feels safer than surrender,
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  - continue to surrender.
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  - Control only creates more pressure because it places
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  - the weight of every outcome on our shoulders.
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  - But, again, the beautiful part about prayer is
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  - that it shifts control back to God.
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  - And instead of demanding certainty, we begin to
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  - develop trust.
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  - And we we know that the scripture tells
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  - us that without faith, it's impossible to please
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  - God. And the the question is, are you
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  - gonna trust me? Are you gonna trust me?
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  - Right? Like that child trusts the the father.
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  - And,
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  - I always say the disclaimer is if you
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  - did not have a good parental child relationship,
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  - my prayers are with you. We pray for
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  - healing,
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  - regarding that. But that God is the perfect
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  - parent. He's not like he's not like our
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  - natural parents.
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  - And when we pray, we can therefore discover
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  - the peace that it,
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  - and it isn't found in knowing every answer.
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  - Right? It's not about
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  - what we know, but who we know
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  - that knows everything. Right?
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  - And because of it, prayer is found in
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  - knowing the one who already does, and and
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  - so that's where we find comfort.
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  - So know that whatever you're tasked with, do
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  - it and do it with excellence to represent
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  - the divine well, but
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  - understand that you don't have to control everything
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  - and there,
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  - you know,
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  - despite your your efforts of doing so, you're
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  - not always gonna be able to control everything,
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  - and that's okay. Just surrender it and let
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  - God take the lead.
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  - And that being said,
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  - let's pray,
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  - And,
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  - you can cast your cares above the Lord,
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  - black, because he cares for you.
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  - Heavenly father, we surrender every need to control
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  - every outcome.
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  - Teach us to trust your wisdom, father, above
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  - our understanding and your timing above our expectations.
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  - Father, help us walk in peace knowing you
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  - are faithfully
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  - leading every step of the way, and we
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  - will bless you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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  - Well, we've learned that prayer grows strongest when
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  - it's practiced consistently
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  - with others.
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  - If this was an encouragement to you, considering,
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  - sharing it with someone who might be needing
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  - some encouragement today and remember to keep meaning
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  - God after the throne.