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When God Shakes Your World: Embrace the Change · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Welcome to another episode of Have Faith, Let It Begin. I'm your host,
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  Angel Santana, and today's episode is a powerful reminder that change,
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  whatever we expect it or not, is often the very tool God uses to shape us.
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  Maybe you've been feeling it, that stirring in your spirit, something shifting,
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  you can't quite explain it,
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  Deep down, you know change is coming.
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  We've all had those moments in life when things feel unsettled.
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  Maybe you're in a job that suddenly doesn't fulfill you.
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  Maybe your relationship feels
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  different or you sense that God is pulling you towards something new.
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  And it's confusing because we love comfort.
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  But here's the truth. growth doesn't happen in
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  comfort god doesn't leave us where
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  we are because he loves us
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  too much to let us stay unchanged sometimes
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  change comes wrapped in pain a door closes a friendship drifts apart a plan
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  falls through and our first reaction is why god why me but what if the why isn't a punishment.
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  It's a preparation.
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  In Proverbs 19, verse 21, it says, Many are the plans in a person's heart,
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  but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
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  That's it right there. You can plan, prepare, and even pray for something specific.
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  But if it's not in
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  his timing or in his will he will redirect you and yes sometimes that redirection
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  hurts but even in the chaos god's fingerprints are all over your story,
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  I remember a season in my life where I thought I had everything figured out,
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  the plan, the timeline, even the perfect job and goals.
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  And then God shook everything.
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  I didn't see it at first, but what I felt, what it felt like was,
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  it felt like loss was actually positioning.
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  He was pruning the branches
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  that no longer bore fruit
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  or bare fruit i should say he was building patience endurance and trust i'm
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  not saying it was easy because it wasn't there were nights of doubt tears and
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  of course confusion but when i finally stopped fighting his plan and started embracing his process.
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  Peace found me and I found peace.
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  Maybe that's you right now. Maybe you're there right now.
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  You're standing at the edge of something new, unsure of what's next.
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  Can I tell you something? That's not fear that you're feeling. It's faith stretching.
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  Hear that. It's faith stretching, change is coming.
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  It might not look the way you want it.
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  It may not be the way you want it to, but it's exactly what you need.
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  So let's pray about it. Father God, thank you for every season of change that
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  you bring into our lives.
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  When we don't understand, help us trust.
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  When we're afraid remind us
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  that you are mere may your plan unfold in your perfect timing and may we embrace
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  it with faith with hope and courage amen if you're in the middle of a change
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  right now i want you to take a breath take a deep breath.
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  God's not finished with you yet. His plan is greater than your pain.
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  His plan is greater than your pain.
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  I want you to remember that today. Because you matter.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin. Have a good day. Have faith.
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  Let it begin. me.