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Letting Go | Embrace Your New Season · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:00
  - 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. Today's prayer focus is
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  - talking about
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  - how to embrace your new season.
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  - Scripture text comes from Ecclesiastes three one and
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  - says, there is a time for everything and
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  - a season for every activity under this evidence.
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  - We can enter a new season physically while
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  - remaining emotionally attached to the previous one.
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  - We compare.
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  - This isn't how it used to be.
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  - We question,
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  - why couldn't things stay the same?
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  - And sometimes we miss what's growing because we're
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  - still mourning what ended.
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  - New seasons really look exactly like old ones.
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  - In fact, they may require different rhythms,
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  - relationships,
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  - priorities,
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  - and a different version of us.
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  - Embracing something new requires
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  - openness.
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  - And the power of prayer helps us stop
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  - demanding that the new season resemble the old
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  - one.
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  - Yes. We can acknowledge
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  - that we may not always know what to
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  - do
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  - and ask God to help us notice
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  - what's in front of us,
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  - whether it's a new opportunity,
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  - lesson,
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  - relationship,
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  - or
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  - maybe
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  - God is trying to stretch our faith.
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  - You may discover
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  - that what initially felt unfamiliar is where God
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  - begins something beautiful.
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  - That being said, let's pray.
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  - Abba,
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  - thank you for being Lord over every season
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  - of our life.
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  - Help us release what has ended
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  - and become fully present to what you are
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  - doing right now.
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  - Give us eyes to recognize new opportunities,
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  - wisdom for new responsibilities,
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  - and the faith to follow you forward,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Well,
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  - as we come to
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  - the close of the third week of our
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  - prayer focus,
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  - maybe
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  - a question that I'd like to present you
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  - with is, what if I stopped comparing this
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  - season
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  - to the last one and started asking God
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  - what he wants to do in this one?
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  - If these prayers are helping you navigate change,
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  - share the divine five one five podcast with
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  - someone who's also
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  - learning to move forward.
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  - And if you like to walk alongside a
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  - Christ centered community
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  - as you grow through scripture and prayer, the
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  - inner chamber community is free to join
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  - at divine515.com/free.
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  - And remember,
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  - release what ended,
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  - receive what God is teaching you,
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  - respond to where he's leading.
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  - You don't have to know everything about the
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  - next season before entering it. Just take the
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  - next step with God.