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One Prayer Can Change the Direction of Your Life | 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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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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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 we are finishing up
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  - this month's
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  - series.
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  - Talking about how one prayer can change the
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  - direction of your life.
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  - Scripture text comes from Jeremiah twenty nine thirteen
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  - and says, you will seek me and find
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  - me when you seek me with your whole
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  - heart.
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  - Well,
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  - as one month ends, it's easy to assume
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  - spiritual growth ends with it.
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  - We finish a devotional series. We close our
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  - journals. We move on to the next thing,
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  - whatever that thing is. Right?
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  - But spiritual transformation isn't built through one month
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  - of prayer. It's built through a life time
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  - of continually
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  - seeking
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  - God.
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  - Now
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  - I realize that this sounds easier.
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  - It's a lot easier said than done, right?
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  - Because you have to be intentional.
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  - And,
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  - I've often heard people tell me,
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  - that they just don't have time to pray.
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  - They they just don't have time to spend
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  - with God.
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  - But
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  - the scripture tells us that where our heart
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  - lies, that's where our treasure
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  - is. And so
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  - my encouragement would be to you to make
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  - God your treasure because
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  - you are his heartbeat. You're the thing that
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  - he you the you're the reason why he
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  - sent the son and the son gave his
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  - life because he longs for relationship.
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  - He probably wants to be with you more
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  - than you want to be with him,
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  - and,
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  - that's just part of the the human nature.
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  - Right? That's just part of it. But
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  - nonetheless,
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  - he wants to captivate
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  - and capture us.
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  - But
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  - we struggle because we often look for dramatic
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  - breakthrough while overlooking the quiet faithfulness that transforms
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  - us day by day. Right?
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  - And the
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  - the passage in scripture that comes to mind
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  - is where Elijah
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  - is,
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  - he's in a place of just being distraught.
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  - He's,
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  - done ministry and and,
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  - feels like he's the only prophet left, you
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  - know, on the on the planet, so to
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  - speak. And,
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  - he really just needs to hear a word
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  - from God. And so,
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  - there are some things that happen. He you
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  - know, there's a earthquake and there's a fire
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  - and there's this and there's that.
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  - And yet the scripture tells us that it
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  - wasn't in any of those things
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  - that that, the Lord spoke to,
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  - Elijah. And and I think the what it's
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  - saying there is that
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  - because of of how we're we're made, right,
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  - and the distractions and and everything,
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  - we look for the the big,
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  - excitement or the the the big bang of
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  - of life, right, for God to come. God,
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  - I I I I I just need you
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  - to come in the midst of all of
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  - this. But let's
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  - take a different perspective. Right?
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  - If you're having a conversation with someone
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  - and
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  - it's supposed to be you and the person,
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  - right? And the person's trying to have a
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  - conversation with you, but
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  - you're
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  - not only not making any kind of eye
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  - contact with the, with the person, but you're
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  - up walking around,
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  - jumping up and down hand.
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  - You know, you've got the,
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  - everything, you know, you're trying to wash the
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  - dishes, you're trying to, you know, you're just
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  - doing a whole bunch of things, and the
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  - person's trying to have a conversation with you.
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  - Well, after a while, the person's not gonna
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  - be able to have a conversation with you
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  - because you're not giving them all of your
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  - attention.
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  - And so,
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  - if we go back to Elijah,
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  - God was trying to show Elijah
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  - that
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  - he couldn't have the conversation with him. It
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  - wasn't in the thunder. It wasn't in the
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  - fire. It wasn't in any of those things.
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  - It wasn't until
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  - he had Elijah's
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  - undivided
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  - attention
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  - that he was able to speak.
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  - Why? Because Elijah
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  - was forced to fight a noise
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  - in his mind,
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  - and that's what prayer does.
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  - It it causes you to,
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  - take hold of those
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  - distractions
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  - and minimize them so that your your energy
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  - is focused completely on what God is saying.
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  - So
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  - every prayer is an invitation, and every invitation
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  - is an opportunity
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  - to trust God,
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  - to give
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  - your heart to him, to lay at his
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  - feet all of the burdens
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  - to surrender.
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  - And out of those
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  - obstacles
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  - and that opposition,
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  - an opportunity to grow,
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  - to hear God's voice, and in the end,
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  - to become more like Christ.
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  - And the more consistently we meet with him,
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  - the more naturally his presence shapes every part
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  - of our lives.
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  - And
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  - because of it, prayer doesn't simply prepare us
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  - for eternity.
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  - It transforms
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  - us
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  - on a day to day basis.
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  - So
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  - that being said, there's some,
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  - food for thought, if you will.
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  - Take it and be encouraged and and know
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  - that
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  - you can do this thing. It you can
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  - do it, but it it will take some
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  - discipline
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  - and some hard work. But in the end,
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  - I promise you, you will bear fruit.
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  - Fruit. It may not
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  - affect the outcome. The outcome is still gonna
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  - be whatever the outcome will be,
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  - but the fruit comes
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  - from being within you.
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  - It will build your character. It will build
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  - your trust. It will build your faith, and
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  - it will deepen your relationship with God.
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  - And
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  - when we when we look at all of
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  - that,
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  - those are really the the treasures of life.
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  - So that being said, let's
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  - pray.
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  - Dear Lord. Thank you for walking with us
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  - throughout this month
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  - and every day
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  - continue teaching us to seek you with all
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  - our heart and to trust you with every
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  - part of our life.
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  - Let the lessons you've taught us become daily
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  - habits that strengthen
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  - our faith and deepen our relationship with
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  - you. Use our lives to encourage others and
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  - help us to remain faithful long after,
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  - this the devotionals
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  - and
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  - the podcast and all of the things have
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  - ended.
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  - We surrender ourselves to you again and again
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  - today and every day, and choose to keep
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  - walking closely with you.
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  - And we bless you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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  - This may be the final prayer for this
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  - month,
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  - but it doesn't have to be the end
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  - of your journey.
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  - Remember the thing called life is a day
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  - to day thing.
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  - And if you're ready to continue growing your
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  - prayer alongside a community of believers who desire
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  - a deeper relationship with Christ, we'd love to
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  - welcome you into the inner,
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  - chamber prayer community.
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  - It's a place where we can learn how
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  - to apply God's word. You can share your
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  - prayer requests,
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  - and you can learn strategies,
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  - that will help you grow.
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  - If that's something that is of interest to
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  - you, come and visit us at divine515.com
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  - to learn more about taking the next step.
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  - And until next time, remember prayers isn't something
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  - that we simply do. It's how we walk
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  - with God every day.
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  - Keep meeting God at the throne.