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Bedtime Story for Deep Relaxing Sleep_ Jacob and Essau - 3 hrs · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Find rest as you listen to this peaceful bedtime story.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the story of Jacob, Esau and struggles with God.
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  Speaker 2: If you sum up Jacob's story, God and family play
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  Speaker 2: two big parts. Jacob's family, like so many, struggled just
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  Speaker 2: to get along. His twin brother, Esau, got so mad
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  Speaker 2: he wanted to kill Jacob. So Jacob fled to his
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  Speaker 2: relative Laban for safety. But Laban tricked Jacob into working
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  Speaker 2: for him for twenty years. And when Jacob became rich anyway,
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  Speaker 2: Laban's sons complained that Jacob took their wealth for himself.
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  Speaker 2: What a mess. In the midst of family trials, God
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  Speaker 2: offered healing and hope far beyond Jacob's imagination. First, Jacob
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  Speaker 2: was learning the hard lesson of humility. Then God's mysterious
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  Speaker 2: plan unfolded. God's family was about to get a new name.
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  Speaker 2: This would be the family that God uses to bring
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  Speaker 2: Jesus the Savior to all people in the world. So
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  Speaker 2: as you fall asleep, may you find peace knowing that
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  Speaker 2: God's spirit heals divisions between family and friends. Just come
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  Speaker 2: in humility, and remember, if we walk in the light
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  Speaker 2: as God is in the light, then we have fellowship
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  Speaker 2: with each other, and the blood of Jesus his Son
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  Speaker 2: cleans us from all sin. Now commit today's tasks and
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  Speaker 2: worries to God. Soak in his presence and get comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: Just close your eyes and relax. Breathe in the unity
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  Speaker 2: of God's family and release division. As you breathe out,
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  Speaker 2: drift off to the land of dreams, just like Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: And if you fall asleep before I finish, all the better.
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  Speaker 2: God is present with you even while you dream. And listen.
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  Speaker 2: Now as I begin our time with an opening prayer,
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  Speaker 2: Dear God, fill my heart and mind fresh with your
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  Speaker 2: presence and your peace as I sleep. May your Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit guide my dreams. Just give me courage and humility,
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  Speaker 2: just as you gave it to Jacob. You blessed him
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  Speaker 2: and were faithful to him, and I believe you want
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  Speaker 2: to bless me and be faithful to me as well.
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  Speaker 2: So now renew me as I rest in you. You amen.
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  Speaker 2: Now I want you to imagine Jacob's life through his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: You grow up watching over goats and sheeps, wandering through
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  Speaker 2: springs and mountain forests, But you love to stick around
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  Speaker 2: home with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine her smiling at you
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  Speaker 2: as you run through the yard. She is old and
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  Speaker 2: has been as far back as you can remember. She
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  Speaker 2: thought she couldn't have kids, and your dad Isaac pleaded
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  Speaker 2: with God to have children. Your dad was sixty years
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  Speaker 2: old when you and your twin brother, Esau were born.
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  Speaker 2: Your brother, Esau's name means hair. He has thick hair
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  Speaker 2: like fur covering his neck and arms. Want you to
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  Speaker 2: imagine feeling Esau's prickly arms as you wrestle with him
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  Speaker 2: in your yard. Your father loves Esau. In fact, he
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  Speaker 2: loves him more than you. Esau is an outdoorsman, a
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  Speaker 2: hunter who adventures the rocky crags and hills to find
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  Speaker 2: game that he brings home and roasts over open fires.
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  Speaker 2: Smell the savory meat that he cooks for your dad.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, you're jealous, knowing your dad will smile at
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  Speaker 2: Esau and tell Esau how proud he is of him. Now,
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  Speaker 2: your name, Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your
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  Speaker 2: mom and dad say your name. Why would they call
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  Speaker 2: you Jacob? Deceiver? Jacob? Your mom calls out. You come
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  Speaker 2: running to her side. Listen, she whispers, I just heard
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  Speaker 2: your dad ask Esau to go out and bring him
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  Speaker 2: some wild game. Your dad said, make me a delicious
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  Speaker 2: meal so I can bless you with God's blessing before
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  Speaker 2: I die. Listen, Jacob, go get two goats and I
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  Speaker 2: will make your dad's favorite dish. Take it to him
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  Speaker 2: so he'll bless you instead of Esau. Your mom wants
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  Speaker 2: you to trick your dad before he dies. She loves you,
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  Speaker 2: She wants the best for you, even if it might
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  Speaker 2: make a whole new mess. So you go out. You
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  Speaker 2: pick out two young, fat goats, and your mom cooks
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  Speaker 2: your dad's favorite meal. Then you even dress in your
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  Speaker 2: brother's clothes and cover your arms and neck with the
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  Speaker 2: hairy skin of a young goat. Your mom then hands
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  Speaker 2: you the steaming plate of meat. Feel Esau's rough shirt
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  Speaker 2: on you just it's your neck on the hairy goat skin.
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  Speaker 2: Hold the plate to your nose and smell the roasted
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  Speaker 2: meat you've taken pretending to a whole new level. You
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  Speaker 2: walk into your dad's room and set the food next
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  Speaker 2: to his bed. Feel his arms as he gives you
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  Speaker 2: a giant hug and squeezes your arms. He's almost blind,
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  Speaker 2: but still he hears your voice and senses that something
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  Speaker 2: is wrong. Are you really my son, Esau? He asks, yes, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: yes I am. You lie. Listen as your father gives
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  Speaker 2: you a blessing that you've wanted four years. May God
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  Speaker 2: always give you huge harvests of grain. May many nations
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  Speaker 2: serve you and bow down to you. May you be
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  Speaker 2: the master over your brothers. When he's done, you leave quickly,
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  Speaker 2: just before Esau gets back. Esau then hears that you
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  Speaker 2: stole his blessing. His cries echo across the homestead. No
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  Speaker 2: wonder his name is Jacob, Esaw hollers. Now he has
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  Speaker 2: cheated me twice. Soon your mother calls for you again, Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: she says, Listen, Esau is planning to kill you. Get
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  Speaker 2: ready and flee to my brother Laban. Stay there until
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  Speaker 2: your brother cools off. When he calms down and forgets
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  Speaker 2: what you've done to him, then I will send for
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  Speaker 2: you to come back. You immediately flee from your family,
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  Speaker 2: which is deeply broken now by lies and jealousy. Can
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  Speaker 2: God heal a family like yours? Can he use someone
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  Speaker 2: like you? Jacob the deceiver? We'll keep resting here for
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  Speaker 2: a moment and breathe in. Trust in God. Then breathe
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  Speaker 2: out and release your worries. Breathe in and let the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit fill you with faith. Just rest now in
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  Speaker 2: God's arms. So now twenty years have passed and you're
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  Speaker 2: now heading back home and must deal with Esau. The
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  Speaker 2: Angel of God came to your dreams and told you
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  Speaker 2: to go back home. See God's angel now in your dreams.
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  Speaker 2: Hear the angel call out your name. You're camping with
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  Speaker 2: your family, Your eleven sons run around your camp on
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  Speaker 2: the hillsides. Hear your boys Judah and Reuben laughing. Watch
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  Speaker 2: Joseph skip past you smiling. Just reach down and give
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  Speaker 2: Joseph a hug. Tell Joseph to follow God's dreams for
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  Speaker 2: his life, just like you're following God's dreams for your life.
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  Speaker 2: Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh, he's mad at you.
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  Speaker 2: What have you done? Laban says, you tricked me. You've
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  Speaker 2: carried off my daughters like captives in war. But the
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  Speaker 2: funny thing is you didn't trick Laban. He tricked you.
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  Speaker 2: Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah. He cheated
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  Speaker 2: you with wages and animals. His sons accused you of
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  Speaker 2: stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a single thing
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  Speaker 2: from them. You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren
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  Speaker 2: and my daughters. Goodbye. Laban declares in frustration. I have
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  Speaker 2: the power to harm you. But last night the God
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  Speaker 2: of your father said to me, be careful not to
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  Speaker 2: say anything to Jacob, either good or bad. What can
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  Speaker 2: this mean? Did the God of your dad Isaac just
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  Speaker 2: show up to Laban and tell him not to say
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  Speaker 2: anything good or bad? Is Laban trying to trick you again?
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  Speaker 2: What is my crime? You ask? So he kisses his
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  Speaker 2: grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them. Then he eaves
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  Speaker 2: and peace. Now once again you must face Esau. You
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  Speaker 2: send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask him if he's
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  Speaker 2: fine with me coming back home again. When the messengers return,
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  Speaker 2: you get frightened. We went to your brother Esau. They say,
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  Speaker 2: now he is coming with four hundred men to meet you,
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  Speaker 2: four hundred men. You are afraid and distressed, so you pray, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: God of my Grandpa Abraham and God of my dad Isaac. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you said to me, go back to your country and
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  Speaker 2: your relatives, and I will make you prosper. I am
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  Speaker 2: unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown,
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  Speaker 2: your servant, Save me from my brother Esau. I am
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  Speaker 2: afraid he will come back and attack me and Leah
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  Speaker 2: and Rachel and my children. You told me I will
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  Speaker 2: make you, and will make your descendants like the sand
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  Speaker 2: of the sea, which cannot be counted. You decide to
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  Speaker 2: send gifts ahead to Esau, hoping to appease him in humility.
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  Speaker 2: You seek the approval of a brother who once planned
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  Speaker 2: to kill you. How will Esau respond to the gifts?
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  Speaker 2: Will he still hold his grudge? Or will he forgive
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  Speaker 2: you and restore your friendship? You pray for your family
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  Speaker 2: to live in peace. Rest for a moment and breathe
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  Speaker 2: in that same spirit of trust from God. Then breathe
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  Speaker 2: out and let go of any earthly thing that you're
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  Speaker 2: clinging to. Just breathe in and let the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: fill you with peace. Rest now in God's arms. You
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  Speaker 2: spend the night in your camp alone. Tomorrow morning you
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  Speaker 2: will see Esau. You were alone twenty years ago in
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  Speaker 2: a place just like this, when you fled from your brother.
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  Speaker 2: You had nothing but a staff and rested your head
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  Speaker 2: on a hard stone for a pillow. You dreamed of
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  Speaker 2: God's angels coming up and down a staircase from heaven
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  Speaker 2: to earth. Remember that once again. Now watch the angels
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  Speaker 2: again going up and coming down from heaven. God stood
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  Speaker 2: above the angels and said, I am the Lord, the
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  Speaker 2: God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your
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  Speaker 2: dad Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the
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  Speaker 2: land on which you are laying on right now. Your
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  Speaker 2: descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and
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  Speaker 2: you will spread out to the west and to the east,
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  Speaker 2: and to the north and to the south. All peoples
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  Speaker 2: on earth will be blessed through you and your children.
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  Speaker 2: I am with you and will watch over you wherever
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  Speaker 2: you go, and I will bring you back to this land.
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  Speaker 2: I will not leave you until I have done what
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  Speaker 2: I have promised I will do through you. All peoples
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  Speaker 2: on earth will be blessed through you. What could this mean?
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  Speaker 2: What great work could God be doing through your children
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  Speaker 2: to bless the whole earth? You are no longer alone.
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  Speaker 2: A man has entered your camp. Where did he come from?
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  Speaker 2: How long has he been watching you and following you?
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  Speaker 2: He says nothing. You don't know what he wants, but
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  Speaker 2: the two of you suddenly begin to wrestle. You struggle
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  Speaker 2: with each other. Feel your hands lock with his hands,
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  Speaker 2: feel your chest and head knock against his. You have
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  Speaker 2: struggled your entire life, even from the womb. You wrestled
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  Speaker 2: your brother, who you must struggle with tomorrow. Now, through
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  Speaker 2: the night, you continue the struggle, wrestling, shoving, being shoved.
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  Speaker 2: But this man does not overpower you. You pass the deepest,
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  Speaker 2: darkest part of the night in faint starlight. You know
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  Speaker 2: what you want. You're not fighting this man to beat him.
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  Speaker 2: You're fighting for his favor. You want his blessing. The
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  Speaker 2: first glow of morning begins to show on his face. Suddenly,
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  Speaker 2: the man touches your hip. You feel the socket of
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  Speaker 2: your joint wrench in pain, but still you don't let go.
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  Speaker 2: Let me go. The man says, it is the start
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  Speaker 2: of a new day. I will not let you go.
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  Speaker 2: You say, unless you bless me, what is your name?
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  Speaker 2: The man asks, Jacob. You say, my name is Deceiver.
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  Speaker 2: Then the man says, your name will no longer be Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: the deceiver. Your name will be Israel, which means he
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  Speaker 2: struggles with God. You have struggled with God and with
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  Speaker 2: humans and have overcome? What does this name mean for
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  Speaker 2: your family, for God's family? Do we struggle with God?
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  Speaker 2: Then the man blesses you. You realize that you are
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  Speaker 2: staring into the very face of God. How does he
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  Speaker 2: look to you? How does it feel to be blessed
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  Speaker 2: by God? Then suddenly you look up and see Esau
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  Speaker 2: approaching you with four hundred men. You bow down before
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  Speaker 2: him humbly. You've surrendered yourself to the will of a
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  Speaker 2: brother who once plotted to kill you. But yet Esau
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  Speaker 2: is running to meet you. He throws his arms around
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  Speaker 2: your neck and kisses you in a huge embrace. You
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  Speaker 2: hold your brother tightly and weep. At last, he loves you,
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  Speaker 2: and you love him. You tell him, when I saw
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  Speaker 2: your face, it was like seeing the face of God.
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  Speaker 2: For you, now, what's it like to see the face
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  Speaker 2: of God? You, now named Israel, have struggled with God
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  Speaker 2: and been blessed. So pace your breathing now as you
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  Speaker 2: continue to listen to the word of God as it's
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  Speaker 2: preyed over you softly in this continuing time of peaceful relaxation.
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  Speaker 2: Just breathe slowly and deeply as you listen to God.
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  Speaker 2: God's word for you just breathe, just imagine, just dream.
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  Speaker 2: You can lie down and sleep soundly because the Lord
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  Speaker 2: will keep you safe. For God is not a god
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  Speaker 2: of confusion, but of peace. Turn away from evil, do good,
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  Speaker 2: seek peace, Pursue peace. Cast all of your anxieties on
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  Speaker 2: him because he cares for you. Sleep and wake up
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  Speaker 2: refreshed because the Lord will protect and care for you. Now,
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  Speaker 2: May the God of Peace himself sanctify you completely, and
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  Speaker 2: may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept
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  Speaker 2: blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Aim
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  Speaker 2: for restoration, comfort another, agree with one another, live in peace,
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  Speaker 2: and the God of love and peace will be with you. Now.
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  Speaker 2: May the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at
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  Speaker 2: all times in every way. The Lord be with you. Quiet.
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  Speaker 2: Return to the safety of God's word, the centering word
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  Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction.
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  Speaker 2: Rest beloved. I pray that all may go well with you,
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  Speaker 2: and that you may be in good health as it
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  Speaker 2: goes well with your soul. And let the peace of
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  Speaker 2: Christ rule in your heart to which indeed you were called,
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  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
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  Speaker 2: down and sleep, for the Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
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  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone. Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there, God's presence will go with you,
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  Speaker 2: and He will give you rest. The spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
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  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
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  Speaker 2: God by faith. Enter his place of rest. Remain in
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  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
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  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
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  Speaker 2: stayed on God, and you will find perfect peace. Your
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  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness, and in trust
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  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
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  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
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  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting, He
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  Speaker 2: is present in his presence. You find rest, peace and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not, for God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
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  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
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  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. Just rest there peace, Peace to the
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  Speaker 2: far and to the near, says the Lord, and I
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  Speaker 2: will heal you. Heaven is God's throne and the earth
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  Speaker 2: is his footstool. Let this to be your place of rest.
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  Speaker 2: Your faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord so that he may return to you. He
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  Speaker 2: is slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. Come
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  Speaker 2: home to him. But the wisdom from above is first pure,
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  Speaker 2: then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and
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  Speaker 2: good fruits, impartial and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: is sown in peace. When you make and pursue peace,
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  Speaker 2: God satisfies your weary soul. He replenishes you. Agree with
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  Speaker 2: God and be at peace. Thereby good will come to you.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is present and caring for you. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord cares for his own even while you sleep. Let
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  Speaker 2: not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Peace.
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  Speaker 2: I leave with you God's peace. I give to you,
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  Speaker 2: not as the world gives peace, but God. Let the
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  Speaker 2: centering word be a pillow for you, cool, soft comforting,
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  Speaker 2: directing you back to God. Rest Now in the world
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  Speaker 2: you will have tribulation, But take heart. Jesus has overcome
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  Speaker 2: the world. So find peace. For God so loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes
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  Speaker 2: in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and
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  Speaker 2: the Lord's Spirit sets you free. May mercy, peace, and
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  Speaker 2: love be multiplied to you. Glory to God in the
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  Speaker 2: highest and on earth, peace among those with whom He
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  Speaker 2: is pleased. Don't be worried. Have faith in God, and
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  Speaker 2: have faith in Jesus. He is preparing a place for you.
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  Speaker 2: He is preparing your heart to be with him. No
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  Speaker 2: need to keep going carrying your heavy burdens. Jesus has
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  Speaker 2: taken them. Jesus gives you rest. Jesus is gentle, he
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  Speaker 2: is humble. Rest now in Jesus and find his rest.
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  Speaker 2: Even when storms suddenly strike around you. Jesus sleeps soundly.
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  Speaker 2: So can you rest now with the peace of Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Come to God and rest a while. Come to him
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  Speaker 2: so he can give you rest. Jesus is gentle and
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  Speaker 2: lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your soul.
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  Speaker 2: Be at peace, show peace, for blessed are the peacemakers.
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  Speaker 2: Rest without a worry and sleep soundly. But seek first
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Therefore, do not
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  Speaker 2: be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for
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  Speaker 2: itself sufficient, for the day is its own trouble. Grace
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  Speaker 2: to you and peace from God, our Father and the
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  Speaker 2: Lord Jesus Christ. Don't be anxious or fearful of wandering thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: Just let His arms welcome you back cradle you rest
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  Speaker 2: now in his arms. Do not be anxious about anything,
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  Speaker 2: but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let
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  Speaker 2: your requests be made known to God. Let your thoughts
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  Speaker 2: be thoughts of love, of faith, of hope, of rest,
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  Speaker 2: and of peace. What you have learned and received and
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  Speaker 2: heard and seen in Jesus. Practice these things, and the
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  Speaker 2: God of Peace will be with you. The peace of God,
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  Speaker 2: which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart. And your
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  Speaker 2: mind in Christ Jesus, A tranquil heart gives life to
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  Speaker 2: the flesh. When your way pleases the Lord, he makes
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  Speaker 2: even your enemies to be at peace with you. Fold
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  Speaker 2: your hands and rest in the presence of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: Lie down, and do not be afraid. When you lie down,
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  Speaker 2: your sleep will be sweet. Glory be to the Father
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  Speaker 2: and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As
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  Speaker 2: it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall
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  Speaker 2: be world without end. Our Father in Heaven, like you
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  Speaker 2: send your son into the world. Send us now into
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  Speaker 2: the world in the power of your Holy Spirit, as
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  Speaker 2: ministers of reconciliation and ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go,
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  Speaker 2: please bless us and keep us. Make your face to
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  Speaker 2: shine upon us, and be gracious to us. Lift your
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  Speaker 2: countenance upon us, and give us peace. In the name
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  Speaker 2: of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Welcome to
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  Speaker 2: the story of Jacob, Esau and struggles with God. If
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  Speaker 2: you sum up Jacob's story, God and family play two
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  Speaker 2: big parts. Jacob's family, like so many, struggled just to
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  Speaker 2: get along. His twin brother, Esau, got so mad he
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  Speaker 2: wanted to kill Jacob, so Jacob fled to his relative
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  Speaker 2: Laban for safety. But Laban tricked Jacob into working for
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  Speaker 2: him for twenty years. And when Jacob became rich anyway,
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  Speaker 2: Laban's sons complained that Jacob took their wealth for himself.
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  Speaker 2: What a mess. In the midst of family trials, God
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  Speaker 2: offered healing and hope far beyond Jacob's imagination. First Jacob
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  Speaker 2: was learning the hard lesson of humility. Then God's mysterious
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  Speaker 2: plan unfolded. God's family was about to get a new name.
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  Speaker 2: This would be the family that God uses to bring
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  Speaker 2: Jesus the Savior to all people in the world. So
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  Speaker 2: as you fall asleep, may you find peace knowing that
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  Speaker 2: God's spirit heals divisions between family and friends. Just come
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  Speaker 2: in humility, and remember, if we walk in the light
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  Speaker 2: as God is in the light, then we have fellowship
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  Speaker 2: with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son
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  Speaker 2: cleans us from all sin. Now commit today's tasks and
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  Speaker 2: worries to God. Soak in his presence and get comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: Just close your eyes and relax. Breathe in the unity
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  Speaker 2: of God's family and release division. As you breathe out,
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 2: drift off to the land of dreams. Just like Jacob
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  Speaker 2: and if you fall asleep before I finish, all the better.
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  Speaker 2: God is present with you even while you dream. And listen. Now,
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  Speaker 2: as I begin our time with an opening prayer, Dear God,
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  Speaker 2: fill my heart and mind fresh with your presence and
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  Speaker 2: your peace as I sleep. May your Holy spirit guide
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  Speaker 2: my dreams. Just give me courage and humility, just as
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  Speaker 2: you gave it to Jacob. You blessed him and were
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  Speaker 2: faithful to him. And I believe you want to bless
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  Speaker 2: me and be faithful to me as well. So now
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  Speaker 2: renew me as I rest in you. Amen. Now I
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  Speaker 2: want you to imagine Jacob's life through his eyes. You
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  Speaker 2: grow up watching over goats and sheeps, wandering through springs
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  Speaker 2: and mountain forests, but you love to stick around home
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  Speaker 2: with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine her smiling at you as
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  Speaker 2: you run through the yard. She is old and has
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  Speaker 2: been as far back as you can remember. She thought
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  Speaker 2: she couldn't have kids, and your dad Isaac pleaded with
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  Speaker 2: God to have children. Your dad was sixty years old
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  Speaker 2: when you and your twin brother, Esau were born. Your
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  Speaker 2: brother Esau's name means hair. He has thick hair like
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  Speaker 2: fur covering his neck and arms. Want you to imagine
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  Speaker 2: feeling Esau's prickly arms as you wrestle with him in
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  Speaker 2: your yard. Your father loves Esau. In fact, he loves
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  Speaker 2: him more than you. Esau is an outdoorsman, a hunter
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  Speaker 2: who adventures the rocky crags and hills to find game
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  Speaker 2: that he brings home in roasts over open fires. Smell
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  Speaker 2: the save meat that he cooks for your dad. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: you're jealous, knowing your dad will smile at Esau and
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  Speaker 2: tell Esau how proud he is of him. Now, your name,
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  Speaker 2: Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your mom and
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  Speaker 2: dad say your name. Why would they call you Jacob? Deceiver? Jacob?
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  Speaker 2: Your mom calls out. You come running to her side. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: she whispers, I just heard your dad ask Esau to
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  Speaker 2: go out and bring him some wild game. Your dad said,
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  Speaker 2: make me a delicious meal so I can bless you
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  Speaker 2: with God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get
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  Speaker 2: two goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish.
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  Speaker 2: Take it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you. She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess. So you
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  Speaker 2: go out. You pick out two young fat goats, and
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  Speaker 2: your mom cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even
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  Speaker 2: dress in your brother's clothes and cover your arms and
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  Speaker 2: neck with the hairy skin of a young goat. Your
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  Speaker 2: mom then hands you the steaming plate of meat. Feel
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  Speaker 2: Esau's rough shirt on you just it's your neck on
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  Speaker 2: the hairy goat's skin. Hold the plate to your nose
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  Speaker 2: and smell the roasted meat you've taken. Pretending to a
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  Speaker 2: whole new level, You walk into your dad's room and
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  Speaker 2: set the food next to his bed. Feel his arms
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  Speaker 2: as he gives you a giant hug and squeezes your arms.
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  Speaker 2: He's almost blind, but still he hears your voice and
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  Speaker 2: senses that something is wrong. Are you really my son, Esau?
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  Speaker 2: He asks, yes, yes, yes I am. You lie listen
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  Speaker 2: as your father gives you a blessing that you've wanted
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  Speaker 2: four years. May God always give you huge harvests of grain.
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  Speaker 2: May many nations serve you and bow down to you.
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  Speaker 2: May you be the master over your brothers. When he's done,
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  Speaker 2: you leave quickly just before Esau gets back. Esau then
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  Speaker 2: hears that you stole his blessing. His cries echo across
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  Speaker 2: the homestead. No wonder, his name is Jacob Hollers. Now
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  Speaker 2: he has cheated me twice. Soon your mother calls for
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  Speaker 2: you again, Jacob, she says, listen, Esau is planning to
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  Speaker 2: kill you. Get ready and flee to my brother Laban.
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  Speaker 2: Stay there until your brother cools off. When he calms
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  Speaker 2: down and forgets what you've done to him, then I
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  Speaker 2: will send for you to come back. You immediately flee
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  Speaker 2: from your family, which is deeply broken now by lies
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  Speaker 2: and jealousy. Can God heal a family like yours? Can
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  Speaker 2: he use someone like you, Jacob the deceiver. We'll keep
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 2: resting here for a moment and breathe in, trust in God.
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  Speaker 2: Then breathe out and release your worries. Breathe in and
• 1:08:54
  Speaker 2: let the Holy Spirit fill you with faith. Just rest
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  Speaker 2: now in God's own arms. So now twenty years have
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  Speaker 2: passed and you're now heading back home and must deal
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  Speaker 2: with Esau. The Angel of God came to your dreams
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 2: and told you to go back home. See God's angel
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  Speaker 2: now in your dreams, hear the angel call out your name.
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  Speaker 2: You're camping with your family, your eleven sons run around
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  Speaker 2: your camp on the hillsides. Hear your boys Judah and
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  Speaker 2: Reuben laughing. Watch Joseph skip past you smiling. Just reach
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  Speaker 2: down and give Joseph a hug. Tell Joseph to follow
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  Speaker 2: God's dreams for his life, just like you're following God's
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  Speaker 2: dreams for your life. Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: he's mad at you. What have you done? Laban says,
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  Speaker 2: you tricked me. You've carried off my daughters like captives
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  Speaker 2: in war. But the funny thing is you didn't trick Laban.
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  Speaker 2: He tricked you. Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah.
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  Speaker 2: He cheated you with wages and animals. His sons accused
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  Speaker 2: you of stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a
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  Speaker 2: single thing from them. You didn't even let me kiss
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  Speaker 2: my grandchildren and my daughters. Goodbye, Laban Declaire's in frustration.
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  Speaker 2: I have the power to harm you. But last night,
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  Speaker 2: the god of your father said to me, be careful
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  Speaker 2: not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
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  Speaker 2: What can this mean? Did the god of your dad
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  Speaker 2: Isaac just show up to Laban and tell him not
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  Speaker 2: to say anything good or bad. Is Laban trying to
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  Speaker 2: trick you again? What is my crime? You ask? So
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  Speaker 2: he kisses his grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them.
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  Speaker 2: Then he leaves in peace. Now once again you must
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  Speaker 2: face Esau. You send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask
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  Speaker 2: him if he's fine with me coming back home again.
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  Speaker 2: When the messengers return, you get frightened. We went to
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  Speaker 2: your brother Esau. They say, now he is coming with
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  Speaker 2: four hundred men to meet you. Four hundred men are
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  Speaker 2: afraid and distressed. So you pray, O, God of my
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  Speaker 2: Grandpa Abraham, and God of my dad Isaac. Lord, you
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  Speaker 2: said to me, go back to your country and your relatives,
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  Speaker 2: and I will make you prosper. I am unworthy of
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  Speaker 2: all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown, your servant,
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  Speaker 2: Save me from my brother Esau. I am afraid he
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  Speaker 2: will come back and attack me and Leah and Rachel
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  Speaker 2: and my children. You told me, I will make you prosper,
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  Speaker 2: and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea,
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  Speaker 2: which cannot be counted. You decide to send gifts ahead
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  Speaker 2: to Esau, hoping to appease him. In humility, you seek
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  Speaker 2: the approval of a brother who once planned to kill you.
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  Speaker 2: How will Esau respond to the gifts? Will he still
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  Speaker 2: hold his grudge, or will he forgive you and restore
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  Speaker 2: your friendship? You pray for your family to live in peace.
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  Speaker 2: Rest for a moment and breathe in that same spirit
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  Speaker 2: of trust from God. Then breathe out and let go
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  Speaker 2: of any earthly thing that you're clinging to. Just breathe
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  Speaker 2: in and let the Holy Spirit fill you with peace.
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  Speaker 2: Rest now in God's arms. You spend the night in
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  Speaker 2: your camp. Tomorrow morning you will see Esau. You were
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  Speaker 2: alone twenty years ago in a place just like this
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  Speaker 2: when you fled from your brother. You had nothing but
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  Speaker 2: a staff and rested your head on a hard stone
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  Speaker 2: for a pillow. You dreamed of God's angels coming up
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  Speaker 2: and down a staircase from heaven to earth. Remember that
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  Speaker 2: once again. Now watch the angels again going up and
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  Speaker 2: coming down from heaven. God stood above the angels and said,
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  Speaker 2: I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham
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  Speaker 2: and the God of your dad Isaac. I will give
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  Speaker 2: you and your descendants the land on which you are
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  Speaker 2: laying on right now. Your descendants will be like the
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  Speaker 2: dust of the earth, and you will spread out to
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  Speaker 2: the west, and to the east, and to the north
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  Speaker 2: into the se All peoples on earth will be blessed
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  Speaker 2: through you and your children. I am with you and
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  Speaker 2: will watch over you wherever you go, and I will
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  Speaker 2: bring you back to this land. I will not leave
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  Speaker 2: you until I have done what I have promised. I
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  Speaker 2: will do through you. All peoples on earth will be
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  Speaker 2: blessed through you. What could this mean? What great work
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 2: could God be doing through your children to bless the
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  Speaker 2: whole earth? You are no longer alone. A man has
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  Speaker 2: entered your camp. Where did he come from? How long
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 2: has he been watching you and following you? He says nothing.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know what he wants, but the two of
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  Speaker 2: you suddenly begin to wrestle. You struggle with each other.
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  Speaker 2: Feel your hands lock with his hands, Feel your chest
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  Speaker 2: and head knock against his. You have struggled your entire life,
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  Speaker 2: even from the womb. You wrestled your brother, who you
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  Speaker 2: must struggle with tomorrow. Now, through the night, you continue
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  Speaker 2: the struggle, wrestling, shoving, being shoved. But this man does
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  Speaker 2: not overpower you. You pass the deepest, darkest part of
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 2: the night in faint starlight. You know what you want
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  Speaker 2: You're not fighting man to beat him. You're fighting for
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 2: his favor. You want his blessing. The first glow of
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  Speaker 2: mourning begins to show on his face. Suddenly the man
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  Speaker 2: touches your hip. You feel the socket of your joint
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  Speaker 2: wrench in pain, but still you don't let go. Let
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  Speaker 2: me go. The man says, it is the start of
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  Speaker 2: a new day. I will not let you go. You say,
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  Speaker 2: unless you bless me. What is your name? The man asks, Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: You say, my name is Deceiver. Then the man says,
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 2: your name will no longer be Jacob the Deceiver. Your
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  Speaker 2: name will be Israel, which means he struggles with God.
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  Speaker 2: You have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.
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  Speaker 2: What does this name mean for your family? For God's family?
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  Speaker 2: Do we struggle with God? Then the man blesses you.
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  Speaker 2: You realize that you are staring into the very face
• 1:18:18
  Speaker 2: of God. How does he look to you? How does
• 1:18:22
  Speaker 2: it feel to be blessed by God? Then suddenly you
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 2: look up and see Esau approaching you with four hundred men.
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  Speaker 2: You bow down before him humbly. You've surrendered yourself to
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 2: the will of a brother who once plotted to kill you.
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  Speaker 2: But yet Esau is running to meet you. He throws
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  Speaker 2: his arms around your neck and kisses you in a
• 1:18:47
  Speaker 2: huge embrace. You hold your brother tightly and weep. At last,
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 2: he loves you, and you love him. You tell him,
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 2: when I saw your face, it was like seeing the
• 1:19:02
  Speaker 2: face of God. For you, Now, what's it like to
• 1:19:08
  Speaker 2: see the face of God? You, now named Israel, have
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  Speaker 2: struggled with God and been blessed. So pace your breathing
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 2: now as you continue to listen to the word of
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 2: God as it's prayed over you softly in this continuing
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 2: time of peaceful relaxation. Just breathe slowly and deeply as
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 2: you listen to God's word for you. Just breathe, Just imagine,
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 2: just dream. You can lie down and sleep soundly because
• 1:19:48
  Speaker 2: the Lord will keep you safe. For God is not
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  Speaker 2: a god of confusion, but of peace. Turn away from evil,
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  Speaker 2: do good, seek peace, pursue peace. Cast all of your
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  Speaker 2: anxieties on him because he cares for you. Sleep and
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  Speaker 2: wake up refreshed because the Lord will protect and care
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  Speaker 2: for you. Now, may the God of Peace himself sanctify
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  Speaker 2: you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 2: body be kept blameless At the coming of our Lord
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration, Comfort one another, agree with
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  Speaker 2: one another, live in peace, and the God of Love
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  Speaker 2: and peace will be with you. Now. May the Lord
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  Speaker 2: of Peace himself give you peace at all times. In
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 2: every way, the Lord be with you. Quiet, Return to
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 2: the safety of God's Word, the centering word from the
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction. Rest beloved.
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  Speaker 2: I pray that all may go well with you, and
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 2: that you may be in good health as it goes
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  Speaker 2: well with your soul. And let the peace of Christ
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  Speaker 2: rule in your heart, to which indeed you were called,
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  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
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  Speaker 2: down and sleep, for the Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone. Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there. God's presence will go with you,
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 2: and he will give you rest. The Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
• 1:30:51
  Speaker 2: God by faith, enter His place of rest. Remain in
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
• 1:31:30
  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
• 1:32:05
  Speaker 2: stayed on God and you will find perfect peace. Your
• 1:32:41
  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
• 1:32:45
  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness and in trust
• 1:33:26
  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: my people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
• 1:34:43
  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting, He
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  Speaker 2: is present in his presence. You find rest, peace and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not for God. God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
• 1:37:18
  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. Just rest there, peace, peace to the far,
• 1:38:00
  Speaker 2: into the near, says the Lord, and I will heal you.
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 2: Heaven is God's throne and the earth is his footstool.
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  Speaker 2: Let this too be your place of rest, Your faith
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  Speaker 2: is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace. He
• 1:39:18
  Speaker 2: is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to the
• 1:39:52
  Speaker 2: Lord so that he may return to you. He is
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  Speaker 2: slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. Come home
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  Speaker 2: to him. But the wisdom from above is first pure,
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  Speaker 2: then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and
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  Speaker 2: good fruits, impartial and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: is sown in peace. When you make and pursue peace,
• 1:41:55
  Speaker 2: God satisfies your weary soul. He replenishes you. Agree with
• 1:42:31
  Speaker 2: God and be at peace. Thereby good will come to you.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is present and caring for you. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord cares for his own even while you sleep. Let
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  Speaker 2: not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Peace.
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  Speaker 2: I leave with you God's peace. I give to you,
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  Speaker 2: not as the world gives peace, but God. Let the
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  Speaker 2: centering word be a pillow for you, cool, soft comforting,
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  Speaker 2: directing you back to God. Rest. Now in the world
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  Speaker 2: you will have tribulation. But take heart, Jesus has overcome
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  Speaker 2: the world. So find peace. For God so loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes
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  Speaker 2: in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 2: the Lord's spirit sets you free. May mercy, peace and
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  Speaker 2: love be multiplied to you. Glory to God in the
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  Speaker 2: highest and on earth, peace among those with whom He
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  Speaker 2: is pleased. Don't be worried. Have faith in God, and
• 1:48:54
  Speaker 2: have faith in Jesus. He is preparing a place for you.
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  Speaker 2: He is preparing your heart to be with him. No
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  Speaker 2: need to keep carrying your heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gives you rest. Jesus is gentle, he is humble.
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  Speaker 2: Rest now in Jesus and find his rest. Even when
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  Speaker 2: storms suddenly strike around you. Jesus sleeps soundly, So can
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  Speaker 2: you rest now with the peace of Jesus. Come to
• 1:51:02
  Speaker 2: God and rest a while. Come to Him so he
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  Speaker 2: can give you rest. Jesus is gentle and lowly in heart,
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  Speaker 2: and you will find rest for your soul. Be at peace,
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  Speaker 2: show peace, for blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a
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  Speaker 2: worry and sleep soundly. But seek first the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: God and his righteousness. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow,
• 1:54:02
  Speaker 2: for tomorrow will be anxious for itself sufficient, for the
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  Speaker 2: day is its own trouble. Grace to you and peace
• 1:54:41
  Speaker 2: from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't
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  Speaker 2: be anxious or fearful of wandering thoughts. Just let his
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  Speaker 2: arms welcome you back. Cradle you rest now in His arms.
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  Speaker 2: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 2: prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made
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  Speaker 2: known to God. Let your thoughts be thoughts of love,
• 1:56:37
  Speaker 2: of faith, of hope, of rest, and of peace. What
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  Speaker 2: you have learned and received and heard and seen in
• 1:57:18
  Speaker 2: Jesus practiced these things, and the God of Peace will
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  Speaker 2: be with you. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
• 1:57:58
  Speaker 2: will guard your heart and your mind mind. In Christ Jesus,
• 1:58:32
  Speaker 2: a tranquil heart gives life to the flesh. When your
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  Speaker 2: way pleases the Lord, he makes even your enemies to
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  Speaker 2: be at peace with you. Fold your hands and rest
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 2: in the presence of the Lord. Lie down, and do
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  Speaker 2: not be afraid. When you lie down, your sleep will
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 2: be sweet. Glory be to the Father and to the
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  Speaker 2: Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in
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  Speaker 2: the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end.
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  Speaker 2: Our Father in Heaven like you send your son into
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  Speaker 2: the world. Send us now into the world in the
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  Speaker 2: power of your Holy Spirit, as ministers of reconciliation and
• 2:00:47
  Speaker 2: ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go, please bless us
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  Speaker 2: and keep us. Make your face to shine upon us,
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  Speaker 2: and be gracious to us. Lift your countenance upon us,
• 2:00:58
  Speaker 2: and give us peace. In the name of your son,
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  Speaker 2: our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Welcome to the story of Jacob,
• 2:01:36
  Speaker 2: Esau and struggles with God. If you sum up Jacob's story,
• 2:01:42
  Speaker 2: God and family play two big parts. Jacob's family, like
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  Speaker 2: so many, struggled just to get along. His twin brother, Esau,
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  Speaker 2: got so mad he wanted to kill Jacob. So Jacob
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  Speaker 2: fled to his relative Laban for safety. But Laban tricked
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  Speaker 2: Jacob into working for him for twenty years. And when
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  Speaker 2: Jacob became rich anyway, Laban's sons complained that Jacob took
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  Speaker 2: their wealth for himself. What a mess. In the midst
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  Speaker 2: of family trials, God offered healing and hope far beyond
• 2:02:20
  Speaker 2: Jacob's imagination. First, Jacob was learning the hard lesson of humility.
• 2:02:27
  Speaker 2: Then God's mysterious plan unfolded. God's family was about to
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  Speaker 2: get a new name. This would be the family that
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  Speaker 2: God uses to bring Jesus the Savior to all people
• 2:02:40
  Speaker 2: in the world. So as you fall asleep, may you
• 2:02:47
  Speaker 2: find peace knowing that God's spirit heals divisions between family
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 2: and friends. Just come in humility, and remember, if we
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  Speaker 2: walk in the light as God, God is in the light,
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  Speaker 2: then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood
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  Speaker 2: of Jesus his Son cleans us from all sin. Now
• 2:03:10
  Speaker 2: commit today's tasks and worries to God. Soak in his
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 2: presence and get comfortable. Just close your eyes and relax.
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  Speaker 2: Breathe in the unity of God's family and release division.
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  Speaker 2: As you breathe out, drift off to the land of dreams,
• 2:03:33
  Speaker 2: just like Jacob. And if you fall asleep before I
• 2:03:37
  Speaker 2: finish all the better. God is present with you even
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  Speaker 2: while you dream. And listen. Now as I begin our
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 2: time with an opening prayer, Dear God, fill my heart
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  Speaker 2: and mind fresh with your presence and your peace as
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  Speaker 2: I sleep, May your Holy Spirit God my dreams. Just
• 2:04:02
  Speaker 2: give me courage and humility. Just as you gave it
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  Speaker 2: to Jacob. You blessed him and were faithful to him,
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  Speaker 2: and I believe you want to bless me and be
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  Speaker 2: faithful to me as well. So now renew me as
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  Speaker 2: I rest in you. Amen. Now I want you to
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  Speaker 2: imagine Jacob's life through his eyes. You grow up watching
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  Speaker 2: over goats and sheeps, wandering through springs and mountain forests,
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  Speaker 2: but you love to stick around home with your mom, Rebecca.
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  Speaker 2: Imagine her smiling at you as you run through the yard.
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  Speaker 2: She is old and has been as far back as
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  Speaker 2: you can remember. She thought she couldn't have kids, and
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  Speaker 2: your dad, Isaac, please with God to have children. Your
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  Speaker 2: dad was sixty years old when you and your twin brother,
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  Speaker 2: Esau were born. Your brother, Esau's name means hair. He
• 2:05:14
  Speaker 2: has thick hair like fur covering his neck and arms.
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  Speaker 2: Want you to imagine feeling Esau's prickly arms as you
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  Speaker 2: wrestle with him in your yard. Your father loves Esau.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, he loves him more than you. Esau is
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  Speaker 2: an outdoorsman, a hunter who adventures the rocky crags and
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  Speaker 2: hills to find game that he brings home and roasts
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  Speaker 2: over open fires. Smell the savory meat that he cooks
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  Speaker 2: for your dad. Right now, you're jealous, knowing your dad
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  Speaker 2: will smile at Esau and tell Esau how proud he
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  Speaker 2: is of him. Now, your name, Jacob means deceiver. You
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  Speaker 2: cringe sometimes when your mom and dad say your name.
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  Speaker 2: Why would they call you Jacob deceiver? Jacob? Your mom
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  Speaker 2: calls out. You come running to her side. Listen, she whispers,
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  Speaker 2: I just heard your dad ask Esau to go out
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  Speaker 2: and bring him some wild game. Your dad said, make
• 2:06:32
  Speaker 2: me a delicious meal so I can bless you with
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  Speaker 2: God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get two
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  Speaker 2: goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish. Take
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  Speaker 2: it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you. She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess. So you
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  Speaker 2: go out. You pick out two young fat goats, and
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  Speaker 2: your mom cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even
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  Speaker 2: dress in your brother's clothes and cover your arms and
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  Speaker 2: neck with the hairy skin of a young goat. Your
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  Speaker 2: mom then hands you the steaming plate of meat. Feel
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  Speaker 2: Esau's rough shirt on you, just it's your neck on
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  Speaker 2: the hairy goat's skin. Hold the plate to your nose
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  Speaker 2: and smell the roasted meat. You've taken pretending to a
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  Speaker 2: whole new level. You walk into your dad's room and
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  Speaker 2: set the food next to his bed. Feel his arms
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  Speaker 2: as he gives you a giant hug and squeezes your arms.
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  Speaker 2: He's almost blind, but still he hears your voice and
• 2:07:58
  Speaker 2: senses that something is wrong. Are you really my son, Esau?
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 2: He asks, yes, yes, yes I am. You lie. Listen
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  Speaker 2: as your father gives you a blessing that you've wanted
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 2: four years. May God always give you huge harvests of grain.
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  Speaker 2: May many nations serve you and bow down to you.
• 2:08:26
  Speaker 2: May you be the master over your brothers. When he's done,
• 2:08:33
  Speaker 2: you leave quickly, just before Esau gets back. Esau then
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  Speaker 2: hears that you stole his blessing. His cries echo across
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  Speaker 2: the homestead. No wonder, his name is Jacob, Esaw hollers.
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  Speaker 2: Now he has cheated me twice. Soon your mother calls
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 2: for you again, Jacob, she says, Listen, Esau is planning
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  Speaker 2: to kill you. Get ready and flee to my brother Laban.
• 2:09:03
  Speaker 2: Stay there until your brother cools off. When he calms
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  Speaker 2: down and forgets what you've done to him, then I
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  Speaker 2: will send for you to come back. You immediately flee
• 2:09:15
  Speaker 2: from your family, which is deeply broken now by lies
• 2:09:19
  Speaker 2: and jealousy. Can God heal a family like yours? Can
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  Speaker 2: he use someone like you? Jacob the deceiver. We'll keep
• 2:09:30
  Speaker 2: resting here for a moment and breathe in trust in God.
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 2: Then breathe out and release your worries. Breathe then, and
• 2:09:41
  Speaker 2: let the Holy Spirit fill you with faith. Just rest
• 2:09:45
  Speaker 2: now in God's arms. So now twenty years have passed
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  Speaker 2: and you're now heading back home and must deal with Esau.
• 2:10:27
  Speaker 2: The Angel of God came to your dreams and told
• 2:10:30
  Speaker 2: you to go back home. See God's angel now in
• 2:10:34
  Speaker 2: your dreams. Hear the angel call out your name. You're
• 2:10:41
  Speaker 2: camping with your family. Your eleven sons run around your
• 2:10:46
  Speaker 2: camp on the hillsides. Hear your boys Judah and Reuben laughing.
• 2:10:51
  Speaker 2: Watch Joseph skip past you smiling. Just reach down and
• 2:10:56
  Speaker 2: give Joseph a hug. Tell Joseph to follow God's dreams
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  Speaker 2: for his life, just like you're following God's dreams for
• 2:11:05
  Speaker 2: your life. Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh, he's mad
• 2:11:11
  Speaker 2: at you. What have you done? Laban says, you tricked me.
• 2:11:16
  Speaker 2: You've carried off my daughters like captives in war. But
• 2:11:21
  Speaker 2: the funny thing is you didn't trick Laban. He tricked you.
• 2:11:25
  Speaker 2: Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah. He cheated
• 2:11:30
  Speaker 2: you with wages and animals. His sons accused you of
• 2:11:34
  Speaker 2: stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a single thing
• 2:11:38
  Speaker 2: from them. You didn't even let me kiss my grandchildren
• 2:11:42
  Speaker 2: and my daughters. Goodbye. Laban declares in frustration. I have
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  Speaker 2: the power to harm you, But last night the god
• 2:11:51
  Speaker 2: of your father said to me, be careful not to
• 2:11:54
  Speaker 2: say anything to Jacob, either good or bad. What can
• 2:11:59
  Speaker 2: this mean? Did the god of your dad Isaac just
• 2:12:03
  Speaker 2: show up to Laban and tell him not to say
• 2:12:06
  Speaker 2: anything good or bad? Is Laban trying to trick you again?
• 2:12:12
  Speaker 2: What is my crime? You ask? So he kisses his
• 2:12:17
  Speaker 2: grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them. Then he leaves
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  Speaker 2: in peace. Now once again you must face Esau. You
• 2:12:27
  Speaker 2: send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask him if he's
• 2:12:31
  Speaker 2: fine with me coming back home again. When the messengers return,
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  Speaker 2: you get frightened. We went to your brother Esau. They say,
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  Speaker 2: Now he is coming with four hundred men to meet you.
• 2:12:44
  Speaker 2: Four hundred men you are afraid and distressed, So you pray, Oh,
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  Speaker 2: God of my Grandpa Abraham, and God of my dad Isaac. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you said to me, go back to your country and
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  Speaker 2: your relatives, and I will make you prosper. I am
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 2: unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown,
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  Speaker 2: your servant, Save me from my brother Esau. I am
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  Speaker 2: afraid he will come back and attack me and Leah
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  Speaker 2: and Rachel and my children. You told me, I will
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  Speaker 2: make you prosper, and will make your descendants like the
• 2:13:23
  Speaker 2: sand of the sea, which cannot be counted. You decide
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  Speaker 2: to send gifts ahead to Esau, hoping to appease him
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  Speaker 2: in humility. You seek the approval of a brother who
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  Speaker 2: once planned to kill you. How will Esau respond to
• 2:13:41
  Speaker 2: the gifts? Will he still hold his grudge, or will
• 2:13:46
  Speaker 2: he forgive you and restore your friendship. You pray for
• 2:13:50
  Speaker 2: your family to live in peace. Rest for a moment
• 2:13:55
  Speaker 2: and breathe in that same spirit of trust from God.
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 2: Then breathe out and let go of any earthly thing
• 2:14:03
  Speaker 2: that you're clinging to. Just breathe in and let the
• 2:14:06
  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit fill you with peace. Rest now in God's arms,
• 2:14:44
  Speaker 2: you spend the night in your camp alone. Tomorrow morning
• 2:14:50
  Speaker 2: you will see Esau. You were alone twenty years ago
• 2:14:55
  Speaker 2: in a place just like this when you fled from
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  Speaker 2: your brother. You had nothing but a staff and rested
• 2:15:01
  Speaker 2: your head on a hard stone for a pillow. You
• 2:15:05
  Speaker 2: dreamed of God's angels coming up and down a staircase
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 2: from heaven to earth. Remember that once again. Now watch
• 2:15:14
  Speaker 2: the angels again, going up and coming down from heaven.
• 2:15:26
  Speaker 2: God stood above the angels and said, I am the Lord,
• 2:15:30
  Speaker 2: the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of
• 2:15:33
  Speaker 2: your dad Isaac. I will give you and your descendants
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  Speaker 2: the land on which you are laying on right now.
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  Speaker 2: Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
• 2:15:42
  Speaker 2: and you will spread out to the west and to
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  Speaker 2: the east, and to the north and to the south.
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  Speaker 2: All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and
• 2:15:51
  Speaker 2: your children. I am with you and will watch over
• 2:15:55
  Speaker 2: you wherever you go, and I will bring you back
• 2:15:59
  Speaker 2: to this land. I will not leave you until I
• 2:16:02
  Speaker 2: have done what I have promised I will do through you.
• 2:16:08
  Speaker 2: All peoples on earth will be blessed through you. What
• 2:16:12
  Speaker 2: could this mean? What great work could God be doing
• 2:16:16
  Speaker 2: through your children to bless the whole earth. You are
• 2:16:51
  Speaker 2: no longer alone. A man has entered your camp. Where
• 2:16:57
  Speaker 2: did he come from? How long has he been watching
• 2:17:00
  Speaker 2: you and following you? He says nothing. You don't know
• 2:17:04
  Speaker 2: what he wants. But the two of you suddenly begin
• 2:17:09
  Speaker 2: to wrestle. You struggle with each other. Feel your hands
• 2:17:13
  Speaker 2: lock with his hands, feel your chest and head knock
• 2:17:17
  Speaker 2: against his. You have struggled your entire life, even from
• 2:17:21
  Speaker 2: the womb. You wrestled your brother, who you must struggle
• 2:17:24
  Speaker 2: with tomorrow. Now through the night, you continue the struggle, wrestling, shoving,
• 2:17:31
  Speaker 2: being shoved. But this man does not overpower you. You
• 2:17:36
  Speaker 2: pass the deepest, darkest part of the night in faint starlight.
• 2:17:42
  Speaker 2: You know what you want. You're not fighting this man
• 2:17:47
  Speaker 2: to beat him. You're fighting for his favor. You want
• 2:17:52
  Speaker 2: his blessing. The first glow of morning begins to show
• 2:17:57
  Speaker 2: on his face. Suddenly, the man touches your hip. You
• 2:18:02
  Speaker 2: feel the socket of your joint wrench in pain. But
• 2:18:06
  Speaker 2: still you don't let go. Let me go. The man says,
• 2:18:11
  Speaker 2: it is the start of a new day. I will
• 2:18:14
  Speaker 2: not let you go. You say, unless you bless me.
• 2:18:19
  Speaker 2: What is your name? The man asks, Jacob you say,
• 2:18:24
  Speaker 2: my name is deceiver. Then the man says, your name
• 2:18:31
  Speaker 2: will no longer be Jacob the Deceiver. Your name will
• 2:18:35
  Speaker 2: be Israel, which means he struggles with God. You have
• 2:18:42
  Speaker 2: struggled with God and with humans and have overcome. What
• 2:18:49
  Speaker 2: does this name mean for your family? For God's family?
• 2:18:53
  Speaker 2: Do we struggle with God? Then the man blesses you.
• 2:19:00
  Speaker 2: You realize that you are staring into the very face
• 2:19:05
  Speaker 2: of God. How does he look to you? How does
• 2:19:09
  Speaker 2: it feel to be blessed by God? Then suddenly you
• 2:19:14
  Speaker 2: look up and see Esau approaching you with four hundred men.
• 2:19:19
  Speaker 2: You bowed down before him humbly. You've surrendered yourself to
• 2:19:23
  Speaker 2: the will of a brother who once plotted to kill you.
• 2:19:28
  Speaker 2: But yet Esau is running to meet you. He throws
• 2:19:31
  Speaker 2: his arms around your neck and kisses you in a
• 2:19:34
  Speaker 2: huge embrace. You hold your brother tightly and weep. At last,
• 2:19:41
  Speaker 2: he loves you, and you love him. You tell him,
• 2:19:46
  Speaker 2: when I saw your face, it was like seeing the
• 2:19:49
  Speaker 2: face of God. For you, now, what's it like to
• 2:19:54
  Speaker 2: see the face of God? You, now named Israel, have
• 2:20:00
  Speaker 2: struggled with God than been blessed. So pace your breathing
• 2:20:06
  Speaker 2: now as you continue to listen to the word of
• 2:20:09
  Speaker 2: God as it's prayed over you softly in this continuing
• 2:20:14
  Speaker 2: time of peaceful relaxation. Just breathe slowly and deeply as
• 2:20:19
  Speaker 2: you listen to God's word for you. Just breathe, Just imagine,
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 2: just dream. You can lie down and sleep soundly because
• 2:20:35
  Speaker 2: the Lord will keep you safe. For God is not
• 2:21:09
  Speaker 2: a god of confusion, but of peace. Turn away from evil,
• 2:21:46
  Speaker 2: do good, seek peace, Pursue peace. Cast all of your
• 2:22:23
  Speaker 2: anxieties on him because he cares for you. Sleep and
• 2:22:59
  Speaker 2: wake up with fresh because the Lord will protect and
• 2:23:03
  Speaker 2: care for you. Now, May the God of Peace himself
• 2:23:37
  Speaker 2: sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul
• 2:23:41
  Speaker 2: and body be kept blameless at the coming of our
• 2:23:45
  Speaker 2: Lord Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration, Comfort one another, agree
• 2:24:22
  Speaker 2: with one another, live in peace, and the God of
• 2:24:26
  Speaker 2: love and peace will be with you. Now. May the
• 2:25:00
  Speaker 2: Lord of Peace himself give you peace at all times.
• 2:25:03
  Speaker 2: In every way, the Lord be with you. Quiet. Return
• 2:25:40
  Speaker 2: to the safety of God's Word, the centering word from
• 2:25:44
  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction. Rest beloved.
• 2:26:23
  Speaker 2: I pray that all may go well with you, and
• 2:26:26
  Speaker 2: that you may be in good health as it goes
• 2:26:28
  Speaker 2: well with your soul. And let the peace of Christ
• 2:27:02
  Speaker 2: rule in your heart, to which indeed you were called,
• 2:27:06
  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
• 2:27:42
  Speaker 2: down and sleep, for the Lord alone will help you rest,
• 2:27:46
  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
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  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone. Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there. God's presence will go with you,
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  Speaker 2: and he will give you rest. The spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
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  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
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  Speaker 2: God by faith. Enter his place of rest. Remain in
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  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
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  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
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  Speaker 2: stayed on God and you will find perfect peace. Your
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  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved in quietness, and in trust
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  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
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  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
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  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting, He
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  Speaker 2: is present. In his presence. You find rest, peace and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not, for God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
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  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
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  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. Just rest there, peace, Peace to the
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  Speaker 2: far and to the near, says the Lord, and I
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  Speaker 2: will heal you. Heaven is God's throne, and the earth
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  Speaker 2: is his footstool. Let this to be your place of rest.
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  Speaker 2: Your faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord so that he may return to you. He
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  Speaker 2: is slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. Come
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  Speaker 2: home to him. But the wisdom from above is first pure,
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  Speaker 2: then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and
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  Speaker 2: good fruits, impartial and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: is sown in peace. When you make and pursue peace,
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  Speaker 2: God satisfies your weary soul. He replenishes you. Agree with
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  Speaker 2: God and be at peace. Thereby good will come to you.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is present and caring for you. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord cares for his own even while you sleep. Let
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  Speaker 2: not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Peace.
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  Speaker 2: I leave with you God's peace. I give to you,
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  Speaker 2: not as the world gives peace, but God. Let the
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  Speaker 2: centering word be a pillow for you, cool, soft comforting,
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  Speaker 2: directing you back to God. Rest. Now in the world
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  Speaker 2: you will have tribulation. But take heart, Jesus has overcome
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  Speaker 2: the world. So find peace. For God so loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes
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  Speaker 2: in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, And
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  Speaker 2: the Lord's Spirit sets you free. Ay, mercy, Peace and
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  Speaker 2: love be multiplied to you. Glory to God in the
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  Speaker 2: highest and on earth. Peace among those with whom He
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  Speaker 2: is pleased. Don't be worried. Have faith in God, and
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  Speaker 2: have faith in Jesus. He is preparing a place for you.
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  Speaker 2: He is preparing your heart to be with him. No
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  Speaker 2: need to keep carrying your heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gives you rest. Jesus is gentle, he is humble.
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  Speaker 2: Rest now in Jesus and find his rest. Even when
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  Speaker 2: storms suddenly strike around you. Jesus sleeps soundly, So can
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  Speaker 2: you rest now with the peace of Jesus. Come to
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  Speaker 2: God and rest a while. Come to him so he
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  Speaker 2: can give you rest. Jesus is gentle and lowly in heart,
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  Speaker 2: and you will find rest for your soul. Be at peace,
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  Speaker 2: show peace, for blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a
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  Speaker 2: worry and sleep soundly. But seek first the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: God and his righteousness. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: for tomorrow will be anxious for itself sufficient, for the
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  Speaker 2: day is its own trouble. Grace to you and peace
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  Speaker 2: from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't
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  Speaker 2: be anxious or fearful of wandering thoughts. Just let His
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  Speaker 2: arms welcome you back cradle you rest now in his arms.
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  Speaker 2: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by
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  Speaker 2: prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made
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  Speaker 2: known to God. Let your thoughts be thoughts of love,
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  Speaker 2: of faith, of hope of rest and of peace. What
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  Speaker 2: you have learned and received, and heard and seen in
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  Speaker 2: Jesus practiced these things, and the God of Peace will
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  Speaker 2: be with you. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
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  Speaker 2: will guard your heart and your mind. In Christ Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: a tranquil heart gives life to the flesh. When your
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  Speaker 2: way pleases the Lord, he makes even your enemies to
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  Speaker 2: be at peace with you. Fold your hands and rest
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  Speaker 2: in the presence of the Lord. Lie down, and do
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  Speaker 2: not be afraid. When you lie down, your sleep will
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  Speaker 2: be sweet. Glory be to the Father and to the
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  Speaker 2: Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in
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  Speaker 2: the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end.
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  Speaker 2: Our Father in Heaven, like you send your son into
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  Speaker 2: the world. Send us now into the world in the
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  Speaker 2: power of your Holy Spirit, as ministers of reconciliation and
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  Speaker 2: ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go, please bless us
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  Speaker 2: and keep us. Make your face to shine upon us,
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  Speaker 2: and be gracious to us, that your countenance upon us,
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  Speaker 2: and give us peace. In the name of your Son,
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  Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus Christ.
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