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| When You Feel Emotionally Drained: A Prayer for Renewal | Stronger Together · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Have you ever felt like you're carrying a
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  - weight that never seems to get lighter?
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  - Maybe you're doing your best to hold everything
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  - together,
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  - but deep inside you're weary, discouraged, or wondering
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  - where to find the strength to keep going.
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  - If you've been feeling overwhelmed by life's pressures,
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  - struggling to find peace, or longing for a
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  - deeper connection with God during a difficult season,
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  - I want to personally invite you to join
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  - me for a special online webinar.
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  - When life feels heavy, finding peace, hope, and
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  - strength through prayer.
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  - On Sunday, August 16 at 5PM Pacific Standard
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  - Time, we'll come together to discover how prayer
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  - can become more than a response to life's
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  - challenges.
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  - It can become a lifestyle that anchors your
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  - heart, means your hope, and gives you the
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  - strength to face each day with confidence.
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  - During this encouraging webinar, you'll discover how to
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  - find peace even when your circumstances
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  - haven't changed,
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  - Overcome common obstacles that keep you from a
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  - consistent prayer life.
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  - It's spirits how prayer renews your perspective and
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  - strengthens your faith.
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  - As the founder of Divine five one five
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  - and the author of Kneeling at the Throne,
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  - my passion is helping believers move beyond simply
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  - believing in the power of prayer to living
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  - a life shaped by
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  - it. My prayer is that you'll leave this
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  - webinar encouraged, equipped, and reminded
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  - that you never have to walk through life's
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  - hardest seasons alone.
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  - This isn't just another webinar about prayer.
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  - It's an opportunity to build
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  - a lifestyle
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  - of prayer that will strengthen you long after
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  - the webinar ends.
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  - Seats are limited, and registration will close once
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  - all seats are filled.
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  - So reserve your seat today by searching when
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  - life feels heavy, finding peace, hope, and strength
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  - through prayer on Eventbrite.
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  - Again, that's Sunday, August 16 at 5PM Pacific
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  - Standard Time. I would love for you to
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  - join us as we discover that no burden
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  - is too heavy when we place it in
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  - the hands of the one who is always
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  - faithful. I'll see you there.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rotcher.
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  - I am your host, and I'd like to
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  - welcome you to today's prayer episode,
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  - where we're dealing with what to do when
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  - you feel emotionally
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  - drained.
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  - Scriptural text comes from Isaiah forty thirty one
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  - and says, those who hope in the Lord
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  - will renew their strength.
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  - Some time ago, I was facing some really
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  - difficult situations,
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  - And
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  - it was so bad that although I'm a
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  - naturally
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  - optimistic person,
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  - nothing I did or tried
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  - seemed to have any kind of optimism to
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  - it, no kind of hope to it.
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  - And as a result, it left me emotionally
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  - and spiritually
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  - depleted. I mean, it was like I had
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  - just flat lined out.
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  - And I remember
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  - reciting all of the scriptures regarding
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  - the word of God and
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  - and reciting back to God his promises.
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  - I also remember
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  - crying
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  - all the time.
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  - And it just seemed like the tears would
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  - not stop.
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  - But eventually,
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  - the Lord did
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  - replace those tears of sadness and heartache
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  - with joy,
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  - and I was able to smile again.
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  - And it's not that
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  - the situation
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  - changed,
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  - but rather
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  - the change came from
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  - within me.
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  - My trust in God had strengthened.
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  - My trust
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  - in
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  - the father that I know loves me
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  - strengthened.
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  - And because of it, I could feel his
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  - love and his care.
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  - And that was the difference
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  - that chained the whole perspective of what I
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  - had gone through.
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  - Not every kind of exhaustion is physical.
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  - Sometimes you're gonna get tired because you've been
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  - carrying emotional weights
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  - for a long time.
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  - Constant responsibility,
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  - disappointment,
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  - grief,
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  - and unanswered prayers can quietly drain your spirit.
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  - But here's something to remember.
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  - God
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  - always offers something
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  - deeper than rest.
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  - He offers renewal.
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  - And that's where when you go before the
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  - Lord in prayer,
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  - you don't wanna just come with a wish
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  - list.
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  - You come to abide.
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  - And when you abide,
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  - regardless of how long it takes,
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  - he will renew your strength.
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  - He will renew your joy.
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  - The situation
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  - may not change,
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  - but
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  - you
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  - and your relationship with God will.
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  - And it's always when you trust him for
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  - the better.
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  - That being said, let's pray.
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  - Dear Lord,
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  - my heart feels
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  - heavy today.
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  - Thank you for seeing the burdens no one
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  - else can see.
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  - Renew my strength where discouragement has settled in.
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  - Replace emotional exhaustion
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  - with fresh hope and remind me that your
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  - mercies are new every morning.
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  - Help me receive the strength that comes from
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  - spending time in your presence,
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  - and I will bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Renewal
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  - begins by returning to God one prayer at
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  - a time.
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  - Continue growing with us by visiting divine515.com
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  - for more biblical encouragement and prayer resources.
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  - And until tomorrow,
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  - keep meeting God as the room.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.