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The Bible Effect | Stop Comparing, Start Trusting · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant,
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  - and sometimes
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find
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  - guided prayer experiences that help you apply scripture
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  - to everyday life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do.
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  - It's how we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Here's today's
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  - prayer focus,
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  - how to stop comparing yourself to others and
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  - focus on God's plan.
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  - Scriptural text comes from Galatians six, four and
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  - reads, each one should test their own actions.
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  - Then they can take pride in themselves alone
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  - without comparing themselves to someone else.
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  - Someone else's promotion can make us question our
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  - progress.
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  - Someone else's marriage can make us examine ours.
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  - Someone else's ministry,
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  - home appearance, opportunity, or success
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  - can suddenly make what God has given us
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  - feel inadequate.
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  - Comparison
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  - rarely announces itself.
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  - It simply changes the way we see our
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  - own lives.
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  - We often compare what we know about our
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  - lives with what we can see of someone
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  - else's.
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  - And when our attention stays on what God
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  - is doing for someone else,
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  - we can miss what he's doing right in
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  - front of us.
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  - Prayer redirects our attention.
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  - Instead of asking,
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  - why don't I have what they have?
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  - We begin asking,
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  - father,
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  - what have you entrusted
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  - to me?
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  - Prayer turns comparison
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  - into gratitude
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  - and helps us seek God's direction for our
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  - own lives.
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  - That being said, let's pray together.
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  - Father God, forgive me for the times I've
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  - measured my life against someone else's journey.
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  - Help me celebrate what you're doing for others
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  - without questioning your goodness toward me.
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  - Open my eyes to the blessings, assignments, and
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  - opportunities you've placed in my hands.
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  - Give me confidence to follow the path you've
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  - prepared for me and gratitude for the life
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  - you've been trusted to me. And I will
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  - bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Take your eyes off of someone else's lane
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  - today and ask God,
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  - what are you asking me to be faithful
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  - with?
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  - If this prayer brought something to mind, share
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  - it with someone who could use the same
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  - reminder today.
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  - And remember, there's always room at the throne.