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Can’t Stop Overthinking? A Prayer for an Anxious Mind | 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 Moshe.
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  - Today's
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  - prayer is dealing with what to do if
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  - you can't stop overthinking,
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  - dealing with an anxious mind.
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  - Scripture text comes from Philippians four six through
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  - seven and says, do not be anxious about
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  - anything, but in every situation by prayer and
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  - petition with Thanksgiving,
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  - present your request
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  - to God.
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  - You know, sometimes the hardest battle isn't happening
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  - around us.
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  - It's happening in our minds.
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  - I think that, in today's society with everything
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  - that's going on, it is so easy
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  - to be overwhelmed
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  - and,
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  - overtaken by stress and worry,
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  - about the unknown and and everything.
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  - But for the believer,
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  - we operate on a different plane.
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  - Yes. We deal with the daily cares of
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  - life, but we should not
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  - be caught
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  - up with the cares of life.
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  - In other words,
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  - you address the problem. You you you have
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  - to deal with what's being
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  - placed in front of you. But the scripture
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  - tells us that
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  - we should not let
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  - it overtake us to the point where we
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  - feel hopeless
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  - and,
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  - are just feeling like we're being taken out,
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  - if you will. And so the scripture is
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  - talking about don't be anxious about anything. Why?
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  - Because the lord already knows what you're gonna
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  - be dealing with, and he's always the answer
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  - to it.
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  - And I say that because one worried thought
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  - becomes another. Right? It's like the, cause and
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  - effect
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  - thing.
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  - And we often replay conversations,
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  - imagine worst case scenarios,
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  - and try to solve problems that haven't even
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  - happened yet.
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  - And,
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  - the the the kicker here is is that
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  - the longer we think about them, the heavier
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  - they become.
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  - You know, we all,
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  - pray, but we may not be realizing that
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  - we're praying in the negative, and that comes
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  - in the form of worry. Right? So when
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  - the scripture talks about meditation or thinking about
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  - him,
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  - well, for every positive, there's a negative. Right?
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  - And so if you are a person that
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  - is prone to chronic worry and anxiousness,
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  - then
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  - giving God your challenges on a regular basis
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  - can be a a a real difficult thing
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  - to to deal with. Right? Because the culture
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  - in society tells us that we have to
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  - do it ourselves. We gotta solve all the
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  - problems. We gotta have all the answers,
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  - and we just gotta get it done. When
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  - in actuality, that's not the case if you
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  - are a believer. The scripture clearly,
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  - says that not only does God not want
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  - us to walk through this thing called life
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  - alone, but wants to collaborate with us. He
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  - says, give me your cares.
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  - Let me walk with you. Why? Because I
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  - care for you. I know what's best for
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  - you.
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  - The trick is getting what's out of our
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  - head
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  - and getting it on the throne and replacing
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  - those crazy thoughts with something positive, which is
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  - God's word.
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  - And,
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  - Philippians four six through seven is is a
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  - great reminder of that, where he tells us
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  - don't be anxious, don't worry about anything. Yes.
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  - Life is gonna happen, and we don't get
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  - to choose what happens to us. But we
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  - can make a conscious decision
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  - on how we do that, and God's word
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  - and and praying are the the two,
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  - tools that we use to to do that.
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  - And lastly, it's important to remember,
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  - God never intended worry
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  - to become a constant companion.
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  - In fact, he tells us in this life
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  - you're gonna have many problems,
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  - but I've, I've overcome them. And if you're
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  - in need, you can overcome them too.
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  - And he also tells us, remember,
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  - greater is he that is in you
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  - than he that is in the world. So
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  - if you are a believer and you are
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  - filled with his Holy Spirit,
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  - you have everything you need to be successful.
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  - You have his spirit, you have his love,
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  - and you have his word.
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  - So if you use the tools,
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  - the tools will work for you.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's go to the pond.
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  - Heavenly father,
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  - you know every thought that's racing through our
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  - minds today.
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  - Thank you for inviting us to bring every
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  - concern to you instead of carrying it alone.
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  - Quiet the thoughts that steal
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  - our peace and replace them with confidence in
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  - your promises.
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  - Help us trust that you are already working
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  - in situations that we cannot control.
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  - And lastly, teach us to respond with faith
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  - instead of fear and to rest in the
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  - peace only you can give.
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  - And we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Today, when another anxious thought comes, don't rehearse
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  - it, pray it.
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  - For more biblical encouragement and practical resources,
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  - visit us at divine515.com.
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  - And remember,
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  - prayer isn't simply something we do, It's how
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  - we walk with God every single day.