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Why Doing Life Alone Leads to Spiritual Burnout | 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 things, 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 spiritual 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
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  - that no burden is too heavy when we
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  - place it in the hands of the one
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  - who is always faithful. I'll see you
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  - there. Welcome to the divine five one five
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  - podcast.
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  - Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five
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  - or as I'd like to say, divine prayer.
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  - I'm your host, Valerie Rocha, and I'd like
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  - to welcome you to the August
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  - podcast edition where we're gonna be talking about
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  - the power and impact of strength through prayer
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  - and community.
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  - And I want to,
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  - open up
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  - by expressing how important it is because I
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  - think a lot of times,
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  - we are doing this thing called life together,
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  - but
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  - for whatever reason feel like we need to
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  - do it by ourselves.
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  - So I wanna start the first episode by
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  - addressing why doing life alone leads to spiritual
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  - burnout
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  - and how God restores your strength
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  - when you allow
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  - others to carry the burden with you.
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  - The scripture I'm gonna be coming from today
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  - is Galatians six two and says carrying each
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  - other's burdens. And in this way, you will
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  - fulfill the law of Christ.
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  - Now
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  - have you ever noticed that we celebrate independence
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  - but quietly struggle with isolation?
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  - I mean, many of us carry stress we
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  - never talk about.
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  - And let's be honest. We convince ourselves that
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  - asking for help is a sign of weakness
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  - because that's what society tells us.
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  - So we smile through exhaustion.
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  - We push through discouragement,
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  - and we keep praying alone while wondering the
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  - whole time if we
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  - are ever going to be noticed
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  - yet still feeling spiritually depleted.
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  - And what's even worse is that isolation doesn't
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  - always mean being physically alone.
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  - Truth be told, you can sit in a
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  - room full of people and still feel like
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  - no one truly knows what you're carrying
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  - or even acknowledges
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  - that you exist.
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  - So
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  - the key to remember is that one of
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  - the enemy's
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  - greatest
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  - strategies is convincing us that our burdens are
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  - ours alone to carry.
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  - But
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  - we know that the scripture says that he
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  - is the father of lies, and there's no
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  - truth in him.
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  - And
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  - if we look at the opposite of that,
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  - we know that God said he will never
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  - leave us or forsake us.
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  - And since he's told us that, we can
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  - also take comfort in the fact that
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  - he never intended us to leave isolated lives.
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  - All throughout the scripture,
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  - God's people gather together to worship,
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  - to encourage one another, to pray together,
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  - and strengthen each other's faith
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  - to get us through those difficult times.
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  - Community isn't an option
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  - or a
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  - second thought when it comes to
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  - being part of
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  - this
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  - kingdom
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  - lifestyle or or doing,
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  - the will of of the king, if you
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  - will.
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  - It's one of God's gifts for helping us
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  - in difficult
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  - seasons.
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  - And here is where the power of prayer
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  - comes in.
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  - Prayer reminds us that God is with us,
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  - not as our lord and God, although he
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  - is that, but as our father.
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  - And if he's our father, that means he
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  - has children,
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  - which means that those children
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  - are siblings.
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  - And the siblings make up the family unit,
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  - and the family unit is what makes up
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  - community.
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  - And community reminds us that we're not alone.
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  - So
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  - remember,
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  - it doesn't have to be a lot of
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  - people.
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  - It can just be one or two people
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  - to help you carry the load.
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  - And when
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  - two come together,
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  - guaranteed,
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  - faith will always become much stronger.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's take
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  - this burden
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  - to the throne.
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  - Heavenly father, forgive us for trying to carry
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  - burdens. You never asked us to carry alone.
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  - Help us become honest about where we need
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  - your strength and the encouragement of others.
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  - Teach us to receive support as freely as
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  - we give it,
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  - and surround us with people who will point
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  - us back to you
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  - and help us become the person
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  - for someone else for your glory in Jesus'
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  - name.
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  - Now
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  - we've talked about
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  - how you were never created to walk through
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  - life alone
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  - and how God strengthens us through his presence,
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  - his word, and the encouragement of his people.
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  - But if today's devotional encourage you,
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  - I wanna encourage you to follow the five
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  - one five or divine prayer, that's what five
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  - one five means,
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  - podcast
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  - so we can continue growing together each week.
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  - Now if someone came to your mind while
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  - you were listening,
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  - share this episode with them because it may
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  - be exactly the encouragement they need as well.
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  - But if you're ready to move beyond occasional
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  - inspiration
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  - and develop a more consistent prayer life,
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  - I want to invite you to join our
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Together, we're learning to hear God's voice, grow
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  - in his word, and experience the strength that
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  - comes from walking closely with Christ.
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  - So until next time,
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  - keep meeting God at the throne.
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  - Because prayer isn't simply something we do.
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  - It's how we walk with God every day.