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S1-E117 | Everyday Eurasia | Déborah and Francisco · Eurasia Region Podcast

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  Hello and welcome to the Everyday Eurasia podcast,
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  Inspiring Faith for Every Day. Each day we are on a journey
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  with Jesus in our churches, our homes, our workplaces, and in so
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  many different places around the world.
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  Is it beautiful that no matter where we are, we can walk with
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  him every single day? Jesus is the one who connects us
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  all and stands at the very center of our lives day after
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  day. Through this podcast, you'll
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  hear voices from across the region sharing devotionals that
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  reminds us of God's presence in our everyday moments.
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  This week we will join the Western Mediterranean field as
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  they share about the team new wine.
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  Across the field, they are witnessing a fresh movement of
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  God within the body of Christ. People from around the world are
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  coming together to celebrate and take part in what God is doing
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  in these countries. Today.
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  We will listen to Deborah and Francisco.
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  They are from Cuba and Mexico and serve at the Church of the
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  Nursery in Barcelona, Spain. Currently, they have the
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  opportunity to serve as NYI coordinators for the West
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  Midfield and are very excited to contribute to God's work through
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  this ministry helping young people come to know Jesus and
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  grow closer to Him. Hello.
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  Everyday Arisha, we are Deborah and.
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  Francisco. And we serve as the NYI
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  coordinators for the West Midfield.
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  We are from the Church of the Nazarene in Barcelona, Spain.
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  We're going to talk about new wine.
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  Matthew 917 says neither. Two people pour new wine into
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  old wineskins. If they do, the skins will
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  burst, the wine will run out, and the wineskins will be
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  ruined. No, they pour new wine into new
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  wineskins, and both are preserved.
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  God loves to do new things, but He also loves to transform them.
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  Do you know what new wine is? New wine is wine that is still
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  in the process of transformation, alive and
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  active. It has not yet been stored or
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  aged. It is constantly changing.
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  In young people. You can clearly see energy,
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  dynamism and all the potential that is still waiting to unfold.
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  They are in a stage of growth, learning, and continual
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  transformation. As time goes by, that
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  transformation shouldn't stop in adulthood.
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  It may become deeper and more intentional, but it should never
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  become stagnant. Spiritual life is not something
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  that gets completed, but something that keeps moving,
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  growing, and being renewed. God is transforming your heart,
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  shaping your faith, and giving direction to your life.
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  Even if you don't see it now, He is working deep within you.
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  That's why it changes. Doubts and emotions are not a
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  problem, they are part of the process.
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  God uses all of this to shape you and prepare you.
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  It's right there that we can better understand what new one
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  means. Not something finished or
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  static, but something alive in full transformation.
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  In the same way, God is working in your life even in the middle
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  of what you don't understand. And if you choose to trust Him,
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  all that intensity within you becomes something new, filled
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  with purpose and meaning in His hands.
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  What Jesus also tells about the containers because it is not
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  enough to just have freshness or energy, you also need a heart
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  that is willing to be transformed.
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  You can have a life full of ideas, emotion, and intensity,
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  but if your heart is close to God, that vitality will never
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  turn into purpose. On the other hand, when your
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  heart is open, God takes everything you are and use it
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  for something much greater. So new wine is the life got
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  placed within you, a growing faith, a passion, emotion and a
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  different way of living. A new wineskin are willing her
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  that say God, here I am. Do you transformative work in
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  me. Young people have something very
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  valuable flexibility. They are not bound by tradition
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  or limited by this is how it has always be done, but instead they
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  ask what is we do it this other way.
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  They have the ability to see things differently and that is
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  powerful when it is placed in God's hand for him to die.
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  In that sense, this malleability can be understood as part of
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  that new wine, a life stealing process, not hardened, still
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  open to being shaped. That is why we must live
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  intentionally, allowing God to transform every area of life and
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  renew it continually. Let's allow God to transform
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  what we think, what we say, what we consume, and the way we
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  relate to others. It means making space for Him to
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  show us what needs to be changed, which attitudes need to
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  be shaped, and which area need renewal.
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  We must not resist the process of transformation or harden our
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  hairs like an old wiskin, but let God shape us day by day.
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  This happens when you choose to forgive, when you decide to
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  obey, when you leave behind what is not good for your life, and
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  when you seek more of him in your.
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  Everyday life. This is how what God is.
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  Doing deep within us begins to be reflected.
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  On the outside, let's pray, Lord Jesus.
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  Thank you for the life you have given us.
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  And for? Where we are today.
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  Thank you for continuing to work.
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  In US. Even when we do not understand
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  it. We ask you to do something new
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  in US. Give us hearts that are open,
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  sensitive and willing to be shaped by you.
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  Help us not to resist your work, but to trust your process.
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  Use our lives to bring life to others and to reflect your love
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  wherever we are in Jesus name. Amen.
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