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- 0:03Speaker 1: The Father's Business was founded by Sylvia Gunter to encourage people to a deeper relationship with God.
- 0:07Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to this devotional Comfort.
- 0:11Speaker 1: His Holy Exchange Luke 4, 21.
- 0:15Speaker 1: Spirit in Luke 4, 18 and 19,.
- 0:20Speaker 1: Jesus quoted Isaiah 61, in which God promises his Messiah would give a holy exchange Comfort for grief, crowns instead of ashes, gladness for mourning, and praise instead of despair.
- 0:36Speaker 1: Listen to the words of Jesus in Luke 4.21.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing Spirit.
- 0:51Speaker 1: Be blessed to know the one who comforts you, as a mother comforts her child.
- 0:52Speaker 1: Your comforter is speaking to you tenderly.
- 0:54Speaker 1: He knows your grief, your ashes, your mourning, your despair, but he is exchanging these with you for his mercy, compassion and grace.
- 1:10Speaker 1: He is ministering himself to you by the fellowship of his Spirit.
- 1:12Speaker 1: His Spirit produces peace, the joy of the Lord and hope in him that transcends your circumstances.
- 1:18Speaker 1: By the blood of Jesus, he will deal with the hurts, wounds, unforgiveness and grief that try to erect walls and parts of your heart.
- 1:28Speaker 1: He put the cross of Jesus between you and anything that lays scars on your soul.
- 1:34Speaker 1: He brings his hope.
- 1:36Speaker 1: As you trust in him and give yourself into the nail-pierced hands of Jesus.
- 1:41Speaker 1: Pierced hands of Jesus.
- 1:43Speaker 1: Be blessed with rivers of covenant mercy washing you, rivers of love, compassion, comfort and faithfulness.
- 1:58Speaker 1: Jesus, who walked on the waters, walks on your turbulence and storms and agitation of your soul, saying Peace, be still.
- 2:03Speaker 1: Tell your soul to dial down and know that God quiets all harassment with His presence and healing word.
- 2:12Speaker 1: Spirit, rest in the love and mercy of your Father, knowing he pities His children.
- 2:18Speaker 1: He is tender in His compassion towards you.
- 2:21Speaker 1: He is your consolation.
- 2:23Speaker 1: He made a covenant of grace with you and he cannot break his covenant.
- 2:28Speaker 1: His promises are sure.
- 2:30Speaker 1: His presence cannot leave you.
- 2:33Speaker 1: Be blessed with his hope, comfort and meaning.
- 2:38Speaker 1: Be blessed with being settled in the eternal truth of his authority and sovereign control.
- 2:43Speaker 1: In the eternal truth of his authority and sovereign control, he is still on the throne as the judicial ancient of days, the ruling Lord and King.
- 2:51Speaker 1: Be blessed as you take refuge in the strong arms of the Prince of Peace.
- 2:56Speaker 1: God remains faithful to you.
- 2:58Speaker 1: He is God of all comfort and Father of mercy.
- 3:02Speaker 1: Spirit, thank God that he is comforting you now.
- 3:07Speaker 1: Thank Jesus that he is healing your broken heart.
- 3:10Speaker 1: Thank the Comforter that he is administering healing in every hurting place.
- 3:15Speaker 1: Spirit, be blessed to receive his holy exchange Comfort for grief.
- 3:22Speaker 1: Crowns instead of ashes, gladness for mourning and praise instead of despair.
- 3:29Speaker 1: Be blessed in the name of the one who is the same yesterday, today and forever, and who says today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.
- 3:43Speaker 1: No-transcript.