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The Bible Effect | When the Bible Pushes Back · 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 guided prayer
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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - 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. It's how
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  - 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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  - Today's prayer, we're dealing with what happens when
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  - God's word challenges
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  - you to change.
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  - Key scripture comes from James one twenty two
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  - and says, do not merely listen to the
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  - word,
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  - and so deceive yourselves.
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  - Do what it says.
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  - Reading about forgiveness
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  - is easier than forgiving.
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  - Reading about patience
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  - is easier than practicing patience with someone difficult.
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  - Reading about trusting God is easier than trusting
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  - him
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  - when we don't know what comes next.
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  - The real litmus test of Bible study often
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  - begins
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  - after we close the Bible.
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  - Knowledge doesn't require much surrender.
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  - Obedience
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  - does.
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  - God's word sometimes asks us to release attitudes,
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  - habits,
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  - relationships,
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  - or behaviors
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  - we've become comfortable carrying.
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  - And that's where transformation
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  - becomes personal.
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  - Prayer helps bridge the distance between knowing what
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  - God
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  - says and having the strength to live it.
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  - When scripture challenges you,
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  - turn the instruction
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  - into a prayer.
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  - If God teaches you about forgiveness,
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  - pray for help, forgiving.
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  - If he teaches you patience,
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  - ask him to develop patience in you.
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  - If he teaches trust,
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  - surrender the situation you're trying to control.
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  - For helps
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  - move scripture from the page
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  - into your everyday life.
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  - And now let's pray.
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  - Dear Lord, don't let us become comfortable knowing
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  - your word without living it.
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  - Give us courage to obey when your truth
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  - challenges us.
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  - Show us where our actions need to align
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  - with what we say we believe.
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  - Strengthen us when obedience is difficult
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  - and remind
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  - us that your instructions are always rooted in
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  - your love.
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  - Let our lives become
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  - evidence
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  - of what you're teaching in us,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Here's today's challenge.
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  - Choose one thing from scripture that God has
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  - been asking you to do
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  - and take one practical
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  - step toward obedience today.
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  - If you're ready to grow alongside others who
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  - are learning to apply God's word through prayer
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  - also,
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  - visit us at divine515.com
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  - and discover
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  - the inner chamber
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  - community.