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PEACE_OF_GOD_[Bible_Sleep_Meditation___Relaxing_Rain_Music · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to this abide bedtime story. This sleep meditation is
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  Speaker 1: written from the inspiration of the Scriptures to help you
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  Speaker 1: relax and fall asleep. I encourage you now to remove
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  Speaker 1: all distractions. Get comfortable and take a few deep breaths.
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  Speaker 1: Let go of all distracting thoughts as you rest your
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  Speaker 1: head on the pillow and pull the soft covers around you.
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  Speaker 1: Focus your mind on the Lord tonight. Invite the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit to be with you. Ask him to guard you
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  Speaker 1: as you fall asleep and feel his presence cover you
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  Speaker 1: like a warm blanket, safe and secure. Take another deep
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  Speaker 1: breath in and exhale. Rest peacefully in the stillness of
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  Speaker 1: the room and in the protective arms of the Father.
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  Speaker 1: As I pray over you tonight, Heavenly Father, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for your presence here. Thank you for covering your beloved
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  Speaker 1: one in peace, the perfect peace that is found only
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  Speaker 1: in you. In your presence, Lord, we find true rest.
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  Speaker 1: I pray for this listener tonight that whatever they're going through,
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  Speaker 1: you will be with them. Please assure them of your
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  Speaker 1: love and your constant presence. Remind them Father that even
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  Speaker 1: in the darkest of nights, your son Jesus is the
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  Speaker 1: light that guides them. Please fill them with the light
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  Speaker 1: of your Son, that they in turn would shine His
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  Speaker 1: light in a dark world. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for
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  Speaker 1: your peace and blessing over your child tonight. It is
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  Speaker 1: in the precious name of your Son Jesus, I pray Amen.
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  Speaker 1: If you've ever been in the forest on a warm
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  Speaker 1: summer's night, perhaps camping with friends and family, you may
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  Speaker 1: have had the unique experience of seeing fireflies flickering across
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  Speaker 1: the night sky. These tiny creatures, also known as lightning bugs,
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  Speaker 1: have intrigued people of all ages for centuries. Children have
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  Speaker 1: spent hours chasing them, catching them, and observing them through
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  Speaker 1: glass jars. Adults have been equally intrigued by them, pondering
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  Speaker 1: the fireflies amazing ability to spark light through a process
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  Speaker 1: called bioluminescence. Through many scientific studies, scientists have been able
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  Speaker 1: to figure out the chemical reaction produced inside the firefly's
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  Speaker 1: body which causes the flashes of light. And though these
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  Speaker 1: scientific findings are interesting, we know who should get all
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  Speaker 1: the credit. All glory and honor goes to our God.
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  Speaker 1: For our creator is marvelous in all his works and
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  Speaker 1: his wondrous creations, such as the firefly causes to lift
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  Speaker 1: our voices and praise. You are worthy, o, Lord, to
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  Speaker 1: receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things,
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  Speaker 1: and by your will they exist, and we're created. Please
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  Speaker 1: allow me to lift a voice of praise to our
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  Speaker 1: wonderful creator tonight. Glory is God, Master of all creation.
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  Speaker 1: We marvel at the works of your hands. You are worthy, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: worthy of all honor, glory and power. We see the
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  Speaker 1: intricate details of your creation, and we are astounded. Even
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  Speaker 1: in the tiny light of a firefly, we see your
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  Speaker 1: mighty works, and we praise you. Thank you, Lord for
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  Speaker 1: creating all good things for us to enjoy. We rest
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  Speaker 1: here tonight in the fullness of your presence and in
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  Speaker 1: the precious name of your son, Jesus. Amen. In the
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  Speaker 1: stillness of the room, God is with you. He loves you,
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  Speaker 1: He guards you as you sleep. Take another deep breath
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  Speaker 1: in and let it out. As the firefly moves through
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  Speaker 1: the night, a flickering lamp of illumination in the sky.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a light within us to be mirrored
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  Speaker 1: in a dark world. Jesus has affirmed this by his
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  Speaker 1: word in Matthew chapter five, verses fourteen through sixteen. He
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  Speaker 1: reminds his followers of this. You are the light of
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  Speaker 1: the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
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  Speaker 1: Nor do people light a lamp and put it under
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  Speaker 1: a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light
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  Speaker 1: to all in the house. In the same way, let
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  Speaker 1: your light shine before others, so that they may see
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  Speaker 1: your good works and give glory to your Father, who
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  Speaker 1: is in heaven. You are the light of the world.
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  Speaker 1: Feel the light of Jesus within you, shining brighter than
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  Speaker 1: the noonday sun. His light cannot be hidden, for it
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  Speaker 1: is true light, shining in the darkest of nights. Rest
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  Speaker 1: in the light of Jesus, shining through every fiber of
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  Speaker 1: your being. Feel the warmth of his presence with you.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing con dimn the light of His love around you,
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  Speaker 1: In you and through you, Lord God, Because of your
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  Speaker 1: presence in our lives, we have become the light of
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  Speaker 1: the world. Even though some may reject our light, the
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  Speaker 1: light of your son, we will not hide. We will
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  Speaker 1: continue to put our lamp on a stand and shine
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  Speaker 1: the light of your love and your salvation to a
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  Speaker 1: lost and dying world. Please grant sleep to this listener tonight,
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  Speaker 1: as the light of your love enfolds them. Help them
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  Speaker 1: to cast all of their cares upon you and find
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  Speaker 1: true rest. Fill their minds with pleasant dreams of the
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  Speaker 1: wonders of your creation, such as fireflies flickering on a
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  Speaker 1: warm summer's night, children chasing after them in childlike wonder.
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  Speaker 1: I pray these things in the precious name of your
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  Speaker 1: Son Jesus Christ. Amen. The firefly does not even think
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  Speaker 1: of hiding his light. He boldly flutters through the night sky,
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  Speaker 1: flashing a warning, attracting a mate, and doing what he
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  Speaker 1: was created to do. His purpose was set by a
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  Speaker 1: loving creator who spoke him into existence, who fashioned him
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  Speaker 1: with unfathomable design. And so you were created with a
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  Speaker 1: specific purpose to be a light on a hill, a
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  Speaker 1: lamp on a stand, and a spark of truth to
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  Speaker 1: a lost and dying world. Rest in God's beautiful purpose
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  Speaker 1: for your life. A city set on a hill cannot
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  Speaker 1: be hidden. The quiet village tucked away on a mountain side,
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  Speaker 1: hardly noticed by day, comes to life as the sun
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  Speaker 1: sets behind the peak, and one by one, the lights
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  Speaker 1: of the village sparkle in the night, making its existence known.
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  Speaker 1: A city on a hill cannot be hidden inside the
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  Speaker 1: homes of that village are lamps that are being turned
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  Speaker 1: on as evening falls. Mothers read quietly by the light
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  Speaker 1: of those lamps. Fathers finish their work, and children sleep
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  Speaker 1: with the security of a night light casting a soothing
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  Speaker 1: glow across the room. And there is peace. Breathe in
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  Speaker 1: the peace of God's presence. Tonight, exhale any remaining tension. Heavenly, Father,
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  Speaker 1: creator of all, I ask you to be with this
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  Speaker 1: beloved one tonight. I pray that the warmth of your
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  Speaker 1: love will cover them like the softest blanket. I ask
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  Speaker 1: that the light of your son will fill them with
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  Speaker 1: such peace they will sleep soundly without a single care.
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  Speaker 1: As they sleep, Lord, I pray that they will dream
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  Speaker 1: of quiet places where your light shines in the darkness.
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  Speaker 1: I ask that they will awaken, renewed and refreshed in
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  Speaker 1: the morning as the light of the sun comes through
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  Speaker 1: the window. Thank you, Father, for creating them to be
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  Speaker 1: the light of the world, in strengthening them as they
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  Speaker 1: sleep to rise up and do your will. It is
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  Speaker 1: in the precious name of Jesus I pray these things. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: Let your light shine before men, that they may see
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  Speaker 1: your good works and give glory to God. Let your
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  Speaker 1: light shine before men as boldly as the lightning bug
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  Speaker 1: shines in the night. Your light is beautiful, for it
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  Speaker 1: is the light of our beautiful Savior. The patterns of
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  Speaker 1: light emitted by fireflies are unique to their kind. Some
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  Speaker 1: flash and rhythmic pattern while others blink randomly on and off.
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  Speaker 1: One species in particular always flies in an arc, causing
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  Speaker 1: a J shaped pattern of light. Perhaps this type of
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  Speaker 1: firefly is declaring who his creator is, Jesus. Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: the true light of the world, and through him we
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  Speaker 1: were created to shine his light, for through him all
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  Speaker 1: things were made. Without him, nothing was made and has
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  Speaker 1: been made. In him was life, and that life was
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  Speaker 1: the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness,
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  Speaker 1: and the darkness has not overcome it. Those words from
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  Speaker 1: John chapter one declare Jesus as the light of all mankind.
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  Speaker 1: His light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has
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  Speaker 1: not overcome it. Rest safely in that truth tonight, Holy God,
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  Speaker 1: maker of all that is seen and unseen, allow your
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  Speaker 1: child to find rest and peace in You, tonight. Please
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  Speaker 1: make them feel safe and secure in the light of
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  Speaker 1: your love. Help them to know that without a doubt
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  Speaker 1: you are the light of all mankind. In you, there
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  Speaker 1: is no darkness at all, no matter what's going on
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  Speaker 1: in this world. But darkness has not overcome them. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you God, Thank you for holding us in the light
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  Speaker 1: of your love. For all eternity. We rest in the
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  Speaker 1: name of your Son, Jesus. Our creator is a masterful, imaginative,
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  Speaker 1: and intelligent designer. From the awe inspiring light of the
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  Speaker 1: tiny firefly to the magnificent mountain peak, our God is
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  Speaker 1: Lord of awe. As we witness the beauty around us,
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  Speaker 1: breathing in the glory of his creation, we cannot help
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  Speaker 1: but declare You are worthy, o Lord, to receive glory
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  Speaker 1: and honor and power, for you created all things, and
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  Speaker 1: by your will they exist and were created. Be at
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  Speaker 1: peace in his glory tonight, for he is worthy. Honor
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  Speaker 1: and glory belong to the Lord. God created the firefly
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  Speaker 1: night for his beloved ones to enjoy. His children run
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  Speaker 1: and play in the warmth of a summer's eve. God
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  Speaker 1: smiles at their innocent wonder and rejoices in the works
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  Speaker 1: of his hands. He rejoices over you as well, for
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  Speaker 1: he loves you, and he draws you near. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Lord for drawing this child close to your side. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for enfolding them in the warmth of your presence.
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  Speaker 1: Speak into their hearts and minds as they sleep, reassuring
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  Speaker 1: them of your love and goodness. Please cover them from
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  Speaker 1: head to toe, guarding them as they sleep deeply without
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  Speaker 1: a care. I ask for continued peace over their life.
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  Speaker 1: As they shine in the light of your presence. I
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  Speaker 1: pray that as a light on a hill and a
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  Speaker 1: lamp on a stand, they will shine ever brighter until
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  Speaker 1: your return. In the glorious name of Jesus, I pray Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Sleep now in peace on this warm firefly night. Rest
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  Speaker 1: safe and secure in God's glorious light. Let your breath
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  Speaker 1: slow its pace and your mind becomes still. Allow the
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  Speaker 1: Savior's love your soul to fill. Sleep now in peace
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  Speaker 1: on this firefly night. Rest safe and secure in God's
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  Speaker 1: glorious light. Tonight, Remove anything that might be a distraction
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  Speaker 1: and make yourself comfortable. Pull the soft covers around you
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  Speaker 1: and rest your head on the pillow. Take a few
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  Speaker 1: deep breath yes, and clear your mind of any worries
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  Speaker 1: or concerns you might have. Feel your body relaxed from
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  Speaker 1: head to toe and allow your breathing to become a soft,
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  Speaker 1: steady rhythm. Now continue to rest peacefully as I pray
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  Speaker 1: over you, Holy God. Thank you for your presence here tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I pray for this listener to find peaceful rest in You.
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  Speaker 1: Please help them let go of all worries that are
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  Speaker 1: circling around their mind. Remind them that you have everything
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  Speaker 1: under control. There's nothing that you aren't aware of. You
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  Speaker 1: know everything about them. Assure them of your love and kindness. Please, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: rain down your spirit on this beloved child tonight as
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  Speaker 1: a gentle rain and spring. But the comforts of your
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  Speaker 1: love cascade over them with gentleness and peace. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Father for your presence and the precious name of your
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  Speaker 1: son Jesus. I pray amen. In Deuteronomy chapter thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: we hear the words of Moses, the words of a
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  Speaker 1: song that he shared at the end of his life
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  Speaker 1: with the entire assembly of Israel in attendance. Listen, you, Heavens,
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  Speaker 1: and I will speak here you Earth the words of
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  Speaker 1: my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain, and my
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  Speaker 1: words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like
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  Speaker 1: abundant rain on tender plants. But the words of this song,
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  Speaker 1: the Song of Moses, fall like rain on your spirit. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: Breathe deeply in and out. Relax, find peace and be
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  Speaker 1: still before the Lord. Gracious God, thank you for giving
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  Speaker 1: us your word and for allowing us to hear the
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  Speaker 1: words of your servant Moses. As we rest in your presence, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: help us to let go of any distracting thoughts. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: fill us with peaceful thoughts that descend like dew on
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  Speaker 1: the fertile ground of our hearts and minds. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Moses continued his song in the assembly of the people,
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  Speaker 1: the very people he had led through the dry and
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  Speaker 1: barren desert. Moses gave these words, I will proclaim the
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord, Oh, praise the greatness of our
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  Speaker 1: God God. He is the Rock. His works are perfect,
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  Speaker 1: and all his ways are just. A faithful God who
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  Speaker 1: does no wrong, upright and just is he A faithful
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  Speaker 1: God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
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  Speaker 1: Find peace in the greatness of God who does no wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Moses proclaimed God as the Rock. There is shelter in
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  Speaker 1: the rock of your salvation. He covers you with his
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  Speaker 1: righteous right hand. He guards you from the storm texts
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  Speaker 1: you from strong winds. He shields you from the elements.
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  Speaker 1: Find great comfort in God, the rock of your salvation.
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  Speaker 1: In Psalm sixty five, we hear beautiful words of God's
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  Speaker 1: provision for the dry and thirsty soul. The Psalmist says,
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  Speaker 1: you care for the land and water it. You enrich
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  Speaker 1: it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water
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  Speaker 1: to provide the people with grain. For so you have
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  Speaker 1: adorned it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges.
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  Speaker 1: You soften it with showers and bless its crops. You
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  Speaker 1: crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow
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  Speaker 1: with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness overflow. The hills
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  Speaker 1: are clothed with gladness, the meadows are covered with flocks,
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  Speaker 1: and the valleys are mantled with grain. They shout for
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  Speaker 1: joy and sing. It is the Lord who cares for
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  Speaker 1: the land. He waters it, he enriches it. He softens
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  Speaker 1: the dry and thirsty ground with showers of rain. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: deeply of God's carrying provision. Tonight, here the flowing streams
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  Speaker 1: of water, the streams of God flowing through the desert
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  Speaker 1: of our souls, providing what is needed for every season.
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  Speaker 1: He is the one who has ordained the reins to
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  Speaker 1: fall and soften the ground so that the crops can grow.
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  Speaker 1: The earth depends on him, and we are reminded of
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  Speaker 1: God's sovereignty. From Isaiah, my hand laid the foundation of
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  Speaker 1: the earth. In my right hand. Spread out to heavens
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  Speaker 1: when I call to them, they stand forth together. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: deeply of God's sovereignty and know that He is God, sovereign,
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  Speaker 1: God full of mercy and blessing. Thank you for sending
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  Speaker 1: the rain in due season. You are the giver of
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  Speaker 1: all good things. We praise you for giving us such
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  Speaker 1: abundance in every season. Lord, you provide exactly what is needed,
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  Speaker 1: and we thank you. By covering of your spirit, we
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  Speaker 1: ask for perfect peace. Tonight. We settle our minds on
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  Speaker 1: you and breathe deeply of your presence. Thank you, Lord
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  Speaker 1: for watching over us and guarding us as we sleep.
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  Speaker 1: All praise and glory and honor be to your Son Jesus. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Listen you, Heavens, and I will speak here you worth
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  Speaker 1: the words of my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain,
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  Speaker 1: and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass,
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  Speaker 1: like abundant rain on tender plants. Hear the words of
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  Speaker 1: Moses again, like falling rain, abundant rain for your tender heart.
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  Speaker 1: Be all the soft covers around you, the pillow beneath
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  Speaker 1: your head, and know that God is with you. The
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  Speaker 1: abundance of His presence fills the room. The gentle whisper
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  Speaker 1: of his voice soothes your heart and mind. You have
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  Speaker 1: nothing to fear. There is great comfort in His love
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  Speaker 1: and provision. Rest securely in the comfort of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: as you rest peacefully tonight, you are being renewed and refreshed.
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  Speaker 1: Like a garden of tender plants, carefully cultivated to grow
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  Speaker 1: and produce a harvest. Your spirit is being cultivated by
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  Speaker 1: God's spirit. Tenderly. He prunes away the dry leaves, the
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  Speaker 1: leaves that are not healthy. Then he feeds the roots,
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  Speaker 1: giving them strength to go deeper. Allow the Lord to
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  Speaker 1: strengthen you in the inmost place. It is the Lord
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  Speaker 1: who provides sunshine to brighten your weary frame. He sends
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  Speaker 1: the moisture of rain in due season. He cares for you.
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  Speaker 1: Hear the words of the Psalmist once more. The grasslands
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  Speaker 1: of the wilderness overflow the hills are clothed with gladness,
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  Speaker 1: the meadows are covered with flocks, and the valleys are
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  Speaker 1: mantled with grain. They shout for joy and sing. Breathe
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  Speaker 1: in the sweet fragrance of flowering meadows and valleys filled
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  Speaker 1: with grain, the wonderful abundance of the Lord, Heavenly Father.
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  Speaker 1: I pray over you, your beloved child, tonight, that your presence
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  Speaker 1: will produce a harvest of righteousness in their life. As
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  Speaker 1: you clothe the hills with gladness, I ask that you
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  Speaker 1: clothe your beloved with inexpressible joy. As the meadows are
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  Speaker 1: filled with flocks grazing on your goodness, I pray this
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  Speaker 1: child will be filled with the abundance of all good things.
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  Speaker 1: And as the valleys are mantled with grain, shouting for
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  Speaker 1: joy and singing your praise, I pray for renewal in
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  Speaker 1: the heart of this precious soul. Create in them a
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  Speaker 1: heart of praise, O Lord, and comfort them tonight with
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  Speaker 1: your perfect peace. In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: Breathe in a steady rhythm, rest in quiet comfort, remain
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  Speaker 1: in God's presence. You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds. God,
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  Speaker 1: our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth,
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  Speaker 1: and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by
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  Speaker 1: your power, having armed yourself with strength, who still the
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  Speaker 1: roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, in
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  Speaker 1: the turmoil of the nations. The whole earth is filled
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  Speaker 1: with awe at your wonders. Where morning dawns, where evening fades,
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  Speaker 1: you call forth songs of joy. God answers through awesome
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  Speaker 1: and righteous deeds. He answers us. He is our God,
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  Speaker 1: our Savior, our hope, to the ends of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: The whole earth is filled with awe and his wonders.
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  Speaker 1: Where morning dawns and evening fades, you call fourth songs
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  Speaker 1: of joy. Here songs of joy, songs of gladness, songs
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  Speaker 1: of peace. Heavenly Father, please cover your beloved with the
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  Speaker 1: cloak of your peace through every hour of the night.
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  Speaker 1: Calm them in your steadfast love. Please allow deep sleep
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  Speaker 1: to consume them without a single worry or care. Steady
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  Speaker 1: their breathing in you, a constant, steadfast rhythm of peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for showering them with blessing. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: filling their hearts with songs of gladness, joy and comfort
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus Holy Name, Amen. Falling rain on the windowsill,
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  Speaker 1: gentle and comforting, like the words of the Lord, descending
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  Speaker 1: on dry and thirsty souls, drawing them nearer than before.
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  Speaker 1: Falling rain on the parched ground, soaking it in without hesitation,
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  Speaker 1: like the parched spirit searching for living water, a well
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  Speaker 1: that will never run dry. Falling rain, rain of God,
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  Speaker 1: fall on your beloved one tonight. Drench them with your love,
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  Speaker 1: your peace, your goodness, Lord God, full of care and compassion.
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  Speaker 1: Please care for this child tonight in your faithful provision.
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  Speaker 1: Please take care of their every need. Remove everything that
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  Speaker 1: concerns them. Lord, Let your streams of water flow over them,
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  Speaker 1: streams of peace, provide what their soul longs. Foremost righteousness
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  Speaker 1: and Christ Ordain in them your will, your good pleasing
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  Speaker 1: in perfect will, and please soften their hearts to receive
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  Speaker 1: your blessings. I pray these things in the name of
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  Speaker 1: your Son Jesus. You care for the land and water it.
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  Speaker 1: You enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled
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  Speaker 1: with water to provide the people with grain, for so
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  Speaker 1: you have adorned it. You drench its furrows and level
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  Speaker 1: its ridges. You soften it with showers and bless its crops.
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  Speaker 1: You crown the year with your bounty, and your hearts
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  Speaker 1: overflow with abundance. The grasslands and the wilderness overflow. The
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  Speaker 1: hills are clothed with gladness, the meadows are covered with flocks,
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  Speaker 1: and the valleys are mantled with grain. They shout for
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  Speaker 1: joy and sing. There is no one like our God
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  Speaker 1: who cares for us so abundantly. Breathe deeply of God's
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  Speaker 1: compassion tonight, compassion and peace like falling rain on a
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  Speaker 1: dry and thirsty soul. Gracious God, full of compassion, rein
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  Speaker 1: down your peace tonight. As this child sleeps deeply within
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  Speaker 1: the fold of your loving arms, I pray for them
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  Speaker 1: to be renewed by the falling reiin of your love
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  Speaker 1: and provision, continue to guard them through the night, covering
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  Speaker 1: them with the sweetness of your presence. In Jesus precious name,
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  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. This bedtime story is about taking a
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  Speaker 1: fresh start. It's written to help you turn your attention
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  Speaker 1: away from the duties of your day and toward the
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  Speaker 1: peaceful rest that God invites you to as you sleep.
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  Speaker 1: This story is a reminder of the good work that
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  Speaker 1: God is doing in your life as he restores the
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  Speaker 1: old and brings forth the new. Take heart and find
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  Speaker 1: rest that you have a God who delights to do
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  Speaker 1: new things in your life, a God who is making
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  Speaker 1: a way in the wilderness and making rivers in the wastelands.
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  Speaker 1: Close your eyes and relax. Take several deep breaths as
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  Speaker 1: you prepare to fall asleep, breathing in slowly through your
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  Speaker 1: nose and exhaling at the same pace through your mouth.
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  Speaker 1: Let the anxiety of your day disappear as you prepare
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  Speaker 1: to receive from God. Find a comfortable position, adjusting your
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  Speaker 1: shoulders to lie comfortably in your bed, and insure any
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  Speaker 1: distractions have been released from your mind. Your day has
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  Speaker 1: come to an end, and God invites you now to rest.
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  Speaker 1: Father God, thank you for your beloved child. As they
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  Speaker 1: lay down now to rest, would you free their mind
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  Speaker 1: from distraction and any wandering thoughts and allow them to
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  Speaker 1: rest fully in your perfect peace. You Lord, are the
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  Speaker 1: author of fresh starts and the God of restoration. We
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  Speaker 1: look to you as the one who causes springs to
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  Speaker 1: rise up, the one who makes a way in the wilderness,
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  Speaker 1: in the one who makes streams, and a waste land.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for your peace and your presence. We look
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  Speaker 1: to you, Almighty God. Amen. Forget the former things. God says,
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  Speaker 1: do not dwell on the past. There is a reason
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  Speaker 1: that God's instruction and encouragement is to turn your attention
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  Speaker 1: from what was toward what will be. It is because
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  Speaker 1: He is ever attentive to your eats, always at work
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  Speaker 1: to bring restoration and healing to the broken areas of
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  Speaker 1: your life. Forget the former things. Do not dwell on
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  Speaker 1: the past. You see, I am doing a new thing
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  Speaker 1: now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? I
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  Speaker 1: am making a way in the wilderness and streams in
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  Speaker 1: the wasteland. Imagine you're on an island in Fiji. The
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  Speaker 1: sun shines brightly in the blue sky above you. You
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  Speaker 1: feel the warmth on your shoulders as you look at
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  Speaker 1: the world around you, tropical and simple, filled with palm
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  Speaker 1: trees and white sandy beaches. It's beautiful. You walk to
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  Speaker 1: the water, the ocean waves gently crashing on the shore.
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  Speaker 1: You walk a little closer, dipping your toes in the
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  Speaker 1: warm Pacific Ocean, feeling the tingle of the water mixing
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  Speaker 1: with the sand beneath your feet. You walk away from
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  Speaker 1: the water, back toward the path that led you to
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  Speaker 1: the ocean, and continue walking. Look around you and see
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  Speaker 1: the wonder of the Fiji Islands. Mountains meet the ocean
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  Speaker 1: in the most stunning way. Glance over to your right,
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  Speaker 1: and all you can see is the endless turquoise blue
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  Speaker 1: of the water. You notice a slight shift in the
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  Speaker 1: color where the water meets the horizon and the turquoise
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  Speaker 1: blue turns to the lighter shade of the sky. But
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  Speaker 1: if you look to your left, all you see is mountains.
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  Speaker 1: Where one side offers you endless blues, this view offers
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  Speaker 1: endless greens. Dozens of trees give you a variety of shade.
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  Speaker 1: The grass is lush, the trees are rich, and the
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  Speaker 1: various bushes fill in with every shade you could imagine.
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  Speaker 1: Take a moment to appreciate the beauty of God's creation,
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  Speaker 1: the bright, warm sun, the rich greens and deep blues,
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  Speaker 1: the sky, an ocean, and vegetation growing beneath your feet.
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  Speaker 1: You continue along the path and see a guy in
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  Speaker 1: gathering a group. You are quickly invited in and feel
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  Speaker 1: the excitement of a native Fijian leading you on an adventure.
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  Speaker 1: Your curiosity gets the better of you, and you turn
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  Speaker 1: off the road to join them. The guide leads you
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  Speaker 1: down a gravel path leading toward an attraction. You find
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  Speaker 1: you have been led to a natural hot spring. You're
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  Speaker 1: so glad you accepted the invitation to join the group.
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  Speaker 1: You follow the god closer to the spring and see
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  Speaker 1: a single tree, simple yet strong and sturdy. The tree
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  Speaker 1: sits at the edge of the proclaimed hot spring, the
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  Speaker 1: size of a small swimming pool. The body of water
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  Speaker 1: is cloudy and mud ridden. The guide instructs you to
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  Speaker 1: wade into the water, swimming closer toward the tree to
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  Speaker 1: experience the natural hot spring. Incredulous but curious, you indulge
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  Speaker 1: the guide and wade into the muddy water. The temperature
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  Speaker 1: feels only slightly different from the ocean. The mud is evident,
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  Speaker 1: but it seems nothing but a small reservoir tucked in
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  Speaker 1: the mountains of Fiji. But then you feel it unexplainable
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  Speaker 1: warmth in the water bubbles beneath your feet. You squeal
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  Speaker 1: in delight as you look at the guide with an
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  Speaker 1: expression of You're right, I can feel it. See I
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do
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  Speaker 1: you not perceive it? You perceive it here in the
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  Speaker 1: hot springs found in Subato, Fiji. Though you don't understand
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  Speaker 1: how it happens, there is no question that hot water
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  Speaker 1: is springing up. So it is with the work of God.
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  Speaker 1: Though it may seem like nothing is changing, God is
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  Speaker 1: active in your life. He is doing a new thing.
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  Speaker 1: Now it springs up. Swim in a little further and
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  Speaker 1: you may just see the evidence of his bubbling activity,
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  Speaker 1: working and creating something new in you, something that forgets
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  Speaker 1: the former things and looks toward what is new. See,
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  Speaker 1: I am doing a new thing now. It springs up
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  Speaker 1: like an unexpected series of dreams that seem to take
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  Speaker 1: you from one moment to the next with no travel
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  Speaker 1: or change. Imagine now that you are in a desert.
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  Speaker 1: The once gentle warmth of the sun now in this
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  Speaker 1: place feels assaulting. With nothing but the sand for the
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  Speaker 1: sun to reflect off of, you can't help but squint
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  Speaker 1: your eyes tightly, trying to see through small slits. It
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  Speaker 1: is a wasteland in every sense of the word, wasted land,
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  Speaker 1: land with no purpose, no hope, just wilderness and desert.
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  Speaker 1: You feel the exhaustion of wandering, and you wonder how
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  Speaker 1: long you've been here, Has it only been a moment?
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  Speaker 1: Feels more like months, an endless wasteland with nothing but
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  Speaker 1: scrap and sand. There is no vegetation, there's no spring,
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  Speaker 1: there's certainly no food. You are desperate for water, having
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  Speaker 1: wandered through the wasteland for as long as you can remember,
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  Speaker 1: squinting in the sun and desperate for some sign of life.
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  Speaker 1: The air is dry, your tongue is parched, and your
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  Speaker 1: skin feels too hot from the scorching sun. You look
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  Speaker 1: round in desperation, wondering how there could ever be life
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  Speaker 1: in this waste land. And that's when you see it.
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  Speaker 1: You rub your eyes in amazement, certain that what you're
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  Speaker 1: seeing is a dream, a mirage of sorts that seems
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  Speaker 1: more like a nightmare for taunting you with goodness. Unable
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  Speaker 1: to contain your curiosity, you walk closer and realize you
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  Speaker 1: weren't mistaken after all. It's a stream right there in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the waste land, right before your eyes.
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  Speaker 1: What once was only endless desert now has a river
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  Speaker 1: flowing through it. You look to the left and to
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  Speaker 1: the right, trying to see where it begins or ends,
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  Speaker 1: But it's a feudile search. For as far as you
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  Speaker 1: can see the river flows. You walk slowly from the exhaustion,
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  Speaker 1: but finally make it to the edge of the stream. Achingly.
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  Speaker 1: You fall to your knees and thrust your hands into
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  Speaker 1: the clear.
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  Speaker 2: Cool fresh water before you.
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  Speaker 1: You use your hands to scoop endlessly, splashing water on
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  Speaker 1: your face, your neck, and your arms. Scoop the water again,
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  Speaker 1: bringing it to your lips and tasting the glorious fresh
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  Speaker 1: water on your tongue. Feel the relief of hydration after
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  Speaker 1: waiting and longing streams in the wasteland. See, he is
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  Speaker 1: doing a new thing. God is doing a new thing
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  Speaker 1: in you and through you, and for you. He is
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  Speaker 1: taking the places that were once barren and bringing life.
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  Speaker 1: He is taking the places that were once dry, and
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  Speaker 1: he is bringing up streams, making a way in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness for you. Forget the former things. Do not dwell
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  Speaker 1: on the past. See. I am doing a new thing.
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  Speaker 1: Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? I
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: am making a way in the wilderness and streams in
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: the wasteland. Through the prophet Isaiah, God offers these vivid
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  Speaker 1: pictures to help you see the way that He is
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  Speaker 1: at work in your life, working for your good in
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  Speaker 1: his glory, and he is doing a new thing, giving
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  Speaker 1: you the opportunity to embrace a fresh start in the
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  Speaker 1: hard and painful areas of your life. Swim further in
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  Speaker 1: to experience the new life springing up. Look around you
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  Speaker 1: with wonder at the streams appearing in the wasteland. Look
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  Speaker 1: to the Lord for your fresh start, and walk in
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  Speaker 1: confidence that he is doing a new thing. Good and
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  Speaker 1: gracious Father, Thank you for making the way in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness for this child of yours. Send them rest tonight,
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  Speaker 1: and let them look to You for their eternal rest.
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  Speaker 1: May your peace comfort them tonight as they rest securely
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  Speaker 1: in your love. Amen, Sleep well as you surrender to
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  Speaker 1: the gift of rest and find peace in God's loving arms.
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  Speaker 1: The dwelling Place. This story is designed to take you
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  Speaker 1: on a journey through God's Word in a way that
• 58:35
  Speaker 1: brings you peace and comfort as you lay down to sleep.
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: I wonder if you could wake up anywhere in the world,
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: where would you hope to be. Perhaps dozens of favored
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  Speaker 1: spots might come to mind. It might be the peace
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  Speaker 1: of a mountain cabin, tucked away from the busyness of life,
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  Speaker 1: a place where you can sit outside in the cool
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  Speaker 1: morning breeze and listen to the birds welcoming a new day.
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  Speaker 1: Or it might be near the ocean with the sound
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  Speaker 1: of the waves washing ashore, or maybe by the dribbling
• 59:30
  Speaker 1: of a stream on your favorite hike. It might be
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  Speaker 1: the simple sound of your morning coffee slowly dripping into
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: the pot. As beautiful as each of these ideas may be,
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  Speaker 1: Psalm eighty four invites you to consider that the dwelling
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  Speaker 1: place of God is the loveliest and sweetest destination you
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  Speaker 1: could ever find. For it is there in the dwelling
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: place of God that you encounter his fullness and experience
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: his treasured presence. As you settle into your bed for
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: a good night's sleep, relax your shoulders and take a slow,
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: deep breath as you find a comfortable position. Point your
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: toes and arch your back, letting your muscles have one
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: final stretch before you set them to rest and allow
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: your body to restore itself while you sleep. Take a
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: quick inventory of the events and emotions that you felt
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: throughout the day. Don't dwell too long on any thought,
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: Acknowledge it, and then send it on its way. Let
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 1: your heart be at peace as your day comes to
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: a close. Take another slow, deep, cleansing breath, breathing in
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: through your nose and slowly releasing it through your mouth.
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: If there are burdens from this day, let them lift
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: from your mind one by one. Give your anxieties to
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: God and declare that you trust in him. God. May
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: your child rest in your loving arms. Tonight, close your
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: eyes and take one last deep breath. Find comfort in
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: the words of the prophet Isaiah, who says you will
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: whose thoughts are fixed on you. As you fall asleep tonight,
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: find rest in God and receive his everlasting perfect peace
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: as you sleep. Heavenly Father, as your beloved child lies
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: down to sleep, may they rest in your arms. Help
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: them to trust you with their life, and give them
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: the perfect peace that you promise to those who fix
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: their thoughts on you. I ask tonight for your favor
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: and protection as they sleep. Guard their thoughts in their dreams. Tonight,
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 1: bring stillness to their mind, in peace to their heart
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: as they go to bed. Be present in their dreams.
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: Let them dream of your dwelling place and find comfort
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: in your presence. May they trust in you, loving and
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 1: gracious Father, Amen, with your eyes closed in your mind,
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: free from worry or concern. What the words of Paul
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: mate for wash over you. How lovely is your dwelling place, O,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: Lord of Hosts. My soul longs, yes, faints for the
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: courts of the Lord. My heart and flesh sing for
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: joy to the Living God. Even the sparrow finds a
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 1: home in the swallow, a nest for herself, where she
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: may lay her young at your altars, O, Lord of Hosts,
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 1: my King and my God, blessed her. Those who dwell
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: in your house ever singing your praise. To dwell is
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 1: to remain. It is a place where you have the
• 1:04:59
  Speaker 1: freedom and feel the safety to stay. The dwelling place
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: of God is such a beautiful thought to consider. A
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 1: place where God's presence would choose to dwell is a
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: place of rest, peace, and ultimate freedom. In the Old Testament,
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: the temple, also called the tabernacle, was the dwelling place
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: of God. In fact, the very words used in this
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 1: psalm mean tabernacle. It was here in this place that
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: the people of God could find rest in freedom, in
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: the ability to connect with Him. It is where the
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: priests of God would meet with him on behalf of
• 1:06:01
  Speaker 1: all the people. It is where sin was forgiven and
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: freedom was found. It was their refuge. It must have
• 1:06:14
  Speaker 1: been quite lovely. Indeed, let your soul find this same
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 1: refuge in the presence of God tonight. Psalm eighty four
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 1: is one of the psalms that come from the Sons
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: of Korra. The Sons of Kora were a family of singers,
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 1: the lineage of people dedicated to giving praise to God
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: in the temple. The songs they would sing have been
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: preserved in God's word and have continued to be sung
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 1: by his people for thousands of years. You may have
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 1: sun along with the Sons of Kra without even knowing.
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: They wrote verses such as Psalm forty two, as the
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 1: deer pants for streams of water, So my soul longs
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: after God. In Psalm forty six, God is our refuge
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 1: and strength, and ever present help and trouble. Therefore we
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 1: will not fear, though the earth give way and the
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 1: mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: waters roar and foam, and the mountains quake if they're surging,
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: there is a river whose streams make glad. The city
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: of God, the holy place where the most high dwells.
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: These treasured words of the Sons of Korra have given
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: God's people an opportunity to sing his praises and glorify
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 1: his name, no matter what their circumstances. God, thank you
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 1: for preserving the songs of the Sons of Korra. In
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: the Psalms, How lovely it is to sing along with them,
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: joining the chorus of your people for generations. And in
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: Psul eighty four they give you a picture of how
• 1:08:42
  Speaker 1: precious and dear the dwelling place of God truly is.
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: It is where God's presence can be found. It is
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 1: abundant and rich and accessible to His people. How lovely. Indeed,
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: the dwelling Place of God looks different for God's people
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: now than it did thousands of years ago. And so
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 1: for the people of Israel who did not have personal
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: access to the presence of God like believers do now,
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: the Temple was everything. For people without constant access to God,
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: they needed something they could count on. The Temple, as
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: the dwelling place of God was their safety and salvation.
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 1: Many traveled annually from wherever they lived to visit the Temple.
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 1: Imagine that you are on such a journey, a journey
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 1: to the most wonderful, peaceful place imaginable. You are making
• 1:09:56
  Speaker 1: your way to the dwelling place of God, place where
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: you can sing along with the sons of Korah and
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: give worship and praise to God. As the deer pants
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 1: for streams of water. So my soul longs after God.
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 1: Let your soul long after God as you fall asleep tonight,
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: and as you long imagine now that you are making
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 1: your way along the sandy path. You are walking through
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: the city towards the beloved, lovely Temple of God. Feel
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: the heat of the sun as you walk along the path.
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 1: Begin the journey up the mountain towards the temple. Feel
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 1: the drip of sweat on your brow exhaustion from the
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 1: long journey. Allow the longing you feel to be in
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: His courts, in the lovely dwelling Place of God to
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: bring you endurance to finish the journey. The place you
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: most long to be is drawing nearer with every step.
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 1: Imagine who may have joined you on this journey. Look
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: around you as you seek the presence of God with
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: the ones you love. Here the collective song of those
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  Speaker 1: journeying with you together singing the songs of the sons
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  Speaker 1: of Kora, and join them as they sing. How lovely
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  Speaker 1: is your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts. My soul longs,
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  Speaker 1: yes faints for the courts of the Lord. You are
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  Speaker 1: drawing near. The courts of the Lord are close. In
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  Speaker 1: getting closer, your journey will be worth it. Even the
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  Speaker 1: sparrow finds a home in the swallow and nest for herself,
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  Speaker 1: where she may lay her young at your altars, O,
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Hosts, my King and my God. Consider the
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  Speaker 1: birds that come to the altar of God, They too,
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  Speaker 1: find refuge in his presence. Though the sparrow and swallow
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  Speaker 1: can explore the expanse of the sky, they return to
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  Speaker 1: his altar. They return to the temple. They return to
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  Speaker 1: his dwelling place. And we the children of God, though
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  Speaker 1: we come and go in many aspects of our lives,
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  Speaker 1: we return to God our refuge, and find safety in
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  Speaker 1: his dwelling place. Oh, Heavenly Father, thank you for caring
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  Speaker 1: for your child. Even more than the way you care
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  Speaker 1: for the birds of the air. We see the way
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  Speaker 1: you know and provide for them, and in that we
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  Speaker 1: find rest and comfort that you will care for and
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  Speaker 1: provide for your child as they rest. Right now, look
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  Speaker 1: up at the sky and admire these birds known by
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  Speaker 1: God and cared for by Him. As you come ever
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  Speaker 1: closer to the temple, feel the sandy path beneath your
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  Speaker 1: feet change to hardened dirt, well trodden roads. Look at
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  Speaker 1: the greenery increasing around you. Admire the variety of the
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  Speaker 1: trees you see. See the tall full body of the
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  Speaker 1: deep green cedars and cypress trees. Pause in the shade
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  Speaker 1: of the umbrella, like Acacius. Pause in the shade of
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  Speaker 1: the umbrella, like Acacius, giving you a respite on your journey.
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  Speaker 1: Admire the twisted roots of the juniper trees. Smell the
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  Speaker 1: scent of the olive trees. Let it draw you closer.
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  Speaker 1: Step closer to admire the radiance of the wildflowers. See
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  Speaker 1: the stark white against the bright green stems, the bright yellow,
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  Speaker 1: the richness of the red, the blue that mirrors the sky.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to the sound of the birds. Listen to their
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  Speaker 1: song and sing along. How lovely is your dwelling place, O,
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Hosts. Blessed are those whose strength is in
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  Speaker 1: you and whose heart are The highways to Zion. As
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  Speaker 1: they go through the valley of Baca. Make it a
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  Speaker 1: place of springs. The early rain also covers it with pools.
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  Speaker 1: They go from strength to strength, each one appears before
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  Speaker 1: God and Zion. The valley of Baca represents a valley
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  Speaker 1: of weeping. Is your journey towards the dwelling place of God.
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  Speaker 1: You know that you have come through the valley. Your
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  Speaker 1: journey was long and arduous, but you have come through it.
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  Speaker 1: Feel the victory of making your way through the valley,
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  Speaker 1: Feel the relief of making it level ground with the
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  Speaker 1: burdens of your weeping, lift and leave them in the
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  Speaker 1: hands of your God. For your heart is on the
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  Speaker 1: highway to Zion. You are drawing near to his temple.
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  Speaker 1: Your morning will be turned to dancing, just as he
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  Speaker 1: will make the valley of weeping into a place of springs.
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  Speaker 1: Find rest in this and God's promised to you, and
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  Speaker 1: sing unto him, how lovely is your dwelling place, O,
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  Speaker 1: Lord of hosts. God, thank you for carrying your precious
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  Speaker 1: child through the valleys of their life. We know that
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  Speaker 1: you do not abandon us in times of trouble. Journey
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  Speaker 1: with us and give us strength. Would you set the
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  Speaker 1: heart of your child on the highway to Zion, turn
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  Speaker 1: their affections towards you. We rest in you, Oh God.
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  Speaker 1: For a day in your courts is better than a
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  Speaker 1: thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the
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  Speaker 1: house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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  Speaker 1: For the Lord God is a son and shield. The
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  Speaker 1: Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he
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  Speaker 1: withhold from those who walk uprightly, O, Lord of Hosts,
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  Speaker 1: blessed is the one who trusts in you. For a
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  Speaker 1: day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
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  Speaker 1: How lovely must a place be for one single day
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  Speaker 1: as a door holder to be better than a thousand
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  Speaker 1: days anywhere else. How marvelous to imagine a place so
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  Speaker 1: peaceful in healing and refreshing to long for just a moment,
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  Speaker 1: Consider again the one place in the world you would
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  Speaker 1: most like to wake up to. It might be special
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  Speaker 1: to you as your childhood home, the place you grew
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  Speaker 1: up loving with memories in every room. You might long
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  Speaker 1: for the comfort of knowing who you share that space with.
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  Speaker 1: Or you may long to wake up in a foreign
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  Speaker 1: city you once visited, and the thought of waking up
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  Speaker 1: and strolling along streets that hold treasured memories of a
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  Speaker 1: long awaited vacation. Fills your heart with joy and anticipation.
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  Speaker 1: Just imagining it puts you back in that city, listening
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  Speaker 1: to the sound of a foreign language. Reach into your
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  Speaker 1: pocket and feel the coins that look nothing like the
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  Speaker 1: money you carry it home. Walk along the river and
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  Speaker 1: admire the gondolas floating by, of the people laughing, enjoying
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  Speaker 1: one another. Smell the fresh bread coming from the bakery
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  Speaker 1: across the street. The anatomy of longing is the wonder
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  Speaker 1: that there are places that evoke in you a sense
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  Speaker 1: of safety, peace, wonder, enjoy. Heavenly Father, we want to
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  Speaker 1: sing an agreement that just one day in your presence
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  Speaker 1: is better than a thousand elsewhere. Help your child to
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  Speaker 1: treasure your presence as they find rest in you. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: the places we long to return to here on earth
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  Speaker 1: are lovely, indeed, But if one day is better than
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  Speaker 1: a thousand, how much more beautiful is the place that
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  Speaker 1: holds the presence of God. Imagine now that you are
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  Speaker 1: approaching the temple. Listen to the changing sound of your
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  Speaker 1: steps as you move from the sandy gravel that has
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  Speaker 1: led you along the majority of this journey to granted
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  Speaker 1: you long anticipated reaching. Feel as it changes to the
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  Speaker 1: hard stone beneath your feet. As you draw near. Notice
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  Speaker 1: the sounds that are changing, from the few voices of
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  Speaker 1: those journeying with you to the sound of a bustling
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  Speaker 1: crowd in the temple courts. Oh, listen to the sound
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  Speaker 1: of singing as many sing praises to God they have
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  Speaker 1: finally arrived. Listen to the chatter coming from the courts.
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  Speaker 1: Hear the diversity of language in the voices of many
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  Speaker 1: who have come from near and far, seeking along with
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  Speaker 1: you to meet God in his dwelling place. Look at
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  Speaker 1: the variety of people who have traveled to this precious place.
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  Speaker 1: See mothers with babies swaddled to their chests and little
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  Speaker 1: hands holding theirs as they walk. See the joy in
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  Speaker 1: the eyes of the gray haired men and women. After
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  Speaker 1: longing all their lives, they have made it. See the
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  Speaker 1: fathers holding tight to their little ones as they make
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  Speaker 1: their way through the crowd. See friends laugh together as
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  Speaker 1: they agree the journey was well worth it, And with
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  Speaker 1: many from all over join their song together they sing,
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  Speaker 1: how lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts,
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  Speaker 1: that place you most long to be. It is nothing
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  Speaker 1: compared to the wonder of God's presence. For the safety, peace, wonder,
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  Speaker 1: and joy that you long for is found most fully
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  Speaker 1: in His presence. Find safety in the comfort of a
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  Speaker 1: God who sees you and protects you. Find peace in
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  Speaker 1: a God who is for you and near to you.
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  Speaker 1: Find wonder in the majesty of a God more extravagant
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  Speaker 1: than you could ever imagine, fine joy, and a God
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  Speaker 1: who delights in you and brings you good things for
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  Speaker 1: his name's sake. For even one thousand days in your
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  Speaker 1: most treasured destination could not compare to the majesty found
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  Speaker 1: in the Temple of God. How lovely is his dwelling place.
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  Speaker 1: For even the most celebrated position or greatest honor pales
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  Speaker 1: in comparison to that of a doorkeeper in the Temple
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  Speaker 1: of God. For the doorkeeper is immersed in his presence.
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  Speaker 1: The doorkeeper is surrounded by his nearness. The doorkeeper is resting,
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  Speaker 1: secure in the peace that surpasses all understanding. Enter into
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  Speaker 1: his presence and find this peace. In the Old Testament,
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  Speaker 1: the temple that we've been talking about was the actual
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  Speaker 1: dwelling place of God, the place where his presence would abide.
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  Speaker 1: But things are different now. Things are different because when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus came on the scene, everything changed. And when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: ascended into heaven, he promised to leave us his Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: As a believer in our glorious Lord, Jesus Christ, you
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  Speaker 1: are now the dwelling place of God because the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit dwells within you. Salvation was won by Jesus on
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  Speaker 1: the cross, and he sent the promised Holy Spirit to
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  Speaker 1: dwell within you. Your access to the dwelling place of
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  Speaker 1: God is not predicated on an arduous journey to the temple.
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  Speaker 1: It does not depend on your ability to be in
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  Speaker 1: the right place at the right time. Instead, your access
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  Speaker 1: to the dwelling place of God is promised to you
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  Speaker 1: by a gracious Father. For the same spirit that raised
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  Speaker 1: Christ from the dead now dwells in you. Oh, how
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  Speaker 1: lovely it is no longer a journey you must make.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a reality for you to recognize you are
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  Speaker 1: the dwelling place of God. What a profound shift. The
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  Speaker 1: God of Heaven came near to us in the person
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus, and now he dwells in us through the
• 1:28:14
  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. How lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord
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  Speaker 1: of Hosts, how profound that you choose to dwell in
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  Speaker 1: your beloved Father God. It is a privilege beyond what
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  Speaker 1: we can comprehend. And I pray that your child will
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  Speaker 1: recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit in dwelling within them.
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  Speaker 1: We cling to your presence, knowing that in you we
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  Speaker 1: find rest, peace, grace, and joy to carry us through
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  Speaker 1: our days. No matter what your journey looks like day
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  Speaker 1: by day, no matter what fills your schedule, what relationships
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  Speaker 1: you have, or what work you do, you have access
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  Speaker 1: to the presence of God. Here and now find a
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  Speaker 1: rest and the promise that the presence of God is
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  Speaker 1: no longer a destination for you to reach only by
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  Speaker 1: an arduous journey, but rather, the presence of God is
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  Speaker 1: a treasured companion through all of your journeying for all
• 1:29:51
  Speaker 1: of your days. Take a deep breath as you give
• 1:29:59
  Speaker 1: thanks for the profound gift God has given you, not
• 1:30:04
  Speaker 1: only in his son Jesus, but in his promised Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: Find rest and the joy accessible to you as you
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  Speaker 1: journey through the valleys and peaks of your life. Sing
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  Speaker 1: praise for the promise that you do not have to
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  Speaker 1: endure the pain of your journey alone. The Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: your companion, journeys with you to bring you strength, to
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  Speaker 1: give you peace, to establish you in hope, and to
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  Speaker 1: sustain you with love. Thank God for this gift, and
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  Speaker 1: ask him to make you aware of His presence as
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  Speaker 1: you sleep tonight and throughout your day tomorrow. Ask him
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  Speaker 1: to wake you with a sensitivity to His spirit will
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  Speaker 1: carry you through whatever tomorrow holds. God, we rest in
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 1: the peace offered to us by your Holy Spirit. Now
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  Speaker 1: receive this blessing from number six twenty four through twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make
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  Speaker 1: his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give
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  Speaker 1: you peace. Sleep peacefully in Christ tonight as you dream
• 1:31:43
  Speaker 1: of His dwelling place. Rest in the profound gift of
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  Speaker 1: being known and loved by the God of all creation.
• 1:31:57
  Speaker 1: Find delight in the safety, peace, wonder and joy that
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  Speaker 1: you experience in His presence. Where His dwelling place is
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  Speaker 1: a promise, and it is lovely indeed, a glorious vision.
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  Speaker 1: Taken from Luke chapter eight, verses twenty eight to thirty
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  Speaker 1: six in the story Jesus gives his disciples a glimpse
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  Speaker 1: of his glory, a glimpse of their future in his kingdom,
• 1:32:38
  Speaker 1: a glimpse of God's great love. He invites them into
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  Speaker 1: a deeper reality and grants them a special vision of
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  Speaker 1: who He is and what he has come to do.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus invites you into this too. He longs to show
• 1:32:57
  Speaker 1: himself to you in new and deeper even as you
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  Speaker 1: rest in His loving care. Before you enter this story,
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  Speaker 1: take a moment to get comfortable. Stretch out just your
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: pillow or blankets as you need to, and settle into
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  Speaker 1: a soft place Inhale deeply breathing in God's peace and presence,
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  Speaker 1: and exhale breathing out your worries. Notice your breath, Let
• 1:33:45
  Speaker 1: it become regular and even steady and calming. Relax your feet,
• 1:33:57
  Speaker 1: feel your calves softening, feel your thighs loosen, and as
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  Speaker 1: you continue breathing in calm breaths, feel the relaxation move
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  Speaker 1: into every muscle of your body. Ask for God's spirit
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  Speaker 1: to surround you as I pray. Heavenly Father, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for exalting your son and for sending him to show
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  Speaker 1: us the way to you, And thank you for sending
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  Speaker 1: your holy spirit to this precious child, whom you have
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  Speaker 1: created and redeemed. Now, Father, would you fill this child
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  Speaker 1: with patience and peace. Help them to surrender their burdens
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  Speaker 1: and worries to you and to rest confident in your
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  Speaker 1: care right now. Calm their muscles and their mind as
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  Speaker 1: they sleep, Grant them dreams about your wonders and your glory.
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  Speaker 1: Refresh them as they rest, Help them grow closer to you.
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  Speaker 1: I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Imagine that you're
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  Speaker 1: John jesus beloved disciple. You've been following Jesus for a
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  Speaker 1: while now, and you've seen him doing amazing things. You've
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  Speaker 1: seen the sick healed. You've seen the hungry fed. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: just the other day, Jesus took five loaves of bread
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  Speaker 1: and two fish and somehow fed hungry crowds of thousands
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  Speaker 1: of people with baskets of food left over after everyone
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  Speaker 1: had eaten their full. You've traveled with Jesus and you've
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  Speaker 1: listened to him teach crowds nearly every day. But tonight
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  Speaker 1: Jesus invites you to do something different. Come with me,
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  Speaker 1: he says, up to the mountain to pray You're tired
• 1:36:43
  Speaker 1: from the crowds, and a night on the mountain suns
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  Speaker 1: like a perfect break. You and Peter and James join
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  Speaker 1: Jesus and walking up the mountainside, conversations quiet in the
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  Speaker 1: sounds of the town below you fade until all you
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  Speaker 1: hear as you walk is the sound of your sandals
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  Speaker 1: slapping the dusty path, your own breath and steady puffs,
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  Speaker 1: and the occasional rustle of animals off the path. The
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  Speaker 1: sun begins to set and the wind picks up, drying
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  Speaker 1: your sweat and providing a welcome break from the heat.
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  Speaker 1: You've settled into a rhythm walking this path together. Your
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  Speaker 1: legs move easily. You look up as the first stars
• 1:37:53
  Speaker 1: come out, and in the quiet, you remember what Jesus
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  Speaker 1: said to Peter earlier. Jesus had asked you all, as
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  Speaker 1: you lounged eating dinner together one night, who do the
• 1:38:10
  Speaker 1: crowd say that I am? You? And the others told
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  Speaker 1: Jesus the whispers you'd heard, the rumors that had spread
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  Speaker 1: around Nazareth. Some people said that he was John the Baptist.
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  Speaker 1: Others said he was the prophet Elijah, or one of
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  Speaker 1: the other prophets of long ago come back to life.
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  Speaker 1: But what about you, he asked, who do you say
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  Speaker 1: that I am? You had all been quiet, nervous to
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  Speaker 1: admit your questions, your hopes, and you looked at each other,
• 1:38:53
  Speaker 1: took SIPs of water to avoid answering. All but Peter.
• 1:39:00
  Speaker 1: He was always quick to speak. Peter said, your God's messiah.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus smiled at Peter, and you felt awe spread through
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  Speaker 1: your bones. Your heart pounded. It was true all you'd
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  Speaker 1: hardly dared to dream. Jesus was the one God had
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  Speaker 1: sent to save you. He spoke again. Don't tell this
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  Speaker 1: to anyone, he said. He warned you that there was
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  Speaker 1: suffering ahead, both for him and for you. But he
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  Speaker 1: also spoke of glory to come. As you're near the
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  Speaker 1: top of the mountain, you wonder what that could mean.
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 1: You tried to imagine God coming to earth in all
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  Speaker 1: his glory. Let's rest here, Jesus says, breaking you out
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  Speaker 1: of your reverie. You sit, finding a large stone to
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  Speaker 1: lean against, and set down your bag next to you.
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  Speaker 1: It's beautiful on the mountain tonight, a light chill in
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  Speaker 1: the air, the heavy smoky scent of oak trees perfuming
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  Speaker 1: the night. The sky is clear, and the thousands of
• 1:40:42
  Speaker 1: stars remind you of the promise God made your ancestor, Abraham.
• 1:40:51
  Speaker 1: You realize that Jesus has started praying. You join him
• 1:40:59
  Speaker 1: and Peter James, and you think of the thousands of
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  Speaker 1: people who have prayed to this God. You're joining a
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  Speaker 1: host of people who have waited and prayed to God
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  Speaker 1: from Messiah. But now you're praying to God with the Messiah.
• 1:41:25
  Speaker 1: Words of praise from the Psalms spring to your heart.
• 1:41:30
  Speaker 1: Give praise to the Lord, Proclaim his name, Make known
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  Speaker 1: among the nations what he has done. Sing to him,
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  Speaker 1: Sing praise to him. Tell of all his wonderful acts.
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  Speaker 1: Glory in his holy name. Let the hearts of those
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  Speaker 1: who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and
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  Speaker 1: his strength, seek his face. Always remember the wonders he
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  Speaker 1: has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced. You
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  Speaker 1: his servants, the descendants of Abraham, his chosen ones, the
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  Speaker 1: children of Jacob. He is the Lord, our God. His
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  Speaker 1: judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever,
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  Speaker 1: the promise he made for a thousand generations, the covenant
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  Speaker 1: he made with Abraham. Hours have passed, spent in sweet
• 1:42:45
  Speaker 1: communion with God and your friends. You've wrapped a blanket
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 1: around your shoulders to ward off the chill, and you
• 1:42:54
  Speaker 1: notice that your eyes are growing heavy. The peaceful night
• 1:43:00
  Speaker 1: invites you to rest. Lightning in the sky. No, it's
• 1:43:09
  Speaker 1: not lightning, it's Jesus. You know it's him, But he
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  Speaker 1: looks different in a way you can't find words for. Transfigured.
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  Speaker 1: His clothes are shining, as if all the stars in
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  Speaker 1: the sky have come down and rest upon him. And
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  Speaker 1: he's not alone. He's talking with two other men. You've
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  Speaker 1: never seen them before, but you know instinctively who they are,
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  Speaker 1: Moses and Elijah. They seem to be encouraging Jesus, talking
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  Speaker 1: with him about the same things that he had told
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  Speaker 1: you about, about the suffering he was about to face
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  Speaker 1: and the death he would endure. You watch them quietly,
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  Speaker 1: stunned in awe and feeling more than ever a part
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  Speaker 1: of a grand drama God has been directing for a
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  Speaker 1: thousand years. These men are your ancestors, and also somehow
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  Speaker 1: they feel like your brothers, your companions in the journey,
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  Speaker 1: others who know what it's like to be loved by
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  Speaker 1: God and to be promised to Messiah. At peace. In
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  Speaker 1: this moment, you remember words that Moses wrote. Lord, you
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  Speaker 1: have been our dwelling place throughout all generations, before the
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  Speaker 1: mountains were born, or you brought forth the whole world
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  Speaker 1: from everlasting to everlasting. You are God. You turn people
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  Speaker 1: back to dust, saying, return to dust, you mortals. A
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  Speaker 1: thousand years in your sight are like a day that
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  Speaker 1: has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
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  Speaker 1: Teach us to number our days, that we may gain
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  Speaker 1: a heart of wisdom. Relent, Lord, how long will it be?
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  Speaker 1: Have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning
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  Speaker 1: with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy
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  Speaker 1: and be glad all our days. Make us glad for
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  Speaker 1: as many days as you have afflicted us, for as
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  Speaker 1: many years as we have seen trouble. May your deeds
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  Speaker 1: be shown to your servants, or splendor to their children.
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  Speaker 1: May the favor of the Lord, our God rest on us.
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  Speaker 1: Establish the work of our hands. For us, yes, establish
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  Speaker 1: the work of our hands. Who knows how much time
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  Speaker 1: has passed. This glorious moment feels outside of time somehow,
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  Speaker 1: But suddenly you realize that Moses and Elijah are saying goodbye,
• 1:46:49
  Speaker 1: and Peter tries to stop them and calls out to Jesus, Master,
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  Speaker 1: it is good for us to be here. Let us
• 1:46:57
  Speaker 1: put up three shelters, one for you, one for Moses,
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  Speaker 1: and one for Elijah. He doesn't seem to know what
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  Speaker 1: he's saying, but you feel it too, a desire to
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  Speaker 1: stay in this moment forever. And then a cloud descends
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  Speaker 1: upon all of you. A voice comes from the cloud, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is my son, whom I have chosen. Listen to him.
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  Speaker 1: And then the cloud is gone, and Jesus is alone again.
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  Speaker 1: You don't speak about what happened. You hold it quietly,
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  Speaker 1: treasuring it in your heart, pondering it. There are no words,
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  Speaker 1: but you know that tonight you've seen something you'll never forget.
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  Speaker 1: You're changed. You have a glimpse now of the glory
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  Speaker 1: that is to come, of the future that God has
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  Speaker 1: promised beyond the suffering. You pull your blanket tighter and
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  Speaker 1: curl up under an oak tree. The scent of lilies
• 1:48:20
  Speaker 1: fills the air. The stars are beginning to fade, but
• 1:48:27
  Speaker 1: you don't see them anymore. You're sleeping peacefully, resting in
• 1:48:36
  Speaker 1: the vision God has given. God loves you. He is
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  Speaker 1: the author of your story. He wants to show himself
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  Speaker 1: to you. He wants to care for you. Jesus loves you.
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  Speaker 1: He is your friend, and your brother and your savior.
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  Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit loves you and is with you now.
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  Speaker 1: The Spirit comforts you and guides you into all truth.
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  Speaker 1: Abide with God now, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Let
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  Speaker 1: me pray for you. Glorious God, thank you for inviting
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours to be part of your story.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for folding them into your family. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for revealing yourself to them. Thank you for giving this
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  Speaker 1: child a heart that desire is to know you more.
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  Speaker 1: Help them now to rest peacefully, to be refreshed and restored,
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  Speaker 1: and to be filled with your spirit. It's in Jesus
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  Speaker 1: name that I pray. Amen. God's glory is beyond what
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  Speaker 1: you can imagine. God's love for you is greater than
• 1:50:35
  Speaker 1: you can conceive. So trust in Christ. Abide in Christ.
• 1:50:49
  Speaker 1: Rest in Christ. Let go of all distracting thoughts. As
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  Speaker 1: you rest your head on the pillow and pull the
• 1:51:10
  Speaker 1: soft covers around you, focus your mind on the Lord tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Invite the Holy Spirit to be with you. Ask him
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  Speaker 1: to guard you as you fall asleep and feel his
• 1:51:31
  Speaker 1: presence cover you like a warm blanket, safe and secure.
• 1:51:44
  Speaker 1: Take another deep breath in and exhale. Rest peacefully in
• 1:51:55
  Speaker 1: the stillness of the room and in the protective arms
• 1:51:59
  Speaker 1: of the Father. As I pray over you tonight, Heavenly Father,
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 1: thank you for your presence here. Thank you for covering
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  Speaker 1: your beloved one in peace, the perfect peace that is
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  Speaker 1: found only in you. In your presence, Lord, we find
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  Speaker 1: true rest. I pray for this listener tonight that whatever
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  Speaker 1: they're going through, you will be with them. Please assure
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  Speaker 1: them of your love and your constant presence. Remind them,
• 1:52:49
  Speaker 1: Father that even in the darkest of nights, your Son
• 1:52:54
  Speaker 1: Jesus is the light that guides them. Please fill them
• 1:53:02
  Speaker 1: with the light of your Son, that they in turn
• 1:53:06
  Speaker 1: would shine His light in a dark world. Thank you,
• 1:53:11
  Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, for your peace and blessing over your child tonight.
• 1:53:19
  Speaker 1: It is in the precious name of your son Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. If you've ever been in the forest
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  Speaker 1: on a warm summer's night, perhaps camping with friends and family,
• 1:53:43
  Speaker 1: you may have had the unique experience of seeing fireflies
• 1:53:48
  Speaker 1: flickering across the night sky. These tiny creatures, also known
• 1:53:55
  Speaker 1: as lightning bugs have intrigued people of all ages for centuries.
• 1:54:04
  Speaker 1: Children have spent hours chasing them, catching them, and observing
• 1:54:08
  Speaker 1: them through glass jars. Adults have been equally intrigued by them,
• 1:54:15
  Speaker 1: pondering the fireflies amazing ability to spark light through a
• 1:54:21
  Speaker 1: process called bioluminescence. Through many scientific studies, scientists have been
• 1:54:29
  Speaker 1: able to figure out the chemical reaction produced inside the
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: firefly's body which causes the flashes of light. And though
• 1:54:41
  Speaker 1: these scientific findings are interesting, we know who should get
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  Speaker 1: all the credit. All glory and honor goes to our God.
• 1:54:55
  Speaker 1: For our creator is marvelous in all his works and
• 1:55:00
  Speaker 1: his wondrous creations, such as the firefly causes to lift
• 1:55:06
  Speaker 1: our voices and praise. You are worthy, o, Lord, to
• 1:55:15
  Speaker 1: receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things,
• 1:55:25
  Speaker 1: and by your will they exist and were created. Please
• 1:55:35
  Speaker 1: allow me to lift a voice of praise to our
• 1:55:38
  Speaker 1: wonderful Creator. Tonight, Glorious God, Master of all creation, we
• 1:55:47
  Speaker 1: marvel at the works of your hands. You are worthy, Lord,
• 1:55:54
  Speaker 1: worthy of all honor, glory and power. We see the
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  Speaker 1: intricate details of your creation, and we are astounded, even
• 1:56:08
  Speaker 1: in the tiny light of a firefly. We see your
• 1:56:12
  Speaker 1: mighty works, and we praise you. Thank you, Lord for
• 1:56:18
  Speaker 1: creating all good things for us to enjoy. We rest
• 1:56:23
  Speaker 1: here tonight in the fullness of your presence and in
• 1:56:29
  Speaker 1: the precious name of your son, Jesus. Amen. In the
• 1:56:39
  Speaker 1: stillness of the room, God is with you. He loves you,
• 1:56:50
  Speaker 1: reguard you as you sleep. Take another deep breath in
• 1:57:00
  Speaker 1: and let it out. As the firefly moves through the night,
• 1:57:11
  Speaker 1: a flickering lamp of illumination in the sky. So we
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  Speaker 1: have a light within us to be mirrored in a
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  Speaker 1: dark world. Jesus has affirmed this by his word. In
• 1:57:27
  Speaker 1: Matthew chapter five, verses fourteen through sixteen, he reminds his
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  Speaker 1: followers of this. You are the light of the world.
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  Speaker 1: A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor
• 1:57:45
  Speaker 1: do people light a lamp and put it under a basket,
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  Speaker 1: but on a stand, and it gives light to all
• 1:57:53
  Speaker 1: in the house. In the same way, let your light
• 1:58:00
  Speaker 1: shine before others, so that they may see your good
• 1:58:04
  Speaker 1: works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
• 1:58:15
  Speaker 1: You are the light of the world. Feel the light
• 1:58:20
  Speaker 1: of Jesus within you, shining brighter than the noonday sun.
• 1:58:27
  Speaker 1: His light cannot be hidden, for it is true light
• 1:58:31
  Speaker 1: shining in the darkest of nights. Rest in the light
• 1:58:37
  Speaker 1: of Jesus, shining through every fiber of your being. Feel
• 1:58:48
  Speaker 1: the warmth of His presence with you. Nothing can dimn
• 1:58:53
  Speaker 1: the light of His love around you, In you and
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 1: through you, Lord God. Because of your presence in our lives,
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 1: we have become the light of the world. Even though
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  Speaker 1: some may reject our light, the light of your son,
• 1:59:20
  Speaker 1: we will not hide. We will continue to put our
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  Speaker 1: lamp on a stand and shine the light of your
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  Speaker 1: love and your salvation to a lost and dying world.
• 1:59:35
  Speaker 1: Please grant sleep to this listener tonight, as the light
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  Speaker 1: of your love enfolds them. Help them to cast all
• 1:59:45
  Speaker 1: of their cares upon You and find true rest. Fill
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  Speaker 1: their minds with pleasant dreams of the wonders of your creation,
• 2:00:02
  Speaker 1: such as fireflies flickering on a warm summer's night, children
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  Speaker 1: chasing after them in childlike wonder. I pray these things
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  Speaker 1: in the precious name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The firefly does not even think of hiding his light.
• 2:00:30
  Speaker 1: He boldly flutters through the night sky, flashing a warning,
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  Speaker 1: attracting a mate. In doing what he was created to do.
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  Speaker 1: His purpose was set by a loving creator who spoke
• 2:00:47
  Speaker 1: him into existence, who fashioned him with unfathomable design. And
• 2:00:56
  Speaker 1: so you were created with a specific purpose to be
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  Speaker 1: a light on a hill, a lamp on a stand,
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  Speaker 1: and a spark of truth to a lost and dying world.
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  Speaker 1: Rest in God's beautiful purpose for your life. A city
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  Speaker 1: set on a hill cannot be hidden. The quiet village
• 2:01:33
  Speaker 1: tucked away on a mountain side, hardly noticed by day,
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  Speaker 1: comes to life as the sun sets behind the peak,
• 2:01:43
  Speaker 1: and one by one, the lights of the village sparkle
• 2:01:48
  Speaker 1: in the night, making its existence known. A city on
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  Speaker 1: a hill cannot be hidden. Inside the homes of that
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  Speaker 1: village are lamps that are being turned on as evening falls.
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 1: Mothers read quietly by the light of those lamps. Fathers
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  Speaker 1: finish their work, and children sleep with the security of
• 2:02:22
  Speaker 1: a night light casting a soothing glow across the room.
• 2:02:30
  Speaker 1: And there is peace. Breathe in the peace of God's presence. Tonight,
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: exhale any remaining tension. Heavenly Father, creator of all, I
• 2:02:54
  Speaker 1: ask you to be with this beloved one tonight. The
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  Speaker 1: warmth of your love will cover them like the softest blanket.
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 1: I ask that the light of your son will fill
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  Speaker 1: them with such peace they will sleep soundly without a
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 1: single care. As they sleep, Lord, I pray that they
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  Speaker 1: will dream of quiet places where your light shines in
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  Speaker 1: the darkness. I ask that they will awaken, renewed and
• 2:03:31
  Speaker 1: refreshed in the morning as the light of the sun
• 2:03:36
  Speaker 1: comes through the window. Thank you, Father for creating them
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 1: to be the light of the world, and strengthening them
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  Speaker 1: as they sleep to rise up and do your will.
• 2:03:55
  Speaker 1: It is in the precious name of Jesus I pray
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  Speaker 1: these things. Amen, Let your light shine before men, that
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  Speaker 1: they may see your good works and give glory to God.
• 2:04:18
  Speaker 1: Let your light shine before men as boldly as the
• 2:04:22
  Speaker 1: lightning bug shines in the night. Your light is beautiful,
• 2:04:29
  Speaker 1: for it is the light of our beautiful Savior. The
• 2:04:37
  Speaker 1: patterns of light emitted by fireflies are unique to their kind.
• 2:04:44
  Speaker 1: Some flash and rhythmic pattern while others blink randomly on
• 2:04:49
  Speaker 1: and off. One species in particular always flies in an arc,
• 2:05:01
  Speaker 1: causing a J shaped pattern of light. Perhaps this type
• 2:05:08
  Speaker 1: of firefly is declaring who his creator is, Jesus. Jesus
• 2:05:20
  Speaker 1: is the true light of the world and through him
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 1: we were created to shine his light, for through him
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  Speaker 1: all things were made. Without him, nothing was made and
• 2:05:37
  Speaker 1: has been made. In him was life, and that life
• 2:05:42
  Speaker 1: was the light of all mankind. The light shines in
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  Speaker 1: the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Those
• 2:05:55
  Speaker 1: words from John chapter one declare Jesus is the light
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  Speaker 1: of all mankind. As light shines in the darkness, and
• 2:06:08
  Speaker 1: the darkness has not overcome it. Rest safely in that truth. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: Holy God, maker of all that is seen and unseen,
• 2:06:29
  Speaker 1: allow your child to find rest and peace in you tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Please make them feel safe and secure in the light
• 2:06:40
  Speaker 1: of your love. Help them to know that, without a doubt,
• 2:06:46
  Speaker 1: you are the light of all mankind. In you, there
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  Speaker 1: is no darkness at all. No matter what's going on
• 2:06:56
  Speaker 1: in this world, weakness has not overcome them. Thank you God,
• 2:07:05
  Speaker 1: Thank you for holding us in the light of your love.
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 1: For all eternity. We rest in the name of your Son, Jesus.
• 2:07:21
  Speaker 1: Our creator is a masterful, imaginative, and intelligent designer. From
• 2:07:29
  Speaker 1: the awe inspiring light of the tiny firefly to the
• 2:07:35
  Speaker 1: magnificent mountain peak, our God is Lord of awe. As
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  Speaker 1: we witness the beauty around us, breathing in the glory
• 2:07:47
  Speaker 1: of His creation. We cannot help but declare You are worthy,
• 2:07:55
  Speaker 1: o Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for
• 2:08:01
  Speaker 1: you created all things, and by your will they exist
• 2:08:08
  Speaker 1: and were created. Be at peace in his glory tonight,
• 2:08:20
  Speaker 1: for he is worthy. Honor and glory and power belong
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 1: to the Lord. God created the firefly night for his
• 2:08:41
  Speaker 1: beloved ones to enjoy. His children run and play, and
• 2:08:48
  Speaker 1: the warmth of a summer's eve. God smiles at their
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 1: innocent wonder and rejoices in the works of his hands.
• 2:09:02
  Speaker 1: He rejoices over you as well, for he loves you,
• 2:09:09
  Speaker 1: and he draws you near. Thank you, Lord, for drawing
• 2:09:17
  Speaker 1: this child close to your side. Thank You for enfolding
• 2:09:23
  Speaker 1: them in the warmth of your presence, speaking to their
• 2:09:28
  Speaker 1: hearts and minds as they sleep, reassuring them of your
• 2:09:33
  Speaker 1: love and goodness. Please cover them from head to toe,
• 2:09:39
  Speaker 1: guarding them as they sleep deeply without a care. I
• 2:09:46
  Speaker 1: ask for continued peace over their life. As they shine
• 2:09:50
  Speaker 1: in the light of your presence. I pray that as
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  Speaker 1: a light on a hill and a lamp on a stand,
• 2:10:00
  Speaker 1: they will shine ever brighter until your return. In the
• 2:10:06
  Speaker 1: glorious name of Jesus. I pray Amen, Sleep now in
• 2:10:16
  Speaker 1: peace on this warm firefly night. Rest safe and secure
• 2:10:27
  Speaker 1: in God's glorious light. Let your breath slow its pace
• 2:10:35
  Speaker 1: and your mind becomes still. Allow the Savior's love your
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  Speaker 1: soul to fill. Sleep now in peace on this firefly night.
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  Speaker 1: Rest safe and secure in God's glorious light. Tonight, Remove
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  Speaker 1: anything that might be a distraction and make yourself comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: Pull the soft covers around you and rest your head
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  Speaker 1: on the pillow. Take a few deep breaths and clear
• 2:11:32
  Speaker 1: your mind of any worries or concerns you might have.
• 2:11:42
  Speaker 1: Feel your body relax from head to toe and allow
• 2:11:50
  Speaker 1: your breathing to become a soft, steady rhythm. Now, continue
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  Speaker 1: to rest peacefully as I pray over you, Holy God.
• 2:12:11
  Speaker 1: Thank you for your presence here tonight. I pray for
• 2:12:15
  Speaker 1: this listener to find peaceful rest in You. Please help
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  Speaker 1: them let go of all worries that are circling around
• 2:12:24
  Speaker 1: their mind. Remind them that you have everything under control.
• 2:12:32
  Speaker 1: There's nothing that you aren't aware of. You know everything
• 2:12:37
  Speaker 1: about them. Assure them of your love and kindness. Please, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: rain down your spirit on this beloved child. Tonight as
• 2:12:49
  Speaker 1: a gentle rain and spring. But the comforts of your
• 2:12:55
  Speaker 1: love cascade over them with gentleness in peace. Thank you, Father,
• 2:13:03
  Speaker 1: for your presence and the precious name of your son Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. In Deuteronomy chapter thirty two, we hear
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  Speaker 1: the words of Moses, the words of a song that
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  Speaker 1: he shared at the end of his life, with the
• 2:13:28
  Speaker 1: entire assembly of Israel in attendance. Listen, you, heavens, and
• 2:13:36
  Speaker 1: I will speak here you Earth, the words of my mouth.
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  Speaker 1: Let my teaching fall like rain, and my words descend
• 2:13:47
  Speaker 1: like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain
• 2:13:52
  Speaker 1: on tender plants. But the words of this song, the
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 1: song of Moses, fall like rain on your spirit. Tonight.
• 2:14:11
  Speaker 1: Breathe deeply in and out, Relax, find peace, and be
• 2:14:28
  Speaker 1: still before the Lord. Gracious God, Thank you for giving
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  Speaker 1: us your word and for allowing us to hear the
• 2:14:39
  Speaker 1: words of your servant Moses. As we rest in your presence. Lord,
• 2:14:47
  Speaker 1: help us to let go of any distracting thoughts. Instead,
• 2:14:52
  Speaker 1: fill us with peaceful thoughts that descend like dew on
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  Speaker 1: the fertile ground of our hearts and minds. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Moses continued his song in the assembly of the people,
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  Speaker 1: the very people he had led through the dry and
• 2:15:18
  Speaker 1: barren desert. Moses gave these words, I will proclaim the
• 2:15:25
  Speaker 1: name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God.
• 2:15:31
  Speaker 1: He is the Rock. His works are perfect, and all
• 2:15:36
  Speaker 1: his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong,
• 2:15:44
  Speaker 1: upright and just is he A faithful God who does
• 2:15:52
  Speaker 1: no wrong, upright and just is he. Find peace in
• 2:16:04
  Speaker 1: the greatness of God, who does no wrong. Moses proclaimed
• 2:16:15
  Speaker 1: God as the Rock. There is shelter in the Rock
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  Speaker 1: of your salvation. He covers you with his righteous right hand.
• 2:16:26
  Speaker 1: He guards you from the storm. He protects you from
• 2:16:29
  Speaker 1: strong winds. He shields you from the elements. Find great
• 2:16:37
  Speaker 1: comfort in God, the Rock of your salvation. In Psalm
• 2:16:50
  Speaker 1: sixty five, we hear beautiful words of God's provision for
• 2:16:54
  Speaker 1: the dry and thirsty soul. The Psalmist says, you care
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  Speaker 1: for the land and water it. You enrich it abundantly.
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  Speaker 1: The streams of God are filled with water to provide
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  Speaker 1: the people with grain. For so you have adorned it.
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  Speaker 1: You drench its furrows and level its ridges. You soften
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  Speaker 1: it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the
• 2:17:28
  Speaker 1: year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.
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  Speaker 1: The grasslands of the wilderness overflow. The hills are clothed
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  Speaker 1: with gladness, the meadows are covered with flocks, and the
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  Speaker 1: valleys are mantled with grain. They shout for joy and sing.
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  Speaker 1: It is the Lord who cares for the land. He
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  Speaker 1: waters it, he enriches it. He softens the dry and
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  Speaker 1: thirsty ground with showers of rain. Breathed deeply of God's
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  Speaker 1: carrying provision. Tonight, here the flowing streams of water, the
• 2:18:26
  Speaker 1: streams of God, flowing through the desert of our souls,
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  Speaker 1: providing what is needed for every season. He is the
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  Speaker 1: one who has ordained the rains to fall and soften
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  Speaker 1: the ground so that the crops can grow. The earth
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  Speaker 1: depends on him, and we are reminded of God's sovereignty.
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  Speaker 1: From Isaiah hand laid the foundation of the earth. In
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  Speaker 1: my right hand. Spread out to heavens. When I call
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  Speaker 1: to them, they stand forth together. Breathe deeply of God's sovereignty,
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  Speaker 1: and know that He is God, sovereign, God full of
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  Speaker 1: mercy and blessing. Thank you for sending the rain in
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  Speaker 1: due season. You are the giver of all good things.
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  Speaker 1: We praise you for giving us such abundance in every season. Lord,
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  Speaker 1: you provide exactly what is needed, and we thank you.
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  Speaker 1: By covering of your spirit, we ask for perfect peace. Tonight.
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  Speaker 1: We settle our minds on you and breathe deeply of
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  Speaker 1: your presence. Thank you, Lord for watching over us and
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  Speaker 1: guarding us as we sleep. All praise and glory and
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  Speaker 1: honor be to your son Jesus. Amen. Listen you heavens,
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  Speaker 1: and I will speak here you Earth the words of
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  Speaker 1: my mouth. Let my teaching fall like rain, and my
• 2:20:36
  Speaker 1: words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like
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  Speaker 1: abundant rain on tender plants. Hear the words of Moses again,
• 2:20:51
  Speaker 1: like falling rain, abundant rain for your tender heart. Feel
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  Speaker 1: the soft covers around you, the pillow beneath your head,
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  Speaker 1: and know that God is with you. The abundance of
• 2:21:15
  Speaker 1: His presence fills the room. The gentle whisper of his
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  Speaker 1: voice soothes your heart and mind. You have nothing to fear.
• 2:21:36
  Speaker 1: There is great comfort in His love and provision. Rest
• 2:21:41
  Speaker 1: securely in the comfort of the Lord as you rest
• 2:21:48
  Speaker 1: peacefully tonight, You are being renewed and refreshed, like a
• 2:21:56
  Speaker 1: garden of tender plants, carefully cultivit to grow and produce
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  Speaker 1: a harvest. Your spirit is being cultivated by God's spirit. Tenderly.
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  Speaker 1: He prunes away the dry leaves, the leaves that are
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  Speaker 1: not healthy. Then he feeds the roots, giving them strength
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  Speaker 1: to go deeper. Allow the Lord to strengthen you in
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  Speaker 1: the inmost place. It is the Lord who provides sunshine
• 2:22:33
  Speaker 1: to brighten your weary frame. He sends the moisture of
• 2:22:38
  Speaker 1: rain in due season. He cares for you. Hear the
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  Speaker 1: words of the Psalmist once more. The grasslands of the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness, The meadows
• 2:23:00
  Speaker 1: are covered with flocks, and the valleys are mantled with grain.
• 2:23:04
  Speaker 1: They shout for joy and sing, breathe in the sweet
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  Speaker 1: fragrance of flowering meadows and valleys filled with grain, the
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  Speaker 1: wonderful abundance of the Lord, Heavenly Father. I pray over
• 2:23:28
  Speaker 1: your beloved child tonight, that your presence will produce a
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  Speaker 1: harvest of righteousness in their life. As you clothe the
• 2:23:39
  Speaker 1: hills with gladness, I ask that you clothe your beloved
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  Speaker 1: with inexpressible joy. As the meadows are filled with flocks
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  Speaker 1: grazing on your goodness, I pray this child will be
• 2:23:53
  Speaker 1: filled with the abundance of all good things. And as
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  Speaker 1: the valleys are mantled with grain, shouting for joy and
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  Speaker 1: singing your praise, I pray for renewal in the heart
• 2:24:07
  Speaker 1: of this precious soul. Create in them a heart of praise,
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  Speaker 1: O Lord, and comfort them tonight with your perfect peace.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen, breathe in
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  Speaker 1: a steady rhythm, rest and quiet comfort. Remain in God's presence.
• 2:24:44
  Speaker 1: You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds. God, our Savior,
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  Speaker 1: the hope of all the ends of the earth and
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  Speaker 1: of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power,
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  Speaker 1: having armed your so with strength, who still the roaring
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  Speaker 1: of the seas, the roaring of their waves, in the
• 2:25:07
  Speaker 1: turmoil of the nations. The whole earth is filled with
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  Speaker 1: awe at your wonders. Where morning dawns, where evening fades,
• 2:25:22
  Speaker 1: You call forth songs of joy. God answers through awesome
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  Speaker 1: and righteous deeds. He answers us. He is our God,
• 2:25:44
  Speaker 1: our Savior, our hope to the ends of the earth.
• 2:25:54
  Speaker 1: The whole earth is filled with Awe and his wonders.
• 2:25:58
  Speaker 1: Where morning dawns and evening fades, You call fourth songs
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  Speaker 1: of joy. Here songs of joy, songs of gladness, songs
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  Speaker 1: of peace. Heavenly Father, please cover your beloved with the
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  Speaker 1: cloak of your peace through every hour of the night.
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  Speaker 1: Calm them in your steadfast love. Please allow deep sleep
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  Speaker 1: to consume them without a single worry or care, steady
• 2:26:42
  Speaker 1: their breathing in you, a constant, steadfast rhythm of peace.
• 2:26:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you for showering them with blessing. Thank you for
• 2:26:56
  Speaker 1: filling their hearts and with songs of gladness, joy, and comfort.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus Holy Name, Amen. Falling rain on the windowsill,
• 2:27:16
  Speaker 1: gentle and comforting, like the words of the Lord, descending
• 2:27:22
  Speaker 1: on dry and thirsty souls, drawing them nearer than before.
• 2:27:31
  Speaker 1: Falling rain on the parched ground, soaking it in without hesitation,
• 2:27:37
  Speaker 1: like the parched spirit searching for living water, a well
• 2:27:44
  Speaker 1: that will never run dry. Falling rain, Rain of God,
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  Speaker 1: fall on your beloved one tonight, drench them with your love,
• 2:27:58
  Speaker 1: your peace, Your goodness, Lord God, full of care and compassion,
• 2:28:08
  Speaker 1: Please care for this child tonight in your faithful provision,
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  Speaker 1: Please take care of their every need. Remove everything that
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  Speaker 1: concerns them. Lord, let your streams of water flow over them,
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  Speaker 1: streams of peace. Provide what their soul longs, foremost righteousness
• 2:28:31
  Speaker 1: and Christ Ordain in them your will, your good pleasing,
• 2:28:39
  Speaker 1: in perfect will, and please soften their hearts to receive
• 2:28:45
  Speaker 1: your blessings. I pray these things in the name of
• 2:28:50
  Speaker 1: your Son Jesus. You care for the land and water it,
• 2:29:00
  Speaker 1: enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with
• 2:29:05
  Speaker 1: water to provide the people with grain. For so you
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  Speaker 1: have adorned it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges.
• 2:29:18
  Speaker 1: You soften it with showers and bless its crops. You
• 2:29:24
  Speaker 1: crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow
• 2:29:29
  Speaker 1: with abundance. The grasslands and the wilderness overflow. The hills
• 2:29:38
  Speaker 1: are clothed with gladness, the meadows are covered with flocks,
• 2:29:43
  Speaker 1: and the valleys are mantled with grain. They shout for
• 2:29:48
  Speaker 1: joy and sing. There is no one like our God
• 2:29:59
  Speaker 1: who cares for us so abundantly. Breathe deeply of God's
• 2:30:07
  Speaker 1: compassion tonight, compassion and peace, like falling rain on a
• 2:30:16
  Speaker 1: dry and thirsty soul. Gracious God, full of compassion, rein
• 2:30:29
  Speaker 1: down your peace tonight as this child sleeps deeply within
• 2:30:35
  Speaker 1: the fold of your loving arms. I pray for them
• 2:30:39
  Speaker 1: to be renewed by the falling rain of your love
• 2:30:42
  Speaker 1: and provision. Continue to guard them through the night, covering
• 2:30:48
  Speaker 1: them with the sweetness of your presence. In Jesus precious name,
• 2:30:55
  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. This bedtime story is about taking a
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  Speaker 1: fresh start. It's written to help you turn your attention
• 2:31:14
  Speaker 1: away from the duties of your day and toward the
• 2:31:18
  Speaker 1: peaceful rest that God invites you to as you sleep.
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  Speaker 1: The story is a reminder of the good work that
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  Speaker 1: God is doing in your life as he restores the
• 2:31:31
  Speaker 1: old and brings forth the new. Take heart and find
• 2:31:38
  Speaker 1: rest that you have a God who delights to do
• 2:31:42
  Speaker 1: new things in your life, a God who is making
• 2:31:47
  Speaker 1: a way in the wilderness and making rivers in the
• 2:31:51
  Speaker 1: waste lands. Close your eyes and relax. Take several deep
• 2:32:02
  Speaker 1: breaths as you prepare to fall asleep, breathing in slowly
• 2:32:11
  Speaker 1: through your nose and exhaling at the same pace through
• 2:32:19
  Speaker 1: your mouth. Let the anxiety of your day disappear as
• 2:32:29
  Speaker 1: you prepare to receive from God. Find a comfortable position,
• 2:32:36
  Speaker 1: adjusting your shoulders to lie comfortably in your bed, and
• 2:32:42
  Speaker 1: ensure any distractions have been released from your mind. Your
• 2:32:48
  Speaker 1: day has come to an end, and God invites you
• 2:32:53
  Speaker 1: now to rest. Father, God, thank you for your beloved child.
• 2:33:07
  Speaker 1: As they lay down now to rest, Would you free
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  Speaker 1: their mind from distraction and any wandering thoughts and allow
• 2:33:17
  Speaker 1: them to rest fully in your perfect peace. You Lord,
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  Speaker 1: are the author of fresh starts and the God of restoration.
• 2:33:33
  Speaker 1: We look to you as the one who causes springs
• 2:33:37
  Speaker 1: to rise up, the one who makes a way in
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  Speaker 1: the wilderness, and the one who makes streams and a
• 2:33:44
  Speaker 1: waste land. Thank you for your peace in your presence,
• 2:33:53
  Speaker 1: we look to you, Almighty God. Amen. Forget the former things.
• 2:34:05
  Speaker 1: God says, do not dwell on the past. There is
• 2:34:12
  Speaker 1: a reason that God's instruction and encouragement is to turn
• 2:34:17
  Speaker 1: your attention from what was toward what will be. It
• 2:34:26
  Speaker 1: is because He is ever attentive to your needs, always
• 2:34:31
  Speaker 1: at work to bring restoration in healing to the broken
• 2:34:34
  Speaker 1: areas of your life. Forget the former things. Do not
• 2:34:42
  Speaker 1: dwell on the past. You see, I am doing a
• 2:34:49
  Speaker 1: new thing. Now it springs up do you not perceive it?
• 2:34:57
  Speaker 1: I am making a way in the wilderness and streams
• 2:35:01
  Speaker 1: in the wasteland. Imagine you're on an island in Fiji.
• 2:35:14
  Speaker 1: The sun shines brightly in the blue sky above you.
• 2:35:20
  Speaker 1: You feel the warmth on your shoulders as you look
• 2:35:22
  Speaker 1: at the world around you, tropical and simple, filled with
• 2:35:29
  Speaker 1: palm trees and white sandy beaches. It's beautiful. You walk
• 2:35:39
  Speaker 1: to the water, the ocean waves gently crashing on the shore.
• 2:35:47
  Speaker 1: You walk a little closer, dipping your toes in the
• 2:35:51
  Speaker 1: warm Pacific ocean, feeling the tingle of the water mixing
• 2:35:57
  Speaker 1: with the sand beneath your feet. You walk away from
• 2:36:03
  Speaker 1: the water, back toward the path that led you to
• 2:36:07
  Speaker 1: the ocean, and continue walking. Look around you and see
• 2:36:18
  Speaker 1: the wonder of the Fiji Islands. Mountains meet the ocean
• 2:36:25
  Speaker 1: in the most stunning way. Glance over to your right,
• 2:36:35
  Speaker 1: and all you can see is the endless turquoise blue
• 2:36:37
  Speaker 1: of the water. You notice a slight shift in the
• 2:36:43
  Speaker 1: color where the water meets the horizon and the turquoise
• 2:36:48
  Speaker 1: blue turns to the lighter shade of the sky. But
• 2:36:56
  Speaker 1: if you look to your left, all you see is
• 2:36:59
  Speaker 1: a mountains where one side offers you endless blues. This
• 2:37:07
  Speaker 1: view offers endless greens. Dozens of trees give you a
• 2:37:13
  Speaker 1: variety of shade. The grass is lush, the trees are rich,
• 2:37:24
  Speaker 1: and the various bushes fill in with every shade you
• 2:37:27
  Speaker 1: could imagine. Take a moment to appreciate the beauty of
• 2:37:34
  Speaker 1: God's creation. The bright, warm sun, the rich greens and
• 2:37:41
  Speaker 1: deep blues, the sky, an ocean, and vegetation growing beneath
• 2:37:51
  Speaker 1: your feet. You continue along the path and see a
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  Speaker 1: guy in gathering a group. You are quickly invited in
• 2:38:06
  Speaker 1: and feel the excitement of a native Fijian leading you
• 2:38:11
  Speaker 1: on an adventure. Your curiosity gets the better of you
• 2:38:17
  Speaker 1: and you turn off the road to join them. The
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  Speaker 1: guide leads you down a gravel path leading toward an attraction.
• 2:38:30
  Speaker 1: You find you have been led to a natural hot spring.
• 2:38:36
  Speaker 1: You're so glad you accepted the invitation to join the group.
• 2:38:41
  Speaker 1: You follow the god closer to the spring and see
• 2:38:45
  Speaker 1: a single tree, simple yet strong and sturdy. The tree
• 2:38:55
  Speaker 1: sits at the edge of the proclaimed hot spring, the
• 2:39:00
  Speaker 1: size of a small swimming pool. The body of water
• 2:39:03
  Speaker 1: is cloudy and mud ridden. The guide instructs you to
• 2:39:10
  Speaker 1: wade into the water, swimming closer toward the tree to
• 2:39:16
  Speaker 1: experience the natural hot spring. Incredulous but curious, you indulge
• 2:39:26
  Speaker 1: the guide and wade into the muddy water. The temperature
• 2:39:30
  Speaker 1: feels only slightly different from the ocean. The mud is evident,
• 2:39:38
  Speaker 1: but it seems nothing but a small reservoir tucked in
• 2:39:41
  Speaker 1: the mountains of Fiji. But then you feel it unexplainable
• 2:39:53
  Speaker 1: warmth in the water bubbles beneath your feet. You squeal
• 2:39:59
  Speaker 1: into light as you look at the guide with an
• 2:40:01
  Speaker 1: expression of you're right, I can feel it. See I
• 2:40:12
  Speaker 1: am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do
• 2:40:20
  Speaker 1: you not perceive it? You perceive it here in the
• 2:40:25
  Speaker 1: hot springs found in Subato, Fiji. Though you don't understand
• 2:40:31
  Speaker 1: how it happens, there is no question that hot water
• 2:40:36
  Speaker 1: is springing up. So it is with the work of God.
• 2:40:44
  Speaker 1: Though it may seem like nothing is changing, God is
• 2:40:49
  Speaker 1: active in your life. He is doing a new thing.
• 2:40:57
  Speaker 1: Now it springs up. Swim in a little further, and
• 2:41:06
  Speaker 1: you may just see the evidence of his bubbling activity,
• 2:41:11
  Speaker 1: working and creating something new in you, something that forgets
• 2:41:18
  Speaker 1: the former things and looks toward what is new. See,
• 2:41:29
  Speaker 1: I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up
• 2:41:39
  Speaker 1: like an unexpected series of dreams that seem to take
• 2:41:43
  Speaker 1: you from one moment to the next with no travel
• 2:41:45
  Speaker 1: or change. Imagine now that you are in a desert.
• 2:41:58
  Speaker 1: The once gentle warmth of the sun now in this
• 2:42:02
  Speaker 1: place feels assaulting. With nothing but the sand for the
• 2:42:08
  Speaker 1: sun to reflect off of, you can't help but squint
• 2:42:12
  Speaker 1: your eyes tightly, trying to see through small slits. It
• 2:42:21
  Speaker 1: is a wasteland in every sense of the word, wasted land,
• 2:42:28
  Speaker 1: land with no purpose, no hope, just wilderness and desert.
• 2:42:43
  Speaker 1: You feel the exhaustion of wandering, and you wonder how
• 2:42:47
  Speaker 1: long you've been here? Has it only been a moment?
• 2:42:54
  Speaker 1: Feels more like months, an endless wasteland with nothing but
• 2:43:01
  Speaker 1: scrap and sand. There is no vegetation, there's no spring,
• 2:43:09
  Speaker 1: there's certainly no food. You are desperate for water, having
• 2:43:19
  Speaker 1: wandered through the wasteland for as long as you can remember,
• 2:43:22
  Speaker 1: squinting in the sun and desperate for some sign of life.
• 2:43:29
  Speaker 1: The air is dry, your tongue is parched, and your
• 2:43:33
  Speaker 1: skin feels too hot from the scorching sun. You look
• 2:43:38
  Speaker 1: around in desperation, wondering how there could ever be life
• 2:43:43
  Speaker 1: in this wasteland, and that's when you see it. You
• 2:43:52
  Speaker 1: rub your eyes in amazement, certain that what you're seeing
• 2:43:57
  Speaker 1: is a dream, a mirage of sorts. It seems more
• 2:44:00
  Speaker 1: like a nightmare for taunting you with goodness. Unable to
• 2:44:07
  Speaker 1: contain your curiosity, you walk closer and realize you weren't
• 2:44:14
  Speaker 1: mistaken after all. It's a stream right there in the
• 2:44:22
  Speaker 1: middle of the wasteland, right before your eyes. What once
• 2:44:31
  Speaker 1: was only endless desert now has a river flowing through it.
• 2:44:40
  Speaker 1: You look to the left and to the right, trying
• 2:44:43
  Speaker 1: to see where it begins or ends, but it's a
• 2:44:46
  Speaker 1: feudal search. For as far as you can see, the
• 2:44:52
  Speaker 1: river flows. You walk slowly from the excit, but finally
• 2:45:01
  Speaker 1: make it to the edge of the stream achingly. You
• 2:45:06
  Speaker 1: fall to your knees and thrust your hands into the clear.
• 2:45:12
  Speaker 2: Cool fresh water before you.
• 2:45:19
  Speaker 1: You use your hands to scoop endlessly, splashing water on
• 2:45:25
  Speaker 1: your face, your neck, and your arms. Scoop the water again,
• 2:45:32
  Speaker 1: bringing it to your lips and tasting the glorious fresh
• 2:45:37
  Speaker 1: water on your tongue. Feel the relief of vidration. After
• 2:45:47
  Speaker 1: waiting and longing streams in the wasteland. See he is
• 2:46:00
  Speaker 1: doing a new thing. God is doing a new thing
• 2:46:06
  Speaker 1: in you and through you, and for you. He is
• 2:46:14
  Speaker 1: taking the places that were once barren and bringing life.
• 2:46:20
  Speaker 1: He is taking the places that were once dry, and
• 2:46:24
  Speaker 1: he is bringing up streams. He is making a way
• 2:46:29
  Speaker 1: in the wilderness for you. Forget the former things. Do
• 2:46:38
  Speaker 1: not dwell on the past. See. I am doing a
• 2:46:45
  Speaker 1: new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it?
• 2:46:53
  Speaker 1: I am making away in the wilderness and streams in
• 2:46:57
  Speaker 1: the wasteland. Through the prophet Isaiah, God offers these vivid
• 2:47:07
  Speaker 1: pictures to help you see the way that He is
• 2:47:10
  Speaker 1: at work in your life, working for your good in
• 2:47:17
  Speaker 1: his glory, and he is doing a new thing, giving
• 2:47:25
  Speaker 1: you the opportunity to embrace a fresh start in the
• 2:47:29
  Speaker 1: hard and painful areas of your life. Swim further in
• 2:47:40
  Speaker 1: to experience the new life springing up. Look around you
• 2:47:45
  Speaker 1: with wonder at the streams appearing in the wasteland. Look
• 2:47:53
  Speaker 1: to the Lord for your fresh start, and walk in
• 2:47:57
  Speaker 1: confidence that he is doing a new thing. Good and
• 2:48:05
  Speaker 1: gracious Father, thank you for making the way in the
• 2:48:11
  Speaker 1: wilderness for this child of yours. Send them rest tonight,
• 2:48:19
  Speaker 1: and let them look to you for their eternal rest.
• 2:48:25
  Speaker 1: May your peace comfort them tonight as they rest securely
• 2:48:29
  Speaker 1: in your love. Amen, sleep well as you surrender to
• 2:48:41
  Speaker 1: the gift of rest and find peace in God's loving arms.
• 2:48:55
  Speaker 1: The dwelling place this story is DISI to take you
• 2:49:01
  Speaker 1: on a journey through God's Word in a way that
• 2:49:04
  Speaker 1: brings you peace and comfort. As you lay down to sleep,
• 2:49:13
  Speaker 1: I wonder if you could wake up anywhere in the world,
• 2:49:19
  Speaker 1: where would you hope to be. Perhaps dozens of favored
• 2:49:26
  Speaker 1: spots might come to mind. It might be the peace
• 2:49:30
  Speaker 1: of a mountain cabin tucked away from the busyness of life,
• 2:49:37
  Speaker 1: a place where you can sit outside in the cool
• 2:49:39
  Speaker 1: morning breeze and listen to the birds welcoming a new day.
• 2:49:47
  Speaker 1: Or it might be near the ocean with the sound
• 2:49:52
  Speaker 1: of the waves washing ashore, or maybe by the dribbling
• 2:49:59
  Speaker 1: of a stre on your favorite hike. It might be
• 2:50:04
  Speaker 1: the simple sound of your morning coffee slowly dripping into
• 2:50:08
  Speaker 1: the pot. As beautiful as each of these ideas may be,
• 2:50:17
  Speaker 1: Psalm eighty four invites you to consider that the dwelling
• 2:50:22
  Speaker 1: Place of God is the loveliest and sweetest destination you
• 2:50:27
  Speaker 1: could ever find, for it is there in the dwelling
• 2:50:34
  Speaker 1: place of God, that you encounter His fullness and experience
• 2:50:41
  Speaker 1: his treasured presence. As you settle into your bed for
• 2:50:49
  Speaker 1: a good night's sleep, relax your shoulders and take a slow,
• 2:50:58
  Speaker 1: deep breath. As you find a comfortable position, point your
• 2:51:10
  Speaker 1: toes and arch your back, letting your muscles have one
• 2:51:17
  Speaker 1: final stretch before you set them to rest, and allow
• 2:51:24
  Speaker 1: your body to restore itself while you sleep. Take a
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  Speaker 1: quick inventory of the events and emotions that you felt
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  Speaker 1: throughout the day. Don't dwell too long on any thought.
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  Speaker 1: Acknowledge it, and then send it on its way. Let
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  Speaker 1: your heart be at peace. As your day comes to
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  Speaker 1: a close, Take another slow, deep, cleansing breath. Breathe in
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  Speaker 1: through your nose, in slowly releasing it through your mouth.
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  Speaker 1: If there are burdens from this day, let them lift
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  Speaker 1: from your mind one by one. Give your anxieties to
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  Speaker 1: God and declare that you trust in him. God. May
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  Speaker 1: your child rest in your loving arms tonight. Close your
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  Speaker 1: eyes and take one last deep breath. Find comfort in
• 2:52:45
  Speaker 1: the words of the prophet Isaiah, who says you will
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  Speaker 1: keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all
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  Speaker 1: whose thoughts are fixed on you. As you fall asleep tonight,
• 2:53:06
  Speaker 1: find rest in God and receive his everlasting, perfect peace.
• 2:53:13
  Speaker 1: As you sleep, Heavenly Father, as your beloved child lies
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  Speaker 1: down to sleep, may they rest in your arms. Help
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  Speaker 1: them to trust you with their life, and give them
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  Speaker 1: the perfect peace that you promise to those who fix
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  Speaker 1: their thoughts on you. I ask tonight for your favor
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  Speaker 1: and protection as they sleep, Guard their thoughts and their dreams. Tonight,
• 2:53:48
  Speaker 1: Bring stillness to their mind and peace to their heart.
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  Speaker 1: As they go to bed. Be present in their dreams.
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  Speaker 1: Let them dream of your dwelling place and find comfort
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  Speaker 1: in your presence. May they trust in you, loving and
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  Speaker 1: gracious Father, Amen, with your eyes closed, in your mind,
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  Speaker 1: free from worry or concern. What the words of Psalm
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  Speaker 1: eighty four wash over you. How lovely is your dwelling place, O,
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  Speaker 1: Lord of Hosts. My soul longs, yes faints for the
• 2:54:43
  Speaker 1: courts of the Lord. My heart and flesh sing for
• 2:54:48
  Speaker 1: joy to the Living God. Even the sparrow finds a
• 2:54:53
  Speaker 1: home in the swallow, a nest for herself, where she
• 2:55:00
  Speaker 1: may lay her young at your altars, O, Lord of Hosts,
• 2:55:06
  Speaker 1: My King and my God, blessed her. Those who dwell
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  Speaker 1: in your house ever, singing your praise. To dwell is
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  Speaker 1: to remain. It is a place where you have the
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  Speaker 1: freedom and feel the safety to stay. The dwelling place
• 2:55:36
  Speaker 1: of God has such a beautiful thought to consider. A
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  Speaker 1: place where God's presence would choose to dwell is a
• 2:55:46
  Speaker 1: place of rest, peace, and ultimate freedom. In the Old Testament,
• 2:55:59
  Speaker 1: the temple, also called the Tabernacle, was the dwelling place
• 2:56:05
  Speaker 1: of God. In fact, the very words used in this
• 2:56:10
  Speaker 1: psalm mean tabernacle. It was here in this place that
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  Speaker 1: the people of God could find rest in freedom, in
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  Speaker 1: the ability to connect with Him. It is where the
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  Speaker 1: priests of God would meet with Him on behalf of
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  Speaker 1: all the people. It is where sin was forgiven and
• 2:56:36
  Speaker 1: freedom was found. It was their refuge. It must have
• 2:56:43
  Speaker 1: been quite lovely. Indeed, let your soul find this same
• 2:56:50
  Speaker 1: refuge in the presence of God tonight. Psalm eighty four
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  Speaker 1: is one of the psalms that come from the Sons
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  Speaker 1: of Korra. The Sons of Korra were a family of singers,
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  Speaker 1: a lineage of people dedicated to giving praise to God
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  Speaker 1: in the Temple. The songs they would sing have been
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  Speaker 1: preserved in God's word and have continued to be sung
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  Speaker 1: by His people for thousands of years. You may have
• 2:57:31
  Speaker 1: sung along with the sons of Kora without even knowing.
• 2:57:36
  Speaker 1: They wrote verses such as Psalm forty two, as the
• 2:57:40
  Speaker 1: deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs
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  Speaker 1: after God. In Psalm forty six, God is our refuge
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  Speaker 1: and strength, and ever present help and trouble. Therefore we
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  Speaker 1: will not fear, though the earth give way and the
• 2:58:05
  Speaker 1: mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its
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  Speaker 1: waters roar and foam, and the mountains quake with their surging,
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  Speaker 1: there is a river whose streams make glad the city
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  Speaker 1: of God, the holy place where the most high dwells.
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  Speaker 1: These treasured words of the Sons of Cora have given
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  Speaker 1: God's people an opportunity to sing his praises and glorify
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  Speaker 1: His name, no matter what their circumstances. God, thank you
• 2:58:49
  Speaker 1: for preserving the songs of the Sons of Cora. In
• 2:58:52
  Speaker 1: the psalms, how lovely it is to sing along with them,
• 2:58:59
  Speaker 1: joining the chorus of your people for generations. And in
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  Speaker 1: Psul eighty four they give you a picture of how
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  Speaker 1: precious and dear the dwelling place of God truly is.
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  Speaker 1: It is where God's presence can be found. It is
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  Speaker 1: abundant and rich and accessible to His people. How lovely. Indeed,
• 2:59:29
  Speaker 1: the dwelling place of God looks different for God's people
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  Speaker 1: now than it did thousands of years ago. And so
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  Speaker 1: for the people of Israel who did not have personal
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  Speaker 1: access to the presence of God like believers do now,
• 2:59:45
  Speaker 1: the Temple was everything. For people without constant access to God.
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  Speaker 1: They needed something they could count on the Temple as
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  Speaker 1: the dwelling place of God their safety and salvation. Many
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  Speaker 1: traveled annually from wherever they lived to visit the Temple.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine that you are on such a journey, a journey
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  Speaker 1: to the most wonderful, peaceful place imaginable. You are making
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  Speaker 1: your way to the dwelling place of God, a place
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  Speaker 1: where you can sing along with the sons of Korah
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  Speaker 1: and give worship and praise to God. As the deer
• 3:00:41
  Speaker 1: pants for streams of water. So my soul longs after God.
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  Speaker 1: Let your soul long after God as you fall asleep tonight,
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  Speaker 1: and as you long Imagine now that you are making
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  Speaker 1: your way along the sandy path. You are walking through
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  Speaker 1: the city towards the beloved, lovely Temple of God. Feel
• 3:01:12
  Speaker 1: the heat of the sun as you walk along the path.
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  Speaker 1: Begin the journey up the mountain towards the temple. Feel
• 3:01:24
  Speaker 1: the drip of sweat on your brow exhaustion from the
• 3:01:28
  Speaker 1: long journey. Allow the longing you feel to be in
• 3:01:33
  Speaker 1: His courts, in the lovely dwelling place of God, to
• 3:01:38
  Speaker 1: bring you endurance to finish the journey. The place you
• 3:01:44
  Speaker 1: most long to be is drawing nearer with every step.
• 3:01:54
  Speaker 1: Imagine who may have joined you on this journey. Look
• 3:01:58
  Speaker 1: around you as you seek the presence of God with
• 3:02:03
  Speaker 1: the ones you love. Here the collective song of those
• 3:02:09
  Speaker 1: journeying with you together, singing the songs of the Sons
• 3:02:14
  Speaker 1: of Krah, and join them as they sing. How lovely
• 3:02:22
  Speaker 1: is your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts. My soul longs, yes,
• 3:02:32
  Speaker 1: faints for the courts of the Lord. You are drawing near.
• 3:02:42
  Speaker 1: The courts of the Lord are close. In getting closer,
• 3:02:47
  Speaker 1: your journey will be worth it. Even the sparrow finds
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  Speaker 1: a home in the swallow and nest for herself, where
• 3:02:59
  Speaker 1: she may lay her young at your altars, O, Lord
• 3:03:03
  Speaker 1: of Hosts, my King and my God. Consider the birds
• 3:03:11
  Speaker 1: that come to the altar of God, They too, find
• 3:03:16
  Speaker 1: a refuge in his presence. Though the sparrow and swallow
• 3:03:21
  Speaker 1: can explore the expanse of the sky, they return to
• 3:03:26
  Speaker 1: his altar. They return to the temple. They return to
• 3:03:34
  Speaker 1: His dwelling place. And we the children of God, though
• 3:03:42
  Speaker 1: we come and go in many aspects of our lives,
• 3:03:46
  Speaker 1: we return to God our refuge and find safety in
• 3:03:52
  Speaker 1: his dwelling place. Oh, Heavenly Father, thank you for caring
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  Speaker 1: for your child. Even more than the way you cared
• 3:04:03
  Speaker 1: for the birds of the air. We see the way
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  Speaker 1: you know and provide for them, and in that we
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  Speaker 1: find rest and comfort that you will care for and
• 3:04:17
  Speaker 1: provide for your child as they rest. Right now, look
• 3:04:27
  Speaker 1: up at the sky and admire these birds known by
• 3:04:34
  Speaker 1: God and cared for by Him. As you come ever
• 3:04:39
  Speaker 1: closer to the temple, feel the sandy path beneath your
• 3:04:44
  Speaker 1: feet change to hardened dirt, well trodden roads. Look at
• 3:04:52
  Speaker 1: the greenery increasing around you. Admire the variety of the
• 3:04:57
  Speaker 1: trees you see. See the tall full body of the
• 3:05:03
  Speaker 1: deep green cedars and cypress trees. Pause in the shade
• 3:05:09
  Speaker 1: of the umbrella, like Acacius, Pause in the shade of
• 3:05:14
  Speaker 1: the umbrella like acacious, giving you a respite on your journey.
• 3:05:22
  Speaker 1: Admire the twisted roots of the juniper trees. Smell the
• 3:05:27
  Speaker 1: scent of the olive trees. Let it draw you closer,
• 3:05:37
  Speaker 1: Step closer to admire the radiance of the wild flowers.
• 3:05:42
  Speaker 1: See the stark white against the bright green stems, the
• 3:05:47
  Speaker 1: bright yellow, the richness of the red, the blue that
• 3:05:54
  Speaker 1: mirrors the sky. Listen to the sound of the birds.
• 3:06:01
  Speaker 1: Listen to their song and sing along. How lovely is
• 3:06:07
  Speaker 1: your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts. Blessed are those
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  Speaker 1: whose strength is in you and whose heart are the
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  Speaker 1: highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Bacca,
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  Speaker 1: they make it a place of springs. The early rain
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  Speaker 1: also covers it with pools. They go from strength to strength.
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  Speaker 1: Each one appears before God and Zion. The valley of
• 3:06:47
  Speaker 1: Bacca represents a valley of weeping. As your journey towards
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  Speaker 1: the dwelling place of God, you know that you have
• 3:06:59
  Speaker 1: come through the valley. Your journey was long and arduous,
• 3:07:05
  Speaker 1: but you have come through it. Feel the victory of
• 3:07:12
  Speaker 1: making your way through the valley, Feel the relief of
• 3:07:21
  Speaker 1: making it level ground. Let the burdens of your weeping,
• 3:07:28
  Speaker 1: lift and leave them in the hands of your God.
• 3:07:36
  Speaker 1: For your heart is on the highway to Zion. You
• 3:07:43
  Speaker 1: are drawing near to his temple. Your morning will be
• 3:07:47
  Speaker 1: turned to dancing, just as he will make the valley
• 3:07:51
  Speaker 1: of weeping into a place of springs. Find rest in
• 3:08:01
  Speaker 1: this and God's promise to you, and sing unto him,
• 3:08:09
  Speaker 1: how lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord of hosts, God,
• 3:08:19
  Speaker 1: thank you for carrying your precious child through the valleys
• 3:08:21
  Speaker 1: of their life. We know that you do not abandon
• 3:08:26
  Speaker 1: us in times of trouble. You journey with us and
• 3:08:31
  Speaker 1: give us strength. Would you set the heart of your
• 3:08:36
  Speaker 1: child on the highway Desion, turn their affections towards you.
• 3:08:45
  Speaker 1: We rest in you, oh God, For a day in
• 3:08:51
  Speaker 1: your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would
• 3:08:57
  Speaker 1: rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
• 3:09:00
  Speaker 1: than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord
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  Speaker 1: God is a son and shield. The Lord bestows favor
• 3:09:10
  Speaker 1: and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those
• 3:09:15
  Speaker 1: who walk uprightly. No Lord of Hosts, blessed is the
• 3:09:22
  Speaker 1: one who trusts in you. For a day in your
• 3:09:30
  Speaker 1: courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. How lovely must
• 3:09:36
  Speaker 1: a place be for one single day as a doorholder
• 3:09:43
  Speaker 1: to be better than a thousand days anywhere else. How
• 3:09:50
  Speaker 1: marvelous to imagine a place so peaceful in healing and
• 3:09:56
  Speaker 1: refreshing to long for just a moment, Consider again the
• 3:10:06
  Speaker 1: one place in the world you would most like to
• 3:10:10
  Speaker 1: wake up to. It might be special to you as
• 3:10:15
  Speaker 1: your childhood home, the place you grew up loving, with
• 3:10:20
  Speaker 1: memories in every room. You might long for the comfort
• 3:10:27
  Speaker 1: of knowing who you share that space with. Or you
• 3:10:34
  Speaker 1: may long to wake up in a foreign city you
• 3:10:36
  Speaker 1: once visited, and the thought of waking up and strolling
• 3:10:41
  Speaker 1: along streets that hold treasured memories of a long awaited
• 3:10:46
  Speaker 1: vacation fills your heart with joy and anticipation. Just imagining
• 3:10:54
  Speaker 1: it puts you back in that city, listening to the
• 3:10:58
  Speaker 1: sound of a foreign language. Reach into your pocket and
• 3:11:04
  Speaker 1: feel the coins and that look nothing like the money
• 3:11:08
  Speaker 1: you carry at home. Walk along the river and admire
• 3:11:14
  Speaker 1: the gondolas floating by with people laughing, enjoying one another.
• 3:11:24
  Speaker 1: Smell the fresh bread coming from the bakery across the street.
• 3:11:32
  Speaker 1: The anatomy of longing is the wonder that there are
• 3:11:37
  Speaker 1: places that evoke in you a sense of safety, peace, wonder,
• 3:11:47
  Speaker 1: and enjoy. Heavenly Father, we want to sing an agreement
• 3:11:55
  Speaker 1: that just one day in your presence is better than
• 3:11:59
  Speaker 1: a thousand and elsewhere. Help your child to treasure your
• 3:12:05
  Speaker 1: presence as they find rest in you. Yes, the places
• 3:12:14
  Speaker 1: we long to return to here on earth are lovely, indeed,
• 3:12:19
  Speaker 1: But if one day is better than a thousand, how
• 3:12:26
  Speaker 1: much more beautiful is the place that holds the presence
• 3:12:29
  Speaker 1: of God. Imagine now that you are approaching the temple.
• 3:12:37
  Speaker 1: Listen to the changing sound of your steps as you
• 3:12:41
  Speaker 1: move from the sandy gravel that has led you along
• 3:12:44
  Speaker 1: the majority of this journey to granted you long anticipated reaching.
• 3:12:51
  Speaker 1: Feel as it changes to the hard stone beneath your feet.
• 3:12:56
  Speaker 1: As you draw near, Notice the sounds that are changing,
• 3:13:00
  Speaker 1: from the few voices of those journeying with you to
• 3:13:04
  Speaker 1: the sound of a bustling crowd in the temple courts. Oh,
• 3:13:10
  Speaker 1: listen to the sound of singing, as many sing praises
• 3:13:15
  Speaker 1: to God they have finally arrived. Listen to the chatter
• 3:13:22
  Speaker 1: coming from the courts. Hear the diversity of language in
• 3:13:26
  Speaker 1: the voices of many who have come from near and far,
• 3:13:31
  Speaker 1: seeking along with you to meet God in his dwelling place.
• 3:13:38
  Speaker 1: Look at the variety of people who have traveled to
• 3:13:41
  Speaker 1: this precious place. See mothers with babies swaddled to their
• 3:13:48
  Speaker 1: chests and little hands holding theirs as they walk. See
• 3:13:56
  Speaker 1: the joy in the eyes of the gray haired men
• 3:13:58
  Speaker 1: and women. After longing all their lives, they have made it.
• 3:14:08
  Speaker 1: See the fathers holding tight to their little ones as
• 3:14:12
  Speaker 1: they make their way through the crowd. See friends laugh
• 3:14:18
  Speaker 1: together as they agree the journey was well worth it,
• 3:14:24
  Speaker 1: And with many from all over join their song. Together
• 3:14:30
  Speaker 1: they sing, How lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord
• 3:14:37
  Speaker 1: of Hosts, that place you most long to be. It
• 3:14:46
  Speaker 1: is nothing compared to the wonder of God's presence. For
• 3:14:51
  Speaker 1: the safety, peace, wonder, and joy that you long for
• 3:14:59
  Speaker 1: is found most fully in His presence. Find safety in
• 3:15:06
  Speaker 1: the comfort of a God who sees you and protects you.
• 3:15:14
  Speaker 1: Find peace in a God who is for you and
• 3:15:19
  Speaker 1: near to you. Find wonder in the majesty of a
• 3:15:24
  Speaker 1: God more extravagant than you could ever imagine. Find joy
• 3:15:33
  Speaker 1: and a God who delights in you and brings you
• 3:15:37
  Speaker 1: good things for His name's sake. For even one thousand days,
• 3:15:45
  Speaker 1: and your most treasured destination could not compare to the
• 3:15:51
  Speaker 1: majesty found in the Temple of God. How lovely is
• 3:15:58
  Speaker 1: his dwelling place. For even the most celebrated position or
• 3:16:04
  Speaker 1: greatest honor pales in comparison to that of a doorkeeper
• 3:16:10
  Speaker 1: in the Temple of God. For the doorkeeper is immersed
• 3:16:15
  Speaker 1: in his presence. The doorkeeper is surrounded by his nearness.
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  Speaker 1: The doorkeeper is resting, secure in the peace that surpasses
• 3:16:28
  Speaker 1: all understanding. Enter into his presence and find this peace.
• 3:16:41
  Speaker 1: In the Old Testament, the temple that we've been talking
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  Speaker 1: about was the actual dwelling place of God, the place
• 3:16:48
  Speaker 1: where his presence would abide. But things are different now.
• 3:16:58
  Speaker 1: Things are different because when Jesus came on the scene,
• 3:17:03
  Speaker 1: everything changed. And when Jesus ascended into heaven, he promised
• 3:17:11
  Speaker 1: to leave us his Holy Spirit. As a believer in
• 3:17:16
  Speaker 1: our glorious Lord, Jesus Christ, you are now the dwelling
• 3:17:20
  Speaker 1: place of God because the Holy Spirit dwells within you.
• 3:17:28
  Speaker 1: Salvation was won by Jesus on the cross, and he
• 3:17:33
  Speaker 1: sent the promised Holy Spirit to dwell within you. Your access
• 3:17:40
  Speaker 1: to the dwelling place of God is not predicated on
• 3:17:44
  Speaker 1: an arduous journey to the temple. It does not depend
• 3:17:49
  Speaker 1: on your ability to be in the right place at
• 3:17:52
  Speaker 1: the right time. Instead, your access to the dwelling place
• 3:17:58
  Speaker 1: of God is I promise to you by a gracious Father,
• 3:18:05
  Speaker 1: for the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead
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  Speaker 1: now dwells in you. Oh, how lovely it is no
• 3:18:17
  Speaker 1: longer a journey you must make. It's just a reality
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  Speaker 1: for you to recognize you are the dwelling place of God.
• 3:18:29
  Speaker 1: What a profound shift. The God of Heaven came near
• 3:18:35
  Speaker 1: to us in the person of Jesus, and now he
• 3:18:41
  Speaker 1: dwells in us through the Holy Spirit. How lovely is
• 3:18:48
  Speaker 1: your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts. How profound that
• 3:18:57
  Speaker 1: you choose to dwell in your beloved Father God. It
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  Speaker 1: is a privilege beyond what we can comprehend. And I
• 3:19:06
  Speaker 1: pray that your child will recognize the gift of the
• 3:19:09
  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit in dwelling within them. We cling to your presence,
• 3:19:18
  Speaker 1: knowing that in you we find rest, peace, grace, and
• 3:19:27
  Speaker 1: joy to carry us through our days. No matter what
• 3:19:36
  Speaker 1: your journey looks like day by day, no matter what
• 3:19:41
  Speaker 1: fills your schedule, what relationships you have, or what work
• 3:19:46
  Speaker 1: you do. You have access to the presence of God
• 3:19:53
  Speaker 1: here and now find rest and the promise that the
• 3:20:01
  Speaker 1: presence of God is no longer a destination for you
• 3:20:05
  Speaker 1: to reach only by an arduous journey, but rather the
• 3:20:11
  Speaker 1: presence of God as a treasured companion through all of
• 3:20:17
  Speaker 1: your journeying for all of your days. Take a deep
• 3:20:25
  Speaker 1: breath as you give thanks for the profound gift God
• 3:20:31
  Speaker 1: has given you, not only in his son Jesus, but
• 3:20:36
  Speaker 1: in his promised Holy Spirit. Find rest in the joy
• 3:20:42
  Speaker 1: accessible to you as you journey through the valleys and
• 3:20:47
  Speaker 1: peaks of your life. Sing praise for the promise that
• 3:20:51
  Speaker 1: you do not have to endure the pain of your
• 3:20:54
  Speaker 1: journey alone. The Holy Spirit, your companion, journeys with you
• 3:21:02
  Speaker 1: to bring you strength, to give you peace, to establish
• 3:21:06
  Speaker 1: you in hope, and to sustain you with love. Thank
• 3:21:12
  Speaker 1: God for this gift, and ask him to make you
• 3:21:16
  Speaker 1: aware of His presence as you sleep tonight and throughout
• 3:21:20
  Speaker 1: your day tomorrow. Ask him to wake you with a
• 3:21:26
  Speaker 1: sensitivity to His spirit that will carry you through whatever
• 3:21:30
  Speaker 1: tomorrow holds. God, we rest in the peace offered to
• 3:21:37
  Speaker 1: us by your Holy Spirit. Now receive this blessing from
• 3:21:44
  Speaker 1: number six twenty four through twenty six. The Lord bless
• 3:21:51
  Speaker 1: you and keep you. The Lord make his face to
• 3:21:54
  Speaker 1: shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord
• 3:21:59
  Speaker 1: lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
• 3:22:07
  Speaker 1: Sleep peacefully in Christ tonight as you dream of His
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  Speaker 1: dwelling place. Rest in the profound gift of being known
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  Speaker 1: and loved by the God of all creation. Find delight
• 3:22:27
  Speaker 1: in the safety, peace, wonder and joy that you experience
• 3:22:33
  Speaker 1: in His presence. Where His dwelling place is a promise,
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  Speaker 1: and it is lovely indeed,