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Why Do I Feel So Spiritually Drained? | Walking in Spiritual Discernment · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to today's daily prayer.
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  - We're going to continue
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  - the discernment
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  - series.
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  - And our focus today is
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  - what to do when we feel
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  - spiritually
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  - drained.
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  - And the scripture we're coming from is Isaiah
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  - forty thirty one and says, but those who
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  - hope in the Lord
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  - will renew their strength.
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  - I wanna open up the conversation today by
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  - saying that
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  - often spiritual discernment is not just about hearing
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  - God's voice,
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  - but rather about trusting
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  - his character,
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  - following his direction, and allowing his wisdom to
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  - shape everyday
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  - life.
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  - And
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  - as we
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  - practice hearing God,
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  - the goal is hopefully
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  - that we learn to overcome emotional distractions,
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  - trust in his peace, and learn how to
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  - walk confidently
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  - in his direction.
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  - I think a great way to address this
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  - problem
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  - is to to just know that
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  - life, as I've often said, is is filled
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  - with a lot of problems and challenges. Right?
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  - And especially in these days and times where,
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  - you may be faced with some immense
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  - decisions that have caused you to not feel
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  - like you have a whole lot of air
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  - in the womb and that you are, if
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  - you will, spiritually flat might.
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  - I mean, it's like you go to sleep,
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  - but you still wake up feeling exhausted. You
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  - you check off your responsibilities,
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  - but your soul still feels empty.
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  - You consume information all day long. Right? We
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  - are literally on sometimes information
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  - overload,
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  - Yet we still feel spiritually
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  - undernourished.
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  - And,
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  - quite frankly, modern life is teaching us to
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  - keep going, but rarely teaches us how to
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  - be
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  - renewed.
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  - And so
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  - if we do not
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  - learn and implement
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  - God's word and stay connected through prayer,
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  - we will not be able to to make
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  - it through the day to day challenges.
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  - And we talked about,
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  - not leaning to our own understanding, but in
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  - everything that we do acknowledge God, and sometimes
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  - how
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  - that's, like, the last thing we wanna do,
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  - but that's the best thing for us to
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  - do.
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  - And because of it,
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  - our hope, regardless of what it is we're
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  - facing, doesn't come from
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  - the outside, but it comes from the inside
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  - as we look up to the one who
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  - has the ability to make all the difference.
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  - So that being said,
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  - let's pray together.
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  - Heavenly father, we confess that
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  - we've tried to pour
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  - ourselves out from an empty place.
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  - We've looked for strength in our accomplishments,
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  - but we're distracted.
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  - And the busyness
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  - of life
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  - has caused us to lose focus
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  - on you.
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  - Renew our spirit and teach us to rest
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  - in your presence.
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  - Help us to recognize
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  - when we need to pause
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  - instead of pushing harder
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  - by being spiritually sensitive to the Holy Spirit.
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  - Fill us with your peace and restore our
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  - joy in spending time with you.
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  - Let your presence become our place of renewal,
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  - mind, body, and soul, and we will bless
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  - you in Jesus' name.
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