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Letting Go | Finding Rest in God · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today, we're gonna be talking about finding rest
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  - in God. Scripture text comes from Matthew eleven
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  - twenty eight and says, come to me all
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  - you who are weary and burdened, and I
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  - will give you rest.
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  - Well, this week, we
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  - talk about hurt,
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  - the past,
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  - regret,
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  - disappointment,
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  - unforgiveness,
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  - and worry.
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  - Now different burdens,
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  - but they all have something in common.
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  - They're exhausting when we carry them alone.
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  - And sometimes we've been carrying something for so
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  - long,
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  - it has become to feel like part of
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  - who we are.
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  - But your burden is not your identity.
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  - And putting something down can feel vulnerable. Remember
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  - we talked about it's often easier to hold
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  - onto things
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  - because it's familiar to us.
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  - So we wonder
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  - what happens if I surrender this and nothing
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  - changes.
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  - What happens if the memory returns?
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  - What happens if I start worrying again tomorrow?
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  - Or not even tomorrow, in the next ten
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  - minutes, if truth be told.
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  - Letting go doesn't mean you'll never think about
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  - it again.
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  - It means you know where to take it
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  - when it returns,
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  - and that's the power
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  - of prayer.
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  - Jesus, the great intercessor, reminds us,
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  - come to me.
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  - Give it to me.
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  - That's the invitation.
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  - Not fix it yourself first because if you
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  - could have fixed it, it would have been
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  - fixed already.
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  - Not get over it first because
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  - that's not realistic
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  - and not figure everything out first because we
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  - often don't know where to start sometimes. We
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  - just want the pain to stop.
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  - It's an invitation
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  - to come,
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  - to bring the hurt,
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  - to bring the questions,
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  - the worry,
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  - and the things you're still learning how to
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  - release.
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  - And when you find yourself carrying them again,
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  - return them and lay them on the throne
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  - again.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's take all of these burdens
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  - to the Lord in prayer.
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  - Heavenly Father,
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  - some of us may be at an emotional
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  - and spiritual point of
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  - absolute
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  - exhaustion.
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  - So much so where we're tired of hearing
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  - what has made us feel
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  - so heavenly in our heart.
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  - So father, today we bring you
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  - our hurt,
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  - regret,
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  - disappointment,
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  - worry, and everything else that we've been struggling
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  - to release.
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  - And we ask that you help us trust
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  - you enough to put it down and leave
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  - room for your space and not pick it
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  - back up.
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  - And in turn, we choose to receive the
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  - rest you offer us,
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  - and we will give you the honor, the
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  - glory, and the praise. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  - Well,
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  - as this
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  - series of prayers ends this week,
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  - we don't wanna just stop there. We wanna
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  - continue the conversation by asking what do we
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  - need to do
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  - or what do we need to let go
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  - of?
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  - What could God do in us if we
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  - finally made room?
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  - Remember, it's always about
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  - the conversation.
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  - And if these prayers are helping you,
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  - share the divine five one five podcast with
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  - someone who's carrying something heavy today or who
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  - might just need some encouragement.
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  - Your share may be their invitation
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  - to begin releasing whatever it is they're struggling
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  - with.
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  - And if you want to continue growing in
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  - a Christ centered community where prayer, scripture, encouragement,
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  - and connection are part of the journey,
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  - we invite you inside the inner chamber.
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  - It's as easy as visiting us at divine515.com
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  - forward /free,
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  - and it's free to join.
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  - This we don't measure progress by whether you
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  - never feel the weight again.
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  - Measure it by whether you've learned
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  - where to take it.
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  - Remember, put it in God's hands, and when
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  - you're tempted to pick it back up, return
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  - it to him and give it to him
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  - again.