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Loving Difficult People | Stronger Together · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant.
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  - And sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.
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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha.
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  - Today's
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  - prayer topic is
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  - how
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  - to love
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  - difficult people.
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  - Scripture text comes from Luke six twenty seven
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  - and says, love your enemies to go to
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  - those who hate you.
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  - Now I wanna start off this conversation by
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  - saying loving people who love us is easy.
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  - Loving those who disappoint, criticize, or misunderstand
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  - us
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  - requires God's grace and is a whole another
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  - story.
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  - And what's interesting
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  - about this,
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  - scriptural text here
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  - is that Jesus is the master psychologist here.
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  - And,
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  - there's a lot of things that are are
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  - being addressed here. Right? It's maybe it's forgiveness
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  - and any other number of things that,
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  - at that time, the disciples were were dealing
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  - with.
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  - And,
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  - he he's addressing, you know,
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  - no. We're not doing an eye for an
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  - eye, and and we're we're we're we're not
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  - doing any of that. If someone attacks you,
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  - you attack them back. No. No. No. It's
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  - love covers a multitude
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  - of of of of sins. Right? It covers
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  - a multitude of wrongdoings. Now that doesn't mean
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  - that
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  - you allow someone to just cause,
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  - bodily harm. Right? It's it's always good to
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  - have boundaries
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  - and,
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  - to protect yourself in in that,
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  - way.
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  - But let's face it.
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  - Everybody doesn't have the love of God.
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  - And,
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  - they're, you know, because of personality conflicts or
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  - what have you, they may not get along
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  - with you.
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  - And it can be,
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  - very, very difficult.
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  - But I always look at those, situations and
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  - I've had to face them many, many times
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  - as an opportunity
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  - for God
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  - to shine the light on my heart. Right?
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  - Because what's really happening is,
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  - the person that's getting to you
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  - is is
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  - being used
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  - as a litmus test to see what's in
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  - your heart. Right?
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  - If the person is bothering you,
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  - why are they bothering
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  - you? Is it because of something
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  - they're doing,
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  - you're doing, or not doing.
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  - And so regardless of where you fall on
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  - that scale,
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  - prayer is always going to be
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  - the answer. Right? And let's be honest, left
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  - to ourselves, we will naturally protect our hearts.
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  - Right? That's that's a human thing. Right?
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  - But through Christ, we can learn to respond
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  - with wisdom, compassion, and love. And so,
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  - as we are maturing
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  - in God and as we are,
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  - becoming more like him,
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  - those are important things to remember that not
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  - everyone that we meet is is going to
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  - be pleasant. Right? But
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  - remember that there might have been a time
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  - when we were not always pleasant. And so
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  - the love of God
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  - came and captured and saved us. And
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  - if we are going to be disciples or
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  - followers of of Jesus
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  - and and and our heavenly father,
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  - we need to mirror those characteristics.
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  - Doesn't mean that it's easy,
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  - but it's doable.
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  - Why? Because the greater
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  - force, the greater power
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  - is in you.
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  - The holy spirit will even guide you. He
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  - brings things back to your remembrance
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  - And God tells us, hide the word in
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  - your heart so that you won't sin against
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  - him.
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  - Tools for everyday
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  - living. So work the tools, and they will
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  - work for you.
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  - Not an easy task, but definitely
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  - achievable.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's go to the throne.
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  - Dear lord,
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  - help us love
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  - people the way you love them.
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  - Give us patience when relationships become difficult and
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  - wisdom when emotions
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  - run high.
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  - Protect our heart from bitterness and help
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  - us extend grace without compromising
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  - truth.
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  - Fill us with your spirit so that our
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  - responses reflect your character.
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  - Thank you for loving us even when we
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  - fall short.
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  - And we will bless you, Jesus.
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  - Amen.
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  - Remember,
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  - grace has the power to transform relationships.
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  - And
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  - the that task is just
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  - one prayer away.
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  - If today's prayer encouraged you, share it with
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  - someone who may need this to
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  - empower them.
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  - And as always
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  - keep meeting God at the throne, because prayer
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  - isn't something that we do is how we
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  - walk with God on a daily basis.