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Stronger Than You Know – At the Threshold · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Ephesians chapter 3 verses 16 through 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: that you may be strengthened with power through his spirit in the inward man
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith to the end that you Being rooted
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  SPEAKER_00: and grounded in love may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: the width and length and height and depth and to know Christ's love
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: which surpasses knowledge that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: Yesterday we came to the end of the Love Beyond Measure series.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: For 31 days, we paid attention to what God is doing within us.
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  SPEAKER_00: We talked about belonging in grace,
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  SPEAKER_00: resurrection power,
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  SPEAKER_00: being brought near,
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  SPEAKER_00: being rooted in love,
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  SPEAKER_00: walking from grace, living as light, standing in the strength God gives.
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  SPEAKER_00: It would be easy to finish a journey like that and immediately ask, what do I do next?
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  SPEAKER_00: But maybe there is another question to sit with first.
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  SPEAKER_00: What has changed within me?
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  SPEAKER_00: You may not have a dramatic answer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most spiritual formation does not announce itself that way.
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  SPEAKER_00: We often recognize it later,
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  SPEAKER_00: when something happens and we realize we are not reacting quite the way we once did.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you recover from a fear a little faster.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe shame does not keep you hidden as long.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you notice God's presence sooner.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you are less compelled to defend yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe there are moments when love feels more natural than reaction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Those changes matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul prayed that believers would be strengthened with the power through the Spirit
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  SPEAKER_00: in the inward person.
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  SPEAKER_00: That kind of strength is not hardness, it is coherence.
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  SPEAKER_00: The life within us begins to come together around the presence and love of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: A coherent person does not have to know what will happen next in order to remain themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uncertainty may still be uncomfortable.
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  SPEAKER_00: But every change does not have to become a threat to identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: The future may still feel bigger than you think you can handle.
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  SPEAKER_00: That feeling does not mean you are unprepared.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are not entering what comes next as the person you were before God began this work.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything He has been forming within you is still here.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know where you belong.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know where your strength comes from You're beginning to recognize
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  SPEAKER_00: the Spirit's movement within you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love is becoming more than something you believe.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is becoming a place from which you live.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not have to rush away from that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let it settle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before we begin asking what the future may require, notice the person who will meet that future.
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  SPEAKER_00: You may be stronger than you know.
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  SPEAKER_00: God, I am often quicker to notice what is unfinished than what You have already formed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help me recognize the quiet strength of Your Spirit within me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let the love I have received settle more deeply into who I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: When the future feels larger than I can handle,
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  SPEAKER_00: Remind me that I do not enter it alone or unchanged.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your life is already at work within me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: As you leave this quiet moment, carry this prayer with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: God strengthens me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: I do not face the future alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: God strengthens me within.
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  SPEAKER_00: I do not face the future alone.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: God strengthens me within.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: I do not face the future alone.
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open,
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  SPEAKER_00: Stay present.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.