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Devotional-You are the Beloved (John 17:23) · The Father's Business Podcast

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  Speaker 1: So, Elizabeth, we've been telling people about our Ruach Journey 2 conference that's coming up in October.
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  Speaker 1: Are you getting excited for?
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  Speaker 2: it.
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  Speaker 2: I am getting so excited about it.
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  Speaker 2: We have officially opened up our registration and people are starting to sign up and I can just feel the anticipation building inside of me for it.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, Kimberly, you and I are starting to spend time praying and dreaming and asking God exactly what he wants this conference to look like, Because every Ruach conference we do is a little different from the last because it's based on who's there and what they're hungry to learn and what they want to know about and what God is laying on our heart for this particular group of people.
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  Speaker 2: So I am super excited about this event coming up.
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  Speaker 1: So, just to remind people, it's October 16 through 18, and it is in Maryland at the Sandy Cove Retreat Center.
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  Speaker 1: It's a gorgeous place.
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  Speaker 1: Some of you have maybe not be familiar with Maryland.
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  Speaker 1: I know we have a lot of listeners that are in the Southeast.
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  Speaker 1: We really have listeners all over the place and we would love for all of you to come and join us, because Elizabeth and I the two of us went there right Like a couple of months ago.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, I didn't want to leave.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we were just there for a day and it was like can we stay longer and just sit and enjoy this beautiful place?
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be a great place for a conference, don't you?
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  Speaker 2: I do, and there's two different airports people can fly into, and so all the major airlines, including Southwest airlines, can fly you to an airport near this retreat center, and you know Southwest, if you're listening.
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: You want to throw out one of those $49 fair deals.
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  Speaker 2: We're open so that we can all get to the conference, but I think it's going to be a great, great time and something we're going to do.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people are asking so what do I need to do to get ready for this conference?
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  Speaker 2: There's several different things that you can do to get ready for this conference.
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  Speaker 2: You can listen to the podcast that we released last fall on the study on rock journey.
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  Speaker 2: This summer we hope to continue to talk about some of the themes that we're going to be talking about at the conference.
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  Speaker 2: Those would be great to continue to listen to to prepare our hearts for the conference and for the month of june.
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  Speaker 2: We are going to reduce the price of the Ruach Journey study that's available on our website Now.
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  Speaker 2: It's a 13 week study and some people get intimidated going.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness, I don't have 13 weeks to do this, right, because summer's busy and crazy.
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  Speaker 2: It's broken down into 13 lessons, but a lot of those teaching videos are just about 20 minutes long, so you can find ways from now until the end of the summer to get through the study at whatever pace you want, to do it with yourself or with a group of friends, and so we're going to be offering it at a discount rate to encourage people to go through the study, to refresh the ideas and the principles of Ruach journey in their mind, to get their hearts ready for what we're going to have in October.
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  Speaker 1: So go to our website at thefathersbusinesscom.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to order the study kit, you can go to the store.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to sign up for the conference, you can go to the events link page and remember for now the conference is our early bird price is $3.99 a person.
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  Speaker 1: You can pay extra if you want your own room.
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  Speaker 1: We may be offering some special cost surprises coming up soon.
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  Speaker 1: So you'll want to pay attention to the podcast listen for those things if we offer that.
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  Speaker 1: Remember it's October 16 through 18.
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  Speaker 1: It's in Maryland.
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  Speaker 1: You can fly into Baltimore.
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  Speaker 1: You can fly into Philly.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to help you figure out how to navigate to the conference center once you get there, so just stay tuned for more details.
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  Speaker 1: We've got frequently asked questions on the website, but we're excited about it.
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  Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you then.
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  Speaker 2: The Father's Business was founded by Sylvia Gunter to encourage people to a deeper relationship with God.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to this devotional.
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  Speaker 2: You are the Beloved.
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  Speaker 2: John 17, 23.
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  Speaker 2: Spirit, hear and receive God's word in John 17, 23.
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  Speaker 2: I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one.
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  Speaker 2: Then the world will know and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.
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  Speaker 2: At his baptism and transfiguration, your father said to Jesus you are the son I love.
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  Speaker 2: I am well pleased with you.
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  Speaker 2: It was a great affirmation of his love and pleasure in his son.
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  Speaker 2: Because you are in him, the father loves you with the same love.
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  Speaker 2: You are God's beloved.
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  Speaker 2: That is the most intimate truth about you.
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  Speaker 2: It has to be true because Jesus said it to his Father.
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  Speaker 2: Spirit, let these words reverberate in every cell.
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  Speaker 2: Be blessed to live from the blessing of belovedness, not trying to earn it.
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  Speaker 2: Hear your Father speak to you about his deep bonds with you, his deep attachments to you with cords of unfailing love.
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  Speaker 2: Hear Him speak to you about trust, faith and love that is much deeper than your mindset of survival.
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  Speaker 2: Hear Him speak to you about your deepest yearnings, your wishes, your hopes and your dreams.
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  Speaker 2: Spirit, hear the soft voice of your Father speaking in the core of your essence.
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  Speaker 2: You are the Beloved.
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  Speaker 2: On you His favor rests.
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  Speaker 2: He sees you as a precious being.
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  Speaker 2: You are welcome to exist.
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  Speaker 2: God celebrates your existence.
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  Speaker 2: Be blessed to know how you were infinitely loved before you were wounded.
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  Speaker 2: That's the truth of your life.
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  Speaker 2: There is no burden on you to prove you are worthy of being loved, of being heard, of being respected and honored and given dignity.
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  Speaker 2: Your life is an unceasing yes to the truth that you are beloved because of God's great love.
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  Speaker 2: In Him you deserve to be valued.
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  Speaker 2: Receive the different tones in which others say that to you, but always remember that it is your spirit connection with your Father that matters.
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  Speaker 2: People do not give you your legitimacy.
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  Speaker 2: True legitimacy comes from the one who chose you with everlasting love.
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  Speaker 2: Your Father says I called you by name from the very beginning.
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  Speaker 2: You belong to me and I know you as my own and I am yours.
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  Speaker 2: You know me as your own true father.
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  Speaker 2: I molded you in your mother's womb.
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  Speaker 2: I carved you in the palm of my son.
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  Speaker 2: I hide you in the shadow of my embrace.
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  Speaker 2: You have my infinite tenderness and I care for you intimately and I care for you intimately.
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  Speaker 2: I have counted every hair on your head and wherever you go, I go with you.
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  Speaker 2: Wherever you rest, I keep watch.
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  Speaker 2: I give you food that will satisfy all your hunger and drink that will quench all your thirst.
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  Speaker 2: I will never hide my face from you.
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  Speaker 2: Hide my face from you.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing will ever separate us.
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  Speaker 2: Wherever you are, I am, live your life as my redeemed child.
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  Speaker 2: You can reach out to true inner freedom and find it ever more fully.
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  Speaker 2: That's the message of your life.
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  Speaker 2: You are chosen and you are beloved.
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  Speaker 2: It's your sacred romance.
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  Speaker 2: Say yes to your belovedness, your significance, your worth and your belonging.
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  Speaker 2: His yes is engraved on your heart.
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  Speaker 2: Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Rise up to your full stature and discover how to fulfill your deepest essence of who you are beloved in God, your Father, and kept in His Son.
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  Speaker 2: You are accepted in the Beloved.
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  Speaker 2: Be blessed in the name of the Beloved Son.
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  Speaker 2: This devotional is from you Are Blessed in the Names of God by Sylvia Gunter.
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  Speaker 2: You can find an archive of devotionals and other podcasts on our website, wwwthefathersbusinesscom.
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