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Locker 117 · Brain Spa

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Some of the answers you're searching for were placed in
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your name long before you ever knew where to look.
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Today's scripture is coming from Romans chapter #8 verse 15, and
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this is the new Living Translation.
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And it reads, you have not received a spirit that makes you
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fearful slaves. Instead, you've received God's
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Spirit when He adopted you as His own children.
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Let me tell you a story. Picture this Dallas at 2:13 AM
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in the morning parking lot, quiet enough to hear your own
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heartbeat. Malik steps off a lake shift
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tired and places rest can't even reach.
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Life's been heavy, dreams feel overdue, and Hope is running
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low. On power mode.
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He sets his mailbox out of havoc.
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Bills, junk mail, Flyers, coupons, then an envelope with
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no return address and it's handwritten with a key and a
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note inside that reads You're ready Locker 117.
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And it feels like a set up, but something in here.
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Call it curiosity, maybe faith. Maybe God pushes him across town
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to an old storage facility with fluorescent lights flickering
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like they've seen too much. The key slides into the lock
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like he belongs inside the unit, a fireproof safe with another
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note that reads you've had more than you knew.
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He opens it. Paperwork, birth records, a
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journal written by his father and a trust fund.
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Money invests quietly, strategically, waiting on the
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day for Mollie to find it. He wasn't forgotten.
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Provision wasn't random. He just hadn't discovered the
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Lafu yet. And that's what Roman is 8 is
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pointing us to. Most people spend their lives
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hustling for what's already theirs, trying to earn worth
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they already carry. Just like Malik, some of us have
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locker 117 moments waiting. Moments where identity catches
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up with you. Moments where Provision revealed
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it's been quietly growing in your name.
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Moments where you stop performing for God and start
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walking within. But don't miss this.
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You don't become a son when you get stronger.
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You get stronger when you remember you're already a son.
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Your confidence changes. Your faith rises to the level of
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your identity. This is the moment you stop
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surviving like a stranger and start living like someone who
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actually belongs in the place God put you.
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And here's today's reflection moment.
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Ask yourself this today. Where have you been living like
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Malik before the locker instead of after it opened?
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What key has got already placed in your hand that you haven't
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used yet? And here's today's declaration.
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Repeat this after me. I carry identity, not
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insecurity. Provision is already in my name.
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I move for confidence because I belong here.
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I'm unlocking what's been waiting on me.
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And here's today's prayer. God, thank you for placing
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identity, inheritance, and belonging in our name long
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before we knew where to look. Thank you for the moments you
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remind us who we really are. Help us recognize the keys you
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have already given us and walk in confidence of sons and
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daughters, and not as someone who could be considered a slave.
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We step into what's ours boldly and with clarity and with the
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expectation that you're going to give us the victory.
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Thank you for making sure they were whole, complete and
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prosperous and provided for in ways we never knew about.
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We thank you for always making sure that our loved ones are
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covered and protected as well. And we honor you for all these
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things and a matchless name of Jesus to Christ.
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How can we do? Pray, Amen.
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God bless y'all. I love you and I hope you have a
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fantastic day today. Y'all, take care.
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One last stop. Some of the things you're
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praying for aren't coming to you.
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They're waiting for you to walk up, unlock the door, and claim
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what's been yours the entire time before you go.
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What's 1 area where you need to stop thinking like an outsider
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and start thinking like someone who owns the house?