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Secure in God Not in Outcomes · Purpose of Heart Podcast

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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Purpose of Heart the Podcast, where real stories meet God's promises.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm Priscilla Allman, and every week we dive into powerful conversations about purpose in the pressure, through caregiving, illness, grief, addiction, and more.
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SPEAKER_00: If you've ever asked God, where are you in this?
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SPEAKER_00: Hello, and welcome back to Purpose of Heart, the podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Priscilla Allman, and I'm so happy you're here today.
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SPEAKER_00: Today we're gonna lean into a truth that has the power to steady your heart in every season, especially the uncertain ones.
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SPEAKER_00: Because if we're honest, many of us don't struggle with trusting God in theory.
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SPEAKER_00: We struggle with trusting him when we're not sure how things are gonna turn out, which honestly is the whole point.
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SPEAKER_00: We say we trust him, but sometimes we're still maybe a little bit anxious about the outcome.
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SPEAKER_00: We pray, but we're still trying to control the result.
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SPEAKER_00: We surrender, but only as long as things go the way we hoped.
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SPEAKER_00: So today we're gonna have an honest conversation.
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SPEAKER_00: What does it really look like to be secure in Him and not just secure in the outcomes?
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SPEAKER_00: Security is where your heart finds its stability.
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SPEAKER_00: It's the thing that when everything else feels uncertain, you cling to for peace and kind of certainty.
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SPEAKER_00: For many of us, the security kind of comes from the outcomes, or at least the way we think the outcomes are gonna go.
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SPEAKER_00: If this works out, I'll be okay.
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SPEAKER_00: If I get this opportunity, I'll feel secure.
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SPEAKER_00: If I get this relationship, or if it stays, if this door opens, if this plan succeeds, then I'll have peace.
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SPEAKER_00: But what kind of happens when the outcome is delayed?
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SPEAKER_00: Or it's so different than what you expected or planned for?
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SPEAKER_00: Or what if it completely falls apart?
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SPEAKER_00: If your security is in the outcome, then your peace is kind of fragile.
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SPEAKER_00: And it will become fragile because things happen.
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SPEAKER_00: But when your security is in God, your peace becomes anchored.
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SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 says, Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
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SPEAKER_00: In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
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SPEAKER_00: Notice it doesn't say trust the outcome, it says trust the Lord.
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SPEAKER_00: Part of why we attach our security to outcomes is because it feels like control.
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SPEAKER_00: If we can just plan enough, prepare enough, do everything just right, then maybe we can guarantee the result.
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SPEAKER_00: But the truth is, control is an illusion.
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SPEAKER_00: We are not sovereign.
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SPEAKER_00: God is.
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SPEAKER_00: But if not, we do not serve your gods.
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SPEAKER_00: That is powerful.
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SPEAKER_00: They believed God could deliver them, but if their but their faith wasn't shaken even if he didn't.
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SPEAKER_00: That is what it means to be secure in God and not in the outcomes.
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SPEAKER_00: Now let's be clear: letting go of outcomes doesn't mean that you stop caring.
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SPEAKER_00: It means you stop caring what was never yours to hold.
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SPEAKER_00: You can pray boldly, prepare diligently, hope expectantly, and still release the outcome to God.
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SPEAKER_00: Philippians 4, 6 to 7 says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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SPEAKER_00: And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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SPEAKER_00: Notice the exchange.
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SPEAKER_00: You give him your requests, he gives you his peace.
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SPEAKER_00: Not necessarily immediate answers, not guaranteed outcomes, but peace that guards your heart, that surpasses all understanding.
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SPEAKER_00: When your security rests in God, something changes, it shifts.
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SPEAKER_00: You're no longer constantly anxious about what if.
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SPEAKER_00: You're anchored in even if.
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SPEAKER_00: Not because you have certainty about the outcome, but because you have certainty about God.
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SPEAKER_00: So today I want you to invite you to examine your heart.
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SPEAKER_00: Where has your security been placed?
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SPEAKER_00: Is your peace tied to something working out in a certain way?
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SPEAKER_00: Or is it rooted in who God is?
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SPEAKER_00: And if you've been holding tightly to an outcome, you don't have to force yourself to let it go all at once.
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SPEAKER_00: Just begin by opening your hands and saying, God, I trust you more than I trust this outcome.
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SPEAKER_00: You are always so good to me.
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SPEAKER_00: If this spoke to your heart today, I want you to carry this truth with you.
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SPEAKER_00: Your peace was never meant to depend on outcomes.
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SPEAKER_00: It was always meant to rest in God.
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SPEAKER_00: Stay anchored, stay trusting, stay grounded in Him.
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SPEAKER_00: And I will see you soon in the next episode.
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SPEAKER_00: Until then, friends.
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SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening to Purpose of Heart the Podcast at www.purpose of heartpodcast.com.
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SPEAKER_00: I can't wait to walk with you again in next week's episode.
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SPEAKER_00: See you there.