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Letting Go | Trusting God When You Want Control · Divine515 Podcast

• 0:12
  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
• 0:16
  - Here is today's prayer.
• 0:22
  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
• 0:25
  - Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer focus is talking about trusting God
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  - when you want control.
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  - Scripture text comes from Proverbs three five through
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  - six and says, trust in the Lord with
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  - all your heart
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  - and lean not to your own understanding.
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  - Well, you know, control can disguise itself as
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  - responsibility.
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  - We tell ourselves we're just being prepared,
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  - but sometimes we're trying to manage the people,
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  - circumstances,
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  - timing, and outcomes around us
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  - because uncertainty makes us uncomfortable.
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  - And let's be honest,
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  - it can also be the result of maybe
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  - being emotionally
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  - or spiritually injured as well.
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  - And yet the more uncertain life becomes,
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  - the tighter we wanna hold on.
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  - Control gives us the feeling
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  - that we're protecting ourselves good
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  - luck
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  - with
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  - that,
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  - right?
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  - Because just
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  - good luck with that. Right? Because just being
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  - human
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  - is uncertainty
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  - in and of itself, and disappointment
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  - is unavoidable.
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  - But eventually, we discover how exhausting that is.
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  - But that does not mean that we're willing
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  - to release control.
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  - There are things we can influence.
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  - There are things we're responsible for, and there
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  - are things that simply belong to God.
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  - So
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  - maybe
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  - what needs to happen
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  - is that we have to continue this conversation
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  - by looking at
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  - ourselves and asking what am I trying to
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  - control that is actually mine to control?
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  - And even asking that question can be a
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  - slippery slope. So we have to ask, God,
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  - show me
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  - what's mine
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  - and show me what's yours.
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  - It can be a very,
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  - sobering,
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  - process,
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  - but definitely
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  - worth it.
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  - Then we name that thing
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  - before God
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  - because prayer helps us loosen our grip without
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  - abandoning our responsibilities.
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  - God always welcomes the conversation
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  - and He
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  - always wants to encourage us to partner with
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  - Him.
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  - Remember I often said that we can be
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  - part of the answer to our prayer,
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  - and that also involves us trusting God with
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  - His.
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  - Remember, He never leaves us or forsakes us
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  - and always knows what's best for us.
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  - That being said,
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  - whatever the control issues or challenges you're facing
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  - today regarding control,
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  - let's take it to the throne.
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  - Heavenly father, show us where we're trying to
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  - control what belongs
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  - to you and place it in your hands.
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  - Give us wisdom
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  - to handle our responsibilities and faith to release
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  - everything else.
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  - When we feel the need to control the
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  - outcome,
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  - remind us that we can always
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  - trust in you because you always know what's
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  - best,
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  - and we will always give you the honor,
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  - the glory, and the praise in Jesus' name.
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  - Well,
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  - today,
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  - I challenge you to identify
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  - one thing you're trying to control
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  - and intentionally place it in God's hands.
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  - I understand
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  - it's easier said than done, but you can
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  - do it.
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  - And if you know someone who has been
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  - carrying the pressure of trying to hold everything
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  - together,
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  - I encourage you to share this prayer with
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  - him.
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  - And as always, remember, you don't have to
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  - control everything
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  - to trust the one who holds
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  - everything.