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Bedtime Story for Deep Relaxing Sleep_ Jacob and Esau · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Find rest as you listen to this peaceful bedtime story.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the story of Jacob, Esau and struggles with God.
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  Speaker 2: If you sum up Jacob's story, God and family play
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  Speaker 2: two big parts. Jacob's family, like so many, struggled just
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  Speaker 2: to get along. His twin brother, Esau, got so mad
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  Speaker 2: he wanted to kill Jacob. So Jacob fled to his
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  Speaker 2: relative Laban for safety. But Laban tricked Jacob into working
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  Speaker 2: for him for twenty years. And when Jacob became rich anyway,
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  Speaker 2: Laban's sons complained that Jacob took their wealth for himself.
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  Speaker 2: What a mess. In the midst of family trials, God
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  Speaker 2: offered healing and hope far beyond Jacob's imagination. First, Jacob
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  Speaker 2: was learning the hard lesson of humility. Then God's mysterious
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  Speaker 2: plan unfolded. God's family was about to get a new name.
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  Speaker 2: This would be the family that God uses to bring
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  Speaker 2: Jesus the Savior to all people in the world. So
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  Speaker 2: as you fall asleep, may you find peace knowing that
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  Speaker 2: God's spirit heals divisions between family and friends. Just come
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  Speaker 2: in humility, and remember, if we walk in the light
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  Speaker 2: as God is in the light, then we have fellowship
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  Speaker 2: with each other, and the blood of Jesus his Son
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  Speaker 2: cleans us from all sin. Now commit today's tasks and
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  Speaker 2: worries to God. Soak in his presence and get comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: Just close your eyes and relax. Breathe in the unity
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  Speaker 2: of God's family and release division. As you breathe out,
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  Speaker 2: drift off to the land of dreams, just like Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: And if you fall asleep before I finish, all the better.
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  Speaker 2: God is present with you even while you dream. And listen.
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  Speaker 2: Now as I begin our time with an opening prayer,
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  Speaker 2: Dear God, fill my heart and mind fresh with your
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  Speaker 2: presence and your peace as I sleep. May your Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit guide my dreams. Just give me courage and humility,
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  Speaker 2: just as you gave it to Jacob. You blessed him
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  Speaker 2: and were faithful to him, and I believe you want
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  Speaker 2: to bless me and be faithful to me as well.
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  Speaker 2: So now renew me as I rest to him. You amen.
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  Speaker 2: Now I want you to imagine Jacob's life through his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: You grow up watching over goats and sheeps, wandering through
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  Speaker 2: springs and mountain forests, But you love to stick around
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  Speaker 2: home with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine her smiling at you
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  Speaker 2: as you run through the yard. She is old and
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  Speaker 2: has been as far back as you can remember. She
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  Speaker 2: thought she couldn't have kids, and your dad Isaac pleaded
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  Speaker 2: with God to have children. Your dad was sixty years
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  Speaker 2: old when you and your twin brother, Esau were born.
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  Speaker 2: Your brother, Esau's name means hair. He has thick hair
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  Speaker 2: like fur covering his neck and arms. Want you to
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  Speaker 2: imagine feeling Esau's prickly arms as you wrestle with him
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  Speaker 2: in your yard. Your father loves Esau. In fact, he
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  Speaker 2: loves him more than you. Esau is an outdoorsman, a
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  Speaker 2: hunter who adventures the rocky crags and hills to find
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  Speaker 2: game that he brings home and roasts over open fires.
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  Speaker 2: Smell the savory meat that he cooks for your dad.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, you're jealous, knowing your dad will smile at
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  Speaker 2: Esau and tell Esau how proud he is of him. Now,
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  Speaker 2: your name, Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your
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  Speaker 2: mom and dad say your name. Why would they call
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  Speaker 2: you Jacob?
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  Speaker 3: Deceiver?
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  Speaker 2: Jacob? Your mom calls out. You come running to her side. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: she whispers, I just heard your dad ask Esau to
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  Speaker 2: go out and bring him some wild game. Your dad said,
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  Speaker 2: make me a delicious meal so I can bless you
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  Speaker 2: with God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get
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  Speaker 2: two goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish.
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  Speaker 2: Take it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you, She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess.
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  Speaker 4: So you go out.
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  Speaker 2: You pick out two young, fat goats, and your mom
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  Speaker 2: cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even dress in
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  Speaker 2: your brother's clothes and cover your arms and neck with
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  Speaker 2: the hairy skin of a young goat. Your mom then
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  Speaker 2: hands you the steaming plate of meat. Feel Esau's rough shirt.
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  Speaker 4: On you just.
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  Speaker 2: It's your neck on the hairy goat skin. Hold the
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  Speaker 2: plate to your nose and smell the roasted meat you've
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  Speaker 2: taken pretending to a whole new level. You walk into
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  Speaker 2: your dad's room and set the food next to his bed.
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  Speaker 2: Feel his arms as he gives you a giant hug
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  Speaker 2: and squeezes your arms. He's almost blind, but still he
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  Speaker 2: hears your voice and senses that something is wrong. Are
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  Speaker 2: you really my son, Esau? He asks, yes, Yes, yes
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  Speaker 2: I am.
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  Speaker 4: You lie.
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  Speaker 2: Listen as your father gives you a blessing that you've
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  Speaker 2: wanted four years. May God always give you huge harvests
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  Speaker 2: of grain. May many nations serve you and bow down
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  Speaker 2: to you.
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  Speaker 5: May you be the.
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  Speaker 2: Master over your brothers. When he's done, you leave quickly,
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  Speaker 2: just before Esau gets back. Esau then hears that you
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  Speaker 2: stole his blessing. His cries echo across the homestead. No
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  Speaker 2: wonder his name is Jacob, Esau hollers. Now he has
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  Speaker 2: cheated me twice. Soon your mother calls for you again, Jacob,
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  Speaker 2: she says, Listen, Esau is planning to kill you. Get
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  Speaker 2: ready and flee to my brother Laban. Stay there until
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  Speaker 2: your brother cools off. When he calms down and forgets
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  Speaker 2: what you've done to him, then I will send.
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  Speaker 4: For you to come back.
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  Speaker 2: You immediately flee from your family, which is deeply broken
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  Speaker 2: now by lies and jealousy. Can God heal a family
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  Speaker 2: like yours? Can he use someone like you? Jacob the deceiver?
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  Speaker 2: We'll keep resting here for a moment and breathe in.
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  Speaker 2: Trust in God. Then breathe out and release your worries.
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  Speaker 2: Breathe in and let the Holy Spirit fill you with faith.
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  Speaker 2: Just rest now in God's arms. So now twenty years
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  Speaker 2: have passed and you're now heading back home and must
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  Speaker 2: deal with Esau. The Angel of God came to your
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  Speaker 2: dreams and told you to go back home. See God's
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  Speaker 2: angel now in your dreams. Hear the angel call out
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  Speaker 2: your name. You're camping with your family, Your eleven sons
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  Speaker 2: run around your camp on the hillsides. Hear your boys
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  Speaker 2: Judah and Reuben laughing. Watch Joseph skip past you smiling.
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  Speaker 2: Just reach down and give Joseph a hug. Tell Joseph
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  Speaker 2: to follow God's dreams for his life, just like you're
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  Speaker 2: following God's dreams for your life. Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: he's mad at you. What have you done? Laban says,
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  Speaker 2: you tricked me. You've carried off my daughters like captives
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  Speaker 2: in war. But the funny thing is you didn't trick Laban.
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  Speaker 2: He tricked you. Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah.
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  Speaker 2: He cheated you with wages and animals. His sons accused
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  Speaker 2: you of stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a
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  Speaker 2: single thing from them. You didn't even let me kiss
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  Speaker 2: my grandchildren and my daughters. Goodbye. Laban declares in frustration.
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  Speaker 2: I have the power to harm you. But last night
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  Speaker 2: the God of your father said to me, be careful
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  Speaker 2: not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
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  Speaker 2: What can this mean? Did the God of your dad
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  Speaker 2: Isaac just show up to Laban and tell him not
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  Speaker 2: to say anything good or bad? Is Laban trying to
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  Speaker 2: trick you again? What is my crime? You ask? So
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  Speaker 2: he kisses his grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them.
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  Speaker 2: Then he eaves and peace. Now once again you must
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  Speaker 2: face Esau. You send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask
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  Speaker 2: him if he's fine with me coming back home again.
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  Speaker 2: When the messengers return, you get frightened. We went to
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  Speaker 2: your brother Esau. They say, now he is coming with
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  Speaker 2: four hundred men to meet you, four hundred men. You
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  Speaker 2: are afraid and distressed, so you pray, Oh, God of
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  Speaker 2: my Grandpa Abraham and God of my dad Isaac. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: you said to me, go back to your country and
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  Speaker 2: your relatives, and I will make you prosper. I am
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  Speaker 2: unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown,
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  Speaker 2: your servant, Save me from my brother Esau. I am
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  Speaker 2: afraid he will come back and attack me and Leah
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  Speaker 2: and Rachel and my children. You told me I will
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  Speaker 2: make you psper, and will make your descendants like the
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  Speaker 2: sand of the sea, which cannot be counted. You decide
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  Speaker 2: to send gifts ahead to Esau, hoping to appease him
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  Speaker 2: in humility. You seek the approval of a brother who
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  Speaker 2: once planned to kill you. How will Esau respond to
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  Speaker 2: the gifts? Will he still hold his grudge? Or will
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  Speaker 2: he forgive you and restore your friendship. You pray for
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  Speaker 2: your family to live in peace. Rest for a moment
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  Speaker 2: and breathe in that same spirit of trust from God.
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  Speaker 2: Then breathe out and let go of any earthly thing
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  Speaker 2: that you're clinging to. Just breathe in and let the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit fill you with peace. Rest now in God's arms.
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  Speaker 2: You spend the night in your camp alone. Tomorrow morning
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  Speaker 2: you will see Esau. You were alone twenty years ago
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  Speaker 2: in a place just like this, when you fled from
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  Speaker 2: your brother. You had nothing but a staff and rested
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  Speaker 2: your head on a hard stone for a pillow. You
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  Speaker 2: dreamed of God's angels coming up and down a staircase
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  Speaker 2: from heaven to earth. Remember that once again. Now watch
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  Speaker 2: the angels again, going up and coming down from heaven.
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  Speaker 2: God stood above the angels and said, I am the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of
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  Speaker 2: your dad Isaac. I will give you and your descendants
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  Speaker 2: the land on which you are laying on right now.
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  Speaker 2: Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
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  Speaker 2: and you will spread out to the west and to
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  Speaker 2: the east, and to the north and to the south.
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  Speaker 2: All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and
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  Speaker 2: your children. I am with you and will watch over
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  Speaker 2: you wherever you go, and I will bring you back
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  Speaker 2: to this land. I will not leave you until I
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  Speaker 2: have done what I have promised I will do through you.
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  Speaker 2: All peoples on earth will be blessed through you. What
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  Speaker 2: could this mean? What great work could God be doing
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  Speaker 2: through your children to bless the whole earth? You are
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  Speaker 2: no longer alone. A man has entered your camp. Where
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  Speaker 2: did he come from? How long has he been watching
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  Speaker 2: you and following you? He says nothing. You don't know
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  Speaker 2: what he wants. But the two of you suddenly begin
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  Speaker 2: to wrestle. You struggle with each other. Feel your hands
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  Speaker 2: lock with his hands, feel your chest and head knock
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  Speaker 2: against his. You have struggled your entire life, even from
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  Speaker 2: the womb, You wrestled your brother, who you must struggle
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  Speaker 2: with tomorrow. Now, through the night, you continue the struggle, wrestling, shoving,
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  Speaker 2: being shoved. But this man does not overpower you. You
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  Speaker 2: pass the deepest, darkest part of the night in faint starlight.
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  Speaker 2: You know what you want. You're not fighting this man
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  Speaker 2: to beat him. You're fighting for his favor. You want
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  Speaker 2: his blessing. The first glow of morning begins to show
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  Speaker 2: on his face. Suddenly, the man touches your hip. You
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  Speaker 2: feel the socket of your joint wrench in pain, but
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  Speaker 2: still you don't let go. Let me go. The man says,
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  Speaker 2: it is the start of a new day. I will
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  Speaker 2: not let you go. You say, unless you bless me,
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  Speaker 2: what is your name? The man asks, Jacob. You say,
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  Speaker 2: my name is deceiver. Then the man says, your name
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  Speaker 2: will no longer be Jacob, the deceiver. Your name will
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  Speaker 2: be Israel, which means he struggles with God. You have
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  Speaker 2: struggled with God and with humans and have overcome? What
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  Speaker 2: does this name mean for your family, for God's family?
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  Speaker 2: Do we struggle with God? Then the man blesses you.
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  Speaker 2: You realize that you are staring into the very face
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  Speaker 2: of God. How does he look to you? How does
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  Speaker 2: it feel to be blessed by God? Then suddenly you
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  Speaker 2: look up and see Esau approaching you with four hundred men.
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  Speaker 2: You bow down before him humbly. You've surrendered yourself to
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  Speaker 2: the will of a brother who once plotted to kill you.
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  Speaker 2: But yet Esau is running to meet you. He throws
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  Speaker 2: his arms around your neck and kisses you in a
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  Speaker 2: huge embrace. You hold your brother tightly and weep. At last,
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  Speaker 2: he loves you, and you love him. You tell him,
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  Speaker 2: when I saw your face, it was like seeing the
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  Speaker 2: face of God. For you, now, what's it like to
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  Speaker 2: see the face of God? You, now named Israel, have
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  Speaker 2: struggled with God and been blessed. So pace your breathing
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  Speaker 2: now as you continue to listen to the word of
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  Speaker 2: God as it's preyed over you softly in this continuing
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  Speaker 2: time of peaceful relaxation. Just breathe slowly and deeply as
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  Speaker 2: you listen to God. God's word for you. Just breathe,
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  Speaker 2: just imagine, just dream. You can lie down and sleep
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  Speaker 2: soundly because the Lord will.
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  Speaker 4: Keep you safe.
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  Speaker 2: For God is not a god of confusion, but of peace.
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  Speaker 2: Turn away from evil, do good, seek peace, Pursue peace.
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  Speaker 2: Cast all of your anxieties on him because he cares
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  Speaker 2: for you. Sleep and wake up refreshed because the Lord
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  Speaker 2: will protect and care for you. Now, May the God
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  Speaker 2: of Peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole
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  Speaker 2: spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the
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  Speaker 2: coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration, comfort another,
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  Speaker 2: agree with one another, live in peace, and the God
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  Speaker 2: of love and peace will be with you. Now. May
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  Speaker 2: the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at all times.
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  Speaker 2: In every way. The Lord be with you. Quiet. Return
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  Speaker 2: to the safety of God's Word, the centering word from
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction. Rest beloved.
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  Speaker 2: I pray that all may go well with you, and
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  Speaker 2: that you may be in good health as it goes
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  Speaker 2: well with your soul. And let the peace of Christ
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  Speaker 2: rule in your heart to which indeed you were called,
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  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
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  Speaker 2: down and sleep for the Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: abide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
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  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone. Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours. Rest there, God's presence will go with you,
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  Speaker 2: and He will give you rest. The spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
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  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
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  Speaker 2: God by faith. Enter his place of rest. Remain in
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  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
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  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
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  Speaker 2: stayed on God, and you will find perfect peace. Your
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  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness, and in trust
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  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
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  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
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  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting. He
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  Speaker 2: is present in his presence. You find rest, peace, and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not, for God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
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  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
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  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. Just rest there, peace, Peace to the
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  Speaker 2: far and to the near, says the Lord, and I
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  Speaker 2: will heal you. Heaven is God's throne, and the earth
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  Speaker 2: is his footstool. Let this to be your place of rest.
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  Speaker 2: Your faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord so that he may return to you. He
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  Speaker 2: is slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness.
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  Speaker 6: Come home to him.
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  Speaker 2: But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
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  Speaker 2: open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial
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  Speaker 2: and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace.
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  Speaker 2: When you make and pursue peace, God satisfies your weary soul.
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  Speaker 2: He replenishes you. Agree with God and be at peace.
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  Speaker 2: Thereby good will come to you. The Holy Spirit is
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  Speaker 2: present and caring for you. The Lord cares for his
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  Speaker 2: own even while you sleep. Let not your heart be troubled,
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  Speaker 2: neither let it be afraid. Peace. I leave with you
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  Speaker 2: God's peace I give to you, not as the world
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  Speaker 2: gives peace, but God. Let the centering word be a
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  Speaker 2: pillow for you, cool, soft comforting, directing you back to God.
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  Speaker 2: Rest Now in the world you will have tribulation. But
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  Speaker 2: take heart, Jesus has overcome the world. So find peace.
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  Speaker 2: For God so loved the world that he gave his
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  Speaker 2: only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish,
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  Speaker 2: but have eternal life. The Lord and the Spirit are
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  Speaker 2: one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets you free.
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  Speaker 2: May mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you. Glory
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  Speaker 2: to God in the highest and on earth, peace among
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  Speaker 2: those with whom He is pleased. Don't be worried. Have
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  Speaker 2: faith in God, and have faith in Jesus. He is
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  Speaker 2: preparing a place for you. He is preparing your heart
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  Speaker 2: to be with him. No need to keep carrying your
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  Speaker 2: heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them. Jesus gives you rest.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is gentle, he is humble. Rest now in Jesus
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  Speaker 2: and find his rest. Even when storms suddenly strike around you.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus sleeps soundly, So can you rest now with the
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  Speaker 2: peace of Jesus. Come to God and rest a while.
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  Speaker 2: Come to him so he can give you rest. Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
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  Speaker 2: rest for your soul. Be at peace, show peace, for
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  Speaker 2: blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a worry and sleep soundly.
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  Speaker 2: But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Therefore,
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  Speaker 2: do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
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  Speaker 2: anxious for itself sufficient, for the day is its own trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Grace to you and peace from God, our Father and
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  Speaker 2: the Lord Jesus Christ. Don't be anxious or fearful of
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  Speaker 2: wandering thoughts. Just let His arms welcome you back cradle
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  Speaker 2: you rest now in his arms. Do not be anxious
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  Speaker 2: about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Let your requests be made known to God. Let your
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  Speaker 2: thoughts be thoughts of love, of faith, of hope, of rest,
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  Speaker 2: and of peace. What you have learned and received and
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  Speaker 2: heard and seen in Jesus. Practice these things, and the
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  Speaker 2: God of Peace will be with you. The peace of God,
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  Speaker 2: which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind.
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  Speaker 2: In Christ Jesus. A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: When your way pleases the Lord, he makes even your
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  Speaker 2: enemies to be at peace with you. Fold your hands
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  Speaker 2: and rest in the presence of the Lord. Lie down,
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  Speaker 2: and do not be afraid. When you lie down, your
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  Speaker 2: sleep will be sweet. Glory be to the Father and
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  Speaker 2: to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it
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  Speaker 2: was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be
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  Speaker 2: world without end. Our Father in heaven, like you send
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  Speaker 2: your son into the world. Send us now into the
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  Speaker 2: world in the power of your Holy Spirit, as ministers
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  Speaker 2: of reconciliation and ambassadors of your kingdom. As we go,
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  Speaker 2: please bless us and keep us. Make your face to
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  Speaker 2: shine upon us, and be gracious to us. Lift your
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  Speaker 2: countenance upon us, and give us peace. In the name
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  Speaker 2: of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Welcome to
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  Speaker 2: the story of Jacob, Esau and struggles with God. If
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  Speaker 2: you sum up Jacob's story, God and family play two
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  Speaker 2: big parts. Jacob's family, like so many, struggled just to
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  Speaker 2: get along. His twin brother, Esau, got so mad he
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  Speaker 2: wanted to kill Jacob, so Jacob fled to his relative
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  Speaker 2: Laban for safety, and Laban tricked Jacob into working for
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  Speaker 2: him for twenty years. And when Jacob became rich anyway,
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  Speaker 2: Laban's sons complained that Jacob took their wealth for himself.
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  Speaker 4: What a mess.
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  Speaker 2: In the midst of family trials, God offered healing and
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  Speaker 2: hope far beyond Jacob's imagination. First, Jacob was learning the
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  Speaker 2: hard lesson of humility. Then God's mysterious plan unfolded. God's
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  Speaker 2: family was about to get a new name. This would
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  Speaker 2: be the family that God uses to bring Jesus the
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  Speaker 2: Savior to all people in the world. So as you
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  Speaker 2: fall asleep, may you find peace knowing that God's spirit
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  Speaker 2: heals divisions between family and friends. Just come in humility,
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  Speaker 2: and remember, if we walk in the light as God
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  Speaker 2: is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other,
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  Speaker 2: and the blood of Jesus, his Son cleans us from
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  Speaker 2: all sin. Now commit today's tasks and worries to God.
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  Speaker 2: Soak in his presence and get comfortable. Just close your
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  Speaker 2: eyes and relax. Breathe in the unity of God's family
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  Speaker 2: and release division. As you breathe out, drift off to
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  Speaker 2: the land of dreams. Just like Jacob. If you fall
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  Speaker 2: asleep before I finish all the better, God is present
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  Speaker 2: with you even while you dream. And listen. Now, as
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  Speaker 2: I begin our time with an opening prayer, Dear God,
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  Speaker 2: fill my heart and mind fresh with your presence and
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  Speaker 2: your peace as I sleep. May your Holy Spirit guide
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  Speaker 2: my dreams. Just give me courage and humility, just as
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  Speaker 2: you gave it to Jacob. You blessed him and were
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  Speaker 2: faithful to him, And I believe you want to bless
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  Speaker 2: me and be faithful to me as well. So now
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  Speaker 2: renew me as I rest in you. Amen. Now I
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  Speaker 2: want you to imagine Jacob's life through his eyes. You
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  Speaker 2: grow up watching over goats and sheeps, wandering through springs
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  Speaker 2: and mountain forests, but you love to stick around home
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  Speaker 2: with your mom, Rebecca. Imagine her smiling at you as
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  Speaker 2: you run through the yard. She is old and has
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  Speaker 2: been as far back as you can remember. She thought
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  Speaker 2: she couldn't have kids, and your dad Isaac pleaded with
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  Speaker 2: God to have children. Your dad was sixty years old
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  Speaker 2: when you and your twin brother, Esau were born. Your
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  Speaker 2: brother Esau's name means hair. He has thick hair like
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  Speaker 2: fur covering his neck and arms. Want you to imagine
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  Speaker 2: feeling Esau's prickly arms as you wrestle with him in
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  Speaker 2: your yard. Your father loves Esau. In fact, he loves
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  Speaker 2: him more than you. Esau is an outdoorsman, a hunter
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  Speaker 2: who adventures the rocky crags and hills to find game
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  Speaker 2: that he brings home and roasts over open fires. Smell
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  Speaker 2: the sav meat that he cooks for your dad. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: you're jealous, knowing your dad will smile at Esau and
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  Speaker 2: tell Esau how proud he is of him. Now, your name,
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  Speaker 2: Jacob means deceiver. You cringe sometimes when your mom and
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  Speaker 2: dad say your name. Why would they call you Jacob? Deceiver? Jacob?
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  Speaker 2: Your mom calls out. You come running to her side. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: she whispers, I just heard your dad ask Esau to
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  Speaker 2: go out and bring him some wild game. Your dad said,
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  Speaker 2: make me a delicious meal so I can bless you
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  Speaker 2: with God's blessing before I die. Listen, Jacob, go get
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  Speaker 2: two goats and I will make your dad's favorite dish.
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  Speaker 2: Take it to him so he'll bless you instead of Esau.
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  Speaker 2: Your mom wants you to trick your dad before he dies.
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  Speaker 2: She loves you. She wants the best for you, even
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  Speaker 2: if it might make a whole new mess.
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  Speaker 4: So you go out.
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  Speaker 2: You pick out two young fat goats, and your mom
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  Speaker 2: cooks your dad's favorite meal. Then you even dress in
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  Speaker 2: your brother's clothes and cover your arms and neck with
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  Speaker 2: the hairy skin of a young goat. Your mom then
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  Speaker 2: hands you the steaming plate of meat. Feel Esau's rough
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  Speaker 2: shirt on you just it's your neck on the hairy
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  Speaker 2: goat's skin. Hold the plate to your nose and smell
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  Speaker 2: the roasted meat you've taken. Pretending to a whole new level,
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  Speaker 2: You walk into your dad's room and set the food
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  Speaker 2: next to his bed. Feel his arms as he gives
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  Speaker 2: you a giant hug and squeezes your arms. He's almost blind,
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  Speaker 2: but still he hears your voice and senses that something
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  Speaker 2: is wrong. Are you really my son, Esau? He asks, yes, yes, yes,
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  Speaker 2: I am Eli. Listen as your father gives you a
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  Speaker 2: blessing that you've wanted for years. May God always give
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  Speaker 2: you huge harvests of grain. May many nations serve you
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  Speaker 2: and bow down to you. May you be the master
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  Speaker 2: over your brothers. When he's done, you leave quickly, just
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  Speaker 2: before Esau gets back. Esau then hears that you stole
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  Speaker 2: his blessing. His cries echo across the homestead. No wonder,
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  Speaker 2: his name is Jacobs. Now he has cheated me twice.
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  Speaker 2: Soon your mother calls for you again, Jacob, she says, listen,
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  Speaker 2: Esau is planning to kill you. Get ready and flee
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  Speaker 2: to my brother Laban. Stay there until your brother cools off.
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  Speaker 2: When he calms down and forgets what you've done to him,
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  Speaker 2: then I will send for you to come back. You
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  Speaker 2: immediately flee from your family, which is deeply broken now
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  Speaker 2: by lies and jealousy. Can God heal a family like yours?
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  Speaker 2: Can he use someone like you, Jacob the deceiver. I'll
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 2: keep resting here for a moment and breathe in, trust
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  Speaker 2: in God. Then breathe out and release your worries. Breathe
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  Speaker 2: in and let the Holy Spirit fill you with faith.
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  Speaker 2: Just rest now in God's hones arms. So now twenty
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  Speaker 2: years have passed and you're now heading back home and
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  Speaker 2: must deal with Esau. The Angel of God came to
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  Speaker 2: your dreams and told you to go back home. See
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  Speaker 2: God's angel Now in your dreams, hear the angel call
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  Speaker 2: out your name. You're camping with your family, your eleven
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  Speaker 2: sons run around your camp on the hillsides. Hear your
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  Speaker 2: boys Judah and Reuben laughing. Watch Joseph skip past you smiling.
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  Speaker 2: Just reach down and give Joseph a hug. Tell Joseph
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  Speaker 2: to follow God's dreams for his life, just like you're
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  Speaker 2: following God's dreams for your life. Then your uncle Laban arrives. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: he's mad at she. What have you done? Laban says,
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  Speaker 2: you tricked me. You've carried off my daughters like captives
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  Speaker 2: in war. But the funny thing is you didn't trick Layman.
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  Speaker 2: He tricked you. Laban tricked you to marry his daughter Leah.
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  Speaker 2: He cheated you with wages and animals. His son's accused
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  Speaker 2: you of stealing his wealth, but you didn't steal a
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  Speaker 2: single thing from them. You didn't even let me kiss
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  Speaker 2: my grandchildren and my daughters. Goodbye, Laban Declaire's in frustration.
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  Speaker 2: I have the power to harm you. But last night,
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  Speaker 2: the god of your father said to me, be careful
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  Speaker 2: not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
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  Speaker 2: What can this mean? Did the god of your dad
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  Speaker 2: Isaac just show up to Laban and tell him not
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  Speaker 2: to say anything good or bad? Is Laban trying to
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  Speaker 2: trick you again? What is my crime? You ask? So
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  Speaker 2: he kisses his grandchildren and his daughters and blesses them.
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  Speaker 2: Then he leaves in peace. Now once again you must
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  Speaker 2: face Esau. You send messengers ahead to him, saying, ask
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  Speaker 2: him if he's fine with me coming back home again.
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  Speaker 2: When the messengers return, you get frightened. We went to
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  Speaker 2: your brother Esau. They say, now he is coming with
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  Speaker 2: four hundred men to meet you. Four hundred men are
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  Speaker 2: afraid and distressed. So you pray, O, God of my
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  Speaker 2: Grandpa Abraham, and God of my dad Isaac. Lord, you
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  Speaker 2: said to me, go back to your country and your relatives,
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  Speaker 2: and I will make you prosper. I am unworthy of
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  Speaker 2: all the kindness and faithfulness that you have shown, your servant,
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  Speaker 2: Save me from my brother Esau. I am afraid he
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  Speaker 2: will come back and attack me and Leah and Rachel
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  Speaker 2: and my children. You told me, I will make you prosper,
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  Speaker 2: and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea,
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  Speaker 2: which cannot be counted. You decide to send gifts ahead
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  Speaker 2: to Esau, hoping to appease him. In humility, you seek
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  Speaker 2: the approval of a brother who once planned to kill you.
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  Speaker 2: How will Esau respond to the gifts? Will he still
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  Speaker 2: hold his grudge, or will he forgive you and restore
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  Speaker 2: your friendship? You pray for your family to live in peace.
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  Speaker 2: Rest for a moment and breathe in that same spirit
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  Speaker 2: of trust from God. Then breathe out. Let go of
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  Speaker 2: any earthly thing that you're clinging to. Just breathe in
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  Speaker 2: and let the Holy Spirit fill you with peace. Rest
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  Speaker 2: now in God's arms. You spend the night in your
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  Speaker 2: camp alone. Tomorrow morning you will see Esau. You were
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  Speaker 2: alone twenty years ago in a place just like this,
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  Speaker 2: when you fled from your brother who had nothing but
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  Speaker 2: a staff, and rested your head on a hard stone
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  Speaker 2: for a pillow. You dreamed of God's angels coming up
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  Speaker 2: and down a staircase from heaven to earth. Remember that
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  Speaker 2: once again. Now watch the angels again going up and
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  Speaker 2: coming down from heaven. God stood above the angels and said,
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  Speaker 2: I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham
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  Speaker 2: and the God of your dad Isaac. I will give
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  Speaker 2: you and your descendants the land on which you are
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  Speaker 2: laying on right now. Your descendants will be like the
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  Speaker 2: dust of the earth, and you will spread out to
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  Speaker 2: the west, and to the east, and to the north
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  Speaker 2: into the se All peoples on earth will be blessed
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  Speaker 2: through you and your children. I am with you and
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  Speaker 2: will watch over you wherever you go, and I will
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  Speaker 2: bring you back to this land. I will not leave
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  Speaker 2: you until I have done what I have promised. I
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  Speaker 2: will do through you. All peoples on earth will be
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  Speaker 2: blessed through you. What could this mean? What great work
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 2: could God be doing through your children to bless the
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  Speaker 2: whole earth? You are no longer alone. The man has
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 2: entered your camp. Where did he come from? How long
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  Speaker 2: has he been watching you and following you? He says nothing.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know what he wants, but the two of
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  Speaker 2: you suddenly begin to wrestle. You struggle with each other.
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  Speaker 2: Feel your hands lock with his hands, feel your chest
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  Speaker 2: and head knock against his. You have struggled your entire life,
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  Speaker 2: even from the womb. You wrestled your brother, who you
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  Speaker 2: must struggle with tomorrow. Now through the night, you continue
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  Speaker 2: the struggle, wrestling, shoving, being shoved. But this man does
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  Speaker 2: not overpower you. You pass the deepest, darkest part of
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  Speaker 2: the night in faint starlight. You know what you want.
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  Speaker 2: You're not fighting this man to beat him. You're fighting
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  Speaker 2: for his favor. You want his blessing. The first glow
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  Speaker 2: of mourning begins to show on his face. Suddenly the
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  Speaker 2: man touches your him. You feel the socket of your
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  Speaker 2: joint wrench in pain, but still you don't let go.
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  Speaker 2: Let me go. The man says, it is the start
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  Speaker 2: of a new day. I will not let you go.
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  Speaker 2: You say, unless you bless me. What is your name?
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  Speaker 2: The man asks, Jacob. You say, my name is Deceiver.
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  Speaker 2: Then the man says, your name will no longer be
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 2: Jacob the Deceiver. Your name will be Israel, which means
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 2: he struggles with God. You have struggled with God and
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 2: with humans and have overcome. What does this name mean
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  Speaker 2: for your family? For God's family who we struggle with God?
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  Speaker 2: Then the man blesses you. You realize that you are
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 2: staring into the very face of God. How does he
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  Speaker 2: look to you? How does it feel to be blessed
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  Speaker 2: by God? Then suddenly you look up and see Esau
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  Speaker 2: approaching you with four hundred men. You bow down before
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  Speaker 2: him humbly. You surrendered yourself to the will of a
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 2: brother who once plotted to kill you. But yet Esau
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  Speaker 2: is running to meet you. He throws his arms around
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  Speaker 2: your neck and kisses you in a huge embrace. You
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  Speaker 2: hold your brother tightly and weep. At last, he loves you,
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  Speaker 2: and you love him. You tell him, when I saw
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  Speaker 2: your face, it was like seeing the face of God.
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  Speaker 2: For you, Now, what's it like to see the face
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  Speaker 2: of God. You, now named Israel, have struggled with God
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  Speaker 2: and been blessed. So pace your breathing now as you
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 2: continue to listen to the word of God as it's
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  Speaker 2: prayed over you softly in this continuing time of peaceful relaxation.
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  Speaker 2: Just breathe slowly and deeply as you listen to God's
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  Speaker 2: word for you. Just breathe, Just imagine, just dream. You
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  Speaker 2: can lie down and sleep soundly because the Lord will
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  Speaker 2: keep you safe. For God is not a god of confusion,
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  Speaker 2: but of peace. Turn away from evil, do good, seek peace,
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  Speaker 2: pursue peace. Cast all of your anxieties on him because
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  Speaker 2: he cares for you. Sleep and wake up refreshed because
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 2: the Lord will protect and care for you. Now, may
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  Speaker 2: the God of Peace himself sanctify you completely, and may
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  Speaker 2: your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless
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  Speaker 2: with the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Aim for restoration,
• 1:23:33
  Speaker 2: Comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace,
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  Speaker 2: and the God of Love and peace will be with you. Now.
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  Speaker 2: May the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at
• 1:24:16
  Speaker 2: all times. In every way, the Lord be with you. Quiet,
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  Speaker 2: Return to the safety of God's Word, the centering word
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 2: from the Holy Spirit. Let it buffer you from distraction.
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  Speaker 2: Rest beloved. I pray that all may go well with you,
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  Speaker 2: and that you may be in good health as it
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  Speaker 2: goes well with your soul. And let the peace of
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 2: Christ rule in your heart, to which indeed you were called,
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  Speaker 2: and be thankful. Stay in peace. You will both lie
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  Speaker 2: down and sleep. The Lord alone will help you rest,
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  Speaker 2: bide and dwell in safety. A time to love, a
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  Speaker 2: time to hate, a time for war, a time for peace,
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  Speaker 2: and a time for slumber. Salvation has come to you
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  Speaker 2: by God's grace alone, through faith in Jesus alone, Salvation
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  Speaker 2: is yours.
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  Speaker 5: Rest there.
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  Speaker 2: God's presence will go with you, and he will give
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  Speaker 2: you rest. The Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
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  Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Strive for peace and for the holiness, so
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 2: that you may see the Lord. You are united with
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  Speaker 2: God by faith enter his place of rest. Remain in
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 2: a sabbath rest. When you enter the rest of God,
• 1:31:30
  Speaker 2: you also find rest from your work. Keep your mind
• 1:32:05
  Speaker 2: stayed on God and you will find perfect peace. Your
• 1:32:41
  Speaker 2: faith is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace.
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  Speaker 2: He is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Rest in God,
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  Speaker 2: and you shall be saved. In quietness and in trust
• 1:33:26
  Speaker 2: shall be your strength. The effect of God's righteousness will
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 2: be peace, and the result of righteousness quietness and trust. Forever,
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  Speaker 2: my people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure
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  Speaker 2: dwellings and in quiet resting places. God is everlasting, He
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  Speaker 2: is present. In his presence. You find rest, peace and strength.
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  Speaker 2: Fear not, for God is with you. Be not dismayed,
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  Speaker 2: for He is your God. God will strengthen you. God
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  Speaker 2: will help you. God will uphold you with his righteous
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  Speaker 2: right hand. Your name is written on the hand of God.
• 1:37:18
  Speaker 2: He knows you, He cares for you. You were always
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 2: in his thoughts. Let's rest there, peace, peace to the far,
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  Speaker 2: into the near, says the Lord, and I will heal you.
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  Speaker 2: Heaven is God's throne and the earth is his footstool.
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  Speaker 2: Let this too be your place of rest. Your faith
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  Speaker 2: is firm, and the Lord gives you perfect peace. He
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  Speaker 2: is forever your mighty rock and comfort. Return to the
• 1:39:52
  Speaker 2: Lord so that he may return to you. He is
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  Speaker 2: slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. Come home
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  Speaker 2: to him. But the wisdom from above is first pure,
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  Speaker 2: then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and
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  Speaker 2: good fruits, impartial and sincere, and a harvest of righteousness
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  Speaker 2: is sown in peace. When you make and pursue peace,
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  Speaker 2: God satisfies your weary soul. He replenishes you. Agree with
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  Speaker 2: God and be at peace. Thereby good will come to you.
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  Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is present and caring for him. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord cares for his own even while you sleep. Let
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  Speaker 2: not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Peace.
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  Speaker 2: I leave with you God's peace. I give to you,
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  Speaker 2: not as the world.
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  Speaker 3: Gives peace, but God.
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  Speaker 2: Let the centering word be a pillow for you, cool, soft, comforting,
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  Speaker 2: directing you back to God. Rest. Now in the world
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  Speaker 2: you will have tribulation. But take heart, Jesus has overcome
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  Speaker 2: the world. So find peace. For God so loved the
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  Speaker 2: world that he gave his only son, that whoever believes
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  Speaker 2: in him should not perish. But have eternal life. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and
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  Speaker 2: the Lord's spirit sets you free. May mercy, peace and
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  Speaker 2: love be multiplied to you. Glory to God in the
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  Speaker 2: highest and on earth, Peace among those with whom He
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  Speaker 2: is pleased. Don't be worried. Have faith in God, and
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  Speaker 2: have faith in Jesus. He is preparing a place for you.
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  Speaker 2: He is preparing your heart to be with him. No
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  Speaker 2: need to keep carrying your heavy burdens. Jesus has taken them.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus gives you rest. Jesus is gentle, is humble. Rest
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  Speaker 2: now in Jesus and fine is rest. Even when storms
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  Speaker 2: suddenly strike around you. Jesus sleeps soundly. So can you
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  Speaker 2: rest now with the peace of Jesus. Come to God
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  Speaker 2: and rest awhile, come to Him so he can give
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  Speaker 2: you rest. Jesus is gentle and lowly in heart, and
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  Speaker 2: you will find rest for your soul. Be at peace,
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  Speaker 2: show peace. What blessed are the peacemakers. Rest without a
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  Speaker 2: worry and sleep soundly. But seek first the Kingdom of
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  Speaker 2: God and his righteousness. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: for to morrow will be anxious for itself sufficient for
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  Speaker 2: the day is its own trouble. Grace to you and
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  Speaker 2: peace from God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Don't be anxious or fearful, wandering thoughts. Just let His
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  Speaker 2: arms welcome you back. Cradle you rest now in His arms.
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  Speaker 2: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything my
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  Speaker 2: prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. Let your requests be made
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  Speaker 2: known to God. Let your thoughts be thoughts of love,
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  Speaker 2: of faith, of hope, of rest and peace. What you
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  Speaker 2: have learned and received and heard and seen in Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: Practice these things, and the God of Peace will be
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  Speaker 2: with you. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
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  Speaker 2: will guard your heart and your mine. In Christ Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: a tranquil heart gives life to the flesh. When your
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  Speaker 2: way pleases the Lord, he makes even your enemies to
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  Speaker 2: be at peace with you. Fold your hands and rest
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  Speaker 2: in the presence of the Lord. Lie down, and do
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  Speaker 2: not be afraid. When you lie down, your sleep will
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  Speaker 2: be sweet. Glory be to the Father and to the Son,
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  Speaker 2: and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning,
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  Speaker 2: is now and ever shall be world without end. Our
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  Speaker 2: Father in Heaven, like you send your son into the
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  Speaker 2: world send us now into the world in the power
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  Speaker 2: of your Holy Spirit, as ministers of reconciliation and ambassadors
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  Speaker 2: of your kingdom. As we go, please bless us and
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  Speaker 2: keep us. Make your face to shine upon us, and
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  Speaker 2: be gracious to us. Lift your countenance upon us, and
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  Speaker 2: give us peace. In the name of your son, our Lord,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 6: Amen.
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