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Making Room for God: Choosing Stillness Over Hustle · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah!
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  Happy birthday, Noah! Did it? I don't know.
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  Noah. This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  This little light of rain, I'm gonna let it shine.
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  Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Yeah!
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  Daddy, I'm so excited, but I have one question. What's your question?
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  I'm going to be a pastor or a minister.
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  Good question. I don't know, but it is all in God's hands. Good morning.
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  You're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  My name is Angel Santana, and this is another edition of Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  We are also broadcasting live on TikTok this morning as we talk about so many
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  things, but this is the kind of continuation from yesterday's episode where
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  we talked about faith in the waiting,
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  holding on even when you don't see what God is doing.
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  But this morning, I heard something that made me pause.
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  Yes, I overheard a conversation about a student athlete from Brigham Young University.
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  And what she said went viral.
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  She was talking about their team schedule and how they don't practice on Sundays and,
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  Not because they can't, but because they've chosen not to.
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  And the reason is because Sundays is for faith. It's for God. It's for family.
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  And I just sat there for a second. And I'm like, wow, because in a world that's
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  always pushing for more, more work, more training, more hustle, they chose to stop.
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  That's not weakness, man. That's strength. and because real faith isn't just
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  what we believe, it's what we're willing to protect.
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  And boy, did that hit me hard because it made me ask, what space am I actually
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  making for God in my life?
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  Now, what I say, not what I post, but what I protect because let's be honest, we're busy.
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  Schedules are packed. Phones don't stop. there are always something pulling
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  at our attention but faith real faith requires space.
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  Wow. And what I love about this the most, what I love about this the most is
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  the next generation is not, they're just not talking about faith.
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  They're making room for it. And even when it costs them something,
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  even when it means doing less in the world that tells them more or to do more.
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  That is amazing to me, right? They're making room for this.
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  It's crazy because it's all about faith.
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  Man, well, that's what I'm thinking about today.
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  Making room for more, even when it costs something, even when it means doing
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  less in the world, that tells them to do more.
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  And that takes courage. We all have that courage.
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  Reminds me of Psalms 46 verse 10, be still and I know that I am God.
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  Be still, not rush, not perform, not chase, but still.
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  That's hard because stillness feels unproductive, but maybe that's where faith actually grows.
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  So here's the question to everyone today.
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  I've been sitting with this this morning before I started hitting the record button.
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  And I said, what are we willing to set aside to make room for God?
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  What are you willing to set aside? Because faith isn't just built in crisis.
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  It's built in the quiet decisions, the small choices, the moments where we stay
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  this time belongs to God.
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  And maybe for you, that's a Sunday.
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  Maybe it's a few minutes in the morning. Maybe it's turning everything off and
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  just to pray. Maybe it's turning on for half eight. Let it begin.
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  Maybe it's whatever it is and whatever it is, protect it, guard it because the space that's where.
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  That's where your relationship with God deepens. That's the space that you want. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, for this reminder today.
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  In the middle of our busy lives, in the noise and in the pressure,
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  in the constant movement, you're still calling us to be still.
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  Lord, help us to make space for you.
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  Not just when it's convenient, but intentionally. give us the courage to set
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  aside things so we can draw closer to you strengthen our faith,
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  not just in waiting but in our everyday choices especially the ones that we
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  make and father thank you for your youth for our youth for the example that
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  we're setting for the boldness that have to,
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  they have to honor you and help us to learn that we give this day to you and
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  we choose to make this room for you in it.
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  In Jesus' name that we pray. Amen.
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  Well, I'm done talking right now on the show. God be with you.
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  May God love and shine with you.
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  And may all of you remember that God loves you. God believes in you.
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  God's never going to leave your side.
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  And never forget, have faith.
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