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Why Do I Keep Ignoring the Peace God Gives Me? | Walking in Spiritual Discernment · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five podcast.
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  - Here is today's prayer.
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  - Hello, and welcome to today's daily prayer.
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  - Today's prayer focus is
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  - addressing
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  - what to do if you've ever been in
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  - a situation where you ignore God's peace after
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  - he's given it to you.
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  - And the scripture I wanna
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  - use as our foundation
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  - comes from Philippians four six through seven,
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  - where it says, do not be anxious about
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  - anything, but in every situation by prayer and
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  - petition
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  - with thanksgiving,
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  - present your request to God.
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  - And the peace of God, which transcends all
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  - understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds
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  - in Jesus Christ.
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  - Now
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  - sometimes
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  - God gives us peace, but we talk ourselves
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  - out of it,
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  - which is the polar opposite of
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  - feeling anxious, right, about,
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  - what to do and our emotions being all
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  - over the place, which we addressed in an,
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  - an earlier prayer,
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  - episode.
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  - And we often overanalyze
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  - or overthink and second guess until
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  - our peace
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  - has been given away to anxiety.
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  - I mean, if truth be told,
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  - sometimes
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  - it's almost as if we don't
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  - believe that we deserve peace
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  - or that
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  - it's our birthright to have it.
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  - Or maybe
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  - that
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  - we we can't have it because
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  - we don't have the faith to believe and
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  - trust that God wants us to have good
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  - things. Right? And having peace of mind
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  - is part of those covenantal
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  - promises.
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  - And so
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  - we allow our doubt. We allow the uncertainties.
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  - We allow whatever it is
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  - to take precedence and give power
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  - to that thing that's causing us anxiety.
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  - And sometimes I would I would,
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  - argue that we also may do that because
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  - it's a place of comfort.
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  - Right? It doesn't feel good, but it's familiar
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  - to us. And trusting God and and and
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  - the peace that he's given us,
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  - that might not be a place of comfortability
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  - because we're not sure how long it's gonna
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  - last.
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  - And so
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  - because of it, we give way to the
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  - anxiety.
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  - And we trust our worries more than God's
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  - reassurance.
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  - But as I
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  - started at the beginning of the episode
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  - talking about it doesn't matter what it is
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  - we're going through,
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  - You know, life is gonna present a lot
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  - of challenges and problems that are gonna make
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  - us feel
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  - anxious despite our best efforts of not feeling
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  - it. But not only does God address the
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  - feeling of
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  - us being anxious,
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  - but he tells us the key to do
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  - it. He says,
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  - talk to me.
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  - Pray.
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  - Be thankful
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  - because it can always be worse.
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  - And then he says,
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  - tell me what it is that you're struggling
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  - with because I'm the perfect parent.
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  - I love you. I care for you, and
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  - I welcome the conversation.
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  - And then he gives us a promise.
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  - He says
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  - that his peace, not our peace, which really
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  - does surpass all understanding,
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  - in the midst of sometimes very difficult
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  - situations,
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  - it will transcend
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  - and supersede any kind of
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  - human understanding,
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  - which
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  - then leads to our hearts
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  - being comforted
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  - and protected
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  - as we continue to demonstrate and mirror the
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  - mind of Christ.
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  - So
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  - keep in mind the next time
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  - God gives you peace about something,
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  - the latest test is to always trust it
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  - against the word
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  - and know that
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  - you may not have the answer,
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  - but he is always the answer. And his
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  - answer will always
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  - be
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  - filled with peace,
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  - understanding,
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  - and comfort for your heart.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, teach us to trust the peace
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  - you provide.
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  - When anxiety
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  - tries to take over,
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  - remind us of your faithfulness.
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  - Help us to stop rehearsing
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  - worst case scenarios and start resting in your
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  - promises.
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  - Let your peace quiet our fears and become
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  - the guard over our hearts and minds.
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  - In Jesus' name, amen.
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