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Come Back to Here – The Formed Future Becomes Now · Still, Here

• 0:01
  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
• 0:03
  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Psalms, chapter 46, verse 10.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: Be still and know that I am God.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: The mind can leave the present without the body moving at all.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: We replay yesterday.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_00: We revise conversations that cannot be changed.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: We rehearse problems that have not yet arrived.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: We prepare answers to questions no one has asked.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: We remain physically here while our attention lives somewhere else.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: The words of the psalm offer a way home.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: Be still and know that I am God.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: This is more than an invitation to become quiet.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: It is an invitation to release the need to manage every moment and return to awareness of God.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_00: The breath prayer draws our attention back to the center where Christ dwells,
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: not so we can become absorbed in ourselves, but so we can listen again.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: From that center, the world becomes visible in a new way.
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  SPEAKER_00: We notice what is happening within us while it is happening.
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: We become more attentive to the person beside us,
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: the atmosphere of the room,
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: the needs and possibilities of this moment, and what God may be doing here.
• 1:45
  SPEAKER_00: Here does not mean every circumstance is good.
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  SPEAKER_00: It does not mean we approve of everything we find.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: It means we consent to meet reality with God.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: We stop demanding that yesterday release us through endless analysis.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_00: We stop demanding that tomorrow reassure us before we live.
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  SPEAKER_00: We receive this moment as the place where grace is available.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: This is why here can become holy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not because the moment is dramatic or because everything feels spiritual,
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  SPEAKER_00: but because this is where God can be encountered,
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  SPEAKER_00: where a person can be loved, where a response can actually be made.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_00: The present becomes more than a point on the clock.
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  SPEAKER_00: It becomes the place of meeting.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here is where discernment becomes possible.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because the present is the only place where obedience can really occur.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_00: The next faithful action may be courageous or quiet.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: It may mean speaking, waiting, creating, apologizing, resting or beginning.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: Take three slow breaths.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: Notice what you see.
• 3:13
  SPEAKER_00: Notice what you feel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice who is present.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then ask one question.
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  SPEAKER_00: God, what is mine to do here?
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  SPEAKER_00: You have been formed for a future you cannot fully see.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now come back to the holiness of here.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_00: God is here.
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: You are here.
• 3:39
  SPEAKER_00: This is where faithfulness begins.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: God of the present moment, call me home from yesterday and tomorrow.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Meet me at the center of my life and open my eyes to this moment.
• 4:01
  SPEAKER_00: Help me see what is happening around me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Recognize what is mine to do.
• 4:07
  SPEAKER_00: And respond from the life of Christ within me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: As you rise from this quiet moment, carry this prayer with you.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: Be still and know that I am God.
• 4:29
  SPEAKER_00: Be still and know that I am God.
• 4:35
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• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: Be still and know that I am God.
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  [music]
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: If you would like to go deeper,
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_00: the written devotions and other resources are available at powerloveandmiracles.com.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open, stay present.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.
• 5:13
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