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Letting Go | Stop Carrying What God Asked You to Release · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five one five pod
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  - podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha.
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  - Today, we're talking about
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  - how to make room for what's next.
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  - Scripture text comes from Isaiah forty three nineteen
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  - and says, see, I am doing a new
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  - thing.
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  - Now it springs up.
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  - Do you not perceive it?
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  - Well,
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  - you know, we often ask God for something
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  - new while our hearts are still crowded with
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  - what was.
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  - Old disappointment,
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  - old expectations,
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  - old offenses,
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  - old plans,
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  - and
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  - old fears.
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  - We want the next season,
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  - but we're still emotionally living in the previous
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  - one.
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  - The challenge is that empty space can feel
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  - uncomfortable.
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  - I mean, when we release something, we don't
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  - always immediately know what will replace it.
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  - I'm sure this drives minimalist absolutely crazy. Right?
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  - I mean, that space requires trust,
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  - but perhaps every empty space doesn't need to
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  - be filled immediately.
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  - Or maybe we're not feeling it with the
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  - right things.
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  - Sometimes God uses the space
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  - to prepare us.
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  - The power of prayer is that it isn't
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  - only where we release.
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  - It's also where we become
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  - available.
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  - After surrendering something to God, instead of immediately
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  - asking what comes next,
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  - take the time to sit quietly
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  - with him.
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  - Remember,
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  - I always say God welcomes the conversation.
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  - And if you
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  - take the time to let him know that
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  - you're available
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  - and you want to know what he's doing
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  - next,
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  - you'll never be surprised.
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  - It does require for you to listen,
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  - to watch,
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  - and to stay open.
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  - Maybe god
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  - might change your direction.
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  - He may change your priorities,
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  - or
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  - he may begin by
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  - just simply changing you.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, we release what no longer belongs
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  - in this season.
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  - Clear the places in our heart that have
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  - become crowded with yesterday.
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  - Give us faith for what we cannot see
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  - and make us ready for whatever you desire
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  - to do next.
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  - We trust your timing and your direction,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - As our October
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  - devotionals
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  - end,
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  - we don't simply want to pick up everything
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  - you've spent this month.
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  - We wanna learn how to release it.
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  - So
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  - today's challenge is
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  - to ask God, what do you want to
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  - do with the room
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  - I've made?
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  - And remember,
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  - sit quietly and allow him to reveal it.
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  - Now the inner chamber is a place to
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  - continue the journey
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  - through intentional prayer,
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  - biblical encouragement, and opportunities to deepen your prayer
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  - life
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  - alongside a Christ centered community.
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  - And you can join free at divine515.com/free.
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  - And if letting go
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  - has helped you this month, share the divine
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  - five one five podcast with someone who's
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  - ready to release the past and trust God
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  - with what's next.
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  - And remember, you don't have to carry everything
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  - into your next season.
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  - Some things belong in God's hands,
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  - Some things belong in the past,
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  - and some things must be released so your
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  - hands are open for what comes next.
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  - Either way,
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  - lead the way with God
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  - and
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  - walk forward
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  - lighter.