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The Renewed Mind – Held in Grace · Still, Here

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  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
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  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Romans, chapter 12, verse 2.
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  Don't be conformed to this world,
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  but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Many thoughts feel familiar simply because they have been repeated.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fear.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shame.
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  Scarcity Performance Over time,
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  those old patterns can begin to sound like truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: But familiarity is not the same as freedom.
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  Renewal begins when the mind is no longer ruled by what has
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  shaped it from the outside.
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  SPEAKER_00: Transformation starts to form within.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not just better thoughts, but a different way of seeing.
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  SPEAKER_00: What once felt absolute begins to look smaller.
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  SPEAKER_00: What once triggered instant reaction begins to lose its grip.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in that opening there is room.
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  SPEAKER_00: Room to pause.
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  SPEAKER_00: Room to listen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Room to respond from truth instead of fear.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the quiet miracle of renewal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not reserved for the especially holy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not given only to the unusually strong.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is the work of the Spirit in an open life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
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  SPEAKER_00: God of living truth, renew my mind from the inside out.
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  Break the old agreements I have made with fear,
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  shame,
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  scarcity,
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  and performance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Quiet the patterns that keep pulling me back into what is false.
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  SPEAKER_00: Create room within me to pause, to listen and to respond in peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as the day continues around you, carry this prayer with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Renew my mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach me to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: Renew my mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach me to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: Renew my mind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach me to see.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, stay steady, stay open,
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  SPEAKER_00: Stay present.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are still here.