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The Courage to Start Again · Purpose of Heart Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Purpose of Heart the Podcast, where real stories meet God's promises.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Priscilla Allman, and every week we dive into powerful conversations about purpose in the pressure, through caregiving, illness, grief, addiction, and more.
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• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Hello.
• 0:40
  SPEAKER_00: And welcome to Purpose of Heart, the podcast.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Priscilla Allman.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today we're going to be talking about something tender, something brave, something many people are quietly walking through right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not starting for the first time, starting over.
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  SPEAKER_00: After the disappointment, after the loss, after the closed door, after the mistake, after the dream didn't unfold the way you imagined.
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting again requires a different kind of courage.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the first time you had excitement, the second time you have experience.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes that experience includes pain.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you're starting again in your career, starting again in a relationship, starting again after grief or loss, starting again after you failed publicly or privately.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's the question that whispers in moments like these: Do I even have it in me to try again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's begin here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Failure is an event, it is not your identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Proverbs 24, 16 says, For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice something, it does not say that the righteous never fall, it says they rise again.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's perseverance involved.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is refusal to let what happened define your future.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes we hesitate to begin again because we're afraid of looking foolish.
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  SPEAKER_00: We think, what will people say?
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  SPEAKER_00: What if I fail again?
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  SPEAKER_00: What if I misheard God?
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  SPEAKER_00: Isaiah 43, 18 through 19 says, Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old.
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  SPEAKER_00: Behold, I will do a new thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now it shall spring forth, shall you not know it?
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  SPEAKER_00: I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not a recycled thing, not a patched up thing, a new thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is not intimidated by your wilderness.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, he specializes in making roads there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the reason starting again feels scary is because we're grieving what was.
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  SPEAKER_00: And grief is not weakness, it's human.
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  SPEAKER_00: But staying in grief can quietly become agreement with hopelessness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lamentations three, twenty one to twenty three.
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  SPEAKER_00: This I recall to mind, therefore I have hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed because his compassions fail not.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are new every morning, great is your faithfulness.
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  SPEAKER_00: New every morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: That means yesterday does not get to dictate today.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is mercy for this chapter.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is grace for this attempt.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is strength for this restart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's talk about something practical.
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting again often requires humility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Humility to say, I need to learn, I need to grow, I need to adjust.
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  SPEAKER_00: James 4.10 says, humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not you will lift yourself up, he will.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's safety and surrender.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes the greatest courage is not boldness, it's obedience.
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  SPEAKER_00: Peter gives such a powerful example.
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  SPEAKER_00: After denying Jesus three times, imagine the shame.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine the regret.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine the internal spiral.
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  SPEAKER_00: But in John 21, Jesus restores him and not only restores him, he recommissions him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Failure did not disqualify Peter, it refined him.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're breathing, God's not finished.
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  SPEAKER_00: Philippians chapter 1, verse 6 says, being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: He began it, he sustains it, he completes it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your restart is not separate from his sovereignty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we think starting again means starting alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Psalm 37, 23 to 24 reminds us that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delights in his way.
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  SPEAKER_00: Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholds him with his hand, though he fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not if, though.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he shall not be utterly cast down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because the Lord upholds him.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are not restarting unsupportive.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are upheld.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's address the fear of making the same mistake.
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  SPEAKER_00: That fear can paralyze progress.
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  SPEAKER_00: Romans 8 28 says, and we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: All things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Even missteps, even delay, even heartbreak, even detours.
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  SPEAKER_00: God wastes nothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: What if the first attempt built muscles you didn't know you would need?
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  SPEAKER_00: What if the disappointment deepened your discernment?
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  SPEAKER_00: What if the delay strengthened your character?
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting again doesn't mean you go back to who you were.
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  SPEAKER_00: You begin again as someone wiser, stronger, more anchored.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes the restart isn't external, it's internal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you need to start again because you've drifted.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you became distracted.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe disappointment made you distant.
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  SPEAKER_00: But 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, then I will hear from heaven.
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  SPEAKER_00: God is not allergic to your return, he welcomes it.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no shame in coming back, there is only grace.
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  SPEAKER_00: The enemy would love for you to believe it's too late.
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  SPEAKER_00: You missed your window, you had your chance.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Ecclesiastes 3:11 says he has made everything beautiful in its time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not your timeline, his time.
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  SPEAKER_00: And sometimes the delay wasn't denial, it was development.
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  SPEAKER_00: So how do you practically begin again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Start small.
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  SPEAKER_00: Obedience is often quiet.
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  SPEAKER_00: Send the email, submit the application, schedule the appointment, have the conversation, open the Bible again, register for the class, take the first step.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pray again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zechariah 4.10 says, For who has despised the day of small things?
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  SPEAKER_00: Small beginnings are not insignificant.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's something deeply freeing.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't need everyone's approval to begin again.
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  SPEAKER_00: Galatians 1 10 says, For do I now persuade men?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or God, if I still please men, I would not be a bond servant of Christ.
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  SPEAKER_00: Starting again may not make sense to everyone.
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  SPEAKER_00: But obedience is not a group project.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is personal.
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  SPEAKER_00: The courage to start again is rooted in this truth.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your story isn't over.
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  SPEAKER_00: That chapter may have closed, but the author is still writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if God is still writing, then there is still hope.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isaiah 40, 31 says, But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.
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  SPEAKER_00: They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
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  SPEAKER_00: Renewed strength, not recycled strength, renewed.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you ever feel tired, ask for renewal.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: If you feel hesitant, ask for clarity.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you feel afraid, ask for courage.
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  SPEAKER_00: But do not settle in the ashes of what was.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is life beyond this moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: So today, if you're standing at the edge of a restart, let this be your reminder.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not disqualified.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are not behind beyond redemption.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're not too late.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're being refined.
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  SPEAKER_00: And courage does not mean you aren't scared.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means you move forward in anchored trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: The same God who carried you through the first chapter will carry you through the next.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, this is Purpose of Heart, the podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: May you find the courage to rise again, grace for the new beginning, and confidence that your story is still unfolding.
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  SPEAKER_00: Goodbye for now.
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  SPEAKER_00: I can't wait to walk with you again in next week's episode.
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