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The Bible Effect | Why Obedience Feels Hard · Divine515 Podcast

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  - What if prayer became more than something you
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  - do?
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  - What if it became the way you live?
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  - Life can be overwhelming.
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  - The pressures are real.
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  - The questions
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  - are constant,
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  - and sometimes,
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  - it feels like you're carrying more than you
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  - were ever meant to carry alone.
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  - The inner chamber was created for those who
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  - desire more than occasional inspiration.
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  - It's a community for believers who want to
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  - build a consistent prayer life,
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  - grow in God's word, and walk alongside others,
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  - pursuing a deeper relationship with Christ.
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  - Inside the inner chamber, you'll find guided prayer
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  - experiences that help you apply scripture to everyday
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  - life,
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  - monthly biblical teachings that strengthen your faith,
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  - practical prayer strategies for life's real challenges,
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  - and a supportive community that encourages prayers and
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  - grows together.
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  - You don't have to figure out your prayer
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  - journey alone.
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  - Come discover what happens when believers gather with
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  - one purpose,
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  - to know God
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  - more deeply and walk with him more closely.
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  - Visit divine515.com
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  - to learn more and become part of the
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  - inner chamber community.
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  - Prayer isn't simply something we do. It's how
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  - we walk with God every day.
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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 daily prayer with Valerie
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  - Vircher.
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  - Today's
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  - prayer focus, we're talking about why obeying God's
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  - word can feel so difficult.
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  - Scripture text comes from John fourteen fifteen and
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  - says, if you love me, keep my commandments.
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  - So obedience sounds simple until God's word challenges
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  - something we don't wanna release.
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  - Things like forgive them,
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  - wait,
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  - apologize,
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  - give,
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  - trust me,
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  - walk away.
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  - Sometimes we understand exactly what scripture says.
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  - The difficulty comes when God's instruction conflicts with
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  - what we feel like doing.
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  - Our emotions often demand immediate relief,
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  - while obedience requires long term trust.
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  - We want God's promises,
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  - but sometimes struggle with his instructions.
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  - Yet obedience isn't God trying to control us.
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  - It's an expression of trusting that his wisdom
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  - is greater than ours.
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  - Prayer helps us surrender our will before taking
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  - the next step.
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  - When obedience feels difficult,
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  - pray specifically.
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  - Heavenly father, help me trust you more than
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  - I trust my feelings.
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  - Prayer doesn't always make obedience comfort.
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  - It gives us strength to obey anyway.
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  - Let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, teach me to trust your wisdom
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  - when your instructions challenge my desires.
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  - Give me courage to obey
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  - you even when my emotions pull me in
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  - another direction.
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  - Remind me that your commandments are rooted in
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  - your love
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  - and that your ways lead to life.
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  - Strengthen my heart to say yes to you,
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  - even when obedience
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  - cost me something.
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  - And I will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - What has God already shown you that you've
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  - been postponed?
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  - Take one step of obedience today.
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  - Continue growing with us at divide515.com.
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  - And remember, there's always room at the throne.