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Why We Drift Spiritually Without Realizing It | Stronger Together · 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 divine five one five
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  - daily prayers with Valerie Rocha.
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  - Today. I wanna talk about why we drift
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  - spiritually without even realizing it.
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  - And it comes from James
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  - four and eight,
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  - the scriptural text
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  - that says come near to God and he
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  - will come near to you.
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  - Now
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  - no one wakes up planning to drift away
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  - from God. Right?
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  - We may wake up with a lot of
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  - other things on our mind, but I don't
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  - think that that making the, the not making
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  - the connection is really on our to do
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  - list, if you will. But it usually happens
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  - one busy day at a time.
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  - Prayer becomes shorter.
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  - Scripture becomes occasional.
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  - And the worst culprit distractions
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  - become louder and more predominant.
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  - And before long, we we don't feel as
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  - connected to God as we once did,
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  - which is gonna zap us and and make
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  - us feel like we're spiritually hydroplaning.
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  - We often mistake being busy for being spiritually
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  - healthy.
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  - Activity can never replace intimacy.
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  - And a full schedule doesn't necessarily produce a
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  - full heart.
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  - And so
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  - if you're feeling like you're overwhelmed and you're
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  - feeling like you're not being,
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  - fed,
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  - prayer is what reconnects us with the father.
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  - Not because he moved, but because we intentionally
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  - return.
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  - Remember, his scripture tells us, come unto me
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  - all you who are burdened and heavy laden.
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  - In other words, if you're feeling like you're
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  - being overwhelmed, come to me,
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  - and I will replenish you. I will restore
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  - you
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  - because every conversation with God strengthens
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  - the relationship
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  - we were created to have with him. And
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  - that is the amazing thing about prayer.
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  - It is
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  - I'm telling you, it is like a super
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  - weapon. Right?
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  - And if you learn how to use your
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  - weapon, your weapon will work for you.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's take our burdens to the Lord in
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  - prayer.
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  - Heavenly father, thank you for always welcome
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  - welcoming us back
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  - into your presence.
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  - Draw our hearts close to yours and help
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  - us recognize the distractions that quietly
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  - compete
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  - for our attention.
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  - Create
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  - in us a deeper desire for your word,
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  - father, your presence,
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  - and daily conversation with you.
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  - We want more of you, not just the
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  - things that you offer.
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  - May our relationship become the foundation of everything
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  - you do. And as always, we will bless
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  - you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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  - If you're ready to move from occasional prayer
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  - to consistent intimacy with God,
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  - we wanna encourage you to visit the inner
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  - chamber prayer community,
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  - and you can do so by visiting divine515.com.
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  - And until tomorrow, keep meeting God at the
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  - throne because your prayers
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  - matter.