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Strong and Immovable – 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 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 58.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be steadfast,
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  SPEAKER_00: immovable,
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  SPEAKER_00: always abounding in the Lord's work,
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  SPEAKER_00: knowing that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
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  SPEAKER_00: Life pulls in many directions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Discouragement,
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  Fatigue Changing Emotions A lack of visible results All of it
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  can make the soul
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  feel unsteady Paul speaks of another kind of strength Steadfast
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  Immovable Not hard
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  Not numb Not pretending you are never affected Strong enough to
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  return to center
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  SPEAKER_00: when life tries to pull you away
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  SPEAKER_00: This kind of strength does not come from tightening up.
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  It comes from knowing what matters deeply enough that the
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  external pressure does
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  SPEAKER_00: not decide your direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from that inner steadiness, work becomes different.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not frantic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not hollow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not driven by fear.
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  SPEAKER_00: Your labor is not in vain because its value is rooted in God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only in what can be seen right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not need to harden yourself to remain steady.
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  You only need to keep returning to the deeper strength God is
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  already forming in you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
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  God of steady strength,
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  gather me again to you when life pulls at me from every side.
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  Keep me from building my stability on outcomes,
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  approval or visible success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Teach me to return to the deeper center of your presence within me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make my work an expression of alignment with you, not fear or striving.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let my life become steadfast, peaceful and strong in what truly matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: As you rise from this quiet moment, carry this prayer with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make me steadfast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep me steady.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make me steadfast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep me steady.
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  Make me steadfast Keep me steady Until next time Stay steady
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  Stay open Stay present
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  SPEAKER_00: You are still here