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When You Feel Like Giving Up, Prayer Gives You Strength to Keep Going · 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 Vali Gocher.
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  - I'm your host. And today's prayer topic is
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  - what to do when you feel like giving
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  - up and how prayer gives you the strength
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  - to keep going.
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  - Scriptural text comes from Isaiah forty thirty one
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  - and reads, but those who hope in the
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  - Lord will renew their strength.
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  - Now
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  - life, as we've talked about in previous episodes
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  - is,
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  - challenging,
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  - right?
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  - We get hit on every side and,
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  - sometimes it feels like there's just really no
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  - air,
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  - in the room, no oxygen in the room.
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  - And so it it feels like,
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  - you know, maybe we're spiritually
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  - hydroplaning,
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  - so much so that sometimes life doesn't become
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  - easier after we pray. The challenges still remain
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  - and and the waiting continues and the answers
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  - seem delayed.
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  - And, you know, quite frankly, we quietly begin
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  - wondering if we have the strength to keep
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  - moving forward.
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  - Well,
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  - maybe not in our own strength. Right. But
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  - in the strength of the Lord,
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  - we can do all things. Right.
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  - We often expect prayer to remove every obstacle,
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  - which is not gonna happen because God is
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  - more concerned about our character development
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  - than our ease.
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  - Instead, God frequently uses prayer to strengthen us
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  - while we walk through each of these obstacles
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  - and reminds us that he will never leave
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  - us or forsake us, even though we might
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  - doubt and think differently.
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  - His greatest miracle isn't always changing the circumstance,
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  - but I am source for taker that
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  - he's usually going to change
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  - you
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  - when you when you allow him to do
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  - so.
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  - And because
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  - prayer is,
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  - so important,
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  - it renews what pressure has drained. Right? It's
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  - it's it's like releasing the the pressure valve.
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  - It reminds us that our strength comes from
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  - God's presence rather than perfect circumstances. Right? Because
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  - life isn't perfect. In fact, it's often messy
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  - and,
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  - painful
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  - and leaving
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  - us with
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  - more questions than than answers.
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  - And every time we return to him,
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  - the beautiful part about that is he meets
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  - us with fresh grace for another day.
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  - And,
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  - that's where,
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  - in the Lord's prayer, he gives us our
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  - daily bread. Whatever the task is for the
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  - day, he gives it to us to be
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  - able to fulfill,
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  - whatever it is for his glory.
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  - So take heart.
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  - Know that prayer is always the key, even
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  - though it doesn't seem like it. Scripture says,
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  - though it tarry, wait for it. Tarry is
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  - another word for for enduring or or just
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  - sticking to it.
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  - Yes. We we might feel like we're gonna
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  - pass out. Yes, we might feel like we're
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  - gonna faint. But know that through God's
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  - power,
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  - it is possible
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  - to to to make it through to the
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  - other side.
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  - So that being said,
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  - let's
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  - pray.
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  - Father God, thank you that we never have
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  - to rely on our own strength.
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  - When we feel weary,
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  - renew our hearts.
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  - When we feel discouraged, remind us of your
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  - promises.
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  - When we feel like giving up, fill us
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  - with courage to keep trusting.
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  - Help us walk forward with confidence knowing that
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  - you are strengthening
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  - us every step of the way,
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  - And we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Don't let discouragement have the final word.
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  - Always return to God.
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  - Today, tomorrow,
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  - every day.
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  - Keep returning.
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  - And
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  - that being said,
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  - always remember
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  - to meet God at the time.