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Renew Your Mind Day 2 | Abide in Christ · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

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  Pastor Robert Young: Today's supporting scripture comes from John chapter 15 verse 5, where it says, I am the vine, you are the branches.
• 0:17
  Pastor Robert Young: If you remain in me, and I in you, you will bear much fruit.
• 0:23
  Pastor Robert Young: Apart from me, you can do nothing.
• 0:28
  Pastor Robert Young: The promise of becoming a new creation has a location.
• 0:34
  Pastor Robert Young: In Christ.
• 0:36
  Pastor Robert Young: This isn't just about believing in Jesus intellectually.
• 0:41
  Pastor Robert Young: It's about being united with Him.
• 0:44
  Pastor Robert Young: Think of a letter placed inside an envelope.
• 0:48
  Pastor Robert Young: Wherever the envelope goes, the letter goes.
• 0:53
  Pastor Robert Young: Whatever happens to the envelope happens to the leather.
• 0:58
  Pastor Robert Young: When you're in Christ, you are enveloped in his righteousness.
• 1:04
  Pastor Robert Young: You don't have to manufacture this new life on your own.
• 1:08
  Pastor Robert Young: You simply have to remain positioned in Him.
• 1:14
  Pastor Robert Young: Question for Reflection.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Do you feel like you're trying to change yourself from the outside in?
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  Pastor Robert Young: Or are you relying on your connection to Christ to change you from the inside out?
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  Pastor Robert Young: Our prayer for you today.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Lord, thank you that we don't have to save ourselves.
• 1:41
  Pastor Robert Young: We place ourselves in you today.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Cover us, surround us, and hold us.
• 1:50
  Pastor Robert Young: I stop striving and start my life hidden in Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Amen.