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Letting Go | Surrender the Outcome · Divine515 Podcast

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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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  - Well, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer focus
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  - is
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  - talking about how to surrender the outcome.
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  - Scripture text comes from Psalms thirty seven and
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  - five and says, commit your way to the
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  - Lord,
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  - trust in him, and he will do this.
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  - Well, you know, one of the problems that
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  - we face is that we can pray about
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  - something and still secretly hold onto the outcome.
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  - I mean, we tell God what we want,
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  - how we want,
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  - when we want,
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  - and sometimes
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  - exactly how we think he should make it
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  - happen.
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  - Now truth be told,
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  - that's not really surrender.
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  - And sometimes
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  - it's a plan we're asking God to approve,
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  - but we have to remember
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  - that true surrender leaves room for God to
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  - answer
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  - differently
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  - than we expected.
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  - Remember, the scripture says, I know the plans
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  - that I have for you, and his plans
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  - are always so much better than ours.
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  - And
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  - that's difficult
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  - to surrender control because we have preferences,
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  - hopes, and plans.
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  - But trusting God means believing his wisdom is
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  - still good even when his answer looks different
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  - from ours.
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  - And that's the power of prayer.
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  - You see, there's a powerful shift
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  - between
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  - God, please make this happen,
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  - and God, this is what I desire,
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  - but I trust you with the outcome.
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  - You can ask boldly and surrender completely.
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  - Those aren't opposites.
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  - That's trust.
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  - And when you lay
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  - all
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  - of
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  - the control down,
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  - you'll find
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  - you'll have peace and perfect surrender.
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  - That being said,
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  - let's go to the throne.
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  - Dear lord, you know what I'm
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  - hoping for.
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  - I bring my desires
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  - honestly before,
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  - but I release my demand to control the
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  - outcome.
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  - Give me faith to trust your wisdom,
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  - your timing, and your direction,
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  - even when they differ from mine.
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  - And I will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Well,
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  - we want to remind you
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  - that
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  - whether you're dealing with anxiety,
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  - worry,
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  - surrender,
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  - whatever it is,
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  - it's always a good time to open your
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  - hands and pray.
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  - Father I've done what I can
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  - the rest belongs to you.
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  - Now the challenge is to resist the urge
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  - to immediately pick it back up
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  - but
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  - it's doable
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  - and God will help you.
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  - If this week's prayers have helped you release
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  - some of the pressure of trying to control
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  - everything,
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  - share the divine five one five podcast
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  - with someone who needs that same freedom.
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  - And if you'd
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  - like ongoing encouragement, as you develop a stronger
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  - prayer life, the inner chamber gives you a
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  - Christ centered community,
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  - prayer support, and opportunities to grow deeper in
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  - God's word in prayer.
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  - forward slash free.
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  - And remember,
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  - do what God gives you to do.
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  - Release
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  - what you cannot control.
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  - Trust him with the outcome.
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  - Open your hands
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  - because God can be trusted with what you
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  - release.