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The Bible Effect | Focused Bible Reading · 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 daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - Today's prayer focus is on how to stay
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  - focused when reading the Bible.
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  - Our key scripture today is Psalms one nineteen
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  - eighteen, and says, open my eyes that I
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  - may see wonderful things in your law.
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  - Okay.
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  - So you sit down to read your Bible,
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  - and suddenly you remember everything else you need
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  - to do.
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  - Your phone buzzes.
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  - Your mind starts building today's to do list.
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  - You read several verses before realizing you haven't
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  - absorbed a single one.
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  - Yep.
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  - Distraction can turn intentional time with God into
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  - another
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  - rushed activity.
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  - Our minds are accustomed to constant stimulation.
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  - Silence can actually
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  - feel uncomfortable
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  - because we're used to having something
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  - competing for our attention.
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  - But
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  - meaningful Bible study requires us to slow down
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  - long enough
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  - to engage with what we're reading.
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  - Prayer can become the doorway into focused Bible
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  - study.
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  - Before reading,
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  - take a minute to become still.
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  - Put away the distractions
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  - and pray.
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  - Father, quiet my thoughts
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  - and help me give you my
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  - attention.
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  - Then
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  - begin to read slowly.
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  - When your mind wanders, don't become frustrated.
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  - Simply return to the passage.
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  - Focus is something we can train.
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  - And now let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father,
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  - quiet the noise around and within us.
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  - Help us become fully present
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  - when
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  - we open your word.
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  - Give us discipline to put distractions aside
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  - and patience to slow down.
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  - Open our eyes to understand what you're teaching
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  - us and create within us a growing hunger
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  - for your truth.
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  - Let your voice become louder than everything
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  - competing for our attention,
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  - and we will bless you in Jesus' name.
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  - Amen.
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  - Before your next Bible study,
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  - try five destruction
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  - free minutes with God.
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  - If you wander off,
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  - just start again.
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  - Start small and build
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  - consistency.
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  - Find more practical resources for strengthening your prayer
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  - and scripture habits at divine515.com.
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  - And until tomorrow,
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  - keep meeting God at the the
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  - throne.