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Strengthened at the Throne: Creating Space to Hear God Clearly Devotional · Divine515 Podcast

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  Welcome to the divine five one five pod
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  podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  Hello, and welcome to divine five one five.
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  We wanna continue
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  the strengthened at the throne series
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  by talking about where Jesus prayed and how
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  he created space to hear God clearly.
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  Today's scripture comes from Luke five sixteen
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  and reads as follows.
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  But Jesus often withdrew to a lonely place
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  and prayed.
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  Now another pattern that we see in the
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  life of Jesus is where he prayed.
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  The scripture tells us that he often withdrew
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  to quiet
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  places,
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  mountains, gardens, and
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  solitary places.
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  It's as if he needed to empty out
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  the thoughts
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  in his mind.
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  These locations
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  weren't chosen for appearance.
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  They were chosen
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  for clarity.
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  Jesus intentionally
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  created space and time to hear the father.
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  In our everyday modern lives, noise is constant.
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  I'm sure you would agree
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  between the cell phone notifications,
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  schedules,
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  responsibilities,
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  multiple conversations, and
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  the various
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  TikTok and social media notifications,
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  it can be
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  overwhelming.
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  Yet without intentional space, the voice of God
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  can easily
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  be drowned out by everything else demanding our
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  attention.
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  Creating space doesn't
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  always mean escaping to a mountain, especially if
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  you live in a city. Right?
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  Sometimes,
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  it simply means stepping away from distractions
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  for a few minutes,
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  turning off the noise,
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  taking a walk,
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  sitting quietly,
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  opening scriptures,
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  just
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  detaching
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  from the everyday
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  hustle and bustle.
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  And when we intentionally
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  create space for prayer, we give our hearts
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  room to listen.
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  It's that
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  quiet still voice of the Holy Spirit
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  that gives us the wisdom and the guidance
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  that we need.
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  And listening
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  is where
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  direction, peace, and wisdom
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  begin to take shape.
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  Jesus
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  knew and understood
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  that strength comes
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  not only from speaking to God,
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  but from hearing him.
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  Pray with me.
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  Lord,
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  help me create a space in my life
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  to hear your voice.
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  Quiet the distractions
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  that compete for my attention.
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  Teach me to withdraw
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  from noise so I can draw
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  closer to you.
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  Fill those moments
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  with your wisdom
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  and peace.
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  If this episode
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  spoke to you,
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  share it with someone who might need encouragement
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  today.
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  Your share
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  helps this message reach
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  more people.