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Letting Go | What Are You Still Carrying? · Divine515 Podcast

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  - Welcome to the divine five fifteen
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  - podcast. Here is this week's devotional.
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  - Hello, and welcome to daily prayers with Valerie
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  - Rocha.
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  - This month of October, we are addressing
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  - how
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  - to let
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  - go by making room for what God is
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  - doing next.
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  - Now we wanna start
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  - this series by saying that sometimes moving forward
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  - with God requires releasing what we've been carrying,
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  - and that's not always an easy thing.
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  - And so this month, what we want to
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  - focus on
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  - is
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  - not giving up, but surrendering the hurt control
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  - disappointment. And even those past seasons that can
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  - keep us from fully embracing where God is
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  - leading us next
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  - throughout this series, we'll learn what biblical surrender
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  - looks like and how prayer helps us release
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  - what we've been holding
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  - onto
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  - because sometimes the next step isn't about doing
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  - more.
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  - It's more about
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  - making room.
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  - So
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  - scripture texts
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  - today, it comes from Hebrews twelve and one.
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  - It says, let us throw off everything that
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  - hinders
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  - and the sin that so easily entangles.
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  - So we wanna
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  - continue the conversation by always addressing the problem,
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  - which is that some things become heavy simply
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  - because we've carried them way too long.
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  - It's an issue
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  - of normalization or comfortability.
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  - Those past disappointments,
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  - maybe it's words someone said,
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  - mistakes we can't undo,
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  - Or what about expectations that weren't fulfilled
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  - and relationships
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  - that changed when you were hoping that
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  - they would stay the same?
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  - Yes. We've learned how to function while carrying
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  - them.
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  - So it's not surprising that after a while,
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  - we don't even recognize the weight,
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  - but
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  - just because you've learned how to carry something,
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  - doesn't mean God intends for you to keep
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  - carrying it.
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  - So
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  - the idea of letting go can feel like
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  - losing control.
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  - Sometimes the pain has been with us so
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  - long that releasing it
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  - feels unfamiliar.
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  - And at other times, we're waiting for an
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  - apology and explanation or an outcome that may
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  - never come.
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  - I think it's just easier to point the
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  - finger at someone else than to assume our
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  - responsibility.
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  - But, hey, what are you gonna do? It's
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  - part of the human nature. Right?
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  - So
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  - we hold on.
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  - But Hebrews tells us to throw off everything
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  - that hinders.
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  - And yet not everything we carry is sinful,
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  - but it may not help us grow.
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  - And yet
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  - some things are simply too heavy to take
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  - where God is leading us.
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  - So the power of prayer
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  - is that it gives us a place to
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  - name what we're carrying,
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  - which requires courage, by the way.
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  - So
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  - instead of saying I'm fine, which
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  - is just another way of saying I don't
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  - wanna talk about it or leave me alone
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  - or,
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  - you know, fill in the blank. Right.
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  - We can come honestly before God and say,
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  - father,
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  - this is still bothering me, or this is
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  - still hurting me.
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  - I'm still disappointed.
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  - I'm still angry.
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  - I'm still holding onto
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  - what happened.
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  - Now, the key here is to remember that
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  - surrender
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  - begins with honesty
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  - and honesty first comes
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  - with oneself
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  - and sometimes freedom begins when we finally place
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  - into God's hands what we've been carrying in
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  - ours.
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  - That being said, let's pray.
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  - Heavenly father, show me what I've been carrying
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  - that you never
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  - intended me to keep.
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  - Give me courage to release the hurt,
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  - disappointment, and weight of the past.
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  - I place it into your hands and trust
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  - you with what I cannot change.
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  - Make room in my heart for what you're
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  - doing next.
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  - And I will bless you in Jesus name.
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  - Well, in this week's kingdom invitation,
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  - I would like to challenge you to ask
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  - yourself,
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  - what am I carrying that has become too
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  - heavy?
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  - Name it,
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  - pray about it,
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  - then begin releasing it.
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  - Sounds easy,
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  - but you can do it. It's a lot
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  - ease... It's a lot easier said than done.
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  - And if you desire a community where you
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  - can grow in prayer and know others are
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  - praying with you,
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  - I'd like to invite you into the inner
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  - prayer chamber community.
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  - Simply
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  - go and visit divide515.com
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  - forward slash free.
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  - And if someone came to mind during today's
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  - message,
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  - share this episode with them. They may be
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  - carrying something heavy too.
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  - And until next time,
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  - leave at the throne what you were never
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  - meant to carry away.