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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're glad to have you

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Speaker 2: listening with us. Today's topic is on quieting our Soul.

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Speaker 2: We'll return with the devotion after a brief message from

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Speaker 2: our sponsors. Quieting your Soul, When the world fells loud,

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Speaker 2: written and read by Sarah Fraser. For God alone, my

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Speaker 2: soul waits in silence. From Him comes my salvation. He

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Speaker 2: alone is my rock, and my salvation my fortress. I

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Speaker 2: shall not be greatly shaken. Psalms sixty two one through two.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever wished to turn off the noise of life?

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Speaker 2: I don't mean physically, although sometimes we find ourselves in

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Speaker 2: loud places. I have five children, and our house can

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Speaker 2: get very loud, very quickly. But the noises that bother me,

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Speaker 2: the noises that I wish I could get rid of,

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Speaker 2: are the noises of this world. The news, the stress,

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Speaker 2: and responsibilities all seem to keep my heart from experiencing peace.

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Speaker 2: My inner thoughts will dominate my life so that it's

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Speaker 2: not just external noise, but my mind feels loud too.

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Speaker 2: In Psalm sixty two, King David says that his soul

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Speaker 2: waits for God in silence, that when my soul is restless.

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Speaker 2: Waiting for God to rescue me or to show up

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Speaker 2: or give me answers. I don't wait in silence. I'm

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Speaker 2: usually spending my time worrying and trying to fix things.

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Speaker 2: David reminds us that rest is not automatic, but intentional.

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Speaker 2: David had to learn stillness. It doesn't just happen. David

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Speaker 2: does this because he has spent time thinking, meditating, and

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Speaker 2: dwelling on the truth of who God is, a rock,

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Speaker 2: fortress and strength. Some sixty two, verse two, David reminds

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Speaker 2: himself that he is not going to be shaken. This

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Speaker 2: word means to totter, get off course, or slip. It

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Speaker 2: reminds us that yes, we can feel disoriented for a moment,

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Speaker 2: but God can get us back on track when we

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Speaker 2: turned to him. In the next few verses, David acknowledges

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Speaker 2: the pressure he is under. He mentions being attacked and

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Speaker 2: feeling shaken. The reality is we will face stress, noise

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Speaker 2: of this world, but even the anxieties within our heart.

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Speaker 2: We don't ignore these things, but we take them to God.

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Speaker 2: David admits his fears, but ultimately and immediately. In Psalm

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Speaker 2: sixty two, verses five and six, reminds himself of where

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Speaker 2: true rest comes from. Yes, my soul finds rest in God.

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Speaker 2: Notice that David speaks to himself, taking the time to

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Speaker 2: reflect back to ourselves. The truth about God is key

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Speaker 2: to quieting the sounds of life around us. As we

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Speaker 2: do this, we redirect our hearts back to God. In

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixty two, David says the same thing in verses

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Speaker 2: one and two, and then again in five and six.

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Speaker 2: As David does this, he then turns his voice outward,

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Speaker 2: telling us how we two can have a rest filled soul.

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Speaker 2: Trust in Him at all times, O people, pour out

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Speaker 2: your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us Seelah,

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Speaker 2: Psalm sixty two eight. Stability comes from who God is,

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Speaker 2: not what life is feels like in our life. There

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Speaker 2: are many things that can be loud, things that would

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Speaker 2: distract us from God and his word. David was intentional

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Speaker 2: in Psalms sixty two, and we need to be as well.

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Speaker 2: Returning our thoughts back to God is the way to

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Speaker 2: quiet the noise. Peace is possible, and rest can be found.

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Speaker 2: Jesus invites all who would come to him find rest

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Speaker 2: in Him Matthew eleven twenty eight through thirty. We must

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Speaker 2: come though. God is the steady peace, the rock and

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Speaker 2: fortress we need daily. Let us be like David and

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Speaker 2: find our quiet in God. If your mind feels noisy tonight,

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Speaker 2: I walk through Psalm sixty two slowly on my podcast,

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Speaker 2: Psalms to help you sleep, helping you rest in God's presence.

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Speaker 2: As David reminds himself of the truth about God, his

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Speaker 2: soul slowly grows quieter. The noise around him does not

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Speaker 2: immediately disappear, but his heart becomes anchored in something steadier

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Speaker 2: than his circumstances. The same is true for us. We

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Speaker 2: may still live in busy homes, face stressful situation, or

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Speaker 2: carry anxious thoughts into the night, but we do not

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Speaker 2: have to be ruled by them. Intersecting faith and life,

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Speaker 2: God invites us to return to Him again and again,

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Speaker 2: finding refuge in His presence and rest for our weary souls.

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Speaker 2: Peace is not found in controlling every circumstance, but in

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Speaker 2: trusting the one who holds us steady. So tonight, when

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Speaker 2: the world feels loud, called pause and remind your soul

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Speaker 2: who God is. He is still your rock, your refuge,

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Speaker 2: and your rest. How might you be intentional with God today?

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Speaker 2: What distractions can you get rid of that it will

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Speaker 2: help quiet your soul? Additional reading Psalm forty six to ten,

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Speaker 2: Isaiah twenty six three, Matthew eleven twenty eight through thirty

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Speaker 2: John fourteen twenty seven.

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