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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer,

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Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you

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Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter

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Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can

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Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after

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Speaker 1: this short word from our sponsor, you will pray through

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Speaker 1: today's prayer for Freedom from Guilt together. A Prayer for

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Speaker 1: Freedom from Guilt written and read by Carrie Ikebrayer or four.

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Speaker 1: There is now no condemnation for those who are in

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Speaker 1: Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus, the law of the

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Speaker 1: Spirit who gives life, has set you free from the

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Speaker 1: law of sin and death Romans eight, verse one and two.

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Speaker 1: I've been through seasons where my physical ability was largely limited,

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Speaker 1: met with the sense of neglecting the daily demands and

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Speaker 1: desires of my children, home, and husband. Also the feeling

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Speaker 1: of falling short of the expectations of myself and others,

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Speaker 1: and simultaneously, guilt seemed to sneak into my struggling soul,

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Speaker 1: sometimes even shame for not pushing myself harder or powering

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Speaker 1: through the pain, even if deep down I believed I

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Speaker 1: had little control and knew it was nearly impossible to

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Speaker 1: fill all the voins I saw. Then, there have been

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Speaker 1: the times when guilt took hold of me regarding something

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Speaker 1: I did have some to say over, when I've made mistakes, misstepped,

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Speaker 1: or messed up moments when, if I'm being honest, if

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Speaker 1: I had taken it to God like I should have

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Speaker 1: and could have, I would have done things differently.

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Speaker 2: Guilt.

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Speaker 1: I have felt it many times in all sorts of scenarios.

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Speaker 1: Let me guess you have too. In fact, I bet

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Speaker 1: if you paused long enough to ponder it, you would

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Speaker 1: locate some level of guilt during somewhere within today, something

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Speaker 1: you feel like you should be doing that you're not,

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Speaker 1: something you maybe should have done or said that you didn't,

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Speaker 1: and to some degree it weighs on you. It could

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Speaker 1: also be that you overtly send or maybe, like me,

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Speaker 1: you're not even sure if the act or lack thereof

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Speaker 1: was sinful at all, as in, you're not one hundred

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Speaker 1: percent certain if your actions and decisions or one hundred

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Speaker 1: percent pure and justified, and your confusion somehow even leaves

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Speaker 1: some lingering guilt. But let me ask you, have you

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Speaker 1: accepted Jesus into your heart? Have you surrendered and lifted

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Speaker 1: your will, ways and heart humbly to him. Because if

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Speaker 1: you have, you have been set free from any sin

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Speaker 1: and misstep. You may have messed up, or you may

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Speaker 1: not have at all, but either way, there is no

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Speaker 1: condemnation for those of Us and Jesus. I have a

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Speaker 1: feeling that you know this, but I have a feeling

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Speaker 1: you need this reminder repeatedly as I do. The bold

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Speaker 1: statement that opens Romans chapter eight says, therefore, there is

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Speaker 1: now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

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Speaker 1: because through Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit who

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Speaker 1: gives life, has set you free from the law of

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Speaker 1: sin and death. Christ follower, you can release your guilt

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Speaker 1: and your shame because Jesus has set you free. You

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Speaker 1: don't have to worry about who might be neglected because

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Speaker 1: of you, what isn't getting done because of you, or

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Speaker 1: what mistake you may have made. Our Father God is

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Speaker 1: in control of all things. He will use all things,

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Speaker 1: even that which we think went wrong or missed for good.

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Speaker 1: He is in control. He has care of you, He

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Speaker 1: has care of your people, He has care of your

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Speaker 1: path and theirs. If you have asked for his forgiveness.

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Speaker 1: You are forgiven period, and he forgives over and over.

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Speaker 1: He covers every single sin and doesn't condemn. His love

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Speaker 1: is unwaveringly unconditional. Seek and look to the Lord and

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Speaker 1: find freedom and his unlimited forgiveness and unconditional love. Find

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Speaker 1: freedom and his unfaith and care of all things around you,

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Speaker 1: regardless of you. There's nothing you did that can make

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Speaker 1: him love you any less. There's nothing you are doing

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Speaker 1: that will deter his grace, constant compassion, and control. And

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Speaker 1: there's nothing you will ever do that will alter his

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Speaker 1: good and perfect plan. You are in his love forever.

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Speaker 1: You are free forever. Let's pray, Father, God, you are

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Speaker 1: the God of my glorious freedom. You gave up everything

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Speaker 1: so that I could live free from the chains and

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Speaker 1: weight of guilt, shame, and every single sin, so that

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Speaker 1: I could walk freely and lightly all the days of

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Speaker 1: my life in your love, grace and mercy. And though

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Speaker 1: at times I tend to forget the gift of your

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Speaker 1: unlimited grace and I let guilt be again to fill.

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Speaker 2: Me, Lord, you already paid the price.

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Speaker 1: To free me from it. Remind me that there is

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Speaker 1: absolutely no condemnation for those who have accepted your son,

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Speaker 1: Jesus as Christ, give me confidence that no matter what

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Speaker 1: I have done, haven't done, or don't do, you never

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Speaker 1: condemn my repentant, humble heart. Jesus, I praise you for

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Speaker 1: your gift of freedom that will never leave me, for

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Speaker 1: your grace that will eternally bless me, and for the

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Speaker 1: great that you are in your glorious name. Amen. If

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