1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, hey there, friends, I'm Jody Nisnick and 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: this is our lent series helping us prepare our hearts 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: for Easter. This year, we are reflecting on the I 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: Am statements of Jesus, and this is a midweek prayer 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: to help us refocus our heart and our mind back 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: on Jesus. And we'll do that after we take a 7 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: quick break for a word from our sponsors. As we 8 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: begin our prayer time, I want to invite you to 9 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,639 Speaker 1: just take a few deep in and out breaths as 10 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: a way to settle your heart, your mind, your soul, 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: your body, and to be present right here and right now. 12 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: So take a deep breath in and slowly exhale. Keep 13 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: doing that little centering practice as I read the passage 14 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: for us to remind us of what we meditated on. 15 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: This is John fourteen, verses one through six in the 16 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: New Living Translation. Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust 17 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: in God, and trust also in me. There is more 18 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: than enough room in my father's home. If this were 19 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: not so, would I have told you that I Am 20 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: going to prepare a place for you. When everything is ready, 21 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: I will come and get you so that you will 22 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: always be with me where I am and you know 23 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: the way to where I am going. No, we don't, 24 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: Lord Thomas said, we have no idea where you are going, 25 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: So how can we know the way? Jesus told him, 26 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: I am the Way, the Truth, and the life. No 27 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: one can come to the Father except through me. Lord. 28 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: Thank you that you are the Way, the Truth, and 29 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: the life. Thank you that we do not have to 30 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: let our hearts be troubled because you are with us, 31 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: and you are prepared, wearing a place for us, and 32 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: you will return for us. In this quiet moment, though 33 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: we do recognize our hearts are troubled, Lord, because there 34 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: are so many things happening around us and in us, 35 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: and we want to lay those before you now. So Lord, 36 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: in this moment, would you hear the troubles of our 37 00:03:28,400 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: heart and would you help us trust you, you say, trust, 38 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: and God trust also in me. Help us in this 39 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: moment to trust that you have everything under control. Lord. 40 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: We are longing for you to return, and so we 41 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: ask in this moment, would you come back Lord soon? Lord? 42 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: We ask that until that day you would help us 43 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: wait well. And Lord, we ask that you would guide 44 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: us in the way that you want us to walk 45 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: You say that you are the Way, You are the Truth, 46 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: you are the Life. And in this moment, Lord, we 47 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: ask if there is something specific you want to invite 48 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: us to. Would your spirit speak those words over us, 49 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: Whether it's a small act of love that we can 50 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: do in this moment or something bigger that you are 51 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: preparing us for. Speak to us and to our hearts 52 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: right now. Lord. I know that some of us probably 53 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: heard your spirit loud and clear, and others felt like 54 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: maybe it was just quiet. And so I want to 55 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: remind us all through this prayer that you have made 56 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: your will known to us. You have told us we 57 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: are to love you with everything we have, and we 58 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. So 59 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: help us do that today. That is part of the 60 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: way that you have revealed to us. So, Lord, as 61 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: we walk through the remaining days of this Litton season, 62 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: help us to follow you closely. We ask this in 63 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,679 Speaker 1: the name of Jesus, the one who is the Way, 64 00:06:46,720 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: the Truth, and the Life. Amen. Well, friends, I will 65 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: see you next week for our next meditation.