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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: From the Salvation Army. Welcome to Heartbeat.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever made a mistake at work and spent

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Speaker 1: the next hour pretending it might magically fix itself, like

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Speaker 1: if I don't open that email, maybe it didn't happen.

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Speaker 1: But eventually you realize the fastest way to peace is

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Speaker 1: through confession, and most of the time it's not nearly

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Speaker 1: as bad as the story you told yourself. That's a

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Speaker 1: picture of how forgiveness works with God. We hide, we stress,

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Speaker 1: we rehearse our excuses, but God's not waiting to lecture us.

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Speaker 1: He's waiting to restore us. First, John says, if we confess,

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Speaker 1: he's faithful to forgive, not annoyed, not surprised, faithful. So today,

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Speaker 1: don't run from God because of your mistakes, Run to

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Speaker 1: Him with them. His grace will meet you there.

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Speaker 2: For more episodes of Heartbeat, visit Salvation Army Radio dot org.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to Heartbeat. We want

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Speaker 2: to thank the team at Life Audio for their partnership

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Speaker 2: with us on the show. Visit Lifeaudio dot com or

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Speaker 2: you'll find dozens of other faith centered podcasts in their network.

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Speaker 2: They have shows about prayer, Bible studying, parenting and more.

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Speaker 2: Thanks again for listening. We'll see you next time.