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Speaker 1: abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide meditation. I'm Tyler Boss.

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Speaker 1: What is making you anxious these days? Probably a lot

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Speaker 1: of things. So before we go any further, take a deep,

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Speaker 1: deep breath. Now, slowly release it. Let the tension drain

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Speaker 1: out of you as you spend time in God's word.

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Speaker 1: We're not talking about clinical anxiety disorders today. We're talking

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Speaker 1: about those worries and fears that can keep you from

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Speaker 1: living the abundant life God desires for us Psalm fifty,

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Speaker 1: verse fifteen, and the New Living Translation says, they call

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Speaker 1: on me when you are in trouble, and I will

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Speaker 1: rescue you, and you will give me glory. God stands

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Speaker 1: ready to fill you with his peace, even if your

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Speaker 1: circumstances are still difficult. Even if the thing's worrying you

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Speaker 1: don't get resolved immediately. What's keeping you from experiencing God's peace?

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Speaker 1: Perfect love casts out fear. Jesus's beloved disciple, John tells

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Speaker 1: us in One John four eighteen. Are you anxious about

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Speaker 1: the future? God is already there. God wants you to

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Speaker 1: move forward and trust that He is with you. Rescue

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Speaker 1: might not always look like you think you should, and

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Speaker 1: that's where faith comes in. When you turn to God,

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Speaker 1: he will transform your anxiety into peace. He will rescue

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Speaker 1: you from harmful thoughts. Prayer is the key. Trust in

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Speaker 1: God's amazing power to hear and answer you in the darkness,

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Speaker 1: in the silence and the uncertainty, God is working. Father God,

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Speaker 1: I'm so very thankful for your presence. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: walking with me every step of the way. You exist

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Speaker 1: outside of time, So in that future that I am

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Speaker 1: anxious about, you're already there, waiting for me. In the

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Speaker 1: darkness that surrounds me. You shine in the overwhelming silence.

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Speaker 1: You speak with a still small voice. I want to

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Speaker 1: trust that when I call to you. You will hear

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Speaker 1: me and answer me. Give me this abundant faith to believe,

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Speaker 1: and I ask in the powerful name of Jesus my Savior. Amen,

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Speaker 1: take another long, deep breath. As you feel your body

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Speaker 1: relax and your heart rate begin to slow down, open

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Speaker 1: your hands, indicating your release of your worries and your

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Speaker 1: acceptance of God's peace. The opposite of faith is not doubt.

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Speaker 1: It's fear. It's an indication that you're not fully trusting

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Speaker 1: God to do what he says he can do. Confess

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Speaker 1: to God those things that you are having trouble trusting

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Speaker 1: him with. Today. God has shown himself to be faithful

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Speaker 1: to save over and over again throughout the Old Testament,

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Speaker 1: and then perfectly in the Advent of his son Jesus.

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Speaker 1: All we need to do is cry out to him

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Speaker 1: and he will lift us up. Father, You're the God

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Speaker 1: of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. You never change. You know

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Speaker 1: the number of hairs on every head of everyone in

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Speaker 1: the world. You know all the stars by name, you

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Speaker 1: placed them in space. I'm so thankful for your power,

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Speaker 1: for your wisdom, for your grace. I admit I'm often afraid,

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Speaker 1: but I don't want to live that way, Take away

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Speaker 1: my anxiety, Lord, and fill me with your peace. I

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Speaker 1: pray this in Jesus Holy name. Amen. Isaiah twenty six

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Speaker 1: y three says you keep him in perfect peace, whose

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Speaker 1: mind has stayed on you because he trusts in you.

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Speaker 1: Keep your eyes on Jesus until next time. May you

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Speaker 1: abide in Christ