1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer, 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening 4 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after this short word from 6 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer for Tuning our 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: Lives to God's Voice. A Prayer for Tuning our Lives 8 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: to God's Voice, written by Sophia Bricker, read by Leah Gerard. 9 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: The King answered the people harshly, rejecting the advice given 10 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: him by the elders. He followed the advice of the 11 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: young men and said, my father made your yoke heavy. 12 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you 13 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 1: with whips, I will scorge you with scorpions. One Kings 14 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: twelve thirteen through fourteen. Entering the Performing Arts theater, I 15 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: could already hear the musicians preparing for the show. The 16 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: mixture of sounds as they tuned their instruments provided an 17 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: orchestra of sorts. The warm flow of the violin with 18 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: undertones of low notes on the cello, the clarinets and 19 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: flutes rising and falling in pitch and the occasional sound 20 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: of a blowing tuba. Having worked at the theater for 21 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: multiple years, I was accustomed to the noise and found 22 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: a sense of comfort in the hum Most of the 23 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: musicians could tune by ear, recognizing when a note popped 24 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: off course. This skill came from years of diligent practice 25 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: and by paying close attention to the sound of properly 26 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: tuned instruments. When they finally performed, the sounds wove together 27 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: to produce a pleasing, harmonious mixture. Not everyone is trained 28 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: to recognize when an instrument needs to be tuned. In 29 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: my experience, I had to rely on an outside source 30 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: to tune my guitar. I used a small electronic device 31 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: that could read the sound of the string and tell 32 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: me to tighten or loosen it. Slowly. With each slight turn, 33 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: my guitar would begin to sound the way it was 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: designed to be played, like the instruments at the theater. 35 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: In life, we can sometimes tune ourselves to the wrong notes. 36 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: The world attempts to sell us stories and ways of 37 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: thinking that may sound right to our untrained ear, but 38 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: do not measure up when compared to scripture. We're told 39 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: that to be happy, we must chaase wealth or prestige 40 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: and accumulate goods in everything. Society insists we must own 41 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: to have a good life, or the world spins a 42 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: tale of negativity, making us believe that everything is meaningless. 43 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: Thus we must create meaning for ourselves or embrace hopelessness. 44 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: When we tune our lives to the messages of the world, 45 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: we find ourselves playing all the wrong notes and adding 46 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: to the cacophony. Rayebouam was the epitome of a person 47 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: who listened to the wrong voices when directing his life. 48 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: We read in First Kings twelve six through eleven that 49 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: instead of heeding the advice of the elders in the court, 50 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: Rayebauam chose to listen to his friends, those who had 51 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: grown up with him and shared similar life experiences. Wisdom 52 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: was thrown away when he chose to follow a preferred 53 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: path against the advice of those with greater knowledge. As 54 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: a result, we see in First Kings twelve sixteen through 55 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: seventeen that he lost most of his kingdom. Proverbs twelve 56 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,119 Speaker 1: fifteen rings true here. The way of fools seems right 57 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: to them, but the wise listen to advice, conforming to 58 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,119 Speaker 1: the patterns set forth by the world will ultimately bring 59 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: us heartache. Romans twelve two tells us that we need 60 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. We 61 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: must stop listening to the wrong stories, voices, and notes. 62 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: Just as the electronic tuner I use for my guitar 63 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: helps me tune in, we need to tune our lives 64 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: to God's voice, to listen to what He says in 65 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: his Word about the world and what it means to 66 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: walk as people of hope. We can develop a trained 67 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: deer by making Bible reading a habit and prayerfully allowing 68 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: the Word to shape us, and as we read, we 69 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: can store scripture in our hearts and minds through memorization 70 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: and meditation. The Holy Spirit will then work to bring 71 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: verses to mind to guide us as he goes about 72 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: his transforming work, molding us into the people we were 73 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: created to be. As we submit to his work, we'll 74 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: find that we produce pleasing music with our lives in 75 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: honor of the Lord. Let's pray. Lord. There are many 76 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: messages that the world wants me to believe. At times, 77 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: the noise of it overwhelms me and I become aware 78 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: of discord in my life. Lead me away from the 79 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: path of ria. Baham, I want to pursue wisdom and 80 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: listen to you instead of the clamoring voices that tickle 81 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: my ears. Renew my mind, Holy Spirit, so that I 82 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: may understand and follow the will of God, and lead 83 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: me in the knowledge of your word, teaching me to 84 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: treasure it. I want to be more shaped by your 85 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: great story than the one the world tries to sell me. 86 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: May my life be a symphony of praise to the 87 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,239 Speaker 1: Lord who saved me. I praise you, the Holy God 88 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: who gives me a new song in Jesus name. I 89 00:05:46,279 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: pray Amen. 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