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Speaker 3: Are you having a difficult time with anxious thoughts? Sometimes

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Speaker 3: it feels like the more we fight these thoughts, the

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Speaker 3: worse they become. But you don't have to fight alone.

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Speaker 3: God's word and the power of prayer can provide great

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Speaker 3: relief when you feel overwhelmed with worry and anxiety. In

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Speaker 3: today's episode, let's pray Philippias Chapter four, Versus six, and

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Speaker 3: seven together to break the stronghold of anxiety so we

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Speaker 3: can live free of worry.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, friend.

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Speaker 3: You are listening to the Teacher Us to Pray podcast,

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Speaker 3: where we teach believers practical and real life tips on

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Speaker 3: how to grow your faith and relationship with God through

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Speaker 3: the power of prayer. I'm Christina Patterson, host of the

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Speaker 3: Teach Us to Pray podcast and founder of Beloved Women,

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Speaker 3: where I encourage, equip and empower women in the love

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Speaker 3: of Jesus Christ and the truth of God's Word. Be

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Speaker 3: will be very helpful for you considering our topic for

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Speaker 3: today's episode is my Worry Free Bible Study download. You

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Speaker 3: Bible study for you, because what is going to teach

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Speaker 3: you are the three lies feeding your worry and the

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Speaker 3: truth of God that can set you free. So be

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Speaker 3: sure to check out Belovedwomen dot org for that free download.

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Speaker 3: That will be a great addition to what we're going.

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Speaker 1: To be talking about in today's episode.

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Speaker 3: And in today's episode, we are going to be praying

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Speaker 3: through the scriptures to overcome anxious thoughts. One thing that

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Speaker 3: I want to encourage you with is that you are

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Speaker 3: not your thoughts, and you have control over your thoughts.

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Speaker 3: Anxious thoughts can pop into our minds and make us

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Speaker 3: God is always in control, and knowing and believing that

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Speaker 3: God is in control can give us peace. Isaiah twenty six,

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Speaker 3: verse three says you keep him in perfect peace, whose

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Speaker 3: mind is stayed on you because a trust in you.

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Speaker 3: As we keep our minds on God, the less power

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Speaker 3: anxious thoughts will have over our minds and hearts. In fact,

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Speaker 3: the scripture for today tells us that as we pray

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Speaker 3: to God instead of worrying, his peace will protect our

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Speaker 3: hearts and our minds. So that's exactly what we're gonna

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Speaker 3: do today. We're gonna pray Philippians chapter four versus six

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Speaker 3: through seven, because praying scripture is a powerful practice that

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Speaker 3: keeps our minds on God so that we can experience

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Speaker 3: his peace, receive protection for our minds from the lies

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Speaker 3: of the enemy, and encourage our souls with the promises

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Speaker 3: of God. To learn more about how to pray the

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Speaker 3: scripture is check out episode fifteen of the Teachers to

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Speaker 3: Pray podcast, where I teach you step by step how

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Speaker 3: to pray God's word over your life. And so today's

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Speaker 3: Pray Philippians chapter four versus six through seven to break

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Speaker 3: free from anxiety. The scripture reads, do not be anxious

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Speaker 3: about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with

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Speaker 3: thanksgiving life, your requests be made known to God, and

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Speaker 3: the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard

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Speaker 3: your hearts and your minds. In Christ Jesus. This is

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Speaker 3: one of my favorite scriptures and it's been a life

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Speaker 3: that has helped me to be victorious over the anxiety that.

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Speaker 3: And this scripture, in this particular season of my life,

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Speaker 3: The enemy is fighting you because you are a threat.

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Speaker 3: So to pray over our minds against anxiety, We're going

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Speaker 3: But we find ourselves constantly against a wall, fighting the

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Speaker 3: And in fact, a good counterattack is to pray about

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Speaker 3: Dear Heavenly Father, we just thank you so much that

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Speaker 3: we can come to you in prayer. We thank you

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Speaker 3: that you hear us when we pray. Lord, you know

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Speaker 3: whatever it is specifically that's on our mind that we're

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Speaker 3: Thank you that you are a God above all. Thank

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Speaker 3: you that you are all powerful God. Where we are weak, Lord,

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Speaker 3: you are strong where we can't do anything. God, you

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Speaker 3: We're trusting that this is what you will do, as

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Speaker 3: scripture that I want us to pray over says with thanksgiving,

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Speaker 3: to let our requests be made known to God. Right.

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Speaker 3: Love that this scripture reminds us that we can take

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Speaker 3: anything to God, We can pray about anything, and so

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Speaker 3: Time to thank God, even in the midst of this

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Speaker 3: And let you know exactly what it is that we

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Speaker 3: Lord, and we ask that you will move in these areas,

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Speaker 3: but we don't ask this without thanksgiving. God. We thank

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Speaker 3: you for the ways that you're providing for us right now.

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Speaker 3: We thank you that we can come to you and

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Speaker 3: we and pray. We thank you that you are God alone,

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Speaker 3: and there is no God like you. God. We thank

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Speaker 3: thank you for working out situations like this before in

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Speaker 3: We thank you for the mountains that you move, God,

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Speaker 3: Let us pray, Dear Heavenly Father. I love that the

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Speaker 3: peace that you give surpasses all understanding. So much of

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Speaker 3: what I'm anxious about is because I don't understand how

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Speaker 3: Prayer is powerful, but it is not the only tool

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Speaker 3: We've provided resources in today's show notes to help you

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Speaker 3: do just that. Thank you so much for praying with

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