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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, hey there, friends, I'm Jody Nisnick and

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Speaker 1: this is our lent series helping us prepare our hearts

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Speaker 1: for Easter. This year, we are reflecting on the I

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Speaker 1: Am statements of Jesus, and this is a midweek prayer

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Speaker 1: to help us refocus our heart and our mind back

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Speaker 1: on Jesus. And we'll do that after we take a

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Speaker 1: quick break for a word from our sponsors. As we

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Speaker 1: begin our prayer time, I want to invite you to

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Speaker 1: settle in and take a few deep breaths. So breathe

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Speaker 1: deeply in and slow exhil And as you do that again,

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Speaker 1: let me remind you of the verse we meditated on.

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Speaker 1: It's John eight, verse twelve from the New Living Translation.

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Speaker 1: Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, I

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Speaker 1: am the light of the world. If you follow me,

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Speaker 1: you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will

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Speaker 1: have the light that leads to life. Let's pray together, Lord,

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Speaker 1: thank you that you are the light of the world.

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Speaker 1: And we ask Lord that you would be a light

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Speaker 1: in the world right now in a place that feels

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Speaker 1: honestly pretty dark and confusing. And so in this quiet

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Speaker 1: space we lift up the concerns that we have for

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Speaker 1: our world and our communities. Lord, we ask that you

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Speaker 1: would be the light in those places we just lifted

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Speaker 1: to you. And now we ask, Lord, how are you

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Speaker 1: inviting us to be a part of the light, to

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Speaker 1: be your hands and feet in this world? So, in

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Speaker 1: this quiet space, we ask, would you speak to our

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Speaker 1: hearts and help us know what our invitation is. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we thank you that you are a god who does

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Speaker 1: speak to us, who does have specific things that you

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Speaker 1: call us to. Lord, we ask that you would give

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Speaker 1: us courage to be light, that you would give us

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Speaker 1: courage to love the people that you have placed us among. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we also pray that you would be light in our

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Speaker 1: own lives. There is darkness in our lives, places that

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Speaker 1: we have maybe not surrendered to you, or places that

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Speaker 1: we feel we still need to keep hidden. So in

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Speaker 1: this space, Lord, give us courage to name those before you,

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Speaker 1: and now we ask again be the light in those places.

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Speaker 1: Light always overcomes darkness. You use light so much in

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Speaker 1: scripture to communicate goodness and life and healing, and those

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Speaker 1: are the things that we want in our life. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: be the light in us and through us. Thank you, Lord,

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Speaker 1: that you are the light of the world, and we

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Speaker 1: pray that as we journey through this Linton season, help

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Speaker 1: us to be light and to know more of your

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Speaker 1: light in our lives. We ask this in the name

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Speaker 1: of Jesus, the Light of the world. Well, friends, I

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Speaker 1: will see you next week for our next meditation Atta.