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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Jennifer Clark. Do you

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Speaker 2: ever wonder if God here's your prayers for deliverance? The

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Speaker 2: Israelites must have wondered. Enslaved in Egypt for more than

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Speaker 2: four hundred years, they cried out to God to set

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Speaker 2: them free. Finally, God spoke to Moses and said, I

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Speaker 2: have surely seen the affliction of my people who are

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Speaker 2: in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters.

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Speaker 2: I know their sufferings, and I have come down to

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Speaker 2: deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and

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Speaker 2: to bring them up out of that land to a

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Speaker 2: good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey,

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Speaker 2: to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites,

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Speaker 2: the Parizites, the Highvites, and the Jebusites. Take a deep

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Speaker 2: breath and think about what that must have felt like

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Speaker 2: for God's people. God heard the cries of his people

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Speaker 2: and intervened in dramatic ways to set them free. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: freedom requires a dramatic change. If you're asking for deliverance,

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Speaker 2: God may be asking you to make a change today.

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Speaker 2: Declare to God your willingness to flee from this sin

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Speaker 2: that keeps you enslaved. Express your need to be set

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Speaker 2: free from oppressive forces. God is listening to you, and

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Speaker 2: he is calling you to freedom. Let go of distractions

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Speaker 2: and listen for the voice of God. As you pray,

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Speaker 2: you can be sure that God hears you, He sees you,

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Speaker 2: He knows your sufferings, and in his time and in

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Speaker 2: his way, he will answer. God, you are my refuge.

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Speaker 2: Rescue me from my sin and deliver me from the

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Speaker 2: grasp of those who are evil. My hope is in you, Lord.

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Speaker 2: Don't let me be put to shame. I will praise

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Speaker 2: you every day until everyone has heard about your power, glory,

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Speaker 2: and righteousness, which reaches to the heavens and has even

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Speaker 2: reached to me to save me and to make me free.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for hearing me. Give me the patience and

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Speaker 2: the grace to wait on you. In the name of Jesus.

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Speaker 2: I pray, Amen. Draw in a deep breath and slowly exhale.

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Speaker 2: Let the peace of God center you as you breathe in,

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Speaker 2: slowly exhaling and releasing any worries that are burdening you.

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Speaker 2: Continue that for several seconds. Perhaps some sins have come

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Speaker 2: to mind, sins that are keeping you from following God

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Speaker 2: in the total freedom that Jesus has given you. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment now to confess your sins to God. God

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Speaker 2: hears you, and God delivers you. Through Jesus. You are

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Speaker 2: totally forgiven and set free to serve God in all

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Speaker 2: that you do. Gracious God, I know that you hear me,

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Speaker 2: just as you heard the Israelites, because your word says

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Speaker 2: that you never change. But it's not just me that

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Speaker 2: you hear. You hear the cries of all your children.

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Speaker 2: Help me, Father, help me to be willing to wait

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Speaker 2: for you without trying to fix things myself, and help

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Speaker 2: me to be willing to be your hands and feet

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Speaker 2: for others. I truly need to hear from you. Give

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Speaker 2: me eyes to see and ears to hear. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 2: I pray Amen. God hears your cries for help. It's

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Speaker 2: not always easy to wait on him, but do not despair.

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Speaker 2: He is with you, and he will set you free

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Speaker 2: until next time. May you abide in Christ