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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're so glad to have

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Speaker 2: you as a listener. Today's topic is when the calendar changes,

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Speaker 2: but God Remains. We'll be right back after a brief

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Speaker 2: message from our sponsor. When the Calendar changes, but God

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Speaker 2: Remains Written by Laura Bailey, Read by Laura Bailey. In

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Speaker 2: the beginning, you laid the foundations of the earth and

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Speaker 2: the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish,

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Speaker 2: but you remain. They will all wear out like a garment,

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Speaker 2: like clothing. You will change them and they will be discarded.

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Speaker 2: You remain the same, and your years will never end.

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Speaker 2: Psalm one oh two twenty five to twenty seven. Niv

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Speaker 2: I found that most people have mixed feelings about change.

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Speaker 2: There are those like me who crave change and are

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Speaker 2: easily bored by routine and regimentation. Conversely, perhaps you are

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Speaker 2: more like my husband, who finds comfort and consistency. The

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Speaker 2: reality is that life offers us both. Change is inevitable

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Speaker 2: and necessary, and finding contentment in routine is equally important. Yes,

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Speaker 2: as humans, we will experience change throughout our lives. But

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Speaker 2: here's the good news. There's one thing that never changes

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Speaker 2: our God today. If you're feeling anxious about the changing

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Speaker 2: of the calendar, rests in the truth that our God

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Speaker 2: is the same yesterday, today, and forever. When feelings of

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Speaker 2: worry and dread of the unknown are tempted to still

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Speaker 2: your joy and rob your peace, take time to recite

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Speaker 2: these prayers as you rest in our unchanging God. In

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Speaker 2: the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and

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Speaker 2: the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish,

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Speaker 2: but you remain. They will all wear out like a garment,

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Speaker 2: like clothing. You will change them and they will be discarded.

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Speaker 2: But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

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Speaker 2: Psalm one O two twenty five through twenty seven NIV.

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Speaker 2: Heavenly Father, I come before you as I enter a

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Speaker 2: new year filled with uncertainty. My heart is anxious, my

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Speaker 2: thoughts consumed with the what ifs. Lord, help my heavy

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Speaker 2: heart rests in the knowledge that you are the creator.

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Speaker 2: You've always existed, and you remain the same for all eternity.

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Speaker 2: You spoke the creation into existence. Your plan for redyption

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Speaker 2: for your children has remained constant through the ages. When

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Speaker 2: fear of the unknown creeps in, I ask you to

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Speaker 2: silence those thoughts and grant me peace that only you

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Speaker 2: can provide. Thank you, though I am fickle, Lord, you

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Speaker 2: are always faithful.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus name.

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Speaker 2: Amen, Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday and today and

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Speaker 2: forever Hebrews thirteen eight. Heavenly Father, thank you for the

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Speaker 2: gift of Jesus Christ. We see in Jesus that you

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Speaker 2: keep your promises in the garden. You promise to make

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Speaker 2: a way for your children to be reconciled to you,

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Speaker 2: to be saved and a dean for their sins. Jesus

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Speaker 2: was there in the beginning, and he has always been

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Speaker 2: a part of your plan. Help me to trust in

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Speaker 2: your purpose.

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Speaker 1: Lord.

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Speaker 2: You know my thoughts, my heart that quickly beats when

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Speaker 2: I am anxious about tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Yet you are sovereign, in total control.

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Speaker 2: And are working everything for my good and your glory.

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Speaker 2: Calm my anxiety and help me to release control the

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Speaker 2: need to know every detail.

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Speaker 1: Over to you.

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Speaker 2: This year, Lord, I asked that I approach each day

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Speaker 2: worry free because I know you are unchanging and you

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Speaker 2: are faithful, and I can put my trust in you.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, Amen, for I the Lord, do not

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Speaker 2: change Therefore, you, o, children of Jacob, are not consumed

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Speaker 2: Malachi three six ESB. Heavenly Father, Though people are inconsistent

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Speaker 2: and pickle, you are not. You're immutable, faithful, and steadfast.

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Speaker 2: Your very nature is unchanging. I can put my trust

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Speaker 2: in you because you are eternally trustworthy. Please guide my

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Speaker 2: decisions so that I may live in a way that

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Speaker 2: is wholly unpleasing to you. Transform my thoughts and desires

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Speaker 2: to align with your will. I give this year to you,

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Speaker 2: the highs and the low, the good and the bad days.

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Speaker 2: I surrender and submit to you. You are a God

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Speaker 2: who sees and cares about your children. Why I am

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Speaker 2: not able to see the future. I can trust in

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Speaker 2: the one who is the Alpha and the omega, the

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Speaker 2: beginning and the end. In Jesus' name, Amen. Praying for

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Speaker 2: you today, friend, as you navigate the changing of the calendar.

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Speaker 2: May this new year bring anticipation and excitement, not dread

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Speaker 2: and anxiousness as you trust our unchanging God. Intersecting faith

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Speaker 2: in life? How do you feel about change? Take time

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Speaker 2: today to write down one of the verses above on

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Speaker 2: a card. Place the card somewhere you can easily see

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Speaker 2: it when you feel anxious about the unknown, and for

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Speaker 2: further reading, check out a prayer for God's guidance as

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Speaker 2: we tribal new paths and Psalm one oh two.

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