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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer,

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Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you

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Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter

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Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can

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Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after

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Speaker 1: this short word from our sponsor, you will pray through

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Speaker 1: today's prayer for God's grace to start spring cleaning together.

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Speaker 1: A Prayer for God's Grace to start Spring cleaning, written

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Speaker 1: Ballonette Kittle, read by carry Ikeburger. In a large house,

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Speaker 1: there are articles not only of gold and silver, but

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Speaker 1: also of wood and clay. Some are for special purposes

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Speaker 1: and some for common use. Two Timothy two, verse twenty.

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Speaker 1: There's something about winter that draws our attention to the

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Speaker 1: inside of our homes. The items we no longer use,

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Speaker 1: the clutter taking up space, the things that have quietly

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Speaker 1: accumulated this season often stirs the urge to clean out

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Speaker 1: what's old, dusty, broken, or forgotten and make room for

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Speaker 1: what's new. But even with good intentions, it can feel

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Speaker 1: like an overwhelming task. Many of us need God to

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Speaker 1: grace and maybe a gentle nudge to begin. Why is

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Speaker 1: it so hard to start? Because these items often carry

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Speaker 1: more than dust. They carry memories, a sweater from a

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Speaker 1: certain season of life, a souvenir from a trip long past,

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Speaker 1: something connected to pain or joy. Going through them means

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Speaker 1: facing moments we might prefer to leave untouched. We find

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Speaker 1: ourselves confronted with things we haven't thought about in years,

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Speaker 1: some of which we never fully processed at the time.

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Speaker 1: Sorting through our belongings can stir emotions we didn't expect

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Speaker 1: to revisit. But when these moments come, we can turn

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Speaker 1: to God for strength. He understands our hesitation and gently

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Speaker 1: calls us forward. As Philippians three, verse thirteen reminds us,

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Speaker 1: but one thing I do forgetting what is behind and

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Speaker 1: straining toward what is ahead. Through spring cleaning, God may

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Speaker 1: be inviting us to release what no longer serves us

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Speaker 1: and the weight we've carried for too long. Isaiah forty

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Speaker 1: three eighteen encourages us forget the former things do not

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Speaker 1: dwell on the past. As we work through the clutter,

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Speaker 1: we can trust that God is guiding us. Perhaps his

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Speaker 1: plan includes helping us face and finally lay to rest

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Speaker 1: old memories be long avoided. Wherever the process takes us,

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Speaker 1: he will meet us there with healing for the pain,

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Speaker 1: clarity for the confusion, and peace for the emotions stirred

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Speaker 1: up along the way. Cleaning is more than a task.

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Speaker 1: It can be a spiritual renewal, as King David prayed

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Speaker 1: in sold fifty one seven. Cleanse me with hissip, and

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Speaker 1: I will be clean, Wash me, and I will be

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Speaker 1: whiter than snow. Let's pray, Dear Father, help us this

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Speaker 1: spring with your grace to start cleaning out the dusty,

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Speaker 1: cluttered areas in our homes and in our hearts. Lead

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Speaker 1: and guide us as we begin organizing and cleaning, gently

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Speaker 1: preparing our hearts for the unexpected memories it may trigger

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Speaker 1: and stir up. Soften our hearts to be open to

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Speaker 1: your cleansing in areas where hurtful and sorrowful memories have

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Speaker 1: taken residence within us once we may have forgotten and

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Speaker 1: pushed aside. Let us be open to your tender counsel

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Speaker 1: and care for our hearts and emotions as we look

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Speaker 1: through items connected to our lives. Help us to forget

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Speaker 1: the former things and not to dwell on the past.

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Speaker 1: Remind us too, of treasured moments and memories we come across,

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Speaker 1: so we can appreciate and hold them close to our

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Speaker 1: hearts with gratitude to you for your goodness and provision

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Speaker 1: in our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen. Your Daily Prayer

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