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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, a podcast

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Speaker 2: dedicated to helping you find the words you need to

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Speaker 2: connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter what is

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Speaker 2: going on in your life today, you can trust that

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Speaker 2: God wants to hear from you. Right after this short

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Speaker 2: word from our sponsor, we will pray through today's prayer

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Speaker 2: to receive the Father's Love together.

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Speaker 1: A Prayer to Receive the Father's.

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Speaker 2: Love written by Emily Rose Massey read by Kerrie Iberger.

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Speaker 2: But to all who did receive him, he gave them

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Speaker 2: the right to be children of God, to those who

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Speaker 2: believe in his name, who were born not of blood

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Speaker 2: or of the will of the flesh, or of the

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Speaker 2: will of man, but of God, John one.

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Speaker 1: Verse twelve and thirteen.

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Speaker 2: For the majority of my life, I struggled to feel

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Speaker 2: truly loved by my dad, who was an on again,

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Speaker 2: off again recovering alcoholic.

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Speaker 1: Because of that missing.

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Speaker 2: Peace, I longed to find love and constantly sought out

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Speaker 2: approval and attention from boys, giving myself away peace by peace,

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Speaker 2: first becoming entangled by pornography, then slowly moving towards sexual encounters.

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Speaker 1: Beginning at the tender age of.

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Speaker 2: Twelve and going on till I was about twenty two

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Speaker 2: years old, a whole decade.

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Speaker 1: Of my life.

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Speaker 2: I knew John three sixteen by heart, but I didn't

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Speaker 2: fully understand it. I couldn't shake the religious upbringing that

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Speaker 2: taught me only about avengeful, angry God who would smite

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Speaker 2: me down if I were not perfect.

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Speaker 1: I still felt like I had to work for forgiveness

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Speaker 1: and love. That performance driven mentality affected.

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Speaker 2: All areas of my life. No matter how hard I

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Speaker 2: tried to be perfect, I never felt good enough. I

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Speaker 2: reached a point where I stopped trying and just lived.

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Speaker 2: In college, I made plans to run away to Los Angeles.

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Speaker 2: I would be an actress and prove to the world

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Speaker 2: my worth, talent, beauty, and charm. But one Sunday morning,

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Speaker 2: only a couple of months after I graduated, my eyes

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Speaker 2: were truly opened to my selfish and sinful existence. I

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Speaker 2: hadn't been to church in years, but one morning I

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Speaker 2: went with my mom and sister. During the worship service,

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Speaker 2: I began to experience this deep conviction that I was

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Speaker 2: living a reckless, selfish life. I had been running away

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Speaker 2: from God. Immediately, I knew I needed to repent and

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Speaker 2: start running toward him into the Father's arms. In that moment,

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Speaker 2: I realized for I truly belonged right there. With hands

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Speaker 2: lifted in worship and tears streaming down my face, are

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Speaker 2: repentant of my pride and rebellion. I told God that

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Speaker 2: I didn't want to live this life on my own anymore,

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Speaker 2: and that I wanted to surrender to his plan. But

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Speaker 2: only a few short months after this change began in

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Speaker 2: my heart, I received some traumatic news. My father had

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Speaker 2: been killed outside of his trip club. His lifestyle landed

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Speaker 2: him in the wrong crowd, and it tragically cost him

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Speaker 2: his life. Although I lost my earthly father, I discovered

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Speaker 2: a father's love that is stronger than anything I've ever known.

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Speaker 1: Since that time in my life, God.

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Speaker 2: Has completely healed me, transformed me, and shown me his

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Speaker 2: overwhelming love as my father, who will never leave me.

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Speaker 2: The most profound understanding I gain after the Lord saved

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Speaker 2: me was found in the first chapter of the Book

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Speaker 2: of John. But to all who did receive him, he

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Speaker 2: gave them the right to be children of God. To

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Speaker 2: those who believe in his name, who were born not

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Speaker 2: of blood or of the will of the flesh, or

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Speaker 2: of the will of man, but of God. What a

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Speaker 2: powerful reminder for us. Jesus died so that we could

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Speaker 2: have unending fellowship with the Father. When you fully embrace Jesus,

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Speaker 2: the Father embraces you. Jesus gave us the privilege of.

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Speaker 1: Being called God's children.

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Speaker 2: And he made a way for us to have access

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Speaker 2: to the Father. No matter what you have done, you

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Speaker 2: can never outrun his love. You are never too far

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Speaker 2: gone for his reach. He will rescue you and use

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Speaker 2: you for His purpose on earth and a difficult or

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Speaker 2: non existent relationship with your earthly Dad, remember that your

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Speaker 2: heavenly Father's love can bring healing to your heart and

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Speaker 2: bring true satisfaction to your soul. Christ made a way

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Speaker 2: for you to run into the embrace of your heavenly Father.

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Speaker 1: Receive Jesus and the.

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Speaker 2: Work of the Cross, and learn to stand in the

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Speaker 2: most important position you will ever hold in this life.

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Speaker 2: A child of God, Let's pray. Heavenly Father, what a

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Speaker 2: gift to call you my father because of what Christ

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Speaker 2: has accomplished on the Cross for me, I know I

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Speaker 2: do not have to run away from you. You see

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Speaker 2: it all and know I will undoubtedly mess up. That

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Speaker 2: is why you sent your son Jesus to earth to

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Speaker 2: live the perfect life for me, to fulfill the law

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Speaker 2: completely from me his death on the Cross.

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Speaker 1: Pay for the punishment of my sin.

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Speaker 2: Boldly to the throne of Grace today and receive new

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Speaker 2: mercies that Christ died for me to have. In Christ,

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Speaker 2: I am given the right to be called your child.

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Speaker 2: I rest in the finished work of the Cross and

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Speaker 2: trust that you are healing my wounded heart. Or my

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Speaker 2: earthly father may have failed, hurt me, or is no

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Speaker 2: longer here. I know that you will never leave me

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Speaker 2: nor forsake me. Thank you for calling me one of

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Speaker 2: your own. In Christ's name, I pray Amen. Your Daily

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