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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Diane Jackson. Have you

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Speaker 2: ever let your emotions deceive you? We all have emotions

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Speaker 2: are like ocean waves, carrying us high and then low.

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Speaker 2: Focus on your breathing for a moment as you consider

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Speaker 2: how you feel right now. Long ago, jesus disciple Peter

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Speaker 2: was deceived by his feelings. He had walked alongside Jesus

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Speaker 2: from the beginning. He had seen Christ came a storm

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Speaker 2: and walk on water. He even had watched Jesus heal

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Speaker 2: the blind and raise the dead. But when push came

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Speaker 2: to shove, Peter denied Jesus. He let his emotions take control.

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Speaker 2: He was deceived by them. Moments after Jesus and his

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Speaker 2: disciples gathered for the Last Supper, Peter pledged his loyalty

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Speaker 2: to Christ. He was on an emotional hyeh. But Jesus replied, truly,

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Speaker 2: I tell you this very night, before the rooster crows,

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Speaker 2: he will deny me. Three times. Peter responded, even if

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Speaker 2: I must die with you, I will not deny you.

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Speaker 2: And all the disciples said the same. Peter certainly was sincere.

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Speaker 2: Yet Jesus' words came to pass. Peter may have felt

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Speaker 2: devoted to Christ, but apart from the power of the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, he was weak. When you are tempted to

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Speaker 2: let your emotions take control, ask God for help. Pray,

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Speaker 2: read his word, follow him. Anchor your life to the

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Speaker 2: never changing, unmovable God of Scripture. God gives you the

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Speaker 2: power to control your emotions through his spirit. Almighty God,

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Speaker 2: Open my eyes to the sin in my life. Help

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Speaker 2: me see how my feelings sometimes obscure the truth. Teach

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Speaker 2: me to control my emotions and to keep them in check.

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Speaker 2: Help me to follow your perfect word. Help me to

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Speaker 2: learn to tell the difference between your voice and mine.

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Speaker 2: Give me the humility and faith to trust in your

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Speaker 2: word and not my own feelings. I want to live

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Speaker 2: by faith. I won't ignore my feelings, but I don't

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Speaker 2: want them to own me. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.

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Speaker 2: Breathe the slowly. Now exhale again slowly. The same God

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Speaker 2: who gives you the power to breathe gives you the

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Speaker 2: power over your emotions and feelings. And again, now breathe out.

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Speaker 2: Ask God to help you. Now, ask God to reveal

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Speaker 2: any sin in your life that may be blinding you.

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Speaker 2: Are you trusting His spirit and his word or are

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Speaker 2: you trusting your feelings? Ask God to cleanse you. He

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Speaker 2: stands ready to forgive.

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Speaker 1: You.

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Speaker 2: Are a child of God who was purchased with Christ's

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Speaker 2: own blood. The all powerful, all knowing God of Abraham,

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Speaker 2: Isaac and Jacob loves you. Take refuge in God's love,

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Speaker 2: God's care, God's power, Heavenly Father. You are the creator

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Speaker 2: of emotions, the God of joy and the God of laughter.

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Speaker 2: Jesus was called a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief.

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Speaker 2: Emotions are a gift from you. Thank you for them.

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Speaker 2: At times, though I fail to keep my eyes on you.

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Speaker 2: At times I am ruled by my feelings, forgive me,

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Speaker 2: Help me think, speak and act with clarity. Help me

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Speaker 2: to be sober minded. Holy Spirit guide my walk in Jesus' name. Amen,

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Speaker 2: Ask God to help you not be deceived by your feelings.

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Speaker 2: By relying on His word and his spirit, you can

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Speaker 2: walk with confidence today until next time. May you abide

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Speaker 2: in Christ