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Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to Your Nightly Scripture,

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Speaker 1: a Calming Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you

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Speaker 1: end each day with God's Word in your mind and

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Speaker 1: on your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture and 1 Peter 5. Tonight's

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Speaker 1: scripture reflection is written by Amber Ginter and read by

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Speaker 1: Carrie Eichberger. 1 Peter 5. To the elders among you,

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Speaker 1: I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of

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Speaker 1: Christ's sufferings, who also will share in the glory to

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Speaker 1: be revealed. Be shepherds of God's flock that is under

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Speaker 1: your care, watching over them, not because you must, but

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Speaker 1: because you are willing, as God wants you to be,

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Speaker 1: not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve, not lording

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Speaker 1: it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to

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Speaker 1: the flock. And when the chief shepherd appears, you will

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Speaker 1: receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

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Speaker 1: In the same way, You who are younger, submit yourselves

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Speaker 1: to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility

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Speaker 1: toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but shows

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Speaker 1: favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand,

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Speaker 1: that he may lift you up in due time. Cast

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Speaker 1: all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

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Speaker 1: Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil

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Speaker 1: prowls around like a roaring lion. looking for someone to devour.

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Speaker 1: Resist Him. Stand firm in the faith, because you know

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Speaker 1: that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing

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Speaker 1: the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace,

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Speaker 1: who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after

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Speaker 1: you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you

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Speaker 1: and make you strong, firm, and steadfast. To Him be

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Speaker 1: the power forever and ever. Amen. With the help of Silas,

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Speaker 1: whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written

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Speaker 1: to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is

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Speaker 1: the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. She

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Speaker 1: who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you

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Speaker 1: her greetings, and so does my son Mark. Greet one

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Speaker 1: another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of

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Speaker 1: you who are in Christ. When I was a high

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Speaker 1: school English teacher, most days were long, dreary, and stress-inducing.

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Speaker 1: Not because I didn't love the students, I did and

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Speaker 1: still do, but because I struggled to be present. I

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Speaker 1: was there, but I wasn't really there. Have you ever

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Speaker 1: been in this place? Carrying our worries with us long

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Speaker 1: after the day is over is common to most of us.

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Speaker 1: We're not counting sheep, we're counting concerns. It's not that

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Speaker 1: we want to, but we can't seem to shake them

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Speaker 1: out of our minds. From replaying conversations to stressing about

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Speaker 1: tomorrow or carrying burdens that we were never meant to

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Speaker 1: bear alone, the verses found in 1 Peter 5 sound

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Speaker 1: so out of reach. How do we cast all our

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Speaker 1: anxiety on Him? How do we resist the devil? How

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Speaker 1: do we truly give God our burdens? What I love

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Speaker 1: about this passage is that no matter what worries have

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Speaker 1: been occupying my mind, God tells us to cast them

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Speaker 1: on Him because He cares for us, because He loves us,

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Speaker 1: because He knows we will try to carry them, but

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Speaker 1: He wants to help lighten the load. It's a difficult

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Speaker 1: question to ponder, but what burdens have you been trying

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Speaker 1: to carry in your own strength? What are you truly

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Speaker 1: anxious about? And have you given these concerns to God?

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Speaker 1: Are you still holding tightly to what is slowly killing you?

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Speaker 1: When you think about your life I want you to

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Speaker 1: know that a changed perspective is possible. God invites us

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Speaker 1: to cast all our anxieties on Him because He cares

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Speaker 1: for us. Not because He's mad at us or yelling

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Speaker 1: at us when we do, but because we weren't created to,

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Speaker 1: nor do we have to carry the weight of our

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Speaker 1: burdens alone. True humility isn't acting like our worries and

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Speaker 1: fears don't exist, but recognizing our need for God's help

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Speaker 1: while surrendering control to Him. His strength and care are

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Speaker 1: greater than any worry we face. This passage reminds us

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Speaker 1: that this side of heaven, you and I may still

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Speaker 1: be anxious. It's not natural to give our worries and

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Speaker 1: cares to someone we can't physically see. But it's a

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Speaker 1: great opportunity to ask yourself what burdens you're carrying and

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Speaker 1: how we can choose to faithfully trust, even in the

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Speaker 1: face of fear. As you prepare for rest, ask yourself,

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Speaker 1: Where have I been trying to control what only God

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Speaker 1: can handle? Dear Jesus, tonight I give you the worries

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Speaker 1: and burdens I've been carrying. Even when I pick them

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Speaker 1: up again, I surrender. I surrender the things that are

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Speaker 1: outside of my control and trust that your love, care,

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Speaker 1: and faithfulness will protect me even there. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: allowing me to rest knowing that you're watching over me

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Speaker 1: and working on my behalf. Amen. How did tonight's scripture

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Speaker 1: speak to you? Share your thoughts in the Your Nightly

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Speaker 2: was read from the New International Version By following your

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Speaker 2: daily Bible verse and your nightly scripture, you can be

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Speaker 2: Word of God.

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