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Speaker 1: abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide meditation. I'm Tyler Boss.

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Speaker 1: Do you live a sheltered life? Psalm ninety one, Verse

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Speaker 1: one says those who live in the shelter of the

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Speaker 1: most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Speaker 1: Take a deep breath in that rest, to abide in

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Speaker 1: the shadow of the Almighty. It's a powerful thing because

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Speaker 1: it means that you remain so close to God that

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Speaker 1: you are literally walking in his shadow. You are right

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Speaker 1: there under his protection and his watch. No matter what,

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Speaker 1: He is there with you in his all powerful, perfectly

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Speaker 1: loving power. You don't need strength, you don't need courage,

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Speaker 1: You need Him. Are you resting in His shadow today,

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Speaker 1: take another deep, cleansing breath as you think about that question.

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Speaker 1: When we trust that God knows the future, that he

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Speaker 1: works all things for the good of those who love him,

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Speaker 1: that every good and perfect gift is from Him, and

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Speaker 1: we can live boldly, not recklessly putting our lives at

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Speaker 1: risk without thinking about what God wants us to do,

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Speaker 1: but boldly going wherever God wants us to go. Living

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Speaker 1: a sheltered life looks like abiding in Christ, resting under

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Speaker 1: his wings and letting him protect you. Do you still

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Speaker 1: fight to be strong in your own might keep in

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Speaker 1: mind the words of this psalm and live in His

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Speaker 1: shelter and rest in His shadow. There is no safer

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Speaker 1: place to be. Living a sheltered life sounds like a

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Speaker 1: pretty good preposition in this hard world. Let's pray omnipotent God.

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Speaker 1: You put together the steepest mountain ranges and pressed the

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Speaker 1: depths of the oceans to reflect just a glint of

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Speaker 1: who you are. You weaved time, yet you're outside of

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Speaker 1: its constraints. You are the ultimate stronghold. It's only in

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Speaker 1: you that I can fully place my trust. You were

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Speaker 1: in my past, you are in my present, and You

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Speaker 1: are in my future and nothing is too difficult for you.

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Speaker 1: It's in Jesus mighty name that I pray. Amen, find

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Speaker 1: the stillness, Take a few deep breaths, settle in to

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Speaker 1: wherever you're seated or standing, even in the middle of

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Speaker 1: busy activity. Why at your thoughts, and focus on talking

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Speaker 1: with God. Is there anything weighing on you that you

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Speaker 1: need to tell God about before we get started, any stress, temptation.

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Speaker 1: God wants you to draw as near to Him as

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Speaker 1: your own breath. Break down those barriers. Now he is

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Speaker 1: the Lord who is. He is independent and self complete.

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Speaker 1: He holds creation in the same way he holds the future.

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Speaker 1: Lean into him and there is nothing to fear. Let's

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Speaker 1: pray together, Mighty God, you are my safe place. You

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Speaker 1: are the one who formed every cell, every strand of

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Speaker 1: DNA in my body before I was born. Every one

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Speaker 1: of my days were written in your book. You know

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Speaker 1: all the details of my life, and it's so comforting

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Speaker 1: to know that you are ultimately in control even when

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Speaker 1: things don't go the way I want. Keep me close,

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Speaker 1: Dear God, help me to live boldly, to rest in

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Speaker 1: the shelter of your wings. In Jesus' name, Amen, Think

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Speaker 1: of one way God is calling you to be bold

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Speaker 1: for his name. Commit to acting on that boldness today.

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Speaker 1: Until next time, may you abide in Christ