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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm James Seawood. Where do

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Speaker 2: you see Jesus? Take a deep breath and relax and

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Speaker 2: to this moment be fully present. Prepare your heart and

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Speaker 2: mind and body to listen to God's word. Sometimes it

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Speaker 2: feels difficult to understand how Jesus is active and present

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Speaker 2: in our lives. Maybe you find yourself wishing that his

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Speaker 2: presence was a bit easier to see. In Classians one sixteen,

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Speaker 2: Paul writes, for in Christ, all things in heaven and

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Speaker 2: on earth were created, things visible and invisible, Whether thrones

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Speaker 2: or dominions, or rulers or powers, all things have been

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Speaker 2: created through Him and for him. Paul goes on to

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Speaker 2: say that in Jesus all things hold together. Try to

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Speaker 2: wrap your mind around that reality. All of creation was

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Speaker 2: made through Jesus and for Jesus is being held together

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Speaker 2: by Jesus. Right now. You're being held together by him

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Speaker 2: right now. So are the stars whirling in the galaxy,

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Speaker 2: and the protozoe in the ocean depths, and the songbirds

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Speaker 2: outside your window, all created and held by Jesus. Doesn't

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Speaker 2: that truth just make your heart sing with praise? Let

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Speaker 2: praise well up within you join with all creation. The

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Speaker 2: trees clap their hands, the mountains break forth into song,

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Speaker 2: the wind whistles, and you. How will you express your

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Speaker 2: praise to the one who made you? Pray with me, Jesus,

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Speaker 2: you are all that is good. I see your beauty

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Speaker 2: and the things that you have made, and I taste

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Speaker 2: your sweetness. I believe that you hold all things together,

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Speaker 2: and that you are revealing God to me, and that

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Speaker 2: you are calling me to be completely yours. That's what

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Speaker 2: I want to be. Help me to see you more

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Speaker 2: clearly and to trust that you truly are holding everything

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Speaker 2: in your hands in the name of the Powerful and

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Speaker 2: lovely Triune God. Amen, let your breathing grow deeper and slower.

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Speaker 2: Notice points of tension in your body and breathe into

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Speaker 2: those places. Acknowledge any thoughts or emotions that surface in

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Speaker 2: the quiet, and let them go. Scripture reminds us that

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Speaker 2: everything belongs to God. Are there things you've been holding

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Speaker 2: on to that you need to surrender to him? Search

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Speaker 2: your heart and then confess your sins to the Lord.

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Speaker 2: God has rescued us from the power of darkness and

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Speaker 2: transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in

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Speaker 2: whom we have redemption the forgiveness of sins. You belong

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Speaker 2: to him. Pray with me, Jesus, make the world transparent

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Speaker 2: to me, so that whenever I see anything, I see

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Speaker 2: You shining through it, holding it together. Help me to

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Speaker 2: remember that all of this was made through you and

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Speaker 2: for you, and that your love suffuses every bit of it.

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Speaker 2: Help me to join with all creation and shining with

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Speaker 2: your glory and singing your praises in the precious name

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Speaker 2: of Jesus. I pray, Amen. Wherever you go today, remember

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Speaker 2: that Jesus is there. Look for him, Listen for him,

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Speaker 2: and praise his name. Until next time. May you abide

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Speaker 2: in Christ