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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Bonnie Curry. How do

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Speaker 2: you want God to respond to your needs? As you

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Speaker 2: think about that, breathe deeply and slowly as you imagine

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Speaker 2: this scene. You are out for a walk and you

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Speaker 2: hear water splashing and someone gasping for help. You run

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Speaker 2: to the gate of the fence and see someone struggling

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Speaker 2: in a backyard pool, barely keeping their head above water

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Speaker 2: as they fight to breathe. How would you respond? Would

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Speaker 2: you sit at the edge of the pool and ask

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Speaker 2: if they need help? Or would you jump in and

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Speaker 2: pull them to the edge and lift them out of

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Speaker 2: the water Psalm eighteen, Verse thirty says this God, his

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Speaker 2: way is perfect. The word of the Lord proves true.

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Speaker 2: He is a shield for all those who take refuge

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Speaker 2: in him. Your view of God may be that you

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Speaker 2: expects you to take care of your problems yourself. That

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Speaker 2: old God helps those who help themselves. But that's not biblical.

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Speaker 2: He shields us. He protects us from the evil one.

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Speaker 2: Maybe your expectation is that if God were protecting you,

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Speaker 2: you'd never have any hard times, no sickness, no sorrow.

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Speaker 2: As you meditate on his word today, ask him to

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Speaker 2: show you what his rescue actually looks like. As you

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Speaker 2: make your refuge in him, he will shield you. Your

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Speaker 2: eternal soul is in his hands. He surrounds you with

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Speaker 2: his loving kindness. Even in the fiercest story, he covers you.

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Speaker 2: He will not let you go. Would you pray with me,

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Speaker 2: Dear Heavenly Father. More often than not, I am the

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Speaker 2: one struggling in the backyard pool, feeling helpless, hoping someone

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Speaker 2: sees me, Hoping you see me, that you rescue me.

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Speaker 2: I scream and reach for your hand, your strong, saving hand.

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Speaker 2: I don't even realize that you've been right there all

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Speaker 2: the time. Give me that peace that is there for

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Speaker 2: me always. And I ask this now by your authority

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Speaker 2: and in the name of your son Jesus Christ, in

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Speaker 2: whom I pray. Amen. Take a few more deep breaths,

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Speaker 2: good relaxing, heathful, centering breaths. Get comfortable, Settle into wherever

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Speaker 2: you are, being aware of God experience. His presence is

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Speaker 2: rescuing hand. Now scan your life for a moment. Is

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Speaker 2: there anything keeping you from experiencing God today, hearing from him,

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Speaker 2: blocking you from him? Confess that now, then thank Him

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Speaker 2: for his grace and love. Let's pray. Dear God, please

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Speaker 2: rescue me when I am weak and needy. Rescue me

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Speaker 2: from the hands of evil people. I can do none

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Speaker 2: of this alone, but only through You do I have

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Speaker 2: the strength to find hope and joy. The salvation I

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Speaker 2: have is from you. You rescued me. You are my

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Speaker 2: stronghold in times of trouble. Thank you for always hearing me,

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Speaker 2: for being right there with me. I offer and pray

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Speaker 2: this in the name of Jesus, your Son, our Savior

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Speaker 2: and my Lord. Amen. Dear one, you may feel like

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Speaker 2: your drowning, grab on to the Lord and prayer he

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Speaker 2: will be there for you. His word is tried, true

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Speaker 2: and perfect. Until next time, May you abide in Christ