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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide meditation. I'm moname Laura. Are you

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Speaker 2: stuck in the mistakes you've made? Maybe you said something

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Speaker 2: that hurts someone else and you keep beating yourself up

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Speaker 2: about it even after they've forgiven you. Or perhaps you

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Speaker 2: did something in your past the consequences of which you

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Speaker 2: still care today. Take a deep breath as you confront

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Speaker 2: the emotions of those choices. God is near. In James's

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Speaker 2: letter to Christians Scattered Abroad, he writes about self control. Indeed,

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Speaker 2: we all make many mistakes, for if we could control

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Speaker 2: our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control

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Speaker 2: ourselves in every other way, James says, if we can

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Speaker 2: control our tongues, we can control our entire body. How

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Speaker 2: have you seen the loss of control? Start with something?

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Speaker 2: You say? Mistakes can motivate you to do something new,

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Speaker 2: to grow and build the confidence and endurance to keep going.

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Speaker 2: When you embrace your failures and you see them as

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Speaker 2: stumbling blocks that you've overcome, you learned to make choices

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Speaker 2: that boldly face to this comfort of growth. We all

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Speaker 2: stumble in many ways, James writes, if we didn't make mistakes,

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Speaker 2: we'd be perfect. Whereas that might be nice, it's not

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Speaker 2: our present state. And so we take a look at

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Speaker 2: those mistakes, learn from them, and then move on to

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Speaker 2: better love God and others. Lord, guide me with your

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Speaker 2: strength and wisdom. Help me see the grace that comes

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Speaker 2: from moving beyond my missteps. Yes, sometimes the choices that

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Speaker 2: I make hurt others, and for that I am deeply sorry.

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Speaker 2: But I can't beat myself up about it. I need

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Speaker 2: to ask forgiveness and then move on better, more loving

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Speaker 2: and kind, seeking after You with my whole heart. Help

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Speaker 2: me move on. Lord, With your help, I can overcome

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Speaker 2: my mistakes and live the abundant life you have planned

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Speaker 2: for me. Amen, continue to take deep breaths as you

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Speaker 2: picture in your mind your car's steering. Will see how

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Speaker 2: easily you control the car with just a movement of

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Speaker 2: that wheel. Now imagine controlling your words just as easily.

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Speaker 2: What mistakes from your past are you still holding onto.

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Speaker 2: Let the Holy Spirit be your gentle guide as you

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Speaker 2: see them, and then release them. Open your hands to

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Speaker 2: show your willingness to let them go as far as

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Speaker 2: the east as from the west, so far as He

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Speaker 2: removed your sin from you. It's at the bottom of

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Speaker 2: the deepest ocean, and God does not remember it anymore.

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Speaker 2: Trust God to lead you past your mistakes. Father, God,

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Speaker 2: I have made mistakes. I know that everyone has. But

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Speaker 2: it's hard for me to move past my mistakes when

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Speaker 2: I know that I have hurt other people. Show me

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Speaker 2: who I need to ask forgiveness from where restoration is possible.

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Speaker 2: Help me pursue that I burn bridges, help me to

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Speaker 2: rebuild them. Learning from my mistakes isn't easy, Lord, but

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Speaker 2: I know it's necessary. Help me have the humility to

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Speaker 2: do the right thing and to move forward with you. Amen,

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Speaker 2: with God's help, you have the power over every decision

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Speaker 2: you make, over every word you say. When you make

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Speaker 2: a mistake, let Jesus lift you up and help you

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Speaker 2: move on until next time. May you abide in Christ