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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming,

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Speaker 2: scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 1: Right after this short word from our.

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Speaker 2: Sponsors, we'll reflect on tonight's scripture, Philippians chapter four. Tonight's

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Speaker 2: scripture reflection is written by Chelsea Damatis and read by

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Speaker 2: Carrie Eichberger.

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Speaker 1: Philippians, chapter four.

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Speaker 2: Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and

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Speaker 2: long for my joy and crown, stand.

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Speaker 1: Firm in the Lord.

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Speaker 2: In this way, dear friends, I plead with you Odea,

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Speaker 2: and I plead with SENTIKEI to be one of the

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Speaker 2: same mind in the Lord. Yes. And I ask you,

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Speaker 2: my true companion, help these women, since they have contended

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Speaker 2: at my side in the cause of the Gospel, along

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Speaker 2: with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names

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Speaker 2: are in the Book of Life. Rejoice in the Lord always.

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Speaker 1: I will say it again. Rejoice.

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Speaker 2: Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

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Speaker 2: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,

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Speaker 2: my prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to

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Speaker 2: God and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,

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Speaker 2: will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus Finally,

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Speaker 2: Brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever

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Speaker 2: is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable,

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Speaker 2: if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, Think about such things.

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Speaker 2: Whatever you have learned or received, or heard from me,

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Speaker 2: or seen in me, put it into practice.

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Speaker 1: And the God of Peace will be with you.

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Speaker 2: I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you

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Speaker 2: renewed your concern from me. Indeed you were concerned, but

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Speaker 2: you had no opportunity to show it. I am not

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Speaker 2: saying this because I am in need, for I have

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Speaker 2: learned it to be content, whatever the circumstance. I know

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Speaker 2: what it is to be in need, and I know

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Speaker 2: what it is to have plenty. I have learned the

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Speaker 2: secret of being content in any in every situation, whether

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Speaker 2: well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty.

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Speaker 1: Or in want.

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Speaker 2: I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.

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Speaker 2: Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Moreover,

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Speaker 2: as you Philippians know, in the early days of your

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Speaker 2: acquaintance with the Gospel, when I set out for Macedonia.

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Speaker 2: Not one church share with me in the matter of

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Speaker 2: giving and receiving, except you only, for even when I

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Speaker 2: was in Thessalonika, you sent me aid more than once

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Speaker 2: when I was in need.

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Speaker 1: Not that I desire your gifts.

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Speaker 2: What I desire is that more be credited to your account.

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Speaker 1: I have received full payment and have more than enough.

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Speaker 2: I am amply supplied now that I have received from

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Speaker 2: a paphroditis that gives you sent They are a fragrant

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Speaker 2: offering an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. And My God

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Speaker 2: will meet all your needs according to the riches of

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Speaker 2: His glory. In Christ Jesus, to our God and Father

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Speaker 2: be glory forever and ever.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: Greet all God's people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and

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Speaker 2: sisters who are with me send greetings. All God's people here,

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Speaker 2: send you greetings, especially those who.

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Speaker 1: Belong to Caesar's household.

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Speaker 2: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: If you've come across this tonight, it's because the Lord

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Speaker 2: wants you to know that worry is not for him. However,

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Speaker 2: he understands in our frailty that worry is part of

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Speaker 2: the human condition. We see throughout the Bible that God

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Speaker 2: meets worry with the confirmation that He is in control.

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Speaker 2: He sees the circumstances and situations. He is not surprised

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Speaker 2: by where you find yourself, even though you may be.

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Speaker 2: He isn't wrestling with how He's going to make a

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Speaker 2: way forward for you. He knows the way forward. He

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Speaker 2: knows what you need and when you will need it.

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Speaker 2: We read in Philippians for a letter of encouragement, exhortation,

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Speaker 2: and prayer. We see God speaking clearly through Paul's writing,

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Speaker 2: reminding believers not to be anxious, but to be faithful

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Speaker 2: in prayer, knowing that we can bring all our requests

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Speaker 2: to the word Lord. We do not need to feel shame,

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Speaker 2: but should be overcome with gratitude and thanksgiving that we

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Speaker 2: have a savior to whom we can bring our anxieties.

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Speaker 2: Within the prayers of our burdens and thanksgiving, he will

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Speaker 2: find peace, real peace, the fullness of God's guardianship over

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Speaker 1: He will prompt us.

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Speaker 2: To meditate on the things that are lovely, pure, honorable,

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Speaker 2: and excellent, reminding us that what God has put into

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Speaker 2: motion and creation, and us as created image bearers, will

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Speaker 1: Father.

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Speaker 2: As evening comes and the world seems to shut down,

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Speaker 2: my racing thoughts do not. Please help me find peace

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Speaker 2: in your presence. Remind me that you are a God

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Speaker 2: of listening. Here the eyes of our hearts, and you

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Speaker 2: lead us to what is true. I pray for rest

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Speaker 2: and a release of the anxieties I carry. You asked

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Speaker 2: me to carry nothing but your light. Give me of

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Speaker 2: the load I'm carrying that you've not asked me to bear.

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Speaker 2: And she's his name?

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Speaker 1: Amen. How did Tonight's scripture speak to you?

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