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Speaker 1: Abide to two two four three three for twenty five

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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Melissa. Do you worry

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Speaker 2: about the future. Perhaps when you imagine what's coming next,

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Speaker 2: you see loneliness like a barren desert, Or maybe the

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Speaker 2: future looks full of work and responsibilities, like a city

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Speaker 2: street with bumper to bumper traffic. Take a deep breath,

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Speaker 2: let your body and heart settle. The Psalmist invites you

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Speaker 2: today to envision a different future. Those who commit to

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Speaker 2: the Lord do not have to fear what is ahead.

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Speaker 2: Trust in the Lord, and do good, the Psalmist says

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Speaker 2: in Psalm thirty seven three. Dwell in the land and

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Speaker 2: be friend faithfulness. When you trust in God, your whole

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Speaker 2: landscape changes. Even if the actual circumstances of your life

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Speaker 2: remain the same. Your trust in a good God to

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Speaker 2: provide for you changes the way you walk through life.

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Speaker 2: The mental traffic of work and worry can subside, or

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Speaker 2: the empty desert may suddenly seem to bloom and you

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Speaker 2: can breathe again. Consider what it might look like for

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Speaker 2: you to trust in the Lord, choose to do good,

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Speaker 2: and to practice faithfulness. As you do, you may find

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Speaker 2: that your future looks like safe, green pastures. Pause for

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Speaker 2: a moment to reflect upon God's faithfulness to you. God

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Speaker 2: invites you to trust in Him and to learn how

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Speaker 2: to dwell rightly in the land He's given you. Father, Today,

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Speaker 2: I want to practice trusting in you. Help me to

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Speaker 2: obey your commands and to learn to be faithful. Help

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Speaker 2: me to understand what it means to dwell in the

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Speaker 2: land you've given me. Give me eyes that can see

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Speaker 2: my life rightly and a heart that trusts you completely.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for your loving provision, Thank you for promising

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Speaker 2: to bring justice to the wicked, and thank you for

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Speaker 2: your mercy to those who place their trust in you.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, Amen, Take a moment to check in

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Speaker 2: with your body. Are the points of tension or stress

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Speaker 2: anywhere as you breathe in deeply, let that breath go

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Speaker 2: straight to the points of stress, and then exhale the tension.

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Speaker 2: As you listen to your body, listen also to your spirit.

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Speaker 2: Are there sins that you need to confess to God?

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Speaker 2: Take a moment to ask the spirit to show you

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Speaker 2: any sins that you need to confess. Jesus was human

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Speaker 2: like you, but without sin. Because of his sacrifice on

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Speaker 2: the cross, his death and resurrection, you are forgiven of

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Speaker 2: your sins, reconciled with God and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Father,

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Speaker 2: Thank you for giving me this land to dwell in.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for teaching me to obey you, to practice kindness,

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Speaker 2: and to cultivate what you've given me. Thank you for

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Speaker 2: promising to provide for me faithfully today. Please give me

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Speaker 2: eyes that can see my life rightly and a heart

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Speaker 2: that trusts you completely. Help me to see others around

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Speaker 2: me and to be a part of your provision for them.

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Speaker 2: Have mercy on me as I put my trust in you.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, Amen, Your God is a good God,

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Speaker 2: always merciful and kind put your trust in this good

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Speaker 2: God to provide for all your needs as you follow him.

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