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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide meditation based on guideposts sixty Days

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Speaker 2: of Prayer. I'm Jennifer Clark. Do you know that you

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Speaker 2: are loved and chosen by God? He loved you even

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Speaker 2: before He made the land and the sea. In fact,

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Speaker 2: Ephesians one four says, even before he made the world,

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Speaker 2: God loved us and chose us in Christ to be

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Speaker 2: holy and without fault in his eyes. Personalize this passage

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Speaker 2: and tuck this verse deep in your heart. Even before

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Speaker 2: He made the world, God loved me and chose me.

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Speaker 2: Whenever you feel alone or scared, repeat those words. Feel

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Speaker 2: His presence comforting you. Take a deep breath as you

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Speaker 2: rest in him, take a few moments to think about that,

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Speaker 2: before the world even existed, God loved you. It might

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Speaker 2: be easy for you to say in your head God

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Speaker 2: loves me, but in your heart you're wondering if you're

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Speaker 2: really worthy. But your faultlessness isn't based on whether you're

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Speaker 2: perfect or not. It's based on who you are in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes it takes a while for our emotions to catch

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Speaker 2: up with our head. So here's a little tip. Let

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Speaker 2: your actions be that of a beloved child. If you

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Speaker 2: do that, gradually your heart will believe it. We don't

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Speaker 2: just know that God loves us because the Bible tells us, though,

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Speaker 2: although it repeatedly does. We know it because He sent

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Speaker 2: Jesus so that whoever believes in him would have eternal life.

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Speaker 2: That's love that Jesus would lay down his life for

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Speaker 2: his friends. Almighty Creator, I am in awe of your love.

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Speaker 2: There are so many voices around me that say I

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Speaker 2: need to do something to have more, to climb the

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Speaker 2: corporate ladder, to meet some undefined expectation in order to

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Speaker 2: have worth. But I'm grateful. That's not true with you.

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Speaker 2: You just love me. Your word says that we love

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Speaker 2: because you first loved us. Help me to love others

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Speaker 2: well so they can see you in me. It's in

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Speaker 2: the name of Jesus that I pray. Amen. Take another

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Speaker 2: deep breath and release it slowly. Sometimes it's hard to

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Speaker 2: feel God's love when he's not a physical presence in

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Speaker 2: your life. So wrap your arms around yourself and imagine

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Speaker 2: God hugging you. There is nothing that can separate you

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Speaker 2: from God's love. Nothing. Go ahead and confess to him

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Speaker 2: anything that you've been holding back. Remove all the barriers

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Speaker 2: between you. He is poised to forgive. What an awesome

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Speaker 2: feeling it is to know that you are completely loved

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Speaker 2: and that you didn't have to do a thing to

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Speaker 2: earn that love. Even before the foundations of the world,

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Speaker 2: He chose you. Father. I really do not have adequate

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Speaker 2: words to thank you for your unfailing love. It's amazing

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Speaker 2: and comforting and incomprehensible and overwhelming. Help me to live

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Speaker 2: in your love, to wake up each day knowing that

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Speaker 2: I am chosen by you and that you love me.

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Speaker 2: Oh how you love me, and let that love overflow

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Speaker 2: to those around me. Because of your love, I don't

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Speaker 2: need to be afraid You are always with me. No

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Speaker 2: matter what I feel, I will believe in Jesus. I

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Speaker 2: pray Amen. If God's love fills us to overflowing, our

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Speaker 2: whole countenance should change. Everything we do and say reflects

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Speaker 2: how well we live in that love. Until next time,

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Speaker 2: may you abide in Christ