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Speaker 1: abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Tyler Boss.

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Speaker 1: In hard times? How can you be more like Jesus?

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Speaker 1: Sometimes when you're stuck in a hard or painful place,

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Speaker 1: it can be difficult to see a way out. We

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Speaker 1: look around and wonder how we could ever move forward,

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Speaker 1: What could possibly make all of the pain, all of

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Speaker 1: the struggling worth it. Picture a dark tunnel that stretches

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Speaker 1: on and on with no end in sight. You know

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Speaker 1: you have to move forward, but you don't know how.

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Speaker 1: You may feel scared, uncertain, or even hopeless. You don't

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Speaker 1: know for how long this tunnel will go on, or

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Speaker 1: if there will be any more twists and turns. But

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Speaker 1: God has given you a light in the darkness. He

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Speaker 1: gave you Christ, Jesus, who suffered and emerged victorious Hebrews

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Speaker 1: twelve one and two. Therefore, since we are surrounded by

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Speaker 1: so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay

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Speaker 1: aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and

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Speaker 1: let us run with endurance the race that is set

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Speaker 1: before us, looking to Jesus, the founder of our faith, who,

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Speaker 1: for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross,

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Speaker 1: despising the shame it is seated at the right hand

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Speaker 1: of the throne of God. Take a breath. Imagine taking

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Speaker 1: that bright, precious light in your hand and stepping forward.

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Speaker 1: Jesus suffered so much, knowing that in the end he

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Speaker 1: would be rewarded and be with his father again in heaven.

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Speaker 1: Let's pray together, Lord, thank you for the light you

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Speaker 1: give us in times of darkness, when pain and hardship

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Speaker 1: make it so hard to go forward. Ask for strength

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Speaker 1: so that we can persevere, just as your son did

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Speaker 1: on the cross, so that we may find the reward

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Speaker 1: at the end and be with you in heaven. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for your son. I pray that we see the

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Speaker 1: example he set and follow in his footsteps as we

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Speaker 1: move forward from whatever pain and hardship we meet. In

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Speaker 1: your Son's name. Amen, now straighten your spine, take a

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Speaker 1: deep breath, and relax your shoulders. Keep picturing that light

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Speaker 1: piercing through the uncertain darkness of the tunnel as you

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Speaker 1: begin to move forward. So much of that darkness, so

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Speaker 1: much of that fear and uncertainty that we struggle to

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Speaker 1: move forward from, comes from the weight of the things

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Speaker 1: we need to give to God. Take a moment to

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Speaker 1: do that now. Harsh situations and all that comes with

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Speaker 1: them can claim so much of our attention, keeping us

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Speaker 1: from positive transition. But keep your focus on Jesus and

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Speaker 1: on the example he set by persevering on that cross.

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Speaker 1: Let's close our time in prayer. Lord, You've paved the

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Speaker 1: road before me, and you've given me the light I

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Speaker 1: need to navigate it. Thank you for the strength and

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Speaker 1: guidance you have given me and your son Jesus, and

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Speaker 1: I ask that you continue to remind my heart that

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Speaker 1: in order to make it to the end, in order

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Speaker 1: to even take that first step forward, I need to

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Speaker 1: keep my eyes on Jesus. He is the author and

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Speaker 1: profect victor of my faith. In his name, I pray Amen.

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Speaker 1: Whenever you feel that weight pressing down and holding you

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Speaker 1: back from moving forward, remember to keep your eyes on

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Speaker 1: Jesus until next time. May you abide in Christ