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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're glad to

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Speaker 1: have you listening with us. Today's topic is how it's

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Speaker 1: important to go on adventures and when you do, God

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Speaker 1: will go with you. We'll return with the devotional after

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Speaker 1: a brief message from our sponsors. Go On an Adventure

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Speaker 1: with God, written and read by Whitney Hoppler. If I

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Speaker 1: rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle

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Speaker 1: on the far side of the sea, even and there

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Speaker 1: your hand will guide me. Your right hand will hold

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Speaker 1: me fast, Psalm one thirty nine nine through ten NIV.

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Speaker 1: What's a new adventure you hope to experience this year?

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Speaker 1: Is there a place or excited about traveling to visit,

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Speaker 1: a new skill you'd like to learn, or a project

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Speaker 1: or role you want to start at work or at church.

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Speaker 1: No matter what kind of adventure it is, you probably

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Speaker 1: feel a mix of both excitement and fear because of

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Speaker 1: all the uncertainty involved. The fear may be causing you

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Speaker 1: to hesitate, but don't let fear take over. If you've

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Speaker 1: prayed for God's guidance to make the best decisions, and

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Speaker 1: you sense God leading you to go on that adventure,

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Speaker 1: you can move forward with confidence even while still feeling afraid.

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Speaker 1: Psalm one thirty nine nine through ten describes why you

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Speaker 1: can be confident God will go with you any time

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Speaker 1: and anywhere. There's no time of day or night when

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Speaker 1: God won't be with you. There's no place you can

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Speaker 1: go where God won't be with you. As these verses

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Speaker 1: point out, even if you leave as soon as the

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Speaker 1: dawn of a new day, or go somewhere far away

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Speaker 1: like overseas, You'll still be in God's hands. Adventures are

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Speaker 1: vital for your speak growth. Any trip or class you

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Speaker 1: want to take, and any professional or volunteer opportunity to

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Speaker 1: serve in new ways is worth praying about and planning for.

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Speaker 1: If God leads you to move forward, stay in your

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Speaker 1: comfort zone or won't help you grow closer to God,

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Speaker 1: but adventures will. When you step into an adventure, you

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Speaker 1: realize that you can't do it alone, which motivates you

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Speaker 1: to look for God's presence and connect with him. An

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Speaker 1: adventure stretches your faith so it can become more resilient.

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Speaker 1: If you travel someplace new, you can see the vastness

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Speaker 1: of the world God created and discover more about how

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Speaker 1: unlimited God's love and power are If you take on

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Speaker 1: a new project at work, you can discover talents God

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Speaker 1: tucked away inside of you that never would have surfaced

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Speaker 1: if you hadn't worked on that project. If you serve

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Speaker 1: people in a new way at church, you can experience

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Speaker 1: the blessings of experiencing God's love flow through your life

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Speaker 1: and fresh ways. Whenever you start a new adventure, whenever

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Speaker 1: you rise on the wings of the dawn, you can

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Speaker 1: count on God to show up on time to meet

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Speaker 1: you wherever the far side of the sea is for you.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about what might happen there,

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Speaker 1: because God will go there with you. An adventure may

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Speaker 1: lead you to a new schedule or take you to

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Speaker 1: a new place on a map, but God doesn't just

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Speaker 1: give you a schedule and a map and then leave

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Speaker 1: you alone to figure it out. These verses promise that

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Speaker 1: God's hand will hold you fast. God isn't watching you

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Speaker 1: from a distance. God is walking beside you as your

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Speaker 1: personal guide no matter when and where you go. So

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Speaker 1: go on an adventure with God sometime soon. If you

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Speaker 1: take a risk and feel like an impostor, don't worry

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Speaker 1: because God will hold you fast. If you start a

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Speaker 1: new journey and feel afraid of what might happen along

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Speaker 1: the way, God will hold you fast. You can afford

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Speaker 1: to be brave because you have your loving and powerful,

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Speaker 1: heavenly Father right beside. You. Don't let the fear of

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Speaker 1: the far side of the sea keep you stuck on

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Speaker 1: the shore. The dawn is rising and God is already

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Speaker 1: there waiting to guide you on a new adventure that

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Speaker 1: will bless you. Intersecting faith in life, as you consider

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Speaker 1: why it's important to go on adventures and to trust

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Speaker 1: God to go with you, reflect on these questions. What's

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Speaker 1: one adventure, like a trip or a project you've been

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Speaker 1: putting off because of fear of what might happen? If

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Speaker 1: you move forward looking back at a past challenge, how

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Speaker 1: can you see now that God was holding her hand

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Speaker 1: when you were in the middle of that challenge? In

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Speaker 1: what ways do you find it easier to trust yourself

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Speaker 1: rather than trusting God when your circumstances are comfortable. How

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Speaker 1: does the idea that God will be there for you

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Speaker 1: any time and anywhere change your pers perspective on taking risks?

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Speaker 1: What's one step you can take this week to move

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Speaker 1: toward the next adventure that is calling you to go

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Speaker 1: on further reading Psalm thirty two eight, Joshua one point nine,

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Speaker 1: Isaiah forty one ten, Matthew twenty eight, twenty, Proverbs three

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Speaker 1: five through six. Thanks for listening to today's devotional. If

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