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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswat devotional. We're glad to have you

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Speaker 2: listening with us. Today's topic is about the fact that

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Speaker 2: God never places U do you not disturb sign on

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Speaker 2: the door of his throne room in heaven. He welcomes

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Speaker 2: us into his presence, will return with an emotional after

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Speaker 2: a message for our sponsors do not Disturb, written and

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Speaker 2: read by alexis a loring. My help comes from the Lord,

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Speaker 2: the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let

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Speaker 2: your foot slip. He who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed,

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Speaker 2: he who watches over Israel will never slumber nor sleep.

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Speaker 2: The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade

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Speaker 2: at your right hand. The sun will not harm you

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Speaker 2: by day, nor the moon by night. Salm Chapter one

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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty one, Verses two through six.

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Speaker 1: N I be.

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Speaker 2: Recently I started implementing the do not disturb feature on

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Speaker 2: my phone. This has proven to be a game changer. Now,

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Speaker 2: from my bedtime until early morning, no text alerts, notifications,

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Speaker 2: or calls can interrupt my peace and quiet as I sleep.

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Speaker 2: I love this luxury so much that is to the

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Speaker 2: point now that I often activate the do not disturb

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Speaker 2: feature during the daytime when I am awake but busy

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Speaker 2: and don't want anything or any lunch interrupt my work.

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Speaker 2: For Thanks to this seizure, I can now have a

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Speaker 2: level of peace and quiet whenever I want. When people

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Speaker 2: try to text or call me during this time, they

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Speaker 2: see a note on their phone that I am not

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Speaker 2: to be disturbed. Granted, I am always willing to read

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Speaker 2: and reply to text messages or return phone calls as

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Speaker 2: soon as my schedule allows, but knowing that I can

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Speaker 2: concentrate on my work without too many interruptions brings me

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Speaker 2: great relief. Lately, I was thinking about this, and my

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Speaker 2: thoughts led to God as I realized that he never

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Speaker 2: puts a do not disturb sign at his zor. He

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Speaker 2: has the open door policy for all his children here

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Speaker 2: on earth. God loves us with all his heart. He

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Speaker 2: readily makes himself available to listen to us and help

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Speaker 2: us literally anytime of the day or night. The Bible

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Speaker 2: says he will never leave us nor forsake us Deuteronomy

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Speaker 2: chapter thirty one, verse eight. He never sleeps Psalm chapter

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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty one, verses three and four, and

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Speaker 2: he always has time for us. This almighty God has

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Speaker 2: a whole universe to run. Yeah, he cares so much

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Speaker 2: about our life here on earth that he bends down

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Speaker 2: to listen to her every prayer. Saw in chapter one

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Speaker 2: hundred and sixteen, verse two. Let me tell you the

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Speaker 2: significance of that first. When I worn'd as a school teacher,

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Speaker 2: my more experienced mentor told me that when one of

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Speaker 2: my students was in trouble, I should bend down to

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Speaker 2: listen to her and address the issue. She told me

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Speaker 2: this because even when this child was standing tall, she

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Speaker 2: was barely taller than my waist, because she was at

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Speaker 2: her early school years. By bending down, I, as her teacher,

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Speaker 2: was able to meet her on her level and make

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Speaker 2: eye contact. This helped her feel at ease. It's safe

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Speaker 2: to tell me about what she did because instead of

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Speaker 2: looking up at me, she could see me on her

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Speaker 2: eye level. It is much less intimidating than a grown

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Speaker 2: adult authority figure tiring over her, because that can make

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Speaker 2: her feel too scared to tell me what happened, especially

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Speaker 2: if she was in the wrong. God has more authority

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Speaker 2: than a human teacher, yet he is gentle with us,

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Speaker 2: but strongly needed. The Bible says God disciplines those he

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Speaker 2: loves he boush up to twelve, verse six. Depending on

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Speaker 2: where we are in our faithful with Jesus Christ, we

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Speaker 2: might see God as an intimidating authority figure who towers

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Speaker 2: over us with his majesty a strong frame. This might

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Speaker 2: make us fearful, but the Bible says God doesn't want

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Speaker 2: us to be afraid. He loves us unconditionally, and he

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Speaker 2: will always bend down to help us and restore us

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Speaker 2: when we are in the wrong. Repent, ever, says, and

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Speaker 2: ask him for forgiveness. God doesn't think we are disturbing

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Speaker 2: him when we bring our pain, problems, and mistakes for

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Speaker 2: him as we seek his help. He is never too

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Speaker 2: busy when it comes to us. Isn't it good to

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Speaker 2: know that the creator of the universe loves us that much?

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Speaker 2: And that is only the tip of the iceberg. Because

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Speaker 2: his compassion for human kind runs deep, we will never

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Speaker 2: understand the death of God's love for Uspetian Chapter three,

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Speaker 2: Verses eighteen and nineteen, and closing, I'd like for you

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Speaker 2: to listen to this song Reckless Love by Cory Asbury.

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Speaker 2: It is about God's endless love for us, and listen

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Speaker 2: to this other song My help by Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

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Speaker 2: intersecting faith in life. What do you think about God's

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Speaker 2: never end a love for you? Further reading First John

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Speaker 2: chapter five, verses fourteen through fifteen. Jeremiah Chapter thirty three,

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Speaker 2: verse three, Matthew Chapter twenty eight, verse eighteen, Psalm Chapter

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Speaker 2: thirty four, verse seventeen. Psalm Chapter sixty six, verses eighteen

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Speaker 2: and nineteen.

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