1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: Hey friend, do you ever feel like the busyness of 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 2: life makes it hard to slow down and truly connect 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 2: with Jesus. Do your priorities and passions feel jumbled and 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: out of whack? Then join me this summer on my 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 2: podcast how to Study the Bible as we Dive into 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 2: Spiritual Rhythms, a six week series that will lead us 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: through six spiritual rhythms to help us slow down and 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: make space for Jesus in the busyness of everyday life. 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: To guide us, I've put together a free downloadable six 11 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: week study available at nicoleunis dot com slash Spiritual Practices. 12 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 2: The study will walk us through God's word as we 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 2: learn to embrace daily practices that draw us closer to Jesus. 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 2: Each week on the podcast, we'll walk through one spiritual 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: rhythm that helps us discover how to spend intentional time 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: with God, align our passions and balance our priorities, and 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: make time and space for restfulness and celebration. Download Spiritual 18 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: Rhythms for free today at nicoleunics dot com slash Spiritual 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: Practices and I'll see you on How to Say the Bible. 20 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, Welcome back to How to Say the Bible. 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Nicole Unis, joined again by Rev. 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Rachel. Rachel, thanks for being with us today here I am, 23 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: thanks for having me back. Love here, I am here, 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: I am. Send me let's end. Bring the Bible joke. 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 2: Send me up before I start the Bible joke. I 26 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: just want to read a few reviews from this series 27 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: so far. You guys, we love getting together with you 28 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: every week here on the podcast airwaves. And also, guys, 29 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: Rachel is feeling herself because she has such a cool 30 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: new microphone. 31 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: So welcome my word, y'all it is I want to 32 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: quit Bible everything and go full time DJ, like, do 33 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: the whole thing. We need you to be the Bible DJ, 34 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:10,799 Speaker 1: though we can me the Bible DJ. That's my nat. 35 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: This is my next career move. Stay out to the 36 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: Bible DJ, please y. I'm okay. So here's a couple 37 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: of things. 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: Lanna Roade eighteen said on Wednesday, my new favorite show, 39 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 2: loving this summer series. Ladies excited to dive in and 40 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 2: engage with the Bible. Lana, We're excited too. We're so 41 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: glad that you're here. Same glad you all right Monday, 42 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 2: this is what Robin said on Monday. I can't tell 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: you how much this has helped me walk through scripture. 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: I love that we are we're hitting the mark. That's 45 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 2: what we're here to do for sure. And on June third, 46 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: Miss pt Y, I don't know if that's praised the 47 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 2: yahweh or what why is, but it says love. This 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: new series a great addition to my Christian journey. Nicole 49 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: and Rev. Rachel should consider having an ongoing podcast. They 50 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 2: are insightful, funny and engaging. Happy Friday, Rev Rachel, guys, 51 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: I know, oh that makes us feel great. We're sad 52 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 2: that you guys are all right, I know, And you know, 53 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: one of the reasons that you're probably getting the best 54 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 2: out of Rev. Rachel and Revnical is because we absolutely 55 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: love the Bible and it's just so fun to engage. 56 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: I love because Rachel's got such a deep historical background. 57 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 2: I love getting to like hear a little bit more 58 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: on the backstory side and then really talk about how 59 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: this is impacting our everyday lives, because guys, that's what 60 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: really matters. If we're just here like getting puffed up 61 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: on knowledge that's not God's design, We're actually here to 62 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: be transformed by God's word, and that's what we're doing 63 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: in this series. We're really offering some different opportunities each 64 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: week to think about changes that you can make in 65 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: your daily practice that allow you to have space for God, 66 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: because we know that with space comes perspective, and when 67 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: you have that right perspective, you can actually live in 68 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: peace and joy. So that's what we're doing. Rachel, we 69 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: did a digital fast last week. Talk to me about 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: your experiences with digital fasts, both with you and your 71 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 2: college students. 72 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's It always impresses me how 73 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: much you don't realize you're the omnipresence of technology in 74 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: your life until you're actually deliberately trying to do something 75 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: about it, and then you're so much more conscientious of 76 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: Oh my word, whenever I'm bored, whenever I'm stressed, whenever 77 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm frustrated, it startscrolling and it really reveals right. And this, 78 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: this what idolatry is about, is trust fundamentally right, And 79 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 1: it reveals where what where I genuinely go to when 80 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: I'm under stressed and under pressure, and it's usually not God. 81 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: And so it's always very convicted for me every time 82 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: I try to do this and I and I've tried 83 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: to my students especially are good at this, are trying 84 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: to cultivate this rhythm of life for the use of 85 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: a phone because it's it's such a presence and a 86 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: power in our lives. But it definitely exposes a lot 87 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: I think in my own heart. 88 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: I can't remember what who I was listening to who 89 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: talks a lot about digital practices, but they said, stop 90 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 2: calling it a phone and start calling it a computer, 91 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: like you have a computer in your pocket, because it's 92 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: more that is what you're doing. Like every time you 93 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 2: open your phone, you're like basically flipping open a computer 94 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 2: in front of whoever you're with or whatever. 95 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: And yeah, I don't know why. 96 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: Something about that changes my perspective too, because honestly, if 97 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 2: I use my phone as a phone, it would probably 98 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 2: be more healthy because that would mean out in front 99 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: of people, connect to someone NI talking to a really 100 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 2: human being, like live in person. But yeah, I mean 101 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 2: I find this whole thing really the digital fast is huge. 102 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: I do think it's really deceptive. 103 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 2: Like I'm the first to say, like I don't have 104 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: a problem with that, but just like you, what I've 105 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: started to also recognize is how does this set the 106 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 2: barometer on my day? 107 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: Like Instagram, what is the fruit? What is the fruit 108 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: of this time? 109 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,119 Speaker 2: Because at the time I might consider it neutral, maybe 110 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 2: even positive, but then over time the question is like 111 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: what is this doing and what trajectory is it setting 112 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: me on for the day, And I'm just finding like 113 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 2: it just creates more anxiety. 114 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: In general, I don't struggle deeply. 115 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: With anxiety as a as an ongoing sort of pathological problem, 116 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: but what I mean is just this, like this revved 117 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: up sense inside of like discontent and of something to 118 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: change and of things not being as they're meant to be. 119 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 2: And I'm like, I don't need any more of that 120 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: in my life at all. So real, I'm really I'm 121 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 2: enjoying the challenge, and we hope you guys are. I'm 122 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: just abatgining you guys somehow listening to this podcast not 123 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 2: using your phone realize possible. 124 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: So I like what you said, Rachel. 125 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: It's not about eliminating technology from life. It's about having 126 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 2: the right relationship with it. And sometimes fasts and changes 127 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 2: to your pattern can just disrupt that rhythm enough for 128 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: you to recognize, like what you're doing and how you're 129 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 2: using it, just like you talked about, Rach So. 130 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: And I will say I think one of the most 131 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: helpful pro tips I've received in this field, tested by 132 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:53,799 Speaker 1: college students, is to buy an old school alarm clock. 133 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: Do not, under any circumstances use your phone as an 134 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: alarm clock. Because when that's the first thing you look 135 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: at when you up, last thing you look at before 136 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: you go bed, that just that's going to mess with 137 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: your brain and your soul all kinds of ways. So 138 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 1: just go to Target buy an alarm clock. 139 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 2: I love that, Rachel, because I'm a huge proponent of 140 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:11,239 Speaker 2: that too, Like that's always been my thing. We actually 141 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: have like Alexa little dots in everyone's room, so you 142 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 2: can actually just say Alexa, send alarm for six o'clock. 143 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: You don't have to touch your phone or have your 144 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 2: phone in the room at all. So yeah, great, great chip. 145 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: Thanks college students, guys, try it out. Let us know 146 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 2: how it goes for you. We'd love to hear. Okay, 147 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: So we did a we talked about a new rhythm, 148 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: we talked about a digital rhythm, and this week we're 149 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: going to talk about the spiritual rhythm of scripture. 150 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: Just how we engage. 151 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: Obviously we're very passionate about this, but we really want 152 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 2: to talk about in your day to day life, what 153 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: does this look like. So we've chosen a passage from 154 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: Psalm one nineteen Versus nine through sixteen, and why don't 155 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: we I love when we read it back and forth Rach. 156 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: So let's let's do that, and then we'll we'll get 157 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:52,679 Speaker 2: into our live method. 158 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: We'll just talk about how we perceive the scripture and 159 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: what we do with it. Great Sea, shall I lead 160 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: us off? Please do? How can a young persons stay 161 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: in the path of purity by living according to your word? 162 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: I seek you with all my heart. Do not let 163 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word 164 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: in my heart. Then I might not sin against you. 165 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your decrease with 166 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: my lips. I recount all the laws that come from 167 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: your mouth. I rejoice in following your statutes as one 168 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and 169 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: consider your ways. I delight in your decrease. I will 170 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: not neglect your word. This is the word of the 171 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: Lord's I'm one nineteen. Thanks be to God. 172 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: All right, So before we get into what we're going 173 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: to do with this passage and how we're going to 174 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: practice the scripture a specific kind of scripture reading this week, 175 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 2: let's just like review what this actually says. Right, So 176 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 2: it's a beautiful poetic language, but what is the Psalmist 177 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 2: actually getting at Rach? What's a couple of things that 178 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 2: stand out to you? And then I'll share a few 179 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: of my own as well. 180 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: Well. I mean, the first thing that stands out is 181 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: just the form of this being a PLM, a poem prayer, 182 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about that more, so I 183 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: won't get into that too much. But just the sense 184 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: the Psalmist has of joy in God's law that is 185 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: not really language we use. That's not really category we 186 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: think about. And I think we tend to really consider 187 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: any kind of law pretty negatively. And so there's something 188 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: else happening here where his experience is really different from 189 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: how we think about commands and laws, and I think 190 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: really worth exploring. 191 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think like if you look, you know, 192 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: if you guys have your Bible open right now and 193 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 2: you're looking at the passage, you're seeing all these synonyms used, right, 194 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: So it's like live according to your word, hide your 195 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 2: word in my heart like decrees, laws, statutes, precepts, like, 196 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 2: there's all of these words used to describe this thing, right, 197 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: and then there's joy around it, So I also love whenever. 198 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 2: A passage is a pretty clear, like if then kind 199 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: of situation. So the passage opens by saying like, how 200 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 2: do you stay on the path of purity? And that 201 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: isn't even a very very like positive world in our culture, 202 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 2: but to me, that means like, how do I stay 203 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: in integrity? How do I stay whole? How do I 204 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: stay in this place of like joy and freedom? And 205 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: then you know, the answer is given. So the answer 206 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: is given by living according to your word, and then 207 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 2: we have like all of the ways that that plays out, 208 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 2: like how you actually live according to the words. So 209 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 2: we want I mean, I think when you read this 210 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: passage from me, I'm like, yeah, we want to figure 211 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 2: out what this looks like. We should want to figure 212 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: out what this looks like in our everyday life, because 213 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 2: it's it's pretty descriptive. 214 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's beautiful. 215 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 2: So let's talk a bit a little bit about the backstory. 216 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: I know you're excited to share it with us a 217 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 2: little bit more about the psalms. Obviously the design of 218 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 2: this and this is important for us to note because 219 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: we do quote unquote Bible study together every week. Here. 220 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 2: We are studying the Bible, and we do want to 221 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 2: know what the words say. But it's also really important 222 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: to understand the form of the words and the original 223 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 2: intent of the book whatever we're studying, because that really 224 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 2: informs the way that we engage it. So, for instance, 225 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 2: if you're reading poetry that has a lot of hyperbolic language, 226 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: a lot of exaggeration, and you're trying to read it literally, 227 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: then you're gonna gonna get real weird, real fast, get 228 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 2: real weird, real weird. And you see this happen all 229 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 2: the time where you're like, uh, that's no, that's not 230 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 2: that's not Actually we're like talking about a figure of speech, 231 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 2: but we're acting like it's literal, and so that happens, right, 232 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 2: So we want to know like the form, we want 233 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 2: to know the original intent and the way it was 234 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: used by its original audience. So talk us a little 235 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 2: through a little bit of this psalm. 236 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: So Psalms are fundamentally prayers, right, They're songs there, They 237 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: are meant to be praid and experienced, not just studied. 238 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: In fact, their primary use is to be prayed, and 239 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: so Jesus would have prayed through the psalms. They're actually 240 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: given to us in the form that they are, and 241 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: the one hundred and fifty of them that we have 242 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: in the Book of Psalms as a prayer book in 243 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: the Bible to actually teach us how to pray. And 244 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: even the structure Psalms is really cool, like most of 245 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: the sad ones are at the beginning, and a lot 246 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: of most of the happy ones are at the end. 247 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: There's some interers immerse, but this the kind of the 248 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: thread of moving through being really honest with God to 249 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: a place of a worship and joy, And just so 250 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: much about the Psalms is about not only being honest 251 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: with God but also shaping your heart and really teaching 252 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: you to pray, which is so beautiful and so fun 253 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 1: and so the best way I think to engage a 254 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: psalm is what we're going to do it because it's 255 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: meant to be experienced worshipfully. It's less so to be 256 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: studied analytically, though there's obviously certainly a place for that, 257 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: but that's not necessarily the primary intent of this particular 258 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: form of scripture. 259 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and let's camp out on that for a minute, 260 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 2: because depending on your church backgrounds, Like and all of 261 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: you guys listening, just think for a second if you 262 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 2: did grow up in church, Like, think about your church background, 263 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,599 Speaker 2: because you know, we only experience what we experience, and 264 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 2: we don't realize that oftentimes there's just a huge, wide spectrum. 265 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 3: Right. 266 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 2: So if you were raised in the evangelical tradition, like 267 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: Rachel and I mostly were, you're going to have experienced 268 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: a lot of church through your mind, through your head, 269 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: You're going to have experienced a lot of sort of 270 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 2: chopping up of scripture and analyzing verse by verse. 271 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: And that is all well and good. There's nothing wrong 272 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: with that. It's beautiful. 273 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 2: But there's a balance, right, because there's another form of church. 274 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: There's another form of kind of engaging scripture that really 275 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 2: engages the imagination, it engages the emotion, it engages sort 276 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: of a more mystical experience with God where we're actually 277 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,319 Speaker 2: sitting ourselves in a place where we're experiencing God and 278 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 2: receiving from God. And there's pros and cons to that 279 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 2: as well. Neither one of those is better than the other. 280 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 2: In fact, the way their best experience is together. So 281 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 2: you may want to ask yourself, am I more prone 282 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 2: to be a person who studies? Which I'm like, Hey, newsflash, 283 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 2: you probably are because you're here. 284 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: You're listening to this Jesus Nerds Unite. 285 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: You are literally listening to a podcast called how to 286 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 2: Study That Bible. So most of us probably like that 287 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 2: part of scripture, which I love and I know you 288 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: do too, Rachel, like and making connections across books of 289 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 2: the Bible, and like seeing God where I mean, so great, 290 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 2: so cool. 291 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: Right, the original language is all that, But there's also. 292 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: This whole other side, which is the ability to really 293 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: do what we're going to do today and really meditate 294 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 2: and be in scripture in a way that allows Scripture 295 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 2: to read you, to inform. 296 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: You about what's going on in your heart. 297 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 2: So walk us through that, because that's where we're actually 298 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 2: going to engage today. 299 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, So we're gonna try a practice called lectio divina, 300 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: and I think, actually before we talk about that, it's helpful, 301 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: I think, just to give framework for some of our 302 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: own understanding of why we're all nerds. And it's in 303 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: no small part due to the Protestant Reformation. So if 304 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: you come from an evangelical background, you're in that's kind 305 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: of your inheritance. That happened about five hundred years ago. 306 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: And part of why that was a big deal is 307 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: the printing press just came out and people were learning 308 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: to read. So suddenly people could study the Bible in 309 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: a way that was never possible before, which is so 310 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: exciting in such a gift. So that's kind of where 311 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: we get that inductive Bible study kind of inclination, which 312 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: is a really beautiful thing. Also, before print press, most 313 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: people couldn't read right. Books were not easy to get 314 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: a hold of, really high you had really high illiteracy. 315 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: And so a practice that was developed about seventeen hundred 316 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: years ago. Christians have been doing this for a long 317 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: time is this practice called lectio divina the divine reading, 318 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: and it was a way of helping. It did two things. One, 319 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: it for people who did not have access to a 320 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: printed or a manuscript copy of the Bible, or who 321 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: were illiterate and could it read and could not read 322 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: it anyway. It gave them the ability to really experience 323 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: an apply scripture. So that was one thing that it did. 324 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: But another thing it did is it's the whole point 325 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: is not simply free to glean information, it's to actually 326 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: be formed. It's to ask questions of how is my 327 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: life in my community interacting meaningfully with this text in 328 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: the moment, right here and now. And so it can 329 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 1: help us kind of get over the nerdy Protestant hurdle 330 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: of Bible study stopping in our heads and maybe getting 331 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: kind of hung up there. And so I found this 332 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: to be incredibly convicting and helpful because this is not 333 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: my natural and cline. I am a nerd. I can 334 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: say things all day and then not actually doing anything 335 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: about it. And so this is this is both convicting 336 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: and I think very helpful and time time tested and 337 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: field tested practice. Yeah that's great. 338 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 2: So we're going to have the courage right now to 339 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 2: run ahead in this practice. And we want to invite 340 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: you guys in if we were all together in a room, 341 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: as I like to imagine us. I like to imagine 342 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 2: us all like around a fire, you know, And that 343 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 2: would be my ideal. 344 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: I would imagine us. 345 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 2: Doing this and you would be having your reaction and 346 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 2: sort of you would be conversing about what you're experiencing. 347 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: And we would all be doing that. But Rachel and I. 348 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: Are just going to model that for you, and we 349 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 2: want to invite you to be kind of that silent 350 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 2: third party who's also here along with the Lord with us. 351 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: So allow yourself to engage with this practice as we 352 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: go through it together. You want to lead us off? 353 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: Yes, And so what I'm going and I'm saying, are 354 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: we going to read through the whole psalm? I'm assuming 355 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: that's how we want to do this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 356 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: let's do it. Okay. So just so so everybody knows 357 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: the way this goes, there's a few stages and so 358 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: it starts with silence, just a little empty space to 359 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: meet with God. And then I'm going to read it 360 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: a couple times. And when I do that, I'm going 361 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: to not hurry through it, but just notice whatever. Whatever 362 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 1: you notice, whatever word or phrase or image kind of 363 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: catches your attention and just kind of sit with that. 364 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: And then when we read it a third time, just 365 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: ask the Holy Spirit, how does this actually connect with me? 366 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: Now? 367 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 1: What do you try to show me? What? What are 368 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: you inviting me to? And then through the force reading, 369 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: that's the time to respond. So that that's when you 370 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: really kind of press into God. How are you inviting 371 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: me to respond to what Eep shown? 372 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 2: Okay, so we're going to give you, guys a second 373 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 2: to get yourselves ready, and then we're going to do 374 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: the practice together. We're going to give you just a 375 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 2: little space for silence, and then you're going to hear 376 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 2: us read this passage to you and give you that 377 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 2: prompt again. So we encourage you to just let the 378 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 2: words wash over you and see what stands out to 379 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: you as we read. So let's take a moment of 380 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 2: silence and ask God to open our hearts and minds 381 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 2: to his word. How can a young person stay on 382 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 2: the path of period by living according to your word? 383 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: I seek you with all my heart. Do not let 384 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 2: me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word 385 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 2: in my heart that I might not sin against you. 386 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 2: Praise be to you Lord. Teach me your decrease with 387 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,479 Speaker 2: my lips. I recount all the laws that come from 388 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 2: your mouth. I rejoiced in following your statutes, as one 389 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 2: rejoices in great riches. I meditate on your precepts and 390 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 2: consider your ways. I delight in your decrease. I will 391 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 2: not neglect your word We're going to read it a 392 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 2: second time, and we invite you to just listen for 393 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 2: the word or image or phrase that sticks out to 394 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: you as you listen again. 395 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: How can a young person stay on the path of 396 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: purity by living according to your word? I seek to 397 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: you with all my heart. Do not let me stray 398 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: from your commands. I've hidden your word in my heart 399 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, 400 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: you Lord, teach me your decrees with my lips. I 401 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: recount all the laws that come from your mouth. I 402 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 403 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I 404 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: delight in your decrees. I will not neglect your word. 405 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 2: Now this third time, you're asking the Holy Spirit to 406 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 2: speak to you as you listen to the words and 407 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 2: praises again. How can a young person stay on the 408 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 2: path of purity by living according to your word? I 409 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 2: seek you with all my heart. Do not let me 410 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 2: stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in 411 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 2: my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise 412 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: be to you Lord. Teach me your decrees with my lips. 413 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 2: I recount all the laws that come from your mouth. 414 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in 415 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 2: great riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 416 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: I delight in your I will not neglect your word. 417 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: So in this fourth reading, we're going to invite you 418 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: that as you listen, to listen, that's what the Holy 419 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: Spirit I have to say, and ask him how might 420 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: he hope for you to respond? What is God trying 421 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: to invite you into with his word in this moment? 422 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: How can a young person stand the path of purity 423 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: by living according to your word? I seek you with 424 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: all my heart. Do you not let me stray from 425 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart 426 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: that I might not sin against you. Praise be to 427 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: you Lord. Teach me your decrees with my lips. I 428 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: recount all the laws that come from your mouth. I 429 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. 430 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I 431 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: delight in your decrees. I will not neglect your word. 432 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 2: So we're going to break the silence, and Rachel and 433 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 2: I are just going to share a couple of reflections 434 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: from the practice, and we hope that you'll write down 435 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: your own reflections or share them with us. 436 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: We'd love to hear them. 437 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 2: So, Rachel, as you listened, what came to you, what 438 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 2: words and images and you how did you think the 439 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit wanted you to respond? 440 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: I just don't know that I do a lot of 441 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: sitting and delighting. I don't think that's a very prevalent 442 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: part of my faith or my life. I'm just not 443 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: a hate contemplative person. So that that's part of why 444 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: this challenges me. And so I think the invitation to 445 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:39,239 Speaker 1: really practice sitting and resting and enjoying the goodness of 446 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: God is a genuine discipline in a positive way that 447 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: I think I would like to lean into. 448 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: I love that, and I love that it's like almost 449 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 2: exactly opposite of what I. 450 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: Feel like from God, So which is cool. 451 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 2: That's why this pracas So for me, I felt more 452 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 2: like God was giving me an image that I am 453 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: very prone to sitting with him and then leaving it there, 454 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 2: and that the invitation was to an active considering like that. 455 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 2: I was experiencing this chapter as a very active, like 456 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 2: as you go through the day sort of vibe, like 457 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 2: how does it look to bring joy and consideration and 458 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 2: recount who God is all through the day in a 459 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 2: very active way as opposed to like this is my 460 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 2: quote unquote quiet time, and now I'm going to go 461 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 2: on with my life and not reconsider anything from that time. 462 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: And I love that invitation. 463 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: It just feels very much like where I think the 464 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 2: Spirit is meeting me today. So, and you know what 465 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 2: happens when we What you should feel, guys, at the 466 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,160 Speaker 2: end of a practice like this is when the spirit convicts, 467 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 2: or the spirit comforts, or the spirit moves in your life. 468 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:47,719 Speaker 2: What you're not going to feel is shame. You're not 469 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: going to feel beat up, You're gonna not feel anxious. 470 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 2: You're going to feel peace. Even if that peace is 471 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 2: putting you on a different path. That is God's design, 472 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,439 Speaker 2: in God's way. So I hope and we're our desire 473 00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: and our prayer for you is that you do feel 474 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 2: that peace as you do this practice, and we're going 475 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 2: to give that to you in the download. If you 476 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: go to Nicole Unis dot com slash Spiritual Practices, we 477 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 2: have a download for this whole series and. 478 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: You can practice this this week. We'd love for you 479 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: to try it out all right. That's it for today 480 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: you guys. We are looking forward to seeing you next week. Bye. 481 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 3: How to Study the Bible with Nicole Unie is a 482 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 3: production of Live Audio and Salem Media. 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