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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming,

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Speaker 2: scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 1: Right after this short.

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Speaker 2: Word from our sponsors, we'll reflect on Tonight's scripture, Second Peter,

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Speaker 2: Chapter one. Tonight's Scripture reflection is written by Alicia Hedley

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Speaker 2: and read by Carrie Eichberger. Second Peter, Chapter one, Simon Peter,

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Speaker 2: a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. To those who,

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Speaker 2: through the righteousness of our God and save Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 2: have received of faith as precious as ours. Grace and

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Speaker 2: peace be yours in abundance. Through the knowledge of God

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Speaker 2: and of Jesus our Lord, his divine power has given

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Speaker 2: us everything we need for a godly life through our

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Speaker 2: knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory

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Speaker 2: and goodness. Through these he has given us his very

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Speaker 2: great and precious promises, so that through them you may

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Speaker 2: participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in

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Speaker 2: the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason,

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Speaker 2: make every effort to add to your faith goodness and

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Speaker 2: to goodness, knowledge and to knowledge, self control, and to

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Speaker 2: self control, perseverance, and to perseverance, godliness and to godliness,

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Speaker 2: mutual affection and to mutual affection love. Possess these qualities

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Speaker 2: and increasing measure. They will keep you from being ineffective

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Speaker 2: and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,

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Speaker 2: forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore,

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Speaker 2: my brothers and sisters, make every effort to.

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Speaker 1: Confirm your calling and election.

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Speaker 2: For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

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Speaker 2: and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal

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Speaker 2: kingdom of our Lord and.

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Speaker 1: Savior, Jesus Christ. So I will always remind you.

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Speaker 2: Of these things, even though you know them and are

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Speaker 2: firmly established in the truth you now have. I think

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Speaker 2: it is your right to refresh your memory as long

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Speaker 2: as I live in the tent of this body, because

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Speaker 2: I know that I will soon put it aside, as

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Speaker 2: our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me, and

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Speaker 2: I will make every effort to see that after my departure,

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Speaker 2: you will always be able to.

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Speaker 1: Remember these things.

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Speaker 2: For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we

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Speaker 2: told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

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Speaker 2: and power. But we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. He

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Speaker 2: received honor and glory from God the Father when the

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Speaker 2: voice came to him from the majestic Glory, saying, this

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Speaker 2: is my son whom I love with him, I am

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Speaker 2: well pleased. We ourselves heard this voice that came from

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Speaker 2: heaven when we were with him on the sacred Mountain.

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Speaker 2: We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,

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Speaker 2: and you will do well to pay attention to it

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Speaker 2: as to a light shining in a dark place, until

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Speaker 2: the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

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Speaker 2: Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture

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Speaker 2: came about by the prophet's own interpretations of these things.

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Speaker 2: For prophecy never had its own origin in the human will,

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Speaker 2: But prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were

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Speaker 2: carried along by the Holy Spirit. Faith doesn't usually grow

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Speaker 2: in dramatic leaps. It usually grows quietly through ordinary days,

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Speaker 1: And small acts of obedience that no one else sees.

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Speaker 1: I want to be a faithful.

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Speaker 2: Follower of Christ, but often I feel like I miss

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Speaker 1: To be full of faith for anything that comes my

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Speaker 1: way the moment it does.

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Speaker 2: We live in a culture today where we want quick

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Speaker 2: fixes and can order something to be delivered the same day.

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Speaker 2: Your growth and walk with God doesn't work that way.

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Speaker 2: That's what makes tewod Peter Chapter one so comforting, and

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Speaker 2: it makes me take a step back and give my

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Speaker 2: self grace in my timeline. This chapter reminds us that

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Speaker 2: spiritual growth is not about becoming perfect overnight. It's about

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Speaker 2: continuing to walk with God, one.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes I think I'm not fulfilling all that God has

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Speaker 2: called me to because I'm not always walking in perfect

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Speaker 1: Rather, I have days of doubt and worry.

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Speaker 2: Second Peter one is a great reminder that is meant

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Speaker 2: to comfort us in our walk of faith. Peter describes

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Speaker 2: growth almost like layers being added slowly over time. Faith, goodness,

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Speaker 2: self control, perseverance, godliness, and love. None of these things

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Speaker 2: surrender our hearts to God. When I was walking through

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Speaker 2: my dark years of uncertainty in my journey to motherhood,

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Speaker 2: experiencing loss after loss, sometimes that faith walk require me

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Speaker 2: to surrender, not just day after day, but hour by hour,

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Speaker 2: minute by minute. It was through every small step of

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Speaker 2: surrender each day that my growth happened, and it didn't

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Speaker 2: happen overnight. I don't think I realized that growth was

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Speaker 2: happening at the time, because growth doesn't always feel good

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Speaker 2: in the moment. Developing growth and faith through a gradual

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Speaker 2: process can honestly feel frustrating at times. Maybe tonight you

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Speaker 2: feel discouraged because you thought you would be further along

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Speaker 2: by now. Maybe there are still struggles you wrestle with,

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Speaker 2: prayers you're waiting on, or areas where you still feel weak.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes growth feels slower than we expected, but slow growth

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Speaker 2: is still holy growth. The woman I was four years

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Speaker 2: ago when I started my journey to motherhood is different

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Speaker 1: The growth was slow, but it was holy.

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Speaker 2: Even when I couldn't see progress in my faith walk,

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Speaker 2: God was working within my heart day after day.

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Speaker 1: One of the most comforting truths in this.

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Speaker 2: Chapter is that God has already given you everything you

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Speaker 2: need for a godly life. Through Him. You are not

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Speaker 2: striving alone. God is actively helping shape and strengthen you

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Speaker 2: day by day. Even when you cannot clearly see the progress,

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Speaker 2: he is still working within you. Peter also reminds believers

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Speaker 1: Remember what matters most.

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Speaker 2: In a world filled with distractions, opinions, and noise. God's

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Speaker 2: word remains steady and trustworthy. His promises do not shift

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Speaker 2: with emotions or circumstances. Tonight, you do not have to

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Speaker 2: pressure yourself to have everything figured out. You simply need

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Speaker 2: to keep walking with God, one prayer at a time,

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Speaker 2: a time, and little by little God will continue growing

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Speaker 2: something beautiful within you. Dear God, thank you for being

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Speaker 2: patient with me as I grow. Sometimes I become discouraged

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Speaker 2: I notice the places where I still struggle, the prayers

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Speaker 2: But thank you for reminding me tonight that you are

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Speaker 2: still working in me, that even if I can't see

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Speaker 2: Help me not to rush the process of becoming more

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Speaker 2: of faith matter.

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Speaker 1: When growth feels slow or.

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Speaker 1: Grow within me. The qualities your words.

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Speaker 2: Speaks about, perseverance, self control, goildliness, and love strengthen my

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Speaker 2: faith in the quiet places where only you can see tonight,

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Speaker 2: help me rest without pressure of striving.

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Speaker 1: Quiet my thoughts and call in my heart.

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Speaker 2: Remind me that I do not have to become perfect

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Speaker 2: overnight because you are patiently leading me step by step.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for never giving up on me. In Jesus name, Amen,

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