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Speaker 1: abide in Christ.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Jennifer Clark. Have you

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Speaker 2: ever felt like Noah? You do what God asks you

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Speaker 2: to do, not understanding it at all, but you do

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Speaker 2: it because you trust Him. Then you end up on

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Speaker 2: a big boat with a whole bunch of wild animals

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Speaker 2: in a flood, and the doors are locked. There doesn't

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Speaker 2: seem to be any way of escape. Take a deep

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Speaker 2: breath and hold it for a moment before you release it.

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Speaker 2: Where there seems to be no way, God always seems

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Speaker 2: to make a way. Genesis eight one tells us, but

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Speaker 2: God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the

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Speaker 2: livestock that were with him in the ark, and he

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Speaker 2: sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.

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Speaker 2: Those two little words, But God, they make a huge difference,

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Speaker 2: don't they. The Israelites pursued by the Egyptian army from behind,

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Speaker 2: facing the Red Sea in front. But God, Sarah barn

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Speaker 2: for decades, tries to do things her way, and that

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Speaker 2: doesn't go very well. But God, Mary, young, unmarried, poor,

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Speaker 2: is told that she will bear the Messiah. How in

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Speaker 2: the world, But God, when have you experienced a but

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Speaker 2: God moment? Throughout the Bible, there are many but God

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Speaker 2: passages that turn everything around. Often it seems that there

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Speaker 2: is no way, But God makes a way. He is

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Speaker 2: always around you and never stops loving and caring for you.

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Speaker 2: Dear Lord, there have been many times my future looked bleak,

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Speaker 2: but you showed your mercy and showered blessings upon me.

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Speaker 2: You started life anew with Noah. You opened the Red

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Speaker 2: Sea for your people to walk through on dry land.

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Speaker 2: You made Sarah the mother of nations, and you blessed

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Speaker 2: Mary beyond measure as the mother of Jesus. Help me

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Speaker 2: to trust that you are working even when I can't

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Speaker 2: see it. You will always do abundantly more than I

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Speaker 2: can ask or think. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: Close your eyes and hold open your hands, signifying to

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Speaker 2: the Lord that you are willing to accept what he

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Speaker 2: has for you. Keep breathing deeply and slowly, calming your

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Speaker 2: heart and relax your body. Take a moment to examine

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Speaker 2: your heart with the Lord. Where have you been doubting

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Speaker 2: his provision? Where have you questioned his presence and his

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Speaker 2: work in your life? Talk to God about that now.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes God works right out in the open, he paves

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Speaker 2: the way, he makes things obvious, but much of the

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Speaker 2: time he's working behind the scenes for your good and

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Speaker 2: for his glory. Lord, God, you are all powerful and

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Speaker 2: nothing is impossible with you. So help me to remember that,

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Speaker 2: even when I don't see it, you're working. You have

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Speaker 2: plans for me that are good, that will bring you glory.

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Speaker 2: That's what I want, Lord, I want you to get

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Speaker 2: the glory for what happens in my life. Even when

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Speaker 2: times are hard and I see no way out. Help

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Speaker 2: me to always trust you, like Noah in the ark,

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Speaker 2: like Abraham leaving his land to follow you. I love you, Amen.

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Speaker 2: Keep those words on repeat in your heart, even when

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Speaker 2: I can't see it. He's working. He never stops working

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Speaker 2: for my good and for his glory. Until next time,

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Speaker 2: May you abide in Christ