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Speaker 1: abide in Christ. Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Melissa.

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Speaker 1: Our lives are always changing. Sometimes the changes are things

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Speaker 1: we've longed and prayed for, and we rejoice in them.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes they're painful, sometimes we welcome them, and sometimes we

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Speaker 1: resist them. What changes are on your horizon right now?

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Speaker 1: Name one or two of them to God. Once, after

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Speaker 1: a long day, Jesus knew he needed to get away.

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Speaker 1: Mark four thirty five and thirty six says as evening fell,

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Speaker 1: Jesus said to his disciples, let's cross to the other

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Speaker 1: side of the lake. So they took him just as

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Speaker 1: he was and started out, leaving the crowds behind. Though

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Speaker 1: other boats followed. Maybe God is calling you to cross

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Speaker 1: to another side too, to leave behind something that's familiar,

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Speaker 1: and to trust Him with the future you can't quite

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Speaker 1: see yet. The transition may not be easy, You may

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Speaker 1: feel uprooted, you may encounter storms as you cross to

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Speaker 1: the other side. But no matter what happens, Jesus will

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Speaker 1: be with you. You can trust Him to guide you

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Speaker 1: through transitions as everything else changes, you can stay rooted

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Speaker 1: in Him, your unchanging Savior. Take a deep breath and

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Speaker 1: ask the Holy Spirit to open your heart to whatever

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Speaker 1: it is that God has next for you, to give

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Speaker 1: you courage to leave behind whatever you need to leave behind,

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Speaker 1: and to help you trust God to be with you

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Speaker 1: as you move toward what is new. Jesus, thank you

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Speaker 1: for meeting me here today as I meditate on your word.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for always being with me no matter where

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Speaker 1: I go or what I do. Please show me what

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Speaker 1: new things you're calling me toward and what things you're

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Speaker 1: inviting me to leave behind, and give me courage to

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Speaker 1: walk in faith in the direction you're pointing me. I

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Speaker 1: trust you, I love you, I want to be rooted

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Speaker 1: in you, and I ask all this in the name

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Speaker 1: of Jesus. Amen, keep breathing deeply and steadily. Feel your

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Speaker 1: heart rate slow and your muscles relax. Thinking about change

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Speaker 1: can bring up strong emotions as the surface. Acknowledge them

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Speaker 1: and give them to God. Has God, I've been calling

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Speaker 1: you to something new that you've been unwilling to embrace.

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Speaker 1: Or perhaps there's something you refuse to leave behind. Confess

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Speaker 1: it now and receive God's forgiveness in Jesus. God's grace

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Speaker 1: to us never ends. Your failures can't separate you from

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Speaker 1: his love. God delights over you and keeps calling you

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Speaker 1: to trust Him more so that you can dwell more

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Speaker 1: fully in His love. Jesus, you are calling me into

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Speaker 1: newness of life, to new adventures, to new steps of faith.

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Speaker 1: And as the storms rage around me, help me to

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Speaker 1: be at rest in your presence, confident that you reign

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Speaker 1: the world and that you reign over my heart, and

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Speaker 1: all your plans for me are good. Give me courage

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Speaker 1: as I'm uprooted from the familiar and ushered into the

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Speaker 1: unknown and unexpected. I ask this in your name, Amen,

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Speaker 1: whatever changes you face, if you're rooted in Jesus, you'll

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Speaker 1: be fine. Sink your roots deeply into him today until

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Speaker 1: next time. May you abide in Christ