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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture,

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Speaker 1: a calming, scripture centered devotional podcast designed to help you

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Speaker 1: end each day with God's word in your mind and

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Speaker 1: on your heart. Right after this short word from our sponsors,

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Speaker 1: we'll reflect on tonight's scripture Psalm forty six. Tonight's scripture

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Speaker 1: reflection is written by Lynette Kittel and read by Lea

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Speaker 1: Gerrard Psalm forty six. God is our refuge and strength

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Speaker 1: and ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not

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Speaker 1: though the earth give way and the mountains fall into

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Speaker 1: the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam,

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Speaker 1: and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a

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Speaker 1: river whose streams make glad the City of God, the

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Speaker 1: holy place where the most High dwells. God is within her.

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Speaker 1: She will not fall. God will help her. At the

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Speaker 1: break of day, the nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall.

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Speaker 1: He lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty

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Speaker 1: is with us. The God of Jacob is our fortress.

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Speaker 1: Come and see what the Lord has done. The desolation

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Speaker 1: Sea has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease

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Speaker 1: to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow

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Speaker 1: and shatters the spear. He burns the shields with fire.

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Speaker 1: He says, Bell and know that I am God. I

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Speaker 1: will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted

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Speaker 1: in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us. The

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Speaker 1: God of Jacob is our fortress. No matter what kind

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Speaker 1: of craziness is going on in the world around us,

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Speaker 1: even when it seems like it's spinning out of control

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Speaker 1: and crumbling before our eyes, we can find peace in

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Speaker 1: the midst of it. For those who don't know the Lord,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't seem possible. But to those who know the

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Speaker 1: Prince of Peace, we've experienced it over and over again.

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Speaker 1: We've learned and come to know that God truly is

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Speaker 1: our refuge and strength in ever present trouble. Even more

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Speaker 1: and especially so, when we can't control what's happening around us,

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Speaker 1: when it seems like there's no place to run or turn,

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Speaker 1: or life saving buoy to grab onto, or a bomb

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Speaker 1: shelter to run to. There is God, ever present, strong

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Speaker 1: and faithful, offering us peace when it doesn't look possible,

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Speaker 1: quieting our hearts and minds while chaos spins around us.

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Speaker 1: Whether it's a world that feels spinning out of control

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Speaker 1: with wars, rumors of wars, natural and man made disasters

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Speaker 1: happening around us, or personal life turmoil tangled up in

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Speaker 1: anxiety and stress and disappointment and more occurring deep within us.

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Speaker 1: Oh were when it seems like our relationships, careers, and

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Speaker 1: possessions are all falling apart in front of us. Still,

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Speaker 1: we can find peace because God is here for us.

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Speaker 1: With God, we find a peace that prepares us, sustains

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Speaker 1: us during the most difficult of times, and leads us

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Speaker 1: in victory to overcome the world. Jesus tells us in

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Speaker 1: John sixteen thirty three, I have told you these things

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Speaker 1: so that in me you may have peace. In this

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Speaker 1: world you will have trouble, but take heart by have

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Speaker 1: overcome the world. God. My heart takes comfort in knowing

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Speaker 1: that whatever is going on around me or within me

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Speaker 1: and on the earth, whether personal or in the world

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Speaker 1: in general, I can come to you and find piece,

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Speaker 1: the kind of piece that is more than my mind

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Speaker 1: can comprehend and goes beyond my own understanding. Because your

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Speaker 1: piece is real and available to me, no matter what

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Speaker 1: trouble is surrounding me or inside of me, I can

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Speaker 1: come to you and find peace. Amen. How did Tonight's

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