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We are on day five of our ADHD (00:00):
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Speaker: friendly advent study, so let's (00:01):
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Speaker: dive in. (00:03):
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Speaker: But first, if you are new here, my name is Rachel. (00:04):
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Speaker: I'm an ADHD and a Jesus lover (00:06):
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Speaker: and I help other women with (00:08):
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Speaker: chaotic brains seek, find and (00:10):
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Speaker: live the abundant life that (00:11):
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Speaker: Jesus offers. (00:13):
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Speaker: This is a free advent study I'm doing. (00:14):
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Speaker: There is a workbook that also is free. (00:16):
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Speaker: You can download that at the link in my bio. (00:18):
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Speaker: And again while I am doing this for free, if you would like to (00:21):
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Speaker: support the study and support me by buying me a coffee, you can (00:23):
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Speaker: do that in my bio as well. (00:26):
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Speaker: Okay, let's get into it for the day. (00:27):
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Speaker: Oh, and last thing, if you are just finding me right now, you (00:30):
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Speaker: are not behind. (00:32):
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Speaker: No one is ever behind here. (00:33):
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Speaker: This is intentionally designed to be low effort, high impact (00:34):
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Speaker: for my fellow ADHD girlies or girlies with chaotic brains. (00:38):
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Speaker: So for those of you who are just (00:43):
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Speaker: joining us, we are doing a song (00:45):
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Speaker: every single week leading up to (00:47):
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Speaker: Christmas. (00:49):
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Speaker: So this week's song is oh come oh Come Emmanuel. (00:50):
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Speaker: If you haven't listened to it in a while, go listen to it. (00:53):
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Speaker: Skillet just released a fantastic version, and then we (00:55):
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Speaker: have a scripture passage for today, as well as a journaling (00:58):
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Speaker: prompt for today, and all of this is in the workbook. (01:01):
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Speaker: Very nicely laid out. (01:04):
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Speaker: There is a suggested schedule for how to complete the study. (01:05):
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Speaker: If you know a little more structure is your jam that is in (01:08):
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Speaker: there, or you can just complete it however your heart desires. (01:11):
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Speaker: So I will stop saying, let's get (01:14):
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Speaker: into it, let's actually get into (01:16):
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Speaker: it. (01:17):
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Speaker: And if you hear wild squawking, (01:18):
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Speaker: one of my chickens is laying an (01:20):
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Speaker: egg right now, so please ignore (01:21):
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Speaker: that. (01:22):
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Speaker: So we are reading Luke one twenty six through thirty eight (01:23):
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Speaker: today in the sixth month. (01:27):
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Speaker: Oh, I'm in the ESV, by the way. (01:29):
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Speaker: In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a (01:31):
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Speaker: city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man (01:34):
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Speaker: whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. (01:37):
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Speaker: And the virgin's name was Mary. (01:39):
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Speaker: And he came to her and said, greetings, O favored one, the (01:41):
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Speaker: Lord is with you. (01:43):
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Speaker: But she was greatly troubled at (01:44):
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Speaker: the saying, and tried to discern (01:46):
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Speaker: what sort of greeting this might (01:47):
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Speaker: be. (01:48):
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Speaker: And the angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary, for you (01:48):
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Speaker: have found favor with God. (01:51):
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Speaker: And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and (01:52):
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Speaker: you shall call his name Jesus. (01:55):
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Speaker: And he will be great, and will (01:56):
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Speaker: be called the son of the Most (01:58):
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Speaker: High. (01:59):
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Speaker: And the Lord your God will give (01:59):
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Speaker: to him the throne of his father (02:01):
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Speaker: David, and he will reign over (02:02):
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Speaker: the house of Jacob forever, and (02:04):
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Speaker: of his kingdom there will be no (02:05):
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Speaker: end. (02:07):
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Speaker: And Mary said to the angel, how (02:07):
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Speaker: will this be, since I am a (02:09):
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Speaker: virgin? (02:10):
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Speaker: And the angel answered her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, (02:11):
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Speaker: and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. (02:13):
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Speaker: Therefore the child to be born (02:16):
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Speaker: will be called holy, the Son of (02:17):
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Speaker: God. (02:19):
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Speaker: And behold, your relative Elizabeth, in her old age also (02:19):
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Speaker: has conceived a son. (02:22):
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Speaker: And this is an. (02:24):
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Speaker: And this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. (02:25):
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Speaker: For nothing will be impossible with God. (02:28):
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Speaker: And Mary said, behold, I am the servant of the Lord. (02:31):
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Speaker: Let it be to me according to your word. (02:34):
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Speaker: And the angel departed from her. (02:36):
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Speaker: Now, before we get into the journaling prompt for the day, I (02:39):
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Speaker: want to talk a little bit because this response that Mary (02:42):
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Speaker: has seems very, very similar to the one that Zechariah gives (02:45):
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Speaker: just a few verses before Zechariah is told, hey, your (02:48):
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Speaker: wife is going to have a baby, and he's like, ah, how is that (02:51):
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Speaker: going to happen? (02:54):
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Speaker: My wife and I are old. (02:54):
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Speaker: And he then is rendered unable (02:55):
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Speaker: to speak until the child is (02:58):
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Speaker: born. (02:59):
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Speaker: Meanwhile we say, Mary, Here we see Mary saying, how will this (02:59):
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Speaker: be since I am a virgin? (03:03):
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Speaker: They seem like very, very similar responses. (03:05):
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Speaker: So it kind of seems like God is (03:07):
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Speaker: giving an inconsistent response (03:09):
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Speaker: when given the same prompt, (03:10):
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Speaker: essentially. (03:13):
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Speaker: But there's a really important (03:14):
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Speaker: distinction here that I want to (03:16):
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Speaker: look at. (03:17):
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Speaker: So looking at the verse, Zachariah says in verse (03:18):
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Speaker: eighteen, we're still in chapter one, verse eighteen. (03:21):
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Speaker: And Zechariah said to the angel, how shall I know this? (03:24):
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Speaker: For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. (03:27):
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Speaker: Zechariah, there's kind of an arguing back. (03:31):
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Speaker: And we know this by looking at the word here for. (03:34):
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Speaker: No, he says, how shall I know this? (03:37):
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Speaker: And the word here is ginosko, which means to know for sure. (03:40):
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Speaker: So he basically is going, okay, (03:45):
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Speaker: and how am I supposed to trust (03:46):
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Speaker: you? (03:48):
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Speaker: Whereas when we look at what Mary says, she says, and the (03:48):
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Speaker: angel said to Mary. (03:52):
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Speaker: And Mary said to the angel, how (03:53):
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Speaker: will this be, since I am a (03:55):
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Speaker: virgin? (03:56):
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Speaker: And what we see from how Mary phrases her question. (03:57):
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Speaker: I'm going to post a screenshot of the words up here, because (04:00):
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Speaker: there's several and I won't. (04:03):
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Speaker: I don't want to take too much time going through them, but (04:04):
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Speaker: essentially what we gather from the words, the original words (04:06):
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Speaker: that build up how Mary phrased her question is, how is this (04:09):
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Speaker: going to happen? (04:13):
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Speaker: It's not asking to be convinced. (04:14):
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Speaker: It's asking about the mechanics, which, when you think about it, (04:17):
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Speaker: makes perfect sense because she is think about it. (04:19):
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Speaker: She is a young girl who has who (04:23):
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Speaker: is a virgin being told, hey, (04:25):
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Speaker: you're going to have a baby in (04:28):
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Speaker: you. (04:29):
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Speaker: And as far as she knows, there is one way for that to happen. (04:29):
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Speaker: So she very much has a spirit of (04:33):
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Speaker: like, all right, give me the (04:36):
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Speaker: details. (04:38):
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Speaker: Whereas Zachariah is going, oh yeah, prove it. (04:39):
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Speaker: So that kind of section has (04:43):
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Speaker: always bugged me because I'm (04:44):
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Speaker: like, they basically did the (04:45):
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Speaker: same thing, like Cain and Abel, (04:46):
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Speaker: right? (04:48):
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Speaker: They both brought offerings to the Lord, but they got very, (04:48):
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Speaker: very, very different results. (04:51):
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Speaker: It comes down to the heart and we can tell a little bit more (04:53):
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Speaker: about where their hearts were at and the questions they were (04:56):
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Speaker: actually answering by going back to the original text. (04:58):
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Speaker: But let's go ahead and proceed with today's journaling prompt. (05:02):
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Speaker: Again, all of this is in the workbook that you can get for (05:05):
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Speaker: free at the link in my bio. (05:08):
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Speaker: Otherwise I will read out the prompt to you. (05:10):
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Speaker: You can pause it, go answer it, (05:12):
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Speaker: and then we'll keep talking (05:13):
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Speaker: about it. (05:14):
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Speaker: So today we are on Scripture journaling prompt number four. (05:15):
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Speaker: Has God ever asked something of (05:19):
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Speaker: you that you felt completely (05:20):
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Speaker: unprepared for? (05:22):
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Speaker: How did his plan for your good (05:23):
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Speaker: become clear as that situation (05:25):
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Speaker: played out? (05:26):
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Speaker: Or if you're still in that season, how do you see his (05:27):
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Speaker: goodness even in the darkness? (05:31):
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Speaker: So before we talk about it, pause this video, go do some (05:33):
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Speaker: journaling on this prompt, and then come back to me for me. (05:36):
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Speaker: A couple years ago, I and I've (05:41):
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Speaker: talked quite a bit about this, (05:42):
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Speaker: but I became a single mom quite (05:43):
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Speaker: literally. (05:45):
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Speaker: Overnight. (05:46):
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Speaker: I went from planning for my (05:46):
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Speaker: second baby to being served (05:48):
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Speaker: divorce papers, no longer living (05:50):
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Speaker: in the home that I absolutely (05:52):
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Speaker: loved, having to figure out how (05:53):
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Speaker: to provide for myself and this (05:54):
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Speaker: little baby that I had while (05:56):
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Speaker: learning how to be a mom for the (05:58):
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Speaker: first time. (05:59):
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Speaker: And at first blush, I look back (06:00):
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Speaker: and I'm like, wow, I was (06:02):
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Speaker: completely unprepared for that (06:03):
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Speaker: situation. (06:04):
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Speaker: But when I look closer and what I want to encourage you to do, (06:05):
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Speaker: if you haven't done the prompt, please go do it, because I'm (06:09):
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Speaker: going somewhere with this. (06:12):
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Speaker: But what I want to encourage you to do is look back and see how (06:13):
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Speaker: God actually had been preparing you for that situation. (06:16):
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Speaker: So in my case, I have always (06:20):
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Speaker: really struggled with female (06:23):
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Speaker: friendships. (06:25):
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Speaker: I was primarily just friends with guys growing up. (06:25):
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Speaker: I always had a really awkward dynamic with other women, with (06:28):
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Speaker: other girls when I was growing up, and I very much did the (06:33):
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Speaker: whole like, oh, guys are just like way easier. (06:35):
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Speaker: There's so much less drama when (06:38):
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Speaker: really it's that I did not (06:39):
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Speaker: understand how female (06:41):
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Speaker: friendships worked. (06:42):
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Speaker: And once I started to really (06:44):
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Speaker: take my faith seriously (06:46):
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Speaker: throughout that process, a (06:48):
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Speaker: friend of mine invited me to a (06:50):
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Speaker: And literally the moment I walked through the door that (06:54):
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Speaker: first night, I got the sense that something was different. (06:57):
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Speaker: I felt welcome, I felt connected, and that group over (07:00):
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Speaker: time became my circle, my tribe. (07:05):
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Speaker: They were my people, and that (07:09):
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Speaker: those relationships I cultivated (07:12):
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Speaker: and cultivated, for I believe I (07:14):
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Speaker: was in that group for about (07:16):
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Speaker: three years before I got (07:17):
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Speaker: divorced. (07:20):
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Speaker: And hold on. (07:21):
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Speaker: Between building that group of (07:22):
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Speaker: women around me and digging into (07:25):
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Speaker: my faith and deepening my faith (07:28):
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Speaker: and relying more and more on (07:30):
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Speaker: God, the best way I can describe (07:31):
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Speaker: it is so, you know, when they're (07:33):
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Speaker: working on historical buildings (07:34):
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Speaker: and they have to build up these (07:36):
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Speaker: supports and scaffolds to make (07:37):
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Speaker: sure that the structure is (07:39):
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Speaker: supported while they do work on (07:40):
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Speaker: it. (07:42):
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Speaker: The best way I can describe what happened is God built up these (07:43):
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Speaker: supports in my life so that when my entire life imploded and (07:46):
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Speaker: everything I knew crumbled, I was still left standing. (07:49):
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Speaker: God did such a gentle, beautiful (07:54):
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Speaker: job of building a support, (07:56):
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Speaker: building a community around me (07:59):
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Speaker: so that when everything I had (08:01):
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Speaker: ever known pretty much (08:03):
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Speaker: disintegrated into thin air when (08:04):
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Speaker: the future I had honestly really (08:06):
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Speaker: pridefully thought I had secured (08:08):
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Speaker: for myself. (08:10):
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Speaker: When that was completely gone and my life had really no (08:11):
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Speaker: forward trajectory at that point, it was all uncertain. (08:15):
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Speaker: God helped me pick up the pieces. (08:19):
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Speaker: I was not completely broken. (08:21):
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Speaker: It was incredibly difficult. (08:23):
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Speaker: Yeah, but I had the community. (08:24):
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Speaker: I had the supports. (08:26):
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Speaker: I had the resources to be able (08:27):
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Speaker: to move forward instead of being (08:29):
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Speaker: completely crushed. (08:31):
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Speaker: And so journaling about that got me thinking that I wonder what (08:34):
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Speaker: Mary had had to overcome. (08:38):
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Speaker: I wonder what refinement had happened in her life. (08:39):
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Speaker: I wonder what fears and beliefs and thoughts she had about (08:42):
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Speaker: herself and about her life that God had to systematically break (08:45):
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Speaker: down in her in order for this to be her reaction. (08:49):
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Speaker: In order for this to be bringing (08:54):
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Speaker: Jesus into the world, to be (08:56):
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Speaker: something that she was equipped (08:58):
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Speaker: to do. (09:00):
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Speaker: So a thought that I had here was he is faithful to prepare and (09:01):
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Speaker: equip us if we allow ourselves to be prepared and equipped. (09:05):
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Speaker: I don't ever want to have to wonder how would this situation (09:08):
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Speaker: be different if I had listened. (09:11):
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Speaker: And so, moving forward in my life, I forever want to be on (09:14):
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Speaker: the path that God has for me. (09:18):
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Speaker: Not because it's the easiest (09:20):
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Speaker: path, not because it's the most (09:21):
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Speaker: prosperous path. (09:23):
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Speaker: Not because it's the most fun path. (09:24):
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Speaker: Because let's be real, following Jesus is hard, and a lot of (09:26):
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Speaker: times it doesn't feel like it makes sense right now. (09:29):
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Speaker: But I forever will strive to be on the path he has for me (09:32):
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Speaker: because I don't know what's coming ahead, and I don't ever (09:37):
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Speaker: want to miss his preparation because of my own selfishness or (09:41):
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Speaker: my own pride, I absolutely have. (09:46):
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Speaker: I spent so much of my life just (09:47):
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Speaker: feeling like I had all of the (09:51):
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Speaker: answers. (09:52):
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Speaker: I grew up in the church. (09:52):
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Speaker: I grew up going to Christian school. (09:53):
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Speaker: I very much felt like I had it figured out, well, you marry a (09:55):
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Speaker: nice Christian boy after you go to a nice Christian college and (09:59):
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Speaker: then you have a nice Christian life with some nice Christian (10:01):
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Speaker: kids going to your nice Christian church, maybe even (10:04):
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Speaker: your nice Christian Wednesday night Bible study. (10:06):
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Speaker: That's what I thought following Jesus boiled down to. (10:09):
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Speaker: And boy was I wrong. (10:12):
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Speaker: I wasted the vast majority of my life feeling that way. (10:13):
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Speaker: And so I am so dedicated to. (10:17):
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Speaker: And this is an ongoing process. (10:20):
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Speaker: I am by no means saying, hey, I've got it figured out. (10:22):
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Speaker: Follow me because I know what I'm doing, I don't. (10:24):
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Speaker: I absolutely don't, but I have lived the difference. (10:27):
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Speaker: And so I want to encourage you (10:31):
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Speaker: to join me in having a renewed (10:32):
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Speaker: focus on seeking Christ, seeking (10:35):
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Speaker: his path, seeking his direction (10:37):
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Speaker: not because of how it's going to (10:40):
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Speaker: affect our lives now, but (10:41):
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Speaker: because we do not see the path (10:43):
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Speaker: ahead. (10:45):
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Speaker: We do not know how he is (10:45):
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Speaker: planning to equip us and prepare (10:47):
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Speaker: us now for things that are (10:48):
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Speaker: ahead. (10:50):
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Speaker: And that can be really scary stuff like, you know, getting (10:51):
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Speaker: divorced from your high school sweetheart when you're a brand (10:54):
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Speaker: new mom and suddenly don't have your own place to live, or that (10:57):
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Speaker: can be really beautiful. (11:01):
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Speaker: God had the most incredible marriage for me, and it's (11:03):
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Speaker: because I was doing the work, working on myself, going to (11:07):
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Speaker: therapy, growing in my faith, working on my community, (11:11):
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Speaker: building into my life that when the incredible man I get to call (11:13):
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Speaker: my husband came along. (11:18):
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Speaker: He had been doing all of those things as well. (11:19):
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Speaker: And when God brought us (11:21):
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Speaker: together, we were ready for each (11:22):
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Speaker: other. (11:24):
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Speaker: And things are difficult. (11:25):
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Speaker: Absolutely. (11:26):
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Speaker: Life is not perfect or easy by any stretch of the imagination. (11:27):
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Speaker: But the marriage that we get to share, and the camaraderie that (11:31):
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Speaker: we have and the genuine partnership that we have and the (11:35):
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Speaker: love that we have is so incredibly worth it. (11:38):
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Speaker: So God is preparing and equipping us, yes, for scary (11:41):
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Speaker: things that are going to be really difficult to get through (11:44):
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Speaker: on our own. (11:47):
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Speaker: So we better prepare for them with him, but also so that we're (11:47):
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Speaker: ready to enjoy the fullness and the blessing that he has for us. (11:51):
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Speaker: So little bonus prompt for you today. (11:55):
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Speaker: This is actually not in the workbook. (11:57):
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Speaker: Maybe I'll go add it to the workbook, but I want to (11:59):
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Speaker: encourage you today, sit down with your journal and ask God to (12:02):
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Speaker: show you where in your life are you deviating from his plan? (12:05):
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Speaker: Not for your own prosperity, not so that your own life is easier, (12:10):
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Speaker: but so that you don't miss out on what he has for you. (12:14):
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Speaker: Ask him. (12:17):
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Speaker: He will show you. (12:18):
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Speaker: James is very clear that when we seek him with a whole heart, we (12:20):
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Speaker: will find him, and that he gives wisdom to those who ask. (12:23):
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Speaker: So I want to encourage you take some time today and seek his (12:27):
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Speaker: face on where you need to fine tune and find his path. (12:30):
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Speaker: Okay, that is all I have for you. (12:35):
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Speaker: The link to that is in my bio. (12:42):
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Speaker: So I will see you tomorrow. (13:02):
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Speaker: Bye. (13:05):
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Speaker: friendly advent study, so let's (00:01):
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Speaker: dive in. (00:03):
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Speaker: But first, if you are new here, my name is Rachel. (00:04):
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Speaker: I'm an ADHD and a Jesus lover (00:06):
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Speaker: and I help other women with (00:08):
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Speaker: chaotic brains seek, find and (00:10):
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Speaker: live the abundant life that (00:11):
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Speaker: Jesus offers. (00:13):
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Speaker: This is a free advent study I'm doing. (00:14):
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Speaker: There is a workbook that also is free. (00:16):
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Speaker: You can download that at the link in my bio. (00:18):
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Speaker: And again while I am doing this for free, if you would like to (00:21):
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Speaker: support the study and support me by buying me a coffee, you can (00:23):
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Speaker: do that in my bio as well. (00:26):
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Speaker: Okay, let's get into it for the day. (00:27):
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Speaker: Oh, and last thing, if you are just finding me right now, you (00:30):
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