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We are on day six of our ADHD
friendly advent study, so let's

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go ahead and dig in.

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But real quick, if you are new
here, my name is Rachel.

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I'm an ADHD and a Jesus follower
and I help women with chaotic

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brains seek, find, and live the
abundant life Jesus promises.

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This is a study that I am doing
through the season of advent.

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You are not behind if you are
just finding it.

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It's specifically designed to be
low effort and high impact.

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There is a suggested schedule in

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the free workbook that's

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available at the link in the

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place where links typically

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live.

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Um, that is free.

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You can go grab that.

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That would be very, very helpful
to you.

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So there is a suggested schedule
in there.

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But if you prefer a little bit
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if you're not a structure gal,
that is totally fine.

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You can do it however you would
like, but there is a suggested

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schedule if that is better for
how your brain works.

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All right, let's go ahead and
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So we've got three items on the
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We are rereading Luke one thirty
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prayer on that, which we will
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Then we've got a journaling
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And finally there are some extra
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So the verse we are reading

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today is from yesterday's

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reading.

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We're still in Luke one, but we

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are in verse thirty seven, for

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nothing will be impossible with

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God.

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It is a short one.

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It is a sweet one, but it is

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also one that can bring up a lot

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So what I would like for you to
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take some time to do this and
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That is what I would recommend.

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Again, all of this is in the
workbook.

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You can go download that at the

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link in the place where links

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Um, but we are going to do some
listening prayer.

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If you are new to listening
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Basically what I want you to do
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Bible, and find as quiet of a
place as you can.

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This is not you know, this is

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not a place where you need

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perfection.

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stone quiet or stones quiet, I

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So, uh, you don't need a

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completely silent room to sit

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Um, a lot of us have really
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Some of us have tiny little
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for our attention.

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peaceful place possible.

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For me, that typically looks
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This is my backyard, I love it.

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I love my backyard so much.

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Um, but it is just being

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surrounded by nature really

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helps me connect with God the

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So maybe there is a closet that

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you like to sit in when you need

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a moment.

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bathroom floor with the door
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can't find you quite yet.

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and you do that thing where you
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to decompress for a while.

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I get stuck there sometimes.

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But anyways, whatever realistic
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whatever is going to be doable
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that place and we're going to
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As much silence as we can
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Again, it doesn't have to be
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opens your heart up to God.

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my listening prayer in the
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variation of this every time I'm

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but it goes along the lines of

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Heavenly Father, I invite you

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in.

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Please silence any voices that
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so he's unable to interfere.

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I ask for you to open my eyes
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hear and obey your word as you
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Please bring anything to the
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is keeping me from being fully
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That's pretty much it.

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So we're inviting God in.

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We're asking him to speak.

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We're asking him to open our
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asking him to get things out of
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That part can be painful, but

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So once you have taken some time
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write out the verse.

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I just writing the word really
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Writing anything we know.

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things helps it connect with our

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It helps us understand.

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So personally, I like to write
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everything else in print.

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thing for me, and it feels like

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a little bit more of like an

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elevation.

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Since we're writing scripture,
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You do not have to do that.

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That's just what I do.

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you want me to know today?

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the surface, whatever that may

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do I know if I'm just hearing my

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God's voice?

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And I'm going to make the
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Word, it doesn't really matter.

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I do very much believe that I

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hear God's voice when I am doing

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about that, when you are

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operating from a place of

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authenticity, when you are

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engaging in God's Word, in good

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faith, when you are genuinely

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trying to get to know him, it's

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kind of like any friend that you

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have, right?

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really well, you can kind of

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know what their response to

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something would be or what they

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For example, my mom's opinion of
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that it's fabulous.

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That's her favorite word.

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She's like, oh, that's fabulous.

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Oh, this bread is fabulous.

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Oh, this this is fabulous.

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And so if I do something that I
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positive reaction to, I can
basically already know what

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she's gonna say, right?

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She's gonna go, oh, Rachel,
that's fabulous.

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It's kind of the same concept
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when we are taking his Word in,
when we are learning His word

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and studying his precepts, and
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and know and learn his heart and
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A lot of times we can know what
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skeptical about this and it's

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totally fine if you are

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The first time I heard of the
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was like, oh, oh, it's a cult.

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It's not a cult.

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if this is something that is

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really difficult for you to wrap

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just think about it as a

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journaling exercise, where you

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are thinking through your

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knowledge of God and His Word

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and going, okay, what would

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God's response be in a situation

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like this?

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something that you are writing
down, when you have an answer,

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then you can go back and pray
over it and go, okay, God, I

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need you to direct me.

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Is this your voice that I'm
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You know, is this true?

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Is this what your response would
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And we've all experienced little
nudges in our spirit, right.

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Whether you want to call that
your conscience, whether you

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want to call that the Holy
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be, we've all experienced a
little nudge before, and it

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takes a lot of practice.

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But listening to those nudges
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Scripture listening prayer is
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substitute for Scripture.

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It will never contradict
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If you hear something that's
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Scripture and the nature of God
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not God talking to you.

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Um, but when you are genuinely
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in the word, digging into God's
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know him, this can be a really
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just a thought exercise for you.

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There is so much value that can
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You can use whatever version you
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There is no perfect version of
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that's it's never going to be

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important for understanding what
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language, all of that good

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It is a completely different
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Once you're back.

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Go do it.

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I'm serious.

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Go do it.

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while you're going through this
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link in the place where go over
to my profile.

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You'll see it.

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Um, but those links are in
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I'm a huge fan of the Bible
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They are fantastic.

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They.

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Their hearts are so beautiful.

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They have such an intense, deep
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of the original context and of
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It's phenomenal.

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And everything over there is
free.

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deep on what is advent and what
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The Sabbath Edit that gets sent

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newsletter every week, that'll
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that week, some podcast episodes
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I found really interesting, a
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enjoying that week and that gets
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profile as well.

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read the article about advent
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can just Google search it,
Advent Bible Project and you

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should be good to go.

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The sun got real intense, so I
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I just have the workbook pulled
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go download it.

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It is free.

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this week is Luke one thirty
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impossible with God.

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What feelings, thoughts,

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memories, or ideas rise to the

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surface when you read this

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verse?

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Now what I want you to do.

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This is another point where I'm
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go do the journaling portion and
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Did you do it?

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Did you pause it?

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If you didn't go do it and then
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the video and then it got

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go ahead and read what I got.

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scripture prompt today?

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got recorded in the video.

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I'm sorry, but, you know, I try

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to be as authentic as I can on

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this channel.

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It's not published.

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My podcast episodes, uh, the
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polished, but especially here on
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I like to just keep it real.

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I've tried to be as vulnerable
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channel, um, that it's been a
very, very difficult season and

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a very long, difficult season.

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about our story, but long story
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own brutal divorces.

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that's a whole thing.

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other and got married less than

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two months into marriage, more

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cancer.

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word unfair situation.

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We'll just say it was an unfair
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now, and it's just been a very
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There's still so much to be
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people to be in the position

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that we are, even with the stuff

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that we have dealt with, and

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there is so much to be grateful

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to my heart when I was
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middle, that's what I really,
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We're a little it's a little
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us nothing will be impossible

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with God.

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memories or ideas rise to the

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surface when you read this

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It's a mix of trepidation, hope,
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season of refinement.

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actually contributing to

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Ungratefulness.

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These feelings are in the way of

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giving as much glory to God as I

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can.

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They're a distraction and I need
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I've talked quite a bit, even
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about how when God gives me a
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when I receive something I've
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almost causes an anxiety
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the other shoe going to drop?

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When is it going to come in?

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What the the lesson is, where is

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the refinement that's going to

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come?

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good, there's also going to be

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bad.

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And I almost like brace for
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journaling on this this morning

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that because I'm going through

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this as you are, I'm going

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through the study in real time

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alongside you.

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maybe this bracing for impact,

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maybe this hesitation to just
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with joy Is standing in the way
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as I can, which then in turn is
getting in the way of

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experiencing as much joy as
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me at any given time.

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And two things can be true at
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Something can be really hard,
but also really good.

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That's actually something God

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said to me while I was doing

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listening prayer on Luke one

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thirty seven this morning, he

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said, good and hard are never

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mutually exclusive.

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What you think you want will
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what I have for you.

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When you trust me.

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Come deeper still, daughter.

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There's so much more to see, to
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actually a perfect example of

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that.

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So for those who don't know, um,
I co-parent my son with my

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ex-husband as well as, um, my
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And this morning I had to drop
my little guy off.

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He's four.

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I dropped him off at school and
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That's just easier for him.

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with him, so I won't see him

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again until I pick him up next

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Friday.

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And being a co-parent is a
really wild thing.

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Uh, because, you know, on one
hand, tonight we are kid free.

450
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My husband and I are kid free.

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We get to eat what we want.

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We get to watch what we want.

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We get to do whatever we want.

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And that can be really exciting.

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You know, we've we've kind of
trained ourselves to look at the

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time away from our kids as time
to be just Rach and Cam instead

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of mom and dad.

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And so that was that's
intentional.

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Like it especially in the early

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days, you know, giving my son

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over to my ex felt like losing

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part of my body for a little

463
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while.

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Um, and so this has been a very

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intentional mindset shift that

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we've made.

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So on one hand, we're like,
okay, cool.

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We get just some us time
tonight.

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We get a we get a break from
kids, from being mom and dad.

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We get to just like be ourselves

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and not be responsible for

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anyone.

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But at the same time, you best
believe every time I drop that

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little guy off on Fridays, I get
in my car and I cry.

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And I've tried to be open with
him.

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I'm like, wow, baby.

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Like, I'm so gonna miss you.

478
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I'm so glad you get to go see
Daddy and Mommy.

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Cali, I'm so glad you get to go
see your sisters.

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I'm gonna miss you, but I'm so
glad you get to go and do that.

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And so for both of us, he gets
to go see his other family who

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loves him so much, who he has so
much fun with.

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Speaker:
He's the oldest over there, and
he's the youngest over here, and

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sometimes the only child.

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It's like a whole thing.

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Speaker:
But for him, it's so good
because he gets to see people

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he's been missing for a week.

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But it's also really difficult.

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He hates going back and forth,

490
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Speaker:
and he misses me when he's gone

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Speaker:
from me and he misses his dad

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Speaker:
and his mom, his other mom and

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Speaker:
his other sisters when he's not

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with them.

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And it's the same for me.

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I enjoy getting to spend one on

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one time with my husband, but I

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also miss my kids when they're

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not here.

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Um, and so something can be
really difficult, but really

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good at the same time.

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And what I want to encourage you
to focus on today along with me,

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like I said, I am doing this
along with you.

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00:17:12,089 --> 00:17:13,690
Speaker:
I'm doing this study along with
you.

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00:17:13,690 --> 00:17:15,769
Speaker:
I haven't, you know, gone
through and done these before.

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00:17:15,769 --> 00:17:17,890
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I'm going through all of this
material for the first time at

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the same time you are.

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And so this was the first time

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that I ever really thought about

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this.

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And I want to encourage you
today to focus on this with me.

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Where could you be stealing joy
from yourself and glory from God

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Speaker:
primarily glory from God?

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Speaker:
Where could you be stealing

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Speaker:
glory from God, but also in turn

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Speaker:
stealing joy from your own

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Speaker:
experience because you are

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focused on what is difficult

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00:17:39,930 --> 00:17:43,049
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about a situation instead of the

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good.

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Now I want to be super clear.

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Speaker:
That does not mean adopting a
mindset of toxic positivity.

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Things are hard and it's okay

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that they're hard, and it's

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healthy to acknowledge that they

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are hard.

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But there is a difference
between going, wow, this is

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incredibly challenging, and I
would very strongly prefer not

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to be in this situation and just
pretending it's not a bad

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situation at all.

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Those are two very, very
different things, and it's a

532
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very important nuance to make.

533
00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:10,450
Speaker:
So we are being realistic about
our circumstances, but we are

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also choosing to embrace the joy
of what God is giving us.

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00:18:14,210 --> 00:18:16,009
Speaker:
So that would be a great journal
prompt.

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If you would like to break out
your journal for a little more

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time today, or you can just
think on it.

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Speaker:
Whatever the case may be, I
would love to hear your thoughts

539
00:18:21,569 --> 00:18:22,529
Speaker:
in the comments.

540
00:18:22,529 --> 00:18:25,809
Speaker:
Uh, these videos also get
uploaded on as podcast episodes

541
00:18:25,809 --> 00:18:28,609
Speaker:
on my podcast, The True Grit
Podcast with Rachel Grit.

542
00:18:28,609 --> 00:18:32,089
Speaker:
You can find the link to that
where the links live as well.

543
00:18:32,089 --> 00:18:33,769
Speaker:
Um, please make sure you like
this video.

544
00:18:33,769 --> 00:18:34,569
Speaker:
Share it!

545
00:18:34,569 --> 00:18:37,589
Speaker:
You can tag a friend, email it
to a friend, post it on social,

546
00:18:37,589 --> 00:18:39,369
Speaker:
whatever the case may be.

547
00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:41,369
Speaker:
Um, I am doing this for free, so

548
00:18:41,369 --> 00:18:42,589
Speaker:
if you would like to support me,

549
00:18:42,589 --> 00:18:44,049
Speaker:
support the study and buy me a

550
00:18:44,049 --> 00:18:44,410
Speaker:
coffee.

551
00:18:44,410 --> 00:18:47,690
Speaker:
You can do that at my link over
in the link place as well.

552
00:18:47,690 --> 00:18:50,170
Speaker:
Um, make sure you download your
workbook.

553
00:18:50,170 --> 00:18:51,650
Speaker:
Uh, there will be an updated

554
00:18:51,650 --> 00:18:52,970
Speaker:
version of the workbook this

555
00:18:52,970 --> 00:18:53,650
Speaker:
coming weekend.

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00:18:53,650 --> 00:18:57,289
Speaker:
I am working on that today, and
every week we'll be rolling out

557
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Speaker:
the content fresh for the next.

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Speaker:
This was week one.

559
00:19:00,690 --> 00:19:03,410
Speaker:
There will be three more weeks
after this one.

560
00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:05,490
Speaker:
Um, and that will also, uh, get

561
00:19:05,490 --> 00:19:07,210
Speaker:
sent out in the Sabbath edit,

562
00:19:07,210 --> 00:19:08,450
Speaker:
which is the newsletter that I

563
00:19:08,450 --> 00:19:09,210
Speaker:
talked about.

564
00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:11,890
Speaker:
So. Okay, I will see you
tomorrow.

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Speaker:
Bye.