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Speaker 1: Welcome to Abide's Daily Christian Meditations. I'm Tyler Boss.
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Speaker 3: Welcome to this Abide Meditation. I'm Jennifer Clark. Do you ever wish life would just pause? God restores lives. He takes messes, jealousy, and weaknesses and transforms them into a life full of grace and mercy. He shines wisdom and love on doubt and fear and brings faith and peace. If you feel weary from the constant messiness of life, come to God. In Deuteronomy 30, God promises, When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you, and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations. And when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul, according to everything I command you today, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he has scattered you. Take a deep breath in and let your body relax as you breathe out slowly. Take a moment to slow down and quiet the space around you. Continue breathing steadily and let the peace of God fill you. Life is messy, but if you take a moment to rest in God, He will give you what you need. Every single day, when you open your heart to God, He is renewing and restoring you. And when God restores you, He doesn't bring you back. He brings you forward. Pray with me. Lord Jesus, you restore my soul. Thank you for helping me grow to be my best. Right now, I ask you to fill me with your peace that surpasses all understanding. I have so many heavy things to carry. Responsibility, uncertainty, fear, shame. I give all of these to you and I trust you to help me with everything I need today. Please open my heart to receive whatever you want to teach me. Help me to listen and respond to you. In Jesus' name, amen. If you notice yourself becoming distracted, take a moment to set your focus back to this moment of prayer. If it helps, Close your eyes and lean back as if leaning into the loving arms of Jesus. Examine your heart. Have you been trying to restore yourself with something other than God? Do you need to repent of any unclean thoughts or habits? Pray now and ask God to forgive you. The Lord takes whatever is broken, tired, or empty and restores it to make it new. If you give him your brokenness and ask him to make you clean, he will transform your heart and your life. Pray with me. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for restoring me. I was dead and broken in my sin with no way to fix it for myself. But you brought me back to life with the power of your Spirit and restored my brokenness completely. Now I am a new creation thanks to you. Thank you for your great compassion and unfailing love. As I go about my day today, please help me to remember how you have restored me to life in you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Stay here in the peace and quiet for as long as you need. Remember, it is God who restores you. Your job is to yield to Him. Until next time, may you abide in Christ.