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Hi there, my name is Gabrielle Friesman, and I'm Leanne Friesman's daughter-in-law.

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And I feel so privileged and honored to be able to share here today and speak about a

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topic that I feel like the Lord has placed on my heart.

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So we'll just dive right in.

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I don't know about you, but a lot of my days sometimes look the same.

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What do I mean by that?

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I have a three-month-old at home, and he's the joy of our lives, but you know, you got

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the diaper changes, you got the feedings, you got the burpings, you got the naps, what

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have you.

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Maybe you're a worker, maybe you have co-workers, a manager, a boss, you have those daily tasks.

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Maybe you're a house, a homemaker, maybe you're a spouse, whatever it is that God has called

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you in this season, you could probably relate.

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But yeah, some of my days kind of look alike, and it started to kind of become a theme.

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I would go through my day, and at night I would kind of talk to the Lord, and I would

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say, God, I kind of feel distant from you.

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And the Holy Spirit, thank you, God, for the Holy Spirit to show us things that we don't

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know.

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There's actually a verse, Jeremiah 33, 3, call to me and I will answer you and tell

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you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

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I want more of that in my life.

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Hello.

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Thank God that the Holy Spirit speaks to us, and he showed me, he said, Gabrielle, I want

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to have an intimate communication with you throughout your day to day.

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I want to change those diapers with you.

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I want to burp that baby with you.

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Every single moment of your day, I desire an intimate relationship with you.

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God is a righteous, has a righteous jealousy over his creation, that he created you for

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such a time as this, and he is longing to show you all the potential that you have

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in this life.

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There's a verse that says, no eye has seen, no ear has heard the things that God has prepared

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for those who love him.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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So he's showing me this.

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We all know the story of the Garden of Eden, how there's Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve completely

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sinned and completely broke the covenant and the relationship that God intended us to have

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with him.

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God then sent his son, Jesus, to die for our sins, to take our place, to cancel our debt.

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Now we live not for victory, but from victory.

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We're sanctified.

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We're whole.

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We have this sacredness about us now that we are now God's chosen people, holy and dearly

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loved.

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We now walk with a purpose and a calling in this world.

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We now change atmospheres.

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When we step into a store, we now have Jesus living and breathing inside of us, the Holy

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Spirit, and we can touch others and we can win them over to Christ.

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Thank you, God, for Jesus.

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But sometimes I feel like I just kind of stopped there and God's showing me, I want this intimacy

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with you, Gabrielle.

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I want this relational relationship with you that I desire with my sheep.

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He showed me this picture as if we're the sheep in his pasture.

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The word says that his sheep hear his voice and he is the good shepherd.

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And he showed me, I desire my beloveds to come sit on my lap as my sheep.

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And I want to whisper things from heaven.

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Sometimes in my day to day, I'll ask God, God, show me what heaven's up to in this scenario.

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I feel a little tension.

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I feel a little bit like, um, anxiety or whatever it may be for you.

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Show me how heaven sees this situation right now.

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And man, does it change the game?

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Show me how heaven views me.

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It's been a game changer too.

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God, I don't want the world.

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I don't want the world standards.

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I don't want what the world calls is beautiful or lovely or a good wife or a good mom or

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a good, a good, um, full-time worker, whatever it may be for you.

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I want what heaven says about me.

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God wants to whisper secrets from heaven.

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John 15, four, abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless

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it abides in the vine.

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Neither can you, unless you abide in me.

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That is intimacy.

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We cannot bear fruit to the fullest extent without abiding intimately with the Lord.

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I don't want to just be kind to people.

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I want the potency of heaven.

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I want the potency that God desires us to have as we have communion with him.

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So I can, I can spread that potent love to the people who so desperately need it.

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Lastly, I believe that the enemy's strongest tactic in today's generation is distraction.

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He comes to kill, steal, and destroy.

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The word says he kills, he steals, and he destroys our time.

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Whether that's social media, whether that's TV, whether that's, um,

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Just your thoughts and your feelings. I believe that the that's the biggest distraction that the enemy has on our lives is a killer of

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Time he wants to distract us

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And so if I were the enemy I would do anything I can to get God's people a little bit distracted a little bit

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unfocused of what the word says about them I

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Encourage you today that the Lord the King of Kings and Lord of Lords

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Desires to have an intimate communication with you today throughout your day throughout those simple tasks throughout those

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Just those those days that just run in together

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He wants to invite you and whisper secrets from heaven to you

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I hope this encouraged you today, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week