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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by running into the heart of God.

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Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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Proverbs 18 10 says, the name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and they

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are safe. Now the passion translation of this verse says it this way, it says the character

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of God is a tower of strength. For the lovers of God delight to run into his heart and be exalted

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on high. For the lovers of God delight to run into his heart and be exalted on high. Be brought to

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where he is. The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The name of the Lord here signifies who

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God says he is, what he says about himself, what he calls himself. He says I'm merciful, I'm good,

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I'm faithful, I'm abundant, I am love, I'm your redeemer, I'm your restorer, I'm your comforter,

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I'm your prince of peace, I'm your mighty counselor, I'm your healer, just to name a few.

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The name of the Lord, his character, his very nature is our safe place and his heart towards us

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is our place of empowerment and here's the beautiful news, he never changes so we always

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have a safe place in him and who he says he is for us. You know when was the last time you considered

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just how much God loves you? That he loves you because he loves you because he loves you.

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When is the last time, I'm asking this to myself, when is the last time Lindsay you took a moment

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to bask in his kindness and his gentleness towards you? Jesus said in Matthew 11,

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come to me and I will give you rest. This is the place we go, this is the place we run to,

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the very heart of God. You know I've been in a crazy season of life, there's been a shift of

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season, it's not all bad circumstances but it's different and there's good and there's hard in

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the midst of it and there's busy and I'm wanting to continually take this posture of peace every

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day and it's tempting sometimes to rely on myself to do this. If I could just think clearly for a

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moment then I could do this. If I could just have an hour of quiet time, if I could just read more

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of the Bible, if I could figure this out, if I could get my to-do list in order, if I could just

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be productive today. But we're called to something so much greater and better in the good, in the bad,

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in the hard, in the busy, in the ugly, in moments of time where there's confusion. We have a place

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to run, we have a safe place and it's not our own strength, it's not our own intellect, it's not

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our own ability, it's not even the beautiful wonderful people we have surrounding us in this

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life. It is the very nature of God. That is where we can always run to, that is where we can always

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lean into. So my encouragement for you today is to run into the heart of God. Consider who he is and

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who he says he will be for you. Take a moment to consider how much he loves you, because he loves

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you, because he loves you, because he loves you. Take a moment to bask in his gentleness and his

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goodness and his faithfulness and his kindness towards you. It's not a mind thing, it's a heart

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thing, it's heart to heart with him. Remember you have a safe place and the lovers of God delight

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to run into his heart.