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Today we're going to take a posture of peace and I am going to remind you who you are.

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Hi, I'm Lindsay Van Zale. Posture is a podcast that serves as a short audible fist bump to remind

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you that God is in everything. Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture

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of perfect peace. In Isaiah chapter 61 verses 1 through 4 it says,

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The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim

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good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for

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the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's

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favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who

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grieve in Zion, to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead

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of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of the spirit of despair. They will be called oaks

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of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. They will rebuild the

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ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated. They will renew the cities that have

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been devastated for generations. All this week I'm here to remind you that you have the heart of a

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restorer. I have had this strong sense in my spirit that you need to know this truth and settle

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it in your heart. You are a restorer and it's not about it all being up to you. It's about who God

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is in you, reflecting all that he is to all of your world. In Isaiah 61 I see both redemption

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and restoration. I see redemption leading to restoration. I see a people who have been

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redeemed becoming restorers. You have been redeemed, set free to restore, to bring freedom.

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And as much as this promise is for the rest of your life, it is also for today. So don't wait

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around for the opportunity to go out and restore countries and nations and cities when today you

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can restore communities. And don't wait for the opportunity to restore communities if today the

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invitation from heaven for you is to restore peace in your home. God is always focused on bringing

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you into a fuller experience of who he is because as we've talked about before, 1 John 4 18 says,

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as he is, so we are in this world. You have to know who he is so you can know who you can be.

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Don't be intimidated by it. Don't back down. Don't be impatient with the process and don't allow the

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insanity of brokenness in this world. Steal your awareness of God's empowering presence within you.

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You're not helpless and you're never alone. You're redeemed, empowered, and you're equipped

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to bring heaven to your world, your world. Today is the perfect day for your world,

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those who are with you and around you right now, to experience through you God's good news,

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his healing, his freedom, his favor, his comfort, his beauty, his joy. Let this sink in right now.

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There is a strength inside of you who is unmatched in this world. Stay aware of him.

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You're going to come up against some stuff. You probably already have maybe ruins,

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maybe devastations of many generations, but know this, the devastation stops with you

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because you have the heart of a restorer. The promise of perfect peace is found in Isaiah 26 3

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and in Hebrew it is shalom, shalom, meaning complete wholeness, nothing missing, nothing

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broken. This is who you are in Jesus. Let's declare this together. Today I am kept in perfect peace.

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With my whole heart I trust the Lord. I am strong. I am victorious. I am whole. Remember friend,

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you are a living testimony of Jesus's ultimate win, not because of anything you did, but because of

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what He did for you.

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With every step you take today, you're putting Jesus' victory on display and Satan's defeat

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on replay.