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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by carrying with us into every circumstance and

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into every prayer an expectation for redemption. Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind

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

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posture of perfect peace. Listen to this beautiful promise in Psalm 4610. The Lord says,

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be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

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Today's episode is extra special. It's actually a clip from the three-day prayer challenge that

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I hosted with Graham Cook last week. And you might remember from episode 180, I talked about

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the stunning reality that we have as new creations in Christ when we pray. And that reality is that

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we are not praying to find an answer. We're not praying for an answer. We're actually praying

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with the answer. And in this clip, Graham shares more about what that kind of praying looks like.

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Okay, so here's the scenario, right? I realized, and by the way, Graham mentioned crafted prayer.

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This was really pivotal for me years ago when I first picked this up, and we'll be unpacking

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more of that. I realized I was praying in response to my situation, often spontaneously,

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therefore panic-filled, because I was just responding to what I was seeing in front of me,

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the reality of my earthly situation, instead of praying in response to what God is saying

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and discovering what He's saying by first discovering who He is and who I am becoming in

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Him, inheritance. So I would just love to talk a little bit more about that reality of the new man.

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Yeah, it's always fascinating to me that there are particular ways that God chooses to overwhelm us.

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So if you're in a situation with a difficult relational situation with a person or a group,

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God's going to overwhelm you with who He is for you, so that you're not overwhelmed by that.

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You're so enamored of God, you come into that group situation as a different person.

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So whatever's overwhelming you in life, God intends to overwhelm you because He always moves

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in the opposite spirit. So if you're overwhelmed by anxiety, guess what? You're going to be overwhelmed

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by peace. That's what's available right there. That's why the comforter comes in. The comforter

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comes in, not just to go, there, there, don't worry, try not to be anxious. He comes in saying,

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okay, so I'll just take that anxiety and I'll give you this peace, and then I'll teach you

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how you're going to love being peaceful in this situation. That's what He does. He doesn't counsel

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your anxiety. He just takes it because it actually doesn't belong to you anyway. It belongs to Jesus.

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He died for it. So then He's going to give you a replacement for anxiety, which is always peace.

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So that's what you've got to look forward to. Whatever is against you, something is going to

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be there for you. And that's what the three in you are doing. And when you come to prayer,

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first of all, that whole stillness thing is the Lord saying, before we start praying,

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why don't you give me that negativity and I'll give you this. Give me that stress, I'll give

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you this. Give me that anxiety, I'll give you this. So when He looks at you and says, okay,

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now we're ready to go, because now you can hear me. The noise of stress and anxiety

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can only be replaced by stillness. So it's like, I love the fact that the Redeemer lives in us.

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That means everything is about to get redeemed. So I wonder what situations you're in today where

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you can ask the Lord today, thank you, you're the Redeemer living in me. These are three situations

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here. Which one do you want to redeem first and how? And because you have an expectation of the

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Redeemer, you can sit and listen in the context of your expectation. I love that. It's like God

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always provides a safe place. That's where Jesus is your high tower. Sometimes you just need to

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take a step back. The righteous run in and they are safe. Take a step back into God,

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let Him close the door on the outside world, this is stillness, and then sit and listen.

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That's a daily thing, you know, that we practice. Now we practice

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everything, because practice makes permanent. And we are permanent residents of the kingdom.

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So let's maybe stop living as if we're in the world and start living like we're in the kingdom

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over the world. So that would be an interesting dynamic.

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I love that exchange that happens in the process of prayer, because it's no longer about bringing

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what we think is currently ours from the situation, like you mentioned, anxiety or fear or

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sickness or whatever the situation is that people are facing. But it's about discovering what is

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actually ours and taking that in. So peace and healing and provision and protection.

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But I don't want us to miss the richness of the real inheritance being God himself.

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Himself, exactly.

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He brings himself, gives us himself.

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I love that. That's why I think that when you're in stillness, your first response is to give

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thanks. It's 1 Thessalonians 5, in everything give thanks. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,

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in everything give thanks. But rejoicing is the first thing you do. The first thing you do,

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you don't pray, you rejoice. Father, I rejoice that you are in me. Lord Jesus, I rejoice that

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you are with me, that you are for me, that I'm on your prayer team and I'm going to hear you praying

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and I'm going to pray with you. There's always something to rejoice. So rejoicing is like the

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first thing you do, because it settles everything then. And I love that. We have to assume the

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position that we belong to God's household. We're in his house praying with him. Jesus lives in our

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house, but we have access to God's house too. So I love that. That value of being co-related

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with the Father through Jesus. So Jesus is the beloved Son and we're learning how to be beloved

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in that same relational context. So never underestimate the power of your relationship

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with God, that God feels towards you. And God responds to inheritance in us.

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So you can ask him any question. It doesn't matter if it's a dumb one. If it's a dumb question,

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he'll just answer the question you could have asked if you were in your right mind.

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So that's okay. It's not like he doesn't know where you are. And it's not like

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his love doesn't cover a multitude of things. He's always the same. He's unchanging.

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He'll be the same towards you on your worst day as he is on your best. He doesn't change.

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He doesn't relate to you according to what you're doing. He relates to you according to who he is.

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And that is the beauty of three plus me. Makes you a 300% person.

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Because through three amazing geniuses, all who have some connection in your life

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and will make their presence felt. If you just come joyfully as a much-loved child,

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that's why I say, Lord, I know you. I feel it. You're up to something. What is it? And I can

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feel that now. And it's almost like I'm tapping on the window or something. Just gets your attention.

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I know you. You're up to something. What is it? And I love the way he comes in with a smile.

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And even on your worst day, he comes in with a smile because this is good. This is good because

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I'm here with you. Everything works together for good because goodness walked through the door.

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So we have encounters with goodness. Jesus went about doing good and healing people who were

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oppressed. That was the world's testimony of him. And that's my testimony of God.

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You know, I know goodness is going to be present because it's a huge part of his nature.

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So I expect goodness. Even if I'm being followed around by the spirit of stupid,

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I expect goodness. Even if I'm just like on an adventure and missing the point. He's still

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the goodness of God. He's just going to reorient me into his heart. I love that.

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There's no...

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There's no place on earth where the love of God for you cannot be.

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There is no place.

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You know, the love of God is there because it's in you.

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You carry it.

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You're a carrier of goodness.

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That means you get to experience it first.

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I love that.

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You carry it.

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You're a carrier of goodness.

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