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Welcome to Hanging Out with Jesus Podcast

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, where we equip the Saints for ministry

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by bringing you tips , interviews

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, inspiration and information

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on how to live intentionally

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and daily in Christ . For

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more resources , including your free

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newsletter , visit HangingOutWithJesusPikestcom

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or click the link in the

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show notes . Hi

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, I'm Lameena Brooks . Author , bible

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teacher , founder of the Me Project

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Academy and your host

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. Thanks for supporting this

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ministry and writing and commenting

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on the blog and whatever podcast

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platform you are listening to

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, because then , it

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makes this feel more like

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a conversation . This is

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your first time listening in . Welcome

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. This

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is episode 89 . Our

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focus is on letting go of

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worry and the best part

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of that is that you get to

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hang out with Jesus in

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doing so . That and more

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is coming up . Now come

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walk with me where we intentionally

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and daily hang out

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with Jesus . Happy

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Thanksgiving . I am so

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thankful for you and for being

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a listener of this podcast . Have

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a blessed day and enjoy

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the rest of this episode

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, as

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anyone Saints

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. Has anyone told you that

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when your head is full

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or overcrowded with

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concerns , worries

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or mistakes or

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fears , ask

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God to help you filter out

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what you don't need to worry about ? Interesting

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concept , isn't it ? God

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, help me to

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filter out what I

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don't need to worry about . We

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worry about so much until

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it hinders us from living

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with intention . It

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blocks our flow , even

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getting angry about stuff . Like

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my cousin Alita says , isn't

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my water to swim in ? So

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, saints , how many times

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have we swam in water

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or thought about worries

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that we didn't need to

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? Some

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of those worries almost drown us

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. It's

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amazing how a little question

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like God

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, help me to filter out what

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I don't need to worry about . That

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packs a powerful punch . When

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you think about it , we

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can use it as a goal to

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intentionally pursue limiting

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the amount of worry we accept in

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our lives . In

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it , you are not just asking

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about worries , but

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also space to think clearly

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, room to explore the

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unknown , rest

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for your exhausted head

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Aplenty

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to learn new things with

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joy , think

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more meaningful thoughts

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and good memories . Worry

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weighs you

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down . Even

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constant living can wear you down If you

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let it . That's

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why this question is so needed and

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so powerful to spend

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time in meditating

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on God

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, help me to filter

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out what I don't need to

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worry about . The question

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helps you to roll your burdens

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onto God , like

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Peter . 5,7 says

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God cares for you . Psalm

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5522 says Cast

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your burdens on the Lord and he

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will sustain you . He will

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never permit the righteous to

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be moved . God's

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got you , saints . Can

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you perceive it ? God

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wants to do a new thing in you

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, but worry

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, concerns , disappointments

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, anxieties , depression

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, agitations all

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got you weighed down

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in water you don't

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need to swim in . So

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here's a suggestion Take

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a couple of days and

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sit with God , asking him

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God , help me , filter

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out what I don't need

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to worry about . Let

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me repeat that God

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, help me filter out

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what I don't need

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to worry about . Then

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record your experience each time . Practice

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this until it becomes a part

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of your life where you intentionally

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examine yourself in order to walk

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on water instead of being pulled

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under to wallow

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and self-pity and meaningless

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toil . It

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says , if you like

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, I like to rejoice

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with you in these discoveries , so

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don't forget to share them with me

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in the comments or at

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levitabrookscom slash comments

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. Let's

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pray Lord

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, guide us daily in living a life

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wrapped up in and

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with you , and thank

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you for allowing us to cast

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our cares upon you , because

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we need someone

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that can handle them better than

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us . Keep

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us safe during this holiday season

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and spark us all to

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be bold witnesses for you

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. In Jesus'

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name , we pray , amen

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, amen . Thanks for

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listening . If you

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Christ , and much more . All

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this and more can be found , including

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my contact information

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on hanging out with Jesus podcastcom

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or the show notes . So

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until we meet again

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over the airways , intentionally

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and dearly , hang

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out with Jesus . Shalom

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, shalom

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.