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Welcome to Twelve24 by Worship Transforms where we want to empower you to live your best life

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through biblical inspiration and by connecting with Jesus in at least 12 minutes of meditative

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worship.

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Well, why 12 minutes?

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Because research has shown that meditating on a good God, especially when connected with

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music, has the ability to create new, healthy neural pathways in your brain.

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These new, healthy patterns of thinking that align with the one that we're focusing on.

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All right, other night I woke up in the middle of that night and my immediately, my mind

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immediately started playing out all the junk that I had been dealing with that day had

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been bugging me.

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And if you can relate to that or you have any other stress levels in your life, sudden

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stressful moments, well, you're going to want to stay with us because I'm going to give

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you what I found to be the secret and we're going to experience it today to stay in the

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place of peace.

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Hey, you can put in the comments below.

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I'd love to hear what times of day maybe are most stressful for you, whether it's suddenly

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waking up in the middle of the night or maybe at work and or perhaps when everybody comes

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home and it gets crazy.

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So and please like, subscribe and share.

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I'd love to have you share this with others you think could benefit from it.

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All right, you see, when I woke up in the middle of the night and all that stuff was

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playing out in my mind, I knew if I could meditate on peace, it could take me out of

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it, but I knew I needed an image to go with it.

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So I asked Jesus to give me an image of what peace looked like and almost instantaneously,

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Psalm 23 popped in my brain with its imagery of pastoral green hills and gentle for me,

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it's a gentle babbling brook and it just speaks of provision and rest and Psalm 23 is such

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a beautiful picture of Jesus as the good shepherd who takes care of his sheep, viciously protecting

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against predators and gently guiding them.

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And as sheep are led by the shepherd, they learn from birth to follow his voice.

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You know, they don't have a rope.

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They're not tethered.

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There's no leash like my naughty cockapoo needs.

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No, they simply follow his voice.

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They've learned that he can be trusted to guide them in the right direction and that

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he will viciously protect them.

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They know that when predators come, they can remain safe.

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And this is what's so important for us to know.

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Peace doesn't mean an absence of conflict.

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It means that when everything is in chaos and craziness, we can trust Jesus to lead

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us into a place of peace as we develop this deep trust in him and that he's got our best.

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He's over every part of us, every circumstance if we'll actively let him.

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So I'm excited about taking us through Psalm 23 today in worship and it's really important.

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I want us not to just meditate on the words, but to ask the Holy Spirit to give us an image

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of what peace looks like with him as the shepherd.

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Because this is an image, a picture, a movie if you will, that we can come back to in our

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minds time and time again as we look to dwell in this place of peace with him.

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So we want to right now ask Jesus to be our shepherd as he leads us by the bubbling waters

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as he leads us down the right paths of life.

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As he leads us through the darkness of the valley where fear and depression and despair

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may seek to overtake us, where when we feel him by enemies on all sides, that we can trust

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the shepherd's rod and staff to come against those enemies and to gently guide us in the

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right direction and to protect us.

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That when there is feeling like we're surrounded, we can trust that he's put this feast of provision

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in front of us.

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He invites us to commune with him in his provision.

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That we can trust that he's not just going before us, but he's also taking up the rear.

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That he sees from above everything that's going on.

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That he is following with us, tracking with us his goodness, his unfailing love, his mercy

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as he is our shepherd.

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So we thank you, Holy Spirit, that you are with us right now.

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We ask that you would give us the picture that each of us need today of Jesus as our

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shepherd and us as his sheep, trusting, following him, resting in him, communing with him.

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We thank you that this is the place here as we dwell in your house where we can experience

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your true peace.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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I have all I need.

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He cares for me.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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I have all I need.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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He gives me rest in green pastures.

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He leads me beside quiet waters.

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He restores my soul.

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He restores my soul.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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I have all I need.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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He cares for me.

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He leads me in the path of righteousness.

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All for the glory of your name.

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And though I walk in darkest valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

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You're out and you're stuck.

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They bring me comfort.

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You're out and you're stuck.

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You're out of garden.

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You're out and you're stuck.

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They're always protecting.

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They can't play caracty.

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Because you go before me.

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You manage the earth.

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Above and below me.

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You're always nearer.

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And you go before me.

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Yet you manage the view.

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And always beside me.

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And you're always here.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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I have all I need.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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You care for me.

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You have prepared for me a table.

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In the presence of my enemies.

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And you are not to my head with oil.

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My cup overflows.

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My cup overflows.

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My cup overflows.

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My cup overflows.

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Because you're all I need.

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You're all I can ever ask for.

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You're all I need.

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You are all I could ever ask for.

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You are all I need.

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You are all I need.

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You are all I could ever ask for.

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You are all I need.

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You are all I need.

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Surely goodness and unfailing love

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will chase me down all the days of my life.

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Surely goodness and unfailing love

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will chase me down all the days of my life.

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Surely goodness and unfailing love

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will chase me down all the days of my life.

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Surely goodness and unfailing love

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will chase me down all the days of my life.

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And I will dwell in your house.

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All the days of my life.

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And I will dwell in your house.

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Forever and ever.

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And I will dwell in your house.

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Forever and ever.

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And I will dwell in your house.

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All the days of my life.

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Until the very end.

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All the days of my life.

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I will be by your side.

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All the days of my life.

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I will rest in the fields of green.

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All the days of my life.

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I will walk by still waters.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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And have all I need.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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And he cares for me.

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Thank you Jesus.

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Whatever we need.

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Jesus we just thank you.

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We just thank you.

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That you supply.

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That your supply is unending.

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Whatever we need.

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We can rest in you.

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Because you are our rest.

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You're our peace.

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And thank you Jesus.

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Our good good shepherd.

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May the knowledge of who he is.

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Stay with you.

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May it linger.

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As you lean into throughout everything that comes into your day.

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All those worries.

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All those distractions.

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May you be able to come back to the fact that he is a good shepherd.

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He'll guide you into truth.

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He will show you the way of righteousness.

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He'll lead you in those paths.

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His mercy.

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His goodness.

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His loving kindness.

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Chases you down.

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And may you just know how very much he is for you.

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In everything you encounter today.

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Be blessed.