WEBVTT 00:16.906 --> 00:32.761 [SPEAKER_00]: Let it out slowly, as you do, remember God is the center of all things, and He longs to be the center of your life. 00:35.043 --> 00:44.432 [SPEAKER_00]: Centering your life around meeting with God is anchoring yourself in the unshakable 00:45.965 --> 00:53.899 [SPEAKER_00]: Right now, they are side distractions, open your heart and make space for his presence. 00:58.948 --> 01:06.842 [SPEAKER_00]: For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere, Psalm 84, verse 10. 01:12.239 --> 01:17.507 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, I come to you now with a desire to make you the center of my life. 01:19.590 --> 01:27.201 [SPEAKER_00]: Too often, I build my days around less or things like my plants, worries, and desires. 01:29.504 --> 01:35.513 [SPEAKER_00]: I want to believe fully loved that your presence is the highest value in my life. 01:38.750 --> 01:44.816 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a few moments to pause and let the presence of the Lord feel your heart, soul, and mind. 01:56.149 --> 01:59.812 [SPEAKER_00]: God, thank you for longing to meet with me. 02:02.075 --> 02:06.900 [SPEAKER_00]: Revelation chapter 3 verse 20 says you stand at the door and knock 02:07.758 --> 02:10.281 [SPEAKER_00]: waiting for me to open, so you may come in. 02:12.883 --> 02:15.626 [SPEAKER_00]: Today, I open the door of my heart. 02:17.388 --> 02:20.531 [SPEAKER_00]: I welcome you into every part of my life. 02:22.173 --> 02:29.040 [SPEAKER_00]: My work, my relationships, my thoughts, and my desires. 02:32.324 --> 02:37.309 [SPEAKER_00]: Take this time to name specific areas of your life where you want God to be the center. 02:43.465 --> 02:51.657 [SPEAKER_00]: Lord remind me that you are my father. 02:53.720 --> 02:58.607 [SPEAKER_00]: You love me not because of what I do, but because of who you are. 03:00.470 --> 03:06.479 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for your love, which is unconditional, unchanging, and eternal. 03:08.322 --> 03:11.987 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you that nothing I do can make you love me more. 03:13.975 --> 03:17.703 [SPEAKER_00]: And nothing I've failed to do can make you love me less. 03:20.750 --> 03:25.740 [SPEAKER_00]: Help me rest in the truth that you simply enjoy being with me. 03:29.368 --> 03:33.958 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a few slow, deep breaths to resting God's desire to be with you. 03:46.527 --> 03:50.151 [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus, you are the vine, and I am a brooch. 03:51.752 --> 04:04.284 [SPEAKER_00]: In John chapter 15 verse 15, you said, whether a bites in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for a part from me you can do nothing. 04:07.608 --> 04:15.235 [SPEAKER_00]: I confess my tendency to strive to force fruit out of myself. 04:16.278 --> 04:27.373 [SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to bind, teach me to rest in you and allow your life to flow through me. 04:27.393 --> 04:36.885 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a few moments to surrender the places you've been operating in your own strength. 04:47.547 --> 04:51.090 [SPEAKER_00]: Lord, help me make the best use of my time. 04:52.652 --> 04:59.659 [SPEAKER_00]: Show me where I've been centering my schedule on the temporary, instead of the eternal. 04:59.679 --> 05:12.952 [SPEAKER_00]: Give me wisdom to order my life, so that meeting with you isn't an afterthought, but the very symptom of everything I do. 05:12.972 --> 05:16.255 [SPEAKER_00]: Holy Spirit, thank you for making me one with you. 05:17.753 --> 05:23.278 [SPEAKER_00]: Remind me daily that you dwell within me and I am never apart from you. 05:25.279 --> 05:35.968 [SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to live from this place of union, to carry your presence into every conversation, every task, and every decision. 05:38.410 --> 05:47.558 [SPEAKER_00]: God, today I choose to send to my life around meeting with you. 05:50.018 --> 05:52.082 [SPEAKER_00]: You are worthy of my time. 05:54.907 --> 06:00.056 [SPEAKER_00]: You are worthy of being the very center of who I am and all I do. 06:02.080 --> 06:08.271 [SPEAKER_00]: May my life be rooted in your presence and bear fruit to glorify your name. 06:10.795 --> 06:12.518 [SPEAKER_00]: In Jesus' name, I pray. 06:13.721 --> 06:14.001 [SPEAKER_00]: Amen.