July 29, 2025
Spiritual Boot Camp: Training the Soul for Battle
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In this episode of Metaphysical Boot Camp, we delve into the raw and practical aspects of spiritual formation, emphasizing the importance of spiritual drills over mere inspiration. We explore five core spiritual disciplines: prayer, scripture study, silence and solitude, fasting, and service and giving. These disciplines are not just religious routines but tactical drills designed to sharpen the soul for life's battles. Each drill targets a specific part of the soul, preparing us to respond with clarity and peace when faced with challenges. The episode encourages listeners to create a personal training map, focusing on areas where their spiritual practice may need more consistency or commitment.
We further discuss the significance of reclaiming sacred hours, particularly the powerful moments of morning and night, to align with eternal values rather than succumbing to modern distractions. By adopting a disciplined approach to these spiritual practices, listeners are guided to cultivate a more centered and spiritually grounded life. The episode concludes with a challenge to align actions with beliefs through small, silent changes, emphasizing that true allegiance is proven in the quiet moments when no one's watching. This episode serves as a call to action, urging listeners to train their souls for the battles of life with intentionality and discipline.
00:00 - Introduction to Spiritual Drills
01:18 - Five Core Spiritual Drills
04:08 - Weekly Training Rhythm
07:18 - Creating a Personal Training Map
08:01 - Obedience in the Mundane
10:19 - Reclaiming Sacred Hours
15:05 - Biblical Examples of Sacred Rhythms
16:03 - Closing Thoughts on Spiritual Disciplines
19:26 - Genesis 37: Lessons from Joseph's Story
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Truth is boring. You want excitement.
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That's what your body has been trained to do so far. You wanna click off to find that thrill you're looking for to numb your thoughts,
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but that's the whole problem.
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You don't rise to the level of your inspiration.
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You fall to the level of your training.
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Welcome back, soldier.
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Today, we step into the dirt.
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No mysticism,
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no philosophy,
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just the raw drills of spiritual formation.
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Because in this boot camp, you don't get stronger by knowing. You get stronger by doing
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and doing
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again
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and again and again.
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Why do spiritual drills matter?
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Let's be clear.
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Discipline is not punishment.
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It's
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preparation.
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First Corinthians nine twenty seven.
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I discipline my body and make it my slave so that after I preach to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Paul isn't talking about physical shape. He's talking about
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soul stamina.
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Drill shape muscle memory so that in battle, you don't freeze.
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You move in truth.
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There are five core spiritual drills.
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Spiritual disciplines aren't
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religious routines.
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They're tactical drills that sharpen the soul for battle.
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These are your combat movements.
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Each one targets a part of your soul.
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One, prayer,
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thrill of alignment.
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Luke five sixteen.
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But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Prayer isn't wishful thinking. It's communication
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with command.
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Strategy download.
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Soul recalibration.
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Want to train deeper?
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Don't just talk.
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Listen.
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Sit in the stillness.
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Ask commander, what's the mission today?
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Two,
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scripture study.
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Drill of clarity.
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Psalms one nineteen one zero five.
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Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path.
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In foggy moments, your feelings will lie.
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The word won't.
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Drill is like a soldier memorizes survival codes.
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You need it in your mouth when the pressure hits.
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Three, silence and solitude.
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Drill of discernment.
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Lamentations
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three twenty six to 28.
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It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
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Noise numbs.
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Silence
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sharpens.
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This is a lost art,
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but every awakened soldier knows.
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You don't grow by adding noise. You grow by holding space.
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Four,
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fasting,
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drill of detachment.
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Matthew six sixteen through 18.
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When you fast,
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your father who sees what is done in secret
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will reward you.
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Fasting is how you say, I am not ruled by my stomach
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or my schedule
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or my screen.
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You're training your soul to override
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cravings,
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to choose the
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commander
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over comfort.
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Five, service and giving.
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Drill of humility.
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Philippians two three four.
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition.
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Consider others above yourselves.
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This one breaks ego.
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You serve even when
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unseen.
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You give even when unnoticed.
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That's not weakness.
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That's kingdom conditioning.
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Rhythm over rigor.
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Let's make this practical.
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You don't need to fast for forty days to be legit.
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You don't need to pray like a monk in the Alps.
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Start small.
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Repeat often.
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Track growth, not perfection.
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In this weekly training rhythm,
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each day is designed to cultivate spiritual growth and emotional balance.
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On Monday, we start the week with prayer and scripture,
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setting a clear mission for the days ahead.
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Tuesdays are dedicated to silence, allowing an emotional reset and a space for inner peace.
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Wednesdays,
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focus on fasting, where we abstain from one meal to detach from cravings and strengthen our willpower.
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Thursdays,
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bible study,
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getting deep into the word to strengthen our faith and understanding.
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Fridays are for service,
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a reminder to combat selfishness
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by focusing on others.
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Saturdays are set aside for solitude,
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offering a quiet space to listen to God's voice.
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Finally,
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Sundays are for rest and worship,
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providing a time for realignment
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and renewal of purpose.
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Each day builds on the other, guiding us to our more centered and spiritually grounded life.
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Now this is my schedule, but you can make a custom one for yourself.
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This isn't legalism.
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It's lifestyle
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recalibration.
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When it gets boring,
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let's be real.
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There will be days
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it feels dry,
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pointless,
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frustrating.
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That's normal because drills aren't for dopamine.
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They're for depth.
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You're not training for good vibes. You're training for warfare.
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And when that moment comes, when temptation hits, when fear rises,
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when confusion
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clouds,
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you won't need to search.
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You'll respond
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because the drill lives in you.
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How about your own personal training map?
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Ask yourself,
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which drill do I avoid?
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Which one comes easy?
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Where is my soul weakest?
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In creating a custom training focus for you,
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the goal is to strengthen areas that may need more consistency
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or commitment.
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If yours is prayer
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and the current status is inconsistent,
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The aim is to set aside five minutes daily to ensure this essential practice becomes a regular part of your routine.
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If it's scripture, on the other hand, the goal is to continue reading one chapter each day to maintain that steady connection with the word.
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If silence has been neglected,
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the focus here is to commit to ten minutes of silence
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every night to help foster peace and emotional clarity.
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If it's fasting,
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the target is to fast from one meal each week,
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helping to build discipline and detachment
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from cravings.
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Lastly, if service is an area that's been avoided.
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The goal is to complete at least one act of service each week to combat selfish tendencies
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and embrace a spirit of generosity.
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Each drill
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is intentionally
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designed
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to nurture and improve specific aspects of daily spiritual life.
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This is not shame.
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This is strategy.
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The untrained soul is always reacting,
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always spinning,
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always drained,
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but the trained soul moves with clarity,
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responds with peace,
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fights with light,
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and rests without guilt.
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So show up to the trails
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even when it's hard, even when it's boring because your soul is remembering
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who it is,
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one repetition
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at a time.
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Next time, we enter the fire.
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Pain,
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loss,
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confusion,
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not as punishment,
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but as the most powerful
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training ground of all.
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Until then,
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train slow.
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Repeat often,
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drill the soul.
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This is metaphysical
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boot camp.
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Down to protocol seven,
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obedience
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in the mundane.
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Faith without obedience
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is just a decoration.
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You can sing
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the right words,
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post the right quotes,
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wear the right symbols.
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But in the kingdom,
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words don't enlist you.
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Actions do.
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Your allegiance is not shown in the loud moments. It's proven in the quiet ones when no one's looking.
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Objective.
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Your choices,
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not your beliefs,
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reveal your allegiance.
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Exercise.
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Choose one area where your actions contradict your ideals.
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Make a silent change. No announcement,
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just obedience.
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Heaven doesn't ask you for public statements.
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It has for private sacrifice.
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You're almost
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are your enemies.
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Fill them with action.
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Ask,
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where am I still a spectator
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of my own faith?
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What would my life look like if I obeyed my beliefs?
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Where have I built an image of faith instead of a life of obedience?
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What does it cost me to stay in the gray?
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James two seventeen.
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Faith by itself,
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if it is not accompanied by action,
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is dead.
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Identify one contradiction between your beliefs and behavior.
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Make one small silent correction this week.
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Reflect,
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how did it feel to align my body with my soul?
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Read James two.
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In this boot
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camp, allegiance is not shouted. It's proven
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repeatedly
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in silence.
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The light doesn't need your promises,
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only your practice.
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Living protocol seven in the real world,
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reclaim the sacred hours.
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The world doesn't just want your attention. It wants your mornings and nights.
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It knows these are the most powerful,
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programmable
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moments of your day.
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The first thing you see when you wake up,
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that programs your mood.
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The last thing before you sleep,
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that scripts
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your dreams.
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Protocol seven is about seizing those gateways,
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not for productivity,
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but for alignment with eternity.
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In modern life, most people wake up to their phones,
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notifications,
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texts, news alerts, TikTok dopamine hits.
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Before your feet hit the floor, the war for your mind is already halfway lost.
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And at night, we scroll ourselves into numbness or overstimulation,
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falling asleep with a screen's glow instead of stillness.
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But imagine this instead.
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You wake up and light a candle.
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You sit in silence for three minutes.
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You whisper a prayer.
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You read one verse slowly.
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That's not religion. That's
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recalibration.
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It's reminding your soul
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who's in charge
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before the world can distract you.
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Or at night, instead of Netflix till exhaustion,
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you journal one thought that mattered.
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You reflect on your day, not for guilt, but for awareness.
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You bless your sleep,
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not just collapse into it.
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Reclaiming the sacred hours isn't about doing more.
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It's about doing less
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on purpose.
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It's how you train your consciousness.
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It's how you ensure that
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every day begins and ends not with the algorithm's voice,
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but with the quiet fire of your eternal one.
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Here are some bible examples of protocol seven.
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Reclaiming the sacred hours.
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Jesus rises early to pray. Mark one thirty five.
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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed.
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Isaac meditates that evening. Genesis twenty four sixty three. He went out to the field one evening to meditate.
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Isaac carves out a sacred end of day moment for reflection.
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David's morning cry to God. Psalms five three.
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In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice. In the morning, I lay my request before you and wait expectantly.
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That's a good one.
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Four.
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The manna came each morning. Exodus sixteen twenty one.
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God provided daily nourishment
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in the morning,
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teaching the people to seek him at the start of each day.
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Daniel prays three times a day. Daniel six ten.
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Morning, noon, and night. Daniel punctuates
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his life with rhythm and reverence despite
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persecution.
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David wakes to praise at midnight.
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Psalms one nineteen sixty two. At midnight, I rise to give you thanks for your righteous loss.
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Even in the middle of the night becomes sacred space.
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The psalmist reflects in bed. Psalm sixty three six. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night.
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Abraham wakes early to obey God. Genesis twenty two three. The day he's told to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham rises early.
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Sacred obedience begins with sacred mornings.
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Job's early morning sacrifices. Job one five. He rises early to offer sacrifices on behalf of his children,
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spiritually covering his house at the dawn.
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The resurrection
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discovered at dawn. Matthew twenty eight one. The most sacred moment in history. The empty tomb was discovered at daybreak.
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Samuel hears God in the night. First Samuel three three through 10. The stillness of night becomes the atmosphere where Samuel learns to hear God's word.
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Jesus teaches at daybreak.
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Luke
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twenty one thirty eight. All the people came early in the morning to hear him.
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Mornings were for revelation.
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The priests offer morning and evening sacrifices.
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Exodus twenty nine thirty eight to 39.
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God's design for temple worship included daily
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sacred rhythms,
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sunrise and sunset
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sacrifices.
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David says, evening, morning, and noon, I cry out. Psalms fifty five seventeen.
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His life is organized around intentional
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communication,
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not just reaction.
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The Lamentations of night.
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Lamentations
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two nineteen.
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Arise, cry out in the night as the watches of the night began.
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Even grief had sacred timing.
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Revelation praises offered day and night.
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Revelation four eight. In heaven,
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worship never stops.
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Day and night, sacred hours are eternalized.
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God honors the beginning and end of things.
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Mornings and evenings are spiritual launch pads,
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not throwaways.
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Stillness at the edge of time reveals things noise never can.
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Heaven is structured around sacred rhythm.
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Ours should echo it.
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As we close today's training session, remember this. The disciplines we've discussed
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aren't just religious rituals.
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They're your soul's tactical drills for the battle of life.
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They forge your character in the fire of repetition.
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They teach your spirit how to move when the enemy strikes and how to stand firm when everything around you shakes.
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Each drill from prayer to fasting,
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from solitude to service
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has a special purpose
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to make you stronger,
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clearer,
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more grounded.
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The more you practice,
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the more these movements become second nature,
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the more your soul is sharpened, honed, and prepared for what lies ahead.
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This is where the rubber meets the road.
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We've talked about the power of spiritual disciplines, but now we move into action.
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It's one thing to talk about alignment, to pray in the morning or fast for a day.
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It's another to live it
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in the quiet moments, in the mundane,
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where your true allegiance is proven.
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You see,
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it's the small silent choices where your faith is tested.
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What you do when no one's watching
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is what truly
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defines your character.
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Every decision to align your actions with your beliefs
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brings you one step closer to the warrior you're meant to be.
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Faith without action
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is just a decoration.
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It's your obedience in the silence
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that proves your commitment.
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So here's your challenge for the week.
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Take one area of your life where your beliefs and your behavior
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don't align
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and make a silent,
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intentional change.
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No announcement, no applause,
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just obedience.
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Maybe it's waking up a little earlier to reclaim that sacred morning
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or choosing a small act of service
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that no one will see.
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If you make a purchase
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and the clerk was friendly or efficient,
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tell them,
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make someone else stay a little brighter, and it doesn't cost you anything.
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Or perhaps there's fasting,
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a meal, or taking time for silence.
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Whatever it is, make it real.
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Small,
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quiet obedience is how we train our souls for battle.
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Track your progress,
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not perfection.
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Just show up to the drills
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even when it's hard. It's boring.
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Because
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with each repetition,
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you'll find yourself growing stronger.
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And when the battle comes, your soul will be ready.
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Until next time, soldier,
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train slow.
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Repeat often.
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Drill the soul.
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This is metaphysical
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boot camp. Now
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go live your life
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quietly.
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If you haven't already subscribed,
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hit that notification
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and join me next episode
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into what it means to train in the fires of real life.
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Don't just listen.
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Start living this out.
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Your soul's battle is waiting.
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Okay. For those needing a chapter of scripture,
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today's will be picking up where we left off. Genesis 36 is a genealogy.
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Genesis 37
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from the Legacy Standard Bible is where we'll pick up.
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Now Jacob lived in the land where his father has adjourned in the land of Canaan.
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These are the generations of Jacob.
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Joseph, when 17 years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth,
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along with the sons of Philhah and the sons of Zilpah,
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his father's wives.
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And Joseph brought back an evil report about them to their father.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons
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because he was a son of his old age,
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and he made a very colored tunic.
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And his brother saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers,
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and so they hated him and could not speak to him in peace.
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Then Joseph had a dream,
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and he told it to his brothers.
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So they hated him even more.
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And he said to them, please listen to this dream which I have had.
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Indeed,
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behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf rose up and also stood upright.
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And behold,
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your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.
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Then his brother said to him, are you really going to reign over us, or are you really going to rule over us?
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So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
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Then he had still another dream, and recounted it to his brothers and said,
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behold,
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I have had still another dream. And behold, the sun and the moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me. And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him,
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what is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers really come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?
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And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
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Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph,
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are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem?
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Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, I will go. Then he said to him, go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.
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So he sent him from the Valley Of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
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And a man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, what are you seeking?
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And he said, I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me whether you're pasturing the flock.
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Then the man said, they have journeyed from here, for I heard them saying, let's go to Dothan.
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So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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And they saw him from a distance. And before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
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Then they said to one another,
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here comes this dreamer. So now come and let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, a wild beast devour him.
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Then let us see what will become of his dreams.
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But Reuben heard this and delivered him out of their hands and said, let us not strike down his life.
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Reuben further said to them, shed no blood.
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Cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
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but do not put forth your hands against him,
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that he might deliver him out of their hands to return him to his father.
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Now it happened when Joseph reached his brothers that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the very colored tunic that was on him. And they took him and cast him into the pit.
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Now the pit was empty without any water in it, and they sat down to eat a meal.
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Then they lifted up their eyes and saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites were coming from Gilead,
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with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh,
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going to bring them down to Egypt.
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And Judah said to his brothers,
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what gain is it that we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.
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And his brothers listened.
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Then some Midianite traders came by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
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for 20 shekels of silver.
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Thus, they brought Joseph into Egypt.
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Then Reuben returned to the pit and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, so he tore his garments.
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Then he returned to his brothers and said, the boy is not there. As for me, where am I to go?
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So they took Joseph's tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood.
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And they sent the very colored tunic and brought it to their father and said,
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we found this. Please recognize it, whether it is your son's tunic or not. And he recognized it and said, it is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him.
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Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.
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So Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned his son for many days.
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Then all his sons and all his daughters
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arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, surely, I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.
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So his father wept for him. Meanwhile,
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the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
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Imagine being 17,
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full of dreams,
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but stuck in a dysfunctional family where resentment
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runs deep. That was Joseph's reality in Genesis 37.
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His father, Jacob, openly favored him, giving him a richly ornamented robe,
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a visible symbol of love that only deepened the divide
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between Joseph and his brothers.
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Add to that Joseph's dreams, visions of his family bowing down to him. And suddenly,
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he wasn't just a favorite,
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he was a threat.
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His brother's envy hardened into hate
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and their hatred into action.
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They threw him into a pit and sold him into slavery.
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At first glance, this is a tragic tale of betrayal.
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But beneath the surface,
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Genesis 37 teaches profound truths about
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leadership,
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emotional intelligence,
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and resilience.
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First, concepts to learn.
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One, favoritism
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breeds division.
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Jacob's partiality towards Joseph
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disrupted family harmony.
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Whether at home or work,
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showing unequal
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treatment
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throws bitterness and sabotages unity.
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Two.
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Dreams without discretion can provoke conflict.
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Joseph spoke the truth of his dreams.
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But without understanding the timing or impact,
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even a God given vision needs wisdom in its delivery.
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Three.
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Envy left unchecked leads to destruction.
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The brothers didn't just feel jealousy.
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They acted on it.
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Feelings, when not processed through truth and accountability,
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can drive catastrophic
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decisions.
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Four,
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God's plan often begins in the pit.
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Joseph's journey to leadership
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didn't begin in a palace.
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It started in betrayal,
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injustice,
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and silence.
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Yet this was not a detour.
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It was divine direction.
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Next, problem solving techniques to apply.
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Practice emotional
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awareness.
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Ask,
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what am I feeling and why?
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Like the brothers, we often act out of repressed
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emotions.
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Naming our feelings is the first step to mastering them.
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Respond, don't react.
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Joseph could have used his dreams to seek wisdom rather than dominance.
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Learn to pause,
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assess the emotional climate, and speak with discernment,
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not impulse.
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Step back to see the bigger picture.
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When Joseph was in the pit,
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it seemed like the end.
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But perspective
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shows us that what looks like rejection
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might be
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redirection.
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Trust that setbacks
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may be setups.
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Invest in reconciliation
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even if others don't.
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While Genesis 37 ends with separation,
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Joseph's story continues with forgiveness.
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Begin cultivating a spirit of mercy now
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even toward those who've wronged you.
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So the next time you feel misunderstood,
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betrayed, or sidelined,
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remember Joseph,
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you may be in a pit today,
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but God may be writing a story where pain
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becomes
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purpose.
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Let that truth shape how you see your problems and how you rise through them.
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I'm Merrill, and this is Battlegram.
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For more boot camp,
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click here.
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That's what your body has been trained to do so far. You wanna click off to find that thrill you're looking for to numb your thoughts,
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but that's the whole problem.
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You don't rise to the level of your inspiration.
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You fall to the level of your training.
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Welcome back, soldier.
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Today, we step into the dirt.
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No mysticism,
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no philosophy,
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just the raw drills of spiritual formation.
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Because in this boot camp, you don't get stronger by knowing. You get stronger by doing
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and doing
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again
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and again and again.
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Why do spiritual drills matter?
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Let's be clear.
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Discipline is not punishment.
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It's
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preparation.
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First Corinthians nine twenty seven.
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I discipline my body and make it my slave so that after I preach to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
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Paul isn't talking about physical shape. He's talking about
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soul stamina.
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Drill shape muscle memory so that in battle, you don't freeze.
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You move in truth.
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There are five core spiritual drills.
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Spiritual disciplines aren't
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religious routines.
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They're tactical drills that sharpen the soul for battle.
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These are your combat movements.
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Each one targets a part of your soul.
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One, prayer,
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thrill of alignment.
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Luke five sixteen.
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But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
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Prayer isn't wishful thinking. It's communication
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with command.
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Strategy download.
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Soul recalibration.
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Want to train deeper?
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Don't just talk.
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Listen.
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Sit in the stillness.
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Ask commander, what's the mission today?
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Two,
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scripture study.
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Drill of clarity.
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Psalms one nineteen one zero five.
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Your word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path.
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In foggy moments, your feelings will lie.
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The word won't.
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Drill is like a soldier memorizes survival codes.
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You need it in your mouth when the pressure hits.
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Three, silence and solitude.
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Drill of discernment.
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Lamentations
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three twenty six to 28.
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It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
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Noise numbs.
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Silence
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sharpens.
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This is a lost art,
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but every awakened soldier knows.
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You don't grow by adding noise. You grow by holding space.
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Four,
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fasting,
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drill of detachment.
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Matthew six sixteen through 18.
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When you fast,
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your father who sees what is done in secret
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will reward you.
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Fasting is how you say, I am not ruled by my stomach
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or my schedule
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or my screen.
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You're training your soul to override
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cravings,
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to choose the
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commander
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over comfort.
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Five, service and giving.
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Drill of humility.
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Philippians two three four.
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition.
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Consider others above yourselves.
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This one breaks ego.
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You serve even when
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unseen.
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You give even when unnoticed.
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That's not weakness.
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That's kingdom conditioning.
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Rhythm over rigor.
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Let's make this practical.
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You don't need to fast for forty days to be legit.
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You don't need to pray like a monk in the Alps.
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Start small.
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Repeat often.
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Track growth, not perfection.
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In this weekly training rhythm,
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each day is designed to cultivate spiritual growth and emotional balance.
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On Monday, we start the week with prayer and scripture,
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setting a clear mission for the days ahead.
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Tuesdays are dedicated to silence, allowing an emotional reset and a space for inner peace.
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Wednesdays,
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focus on fasting, where we abstain from one meal to detach from cravings and strengthen our willpower.
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Thursdays,
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bible study,
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getting deep into the word to strengthen our faith and understanding.
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Fridays are for service,
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a reminder to combat selfishness
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by focusing on others.
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Saturdays are set aside for solitude,
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offering a quiet space to listen to God's voice.
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Finally,
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Sundays are for rest and worship,
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providing a time for realignment
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and renewal of purpose.
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Each day builds on the other, guiding us to our more centered and spiritually grounded life.
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Now this is my schedule, but you can make a custom one for yourself.
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This isn't legalism.
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It's lifestyle
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recalibration.
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When it gets boring,
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let's be real.
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There will be days
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it feels dry,
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pointless,
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frustrating.
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That's normal because drills aren't for dopamine.
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They're for depth.
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You're not training for good vibes. You're training for warfare.
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And when that moment comes, when temptation hits, when fear rises,
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when confusion
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clouds,
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you won't need to search.
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You'll respond
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because the drill lives in you.
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How about your own personal training map?
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Ask yourself,
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which drill do I avoid?
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Which one comes easy?
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Where is my soul weakest?
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In creating a custom training focus for you,
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the goal is to strengthen areas that may need more consistency
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or commitment.
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If yours is prayer
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and the current status is inconsistent,
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The aim is to set aside five minutes daily to ensure this essential practice becomes a regular part of your routine.
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If it's scripture, on the other hand, the goal is to continue reading one chapter each day to maintain that steady connection with the word.
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If silence has been neglected,
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the focus here is to commit to ten minutes of silence
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every night to help foster peace and emotional clarity.
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If it's fasting,
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the target is to fast from one meal each week,
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helping to build discipline and detachment
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from cravings.
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Lastly, if service is an area that's been avoided.
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The goal is to complete at least one act of service each week to combat selfish tendencies
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and embrace a spirit of generosity.
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Each drill
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is intentionally
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designed
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to nurture and improve specific aspects of daily spiritual life.
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This is not shame.
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This is strategy.
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The untrained soul is always reacting,
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always spinning,
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always drained,
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but the trained soul moves with clarity,
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responds with peace,
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fights with light,
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and rests without guilt.
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So show up to the trails
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even when it's hard, even when it's boring because your soul is remembering
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who it is,
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one repetition
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at a time.
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Next time, we enter the fire.
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Pain,
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loss,
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confusion,
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not as punishment,
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but as the most powerful
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training ground of all.
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Until then,
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train slow.
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Repeat often,
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drill the soul.
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This is metaphysical
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boot camp.
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Down to protocol seven,
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obedience
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in the mundane.
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Faith without obedience
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is just a decoration.
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You can sing
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the right words,
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post the right quotes,
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wear the right symbols.
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But in the kingdom,
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words don't enlist you.
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Actions do.
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Your allegiance is not shown in the loud moments. It's proven in the quiet ones when no one's looking.
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Objective.
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Your choices,
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not your beliefs,
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reveal your allegiance.
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Exercise.
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Choose one area where your actions contradict your ideals.
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Make a silent change. No announcement,
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just obedience.
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Heaven doesn't ask you for public statements.
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It has for private sacrifice.
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You're almost
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are your enemies.
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Fill them with action.
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Ask,
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where am I still a spectator
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of my own faith?
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What would my life look like if I obeyed my beliefs?
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Where have I built an image of faith instead of a life of obedience?
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What does it cost me to stay in the gray?
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James two seventeen.
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Faith by itself,
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if it is not accompanied by action,
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is dead.
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Identify one contradiction between your beliefs and behavior.
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Make one small silent correction this week.
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Reflect,
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how did it feel to align my body with my soul?
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Read James two.
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In this boot
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camp, allegiance is not shouted. It's proven
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repeatedly
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in silence.
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The light doesn't need your promises,
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only your practice.
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Living protocol seven in the real world,
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reclaim the sacred hours.
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The world doesn't just want your attention. It wants your mornings and nights.
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It knows these are the most powerful,
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programmable
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moments of your day.
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The first thing you see when you wake up,
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that programs your mood.
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The last thing before you sleep,
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that scripts
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your dreams.
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Protocol seven is about seizing those gateways,
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not for productivity,
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but for alignment with eternity.
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In modern life, most people wake up to their phones,
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notifications,
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texts, news alerts, TikTok dopamine hits.
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Before your feet hit the floor, the war for your mind is already halfway lost.
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And at night, we scroll ourselves into numbness or overstimulation,
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falling asleep with a screen's glow instead of stillness.
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But imagine this instead.
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You wake up and light a candle.
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You sit in silence for three minutes.
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You whisper a prayer.
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You read one verse slowly.
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That's not religion. That's
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recalibration.
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It's reminding your soul
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who's in charge
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before the world can distract you.
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Or at night, instead of Netflix till exhaustion,
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you journal one thought that mattered.
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You reflect on your day, not for guilt, but for awareness.
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You bless your sleep,
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not just collapse into it.
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Reclaiming the sacred hours isn't about doing more.
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It's about doing less
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on purpose.
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It's how you train your consciousness.
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It's how you ensure that
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every day begins and ends not with the algorithm's voice,
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but with the quiet fire of your eternal one.
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Here are some bible examples of protocol seven.
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Reclaiming the sacred hours.
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Jesus rises early to pray. Mark one thirty five.
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Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed.
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Isaac meditates that evening. Genesis twenty four sixty three. He went out to the field one evening to meditate.
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Isaac carves out a sacred end of day moment for reflection.
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David's morning cry to God. Psalms five three.
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In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice. In the morning, I lay my request before you and wait expectantly.
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That's a good one.
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Four.
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The manna came each morning. Exodus sixteen twenty one.
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God provided daily nourishment
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in the morning,
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teaching the people to seek him at the start of each day.
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Daniel prays three times a day. Daniel six ten.
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Morning, noon, and night. Daniel punctuates
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his life with rhythm and reverence despite
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persecution.
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David wakes to praise at midnight.
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Psalms one nineteen sixty two. At midnight, I rise to give you thanks for your righteous loss.
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Even in the middle of the night becomes sacred space.
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The psalmist reflects in bed. Psalm sixty three six. On my bed, I remember you. I think of you through the watches of the night.
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Abraham wakes early to obey God. Genesis twenty two three. The day he's told to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham rises early.
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Sacred obedience begins with sacred mornings.
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Job's early morning sacrifices. Job one five. He rises early to offer sacrifices on behalf of his children,
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spiritually covering his house at the dawn.
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The resurrection
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discovered at dawn. Matthew twenty eight one. The most sacred moment in history. The empty tomb was discovered at daybreak.
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Samuel hears God in the night. First Samuel three three through 10. The stillness of night becomes the atmosphere where Samuel learns to hear God's word.
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Jesus teaches at daybreak.
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Luke
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twenty one thirty eight. All the people came early in the morning to hear him.
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Mornings were for revelation.
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The priests offer morning and evening sacrifices.
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Exodus twenty nine thirty eight to 39.
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God's design for temple worship included daily
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sacred rhythms,
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sunrise and sunset
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sacrifices.
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David says, evening, morning, and noon, I cry out. Psalms fifty five seventeen.
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His life is organized around intentional
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communication,
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not just reaction.
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The Lamentations of night.
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Lamentations
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two nineteen.
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Arise, cry out in the night as the watches of the night began.
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Even grief had sacred timing.
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Revelation praises offered day and night.
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Revelation four eight. In heaven,
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worship never stops.
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Day and night, sacred hours are eternalized.
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God honors the beginning and end of things.
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Mornings and evenings are spiritual launch pads,
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not throwaways.
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Stillness at the edge of time reveals things noise never can.
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Heaven is structured around sacred rhythm.
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Ours should echo it.
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As we close today's training session, remember this. The disciplines we've discussed
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aren't just religious rituals.
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They're your soul's tactical drills for the battle of life.
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They forge your character in the fire of repetition.
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They teach your spirit how to move when the enemy strikes and how to stand firm when everything around you shakes.
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Each drill from prayer to fasting,
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from solitude to service
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has a special purpose
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to make you stronger,
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clearer,
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more grounded.
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The more you practice,
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the more these movements become second nature,
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the more your soul is sharpened, honed, and prepared for what lies ahead.
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This is where the rubber meets the road.
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We've talked about the power of spiritual disciplines, but now we move into action.
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It's one thing to talk about alignment, to pray in the morning or fast for a day.
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It's another to live it
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in the quiet moments, in the mundane,
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where your true allegiance is proven.
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You see,
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it's the small silent choices where your faith is tested.
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What you do when no one's watching
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is what truly
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defines your character.
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Every decision to align your actions with your beliefs
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brings you one step closer to the warrior you're meant to be.
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Faith without action
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is just a decoration.
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It's your obedience in the silence
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that proves your commitment.
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So here's your challenge for the week.
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Take one area of your life where your beliefs and your behavior
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don't align
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and make a silent,
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intentional change.
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No announcement, no applause,
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just obedience.
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Maybe it's waking up a little earlier to reclaim that sacred morning
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or choosing a small act of service
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that no one will see.
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If you make a purchase
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and the clerk was friendly or efficient,
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tell them,
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make someone else stay a little brighter, and it doesn't cost you anything.
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Or perhaps there's fasting,
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a meal, or taking time for silence.
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Whatever it is, make it real.
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Small,
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quiet obedience is how we train our souls for battle.
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Track your progress,
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not perfection.
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Just show up to the drills
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even when it's hard. It's boring.
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Because
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with each repetition,
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you'll find yourself growing stronger.
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And when the battle comes, your soul will be ready.
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Until next time, soldier,
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train slow.
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Repeat often.
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Drill the soul.
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This is metaphysical
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boot camp. Now
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go live your life
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quietly.
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If you haven't already subscribed,
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hit that notification
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and join me next episode
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into what it means to train in the fires of real life.
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Don't just listen.
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Start living this out.
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Your soul's battle is waiting.
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Okay. For those needing a chapter of scripture,
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today's will be picking up where we left off. Genesis 36 is a genealogy.
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Genesis 37
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from the Legacy Standard Bible is where we'll pick up.
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Now Jacob lived in the land where his father has adjourned in the land of Canaan.
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These are the generations of Jacob.
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Joseph, when 17 years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth,
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along with the sons of Philhah and the sons of Zilpah,
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his father's wives.
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And Joseph brought back an evil report about them to their father.
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Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons
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because he was a son of his old age,
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and he made a very colored tunic.
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And his brother saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers,
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and so they hated him and could not speak to him in peace.
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Then Joseph had a dream,
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and he told it to his brothers.
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So they hated him even more.
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And he said to them, please listen to this dream which I have had.
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Indeed,
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behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf rose up and also stood upright.
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And behold,
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your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.
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Then his brother said to him, are you really going to reign over us, or are you really going to rule over us?
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So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
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Then he had still another dream, and recounted it to his brothers and said,
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behold,
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I have had still another dream. And behold, the sun and the moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me. And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him,
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what is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers really come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?
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And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
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Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph,
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are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem?
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Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, I will go. Then he said to him, go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.
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So he sent him from the Valley Of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
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And a man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, what are you seeking?
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And he said, I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me whether you're pasturing the flock.
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Then the man said, they have journeyed from here, for I heard them saying, let's go to Dothan.
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So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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And they saw him from a distance. And before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
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Then they said to one another,
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here comes this dreamer. So now come and let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, a wild beast devour him.
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Then let us see what will become of his dreams.
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But Reuben heard this and delivered him out of their hands and said, let us not strike down his life.
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Reuben further said to them, shed no blood.
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Cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
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but do not put forth your hands against him,
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that he might deliver him out of their hands to return him to his father.
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Now it happened when Joseph reached his brothers that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the very colored tunic that was on him. And they took him and cast him into the pit.
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Now the pit was empty without any water in it, and they sat down to eat a meal.
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Then they lifted up their eyes and saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites were coming from Gilead,
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with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh,
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going to bring them down to Egypt.
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And Judah said to his brothers,
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what gain is it that we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.
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And his brothers listened.
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Then some Midianite traders came by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
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for 20 shekels of silver.
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Thus, they brought Joseph into Egypt.
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Then Reuben returned to the pit and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, so he tore his garments.
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Then he returned to his brothers and said, the boy is not there. As for me, where am I to go?
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So they took Joseph's tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood.
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And they sent the very colored tunic and brought it to their father and said,
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we found this. Please recognize it, whether it is your son's tunic or not. And he recognized it and said, it is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him.
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Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.
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So Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned his son for many days.
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Then all his sons and all his daughters
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arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, surely, I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.
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So his father wept for him. Meanwhile,
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the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
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Imagine being 17,
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full of dreams,
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but stuck in a dysfunctional family where resentment
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runs deep. That was Joseph's reality in Genesis 37.
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His father, Jacob, openly favored him, giving him a richly ornamented robe,
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a visible symbol of love that only deepened the divide
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between Joseph and his brothers.
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Add to that Joseph's dreams, visions of his family bowing down to him. And suddenly,
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he wasn't just a favorite,
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he was a threat.
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His brother's envy hardened into hate
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and their hatred into action.
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They threw him into a pit and sold him into slavery.
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At first glance, this is a tragic tale of betrayal.
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But beneath the surface,
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Genesis 37 teaches profound truths about
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leadership,
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emotional intelligence,
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and resilience.
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First, concepts to learn.
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One, favoritism
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breeds division.
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Jacob's partiality towards Joseph
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disrupted family harmony.
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Whether at home or work,
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showing unequal
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treatment
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throws bitterness and sabotages unity.
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Two.
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Dreams without discretion can provoke conflict.
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Joseph spoke the truth of his dreams.
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But without understanding the timing or impact,
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even a God given vision needs wisdom in its delivery.
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Three.
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Envy left unchecked leads to destruction.
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The brothers didn't just feel jealousy.
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They acted on it.
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Feelings, when not processed through truth and accountability,
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can drive catastrophic
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decisions.
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Four,
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God's plan often begins in the pit.
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Joseph's journey to leadership
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didn't begin in a palace.
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It started in betrayal,
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injustice,
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and silence.
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Yet this was not a detour.
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It was divine direction.
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Next, problem solving techniques to apply.
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Practice emotional
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awareness.
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Ask,
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what am I feeling and why?
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Like the brothers, we often act out of repressed
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emotions.
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Naming our feelings is the first step to mastering them.
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Respond, don't react.
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Joseph could have used his dreams to seek wisdom rather than dominance.
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Learn to pause,
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assess the emotional climate, and speak with discernment,
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not impulse.
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Step back to see the bigger picture.
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When Joseph was in the pit,
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it seemed like the end.
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But perspective
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shows us that what looks like rejection
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might be
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redirection.
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Trust that setbacks
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may be setups.
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Invest in reconciliation
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even if others don't.
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While Genesis 37 ends with separation,
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Joseph's story continues with forgiveness.
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Begin cultivating a spirit of mercy now
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even toward those who've wronged you.
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So the next time you feel misunderstood,
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betrayed, or sidelined,
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remember Joseph,
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you may be in a pit today,
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but God may be writing a story where pain
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becomes
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purpose.
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Let that truth shape how you see your problems and how you rise through them.
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I'm Merrill, and this is Battlegram.
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For more boot camp,
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click here.
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