{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.16,"endTime":3.08,"body":"You're listening to my Morning Devotional podcast, episode"},{"startTime":3.08,"endTime":6.52,"body":"1277. Today's Devo is called Soar Like"},{"startTime":6.52,"endTime":10.08,"body":"Eagles. Hey there. We're the Alessies,"},{"startTime":10.24,"endTime":13.72,"body":"a ministry family working together in our church in Miami,"},{"startTime":13.72,"endTime":17.52,"body":"Florida. And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists"},{"startTime":17.52,"endTime":21.28,"body":"get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why"},{"startTime":21.28,"endTime":25.12,"body":"we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily"},{"startTime":25.12,"endTime":28.61,"body":"dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional"},{"startTime":28.61,"endTime":32.45,"body":"Podcast. Good morning everybody and happy Tuesday. Welcome to My"},{"startTime":32.45,"endTime":36.17,"body":"Morning Devotional Podcast. My name is Rachelle Alessi and I get to be"},{"startTime":36.17,"endTime":39.73,"body":"with you this week. And as you"},{"startTime":39.73,"endTime":43.25,"body":"heard yesterday, I am doing this week on just being"},{"startTime":43.25,"endTime":46.77,"body":"refreshed. And the reason for it is because"},{"startTime":46.93,"endTime":50.45,"body":"we're coming into the summer. The summer's approaching and a lot of us"},{"startTime":50.53,"endTime":54.22,"body":"have been running and gunning and the summer is almost like"},{"startTime":54.22,"endTime":57.94,"body":"the time to power down. But a lot of us still need to get things"},{"startTime":57.94,"endTime":61.5,"body":"done and we still have a lot to get through through the year, and we"},{"startTime":61.5,"endTime":65.22,"body":"get to do a lot more things. And so how about instead of looking"},{"startTime":65.22,"endTime":68.18,"body":"at things through the eyes of tiredness and"},{"startTime":68.9,"endTime":72.54,"body":"just stress, let's look at things a little bit different in"},{"startTime":72.54,"endTime":76.22,"body":"ways that the Lord can refresh us and help us. And so we read"},{"startTime":76.22,"endTime":80.07,"body":"a great verse yesterday about being generous. And a"},{"startTime":80.07,"endTime":83.83,"body":"way that we can get refreshed is by sowing those seeds of generosity. And"},{"startTime":83.83,"endTime":87.59,"body":"if we're needing something, maybe it's a sign that somebody else also needs it. And"},{"startTime":87.59,"endTime":90.99,"body":"so we should go and bless others and sow those seeds. And so"},{"startTime":91.31,"endTime":94.99,"body":"today yesterday talked about what we can do. But today I'm going to read"},{"startTime":95.15,"endTime":98.99,"body":"a verse that really just shows us what the Lord is to us and"},{"startTime":98.99,"endTime":102.83,"body":"how good the Lord is when we truly rely on Him. And"},{"startTime":102.83,"endTime":106.57,"body":"we don't set our eyes on our abilities and our tiredness, but."},{"startTime":106.64,"endTime":110.28,"body":"But when we set our eyes on him, how great and how"},{"startTime":110.28,"endTime":113.76,"body":"his promises are for us. And so in"},{"speaker":"Isaiah 40","startTime":113.76,"endTime":117.56,"body":"31, which I believe is a verse that"},{"speaker":"Isaiah 40","startTime":117.56,"endTime":120.32,"body":"I have read before and I've used before, and maybe"},{"speaker":"Isaiah 40","startTime":121.36,"endTime":124.72,"body":"my sisters in law have too, but it's really such a great"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":124.8,"endTime":128.08,"body":"31 says,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":128.4,"endTime":132.12,"body":"but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":132.12,"endTime":135.44,"body":"soar like eagles. They will run and now grow weary."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":135.96,"endTime":139.8,"body":"They will walk and not faint. I truly love this verse"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":139.8,"endTime":143.44,"body":"because it shows you what happens when you trust in the Lord, when"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":143.44,"endTime":146.6,"body":"you wait in the Lord. It says that the Lord will renew"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":147.08,"endTime":150.88,"body":"your strength and that we will soar like eagles, we will run"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":150.88,"endTime":154.4,"body":"and not get weary. I know that a lot of us might be feeling"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":154.4,"endTime":158.04,"body":"special this time of year. Maybe some of us are feeling a little tired."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":158.04,"endTime":161.56,"body":"We're feeling a little weary. We feel like we cannot keep running at the pace"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":161.89,"endTime":165.41,"body":"that we were running at the beginning of the year. Maybe you're just a little"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":165.41,"endTime":169.09,"body":"discouraged. Maybe the year has not turned out the way that you want it to."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":169.09,"endTime":172.61,"body":"Maybe the things that you set out to accomplish haven't really"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":172.77,"endTime":176.61,"body":"happened just yet. But the truth is, the Bible says, but"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":176.61,"endTime":180.13,"body":"those who hope in the Lord, the Lord will renew their strength."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":180.53,"endTime":183.65,"body":"And that is such a beautiful hope that you and I get to have."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":184.13,"endTime":187.8,"body":"Maybe we haven't done everything we wanted to just yet, but"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":187.8,"endTime":191.64,"body":"we still haven't missed the target. We have a target, and we"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":191.64,"endTime":195.2,"body":"can still hit it. And the Lord can help us renew our"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":195.2,"endTime":199.04,"body":"strength so we can continue running this race, so we can continue"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":199.04,"endTime":202.88,"body":"running this year and not get tired. So everything that was set before"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":202.88,"endTime":206.48,"body":"us, we can accomplish and do. And if you're feeling"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":206.48,"endTime":210.0,"body":"tired today, just ask the Lord. Lord, renew my"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":210.0,"endTime":213.84,"body":"strength. Help me. Sometimes, guys, it's such a mental"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":213.84,"endTime":217.6,"body":"battle when you're tired because. Because you repeat it to yourself"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":217.6,"endTime":221.2,"body":"so much. Your body's feeling it so much that all you can think about is"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":221.2,"endTime":224.88,"body":"tired, and you just mope and you get up and you're complaining, and"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":224.88,"endTime":228.68,"body":"instead of doing that, get up and get in your word and speak this"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":228.68,"endTime":232.48,"body":"Bible verse over you and say, I am going to hope in the"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":232.48,"endTime":236.0,"body":"Lord, and I know that he will renew my strength. He will give me"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":236.08,"endTime":239.92,"body":"what I need so I can continue this day, so I continue this"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":239.92,"endTime":243.72,"body":"week, so I can continue this month. And then I can continue this year, and"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":243.72,"endTime":247.49,"body":"I can still when. But we have to change our minds."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":247.73,"endTime":251.17,"body":"The Lord will do a work. He will refresh our"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":251.17,"endTime":254.73,"body":"spirit. He will refresh our heart. But we have to"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":254.73,"endTime":258.29,"body":"first say, we're going to shift our mind. We're going to shift our"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":258.29,"endTime":262.09,"body":"thinking. We're going to renew our mind as well and say, I'm going"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":262.09,"endTime":265.41,"body":"to trust in the Lord and I'm going to hope. And as I'm doing that,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":265.41,"endTime":269.21,"body":"the Lord will refresh me. As I spend time with him, he will give"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":269.21,"endTime":272.78,"body":"me the energy. So sometimes we think that it just comes"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":272.78,"endTime":276.46,"body":"by, you know, just out of nowhere. You just feel"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":276.46,"endTime":279.66,"body":"refreshed. And though the Lord can do that, the truth is,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":280.14,"endTime":283.9,"body":"sometimes it takes us getting into His Word and being refreshed by our"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":283.9,"endTime":287.62,"body":"time with him and not giving up. Just don't give"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":287.62,"endTime":290.54,"body":"up. This year, you still have a lot to do. You still have a lot"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":290.54,"endTime":294.3,"body":"great things ahead of you. And so just trust in the Lord, hope in him,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":294.46,"endTime":298.24,"body":"and he's going to renew your strength. So let's pray. Thank"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":298.24,"endTime":301.84,"body":"you God for your promises. Thank you for being so good to us, Father."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":301.84,"endTime":305.6,"body":"Thank you for renewing our strength. I pray that you will renew the"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":305.6,"endTime":309.44,"body":"strength of your listeners today. I pray that you will refresh our soul,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":309.44,"endTime":312.6,"body":"Father, so we can continue to run this"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":312.92,"endTime":316.52,"body":"year. Father, I pray that you will continue to help us with our vision"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":316.76,"endTime":320.32,"body":"and that you will even grow our vision for us to see how much more"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":320.32,"endTime":324.08,"body":"we can do. Father, even though we might be a little tired, Father,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":324.08,"endTime":327.89,"body":"we're not defeated. We're not done yet. We still"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":327.89,"endTime":331.37,"body":"are getting up and we're still going to do excellent things for your"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":331.37,"endTime":335.09,"body":"kingdom. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. So there you"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":335.09,"endTime":338.89,"body":"have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":338.89,"endTime":342.65,"body":"for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":342.65,"endTime":346.49,"body":"on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with a friend,"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":346.73,"endTime":350.49,"body":"leave a comment or review for us on the app you're using right now."},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":350.65,"endTime":354.29,"body":"Until tomorrow, we pray that your latte is strong, but your love for"},{"speaker":"verse. And Isaiah 40","startTime":354.29,"endTime":355.53,"body":"Jesus is stronger."}]}