{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.24,"endTime":3.36,"body":"You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode"},{"startTime":3.36,"endTime":6.92,"body":"1289. Today's Devo is called Strength"},{"startTime":6.92,"endTime":10.4,"body":"Training. Hey there. We're the Aleskies,"},{"startTime":10.48,"endTime":14.0,"body":"a ministry family working together in our church in Miami,"},{"startTime":14.0,"endTime":17.84,"body":"Florida. And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists"},{"startTime":17.84,"endTime":21.6,"body":"get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why"},{"startTime":21.6,"endTime":25.08,"body":"we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute"},{"startTime":25.08,"endTime":28.93,"body":"daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional"},{"startTime":28.93,"endTime":32.69,"body":"Podcast. Hello everyone, my name is Lauren Alessi and I"},{"startTime":32.69,"endTime":36.41,"body":"am your host for this week. We are talking about God making us"},{"startTime":36.41,"endTime":40.05,"body":"stronger. God building our capacity and being made"},{"startTime":40.05,"endTime":43.37,"body":"for more overall. So I hope you're enjoying this week."},{"startTime":43.69,"endTime":47.53,"body":"I know I can let you in on a little visual as I was recording"},{"startTime":48.65,"endTime":52.49,"body":"yesterday's podcast. About halfway through. I'm in a room where there's"},{"startTime":52.49,"endTime":56.28,"body":"an energy saver light and it's like motion detector and, and the"},{"startTime":56.28,"endTime":60.12,"body":"light I don't like. I'm not in its view for it"},{"startTime":60.12,"endTime":63.96,"body":"to see me move. And I. It went off and I was"},{"startTime":63.96,"endTime":67.44,"body":"completely in the dark for the second half of that podcast. So that was really"},{"startTime":67.44,"endTime":71.12,"body":"challenging to finish the podcast. And I recorded it completely in the dark,"},{"startTime":71.44,"endTime":75.16,"body":"which is kind of funny. That's a little visual you can picture if"},{"startTime":75.16,"endTime":78.76,"body":"you'd like. So even this podcast week"},{"startTime":78.76,"endTime":82.4,"body":"is strengthening me, growing me, challenging, challenging me."},{"startTime":82.9,"endTime":86.62,"body":"Um, but it's been fun nonetheless. So today we're talking"},{"startTime":86.62,"endTime":90.34,"body":"about strength training and we touched on this a little bit before, but"},{"startTime":90.66,"endTime":93.94,"body":"like I mentioned, I enjoy working out, I enjoy exercising,"},{"startTime":94.42,"endTime":97.9,"body":"and if you do too, then maybe you can relate. I have a terrible"},{"startTime":97.9,"endTime":101.5,"body":"habit when I exercise, and that is I will forget to"},{"startTime":101.5,"endTime":105.18,"body":"increase my weight. So I will work out at a"},{"startTime":105.18,"endTime":109.02,"body":"certain weight. I get comfortable at the certain weight. I don't like to sweat"},{"startTime":109.02,"endTime":112.84,"body":"too much cause it dirties my hair. And I just washed my hair yesterday, so."},{"startTime":113.07,"endTime":116.91,"body":"So I will just stay comfortable at a certain weight until someone comes along and"},{"startTime":116.91,"endTime":120.63,"body":"says, hey, you should probably increase your weight, because you can. And"},{"startTime":120.63,"endTime":124.11,"body":"that's a little bit what we're talking about today. How in life,"},{"startTime":124.35,"endTime":128.15,"body":"we need God in our life, going, hey, you're actually stronger than you"},{"startTime":128.15,"endTime":131.99,"body":"think you are. You can actually take on more. So our verse of the"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":131.99,"endTime":135.07,"body":"16, and it says this."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":135.71,"endTime":139.31,"body":"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":139.63,"endTime":143.31,"body":"with power through his spirit in your inner being. And"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":143.31,"endTime":146.39,"body":"that's honestly what I pray for you all today. I pray that out of God's"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":146.39,"endTime":150.19,"body":"glorious riches, he may strengthen you with power"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":150.27,"endTime":153.31,"body":"through God and his spirit in your inner being."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":154.27,"endTime":157.99,"body":"So sometimes we face some really tough times, like really,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":157.99,"endTime":161.75,"body":"really tough times, and we want to pray for a lighter load. And I"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":161.75,"endTime":165.39,"body":"will say God is gracious enough that he will give us a"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":165.39,"endTime":169.09,"body":"lighter load when we're facing something that's too much for us to"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":169.09,"endTime":172.33,"body":"handle. Because the Word says that God's not going to give us something we're not"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":172.33,"endTime":176.09,"body":"able to handle. But when we are facing a tough time,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":176.97,"endTime":180.65,"body":"maybe God's going to give us the strength to get through it"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":180.65,"endTime":184.45,"body":"instead of always bringing us out of the tough time,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":184.45,"endTime":188.17,"body":"instead of always bringing the lighter load, maybe God's just going to bring us an"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":188.17,"endTime":191.81,"body":"opportunity to make us stronger. The capacity that"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":191.81,"endTime":195.56,"body":"God gives us doesn't always mean, okay, God's gonna"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":195.56,"endTime":198.4,"body":"remove the challenge. If you're praying for"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":199.68,"endTime":203.12,"body":"God to bring you a spouse, maybe that result"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":203.2,"endTime":207.04,"body":"doesn't look like done tomorrow, God brings you"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":207.04,"endTime":210.8,"body":"a spouse. Or if you're praying for a house, which rhymes, a spouse. Wow,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":210.96,"endTime":214.56,"body":"Dr. Seuss, that doesn't mean that, boom, like, tomorrow you"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":214.56,"endTime":218.24,"body":"find a house, or if you're praying for, I"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":218.24,"endTime":221.88,"body":"don't know, children, a dream job, whatever you're praying for, that doesn't mean that"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":221.88,"endTime":225.73,"body":"automatically, boom, God's going to answer it. But maybe he sends"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":225.73,"endTime":229.41,"body":"challenges your way to make you stronger. So that when God"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":229.41,"endTime":233.17,"body":"does bless you with the dream spouse, the dream house, the dream"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":233.17,"endTime":236.93,"body":"kids, the dream job, whatever you are"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":236.93,"endTime":240.45,"body":"facing, that God has equipped you to become"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":240.45,"endTime":244.29,"body":"strong for whatever you're walking into. So when you"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":244.29,"endTime":248.09,"body":"feel overwhelmed, remember, it's not that you're weak. It's not that you"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":248.09,"endTime":251.83,"body":"need God to remove a lighter load necessarily all the time. But maybe you're"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":251.83,"endTime":255.59,"body":"just in training and God's looking at you going, hey, actually, you can"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":255.59,"endTime":259.43,"body":"increase your weight here because you're stronger than you think you are."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":260.07,"endTime":263.43,"body":"God is enlarging your inner capacity to steward"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":263.43,"endTime":266.87,"body":"blessing, to lead well and endure"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":266.95,"endTime":269.99,"body":"difficulty with grace. Let's pray."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":270.95,"endTime":274.67,"body":"Holy Spirit, we thank you right now, God, that you know that we"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":274.67,"endTime":278.32,"body":"are stronger than even we think we are. Lord, we need your"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":278.32,"endTime":281.96,"body":"strength. God, we thank you that you see us as stronger than"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":281.96,"endTime":285.8,"body":"even we view ourselves. But Lord, we still need your strength"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":285.8,"endTime":289.6,"body":"every single day. We don't want to run from responsibility"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":289.76,"endTime":293.44,"body":"or pressure, but we want to stand in it with you,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":293.44,"endTime":297.04,"body":"Lord. We want you and your strength to stand with us in it, Lord."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":297.28,"endTime":300.8,"body":"So, God, strengthen us, strengthen our discipline, strengthen our heart,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":300.8,"endTime":304.41,"body":"strengthen our faith and grow us, Lord, from the inside out."},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":304.57,"endTime":308.33,"body":"In Jesus name we pray. Amen. So there"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":308.33,"endTime":312.13,"body":"you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":312.13,"endTime":315.81,"body":"much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":315.81,"endTime":319.57,"body":"take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with a"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":319.57,"endTime":323.13,"body":"friend, leave a comment or review for us on the app you're using"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":323.13,"endTime":326.89,"body":"right now. Until tomorrow. We pray that your latte is strong,"},{"speaker":"day is Ephesians 3","startTime":326.89,"endTime":328.89,"body":"but your love for Jesus is stronger."}]}