{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.32,"endTime":3.4,"body":"You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode"},{"startTime":3.4,"endTime":7.12,"body":"1293. Today's Devo is called Believe for It."},{"startTime":7.6,"endTime":11.2,"body":"Hey there. We're the Aleskies, a ministry family working"},{"startTime":11.2,"endTime":14.88,"body":"together in our church in Miami, Florida. And if you're like us,"},{"startTime":15.04,"endTime":18.64,"body":"when days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to"},{"startTime":18.64,"endTime":22.48,"body":"find devotional time. That's why we partnered with our friend Allison"},{"startTime":22.72,"endTime":26.26,"body":"to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This"},{"startTime":26.26,"endTime":29.94,"body":"is the My Morning Devotional Podcast. Well, good morning, good"},{"startTime":29.94,"endTime":33.7,"body":"afternoon, good evening. Whenever you're listening to this podcast,"},{"startTime":33.78,"endTime":37.26,"body":"my name is Gabby. I've been your host for the week and I'm joined with"},{"startTime":37.26,"endTime":40.78,"body":"my mom on the podcast. And, mom, these episodes have been"},{"startTime":40.78,"endTime":44.46,"body":"killer. I think so. And it's just about to get good. It's"},{"startTime":44.46,"endTime":47.42,"body":"just about to get good. We hope you've been enjoying it. And yes, at the"},{"startTime":47.42,"endTime":51.02,"body":"end of this week, we will have a bonus episode for the"},{"startTime":51.02,"endTime":54.58,"body":"letter T, because that's a really good one. Also, I just want to mention"},{"startTime":55.82,"endTime":59.06,"body":"we're both a little sick. So if you hear it in our voices, forgive us."},{"startTime":59.06,"endTime":62.62,"body":"And we are recording at home. So if you hear a dog or"},{"startTime":62.7,"endTime":66.46,"body":"if you hear a door open or the alarm, say, front door open,"},{"startTime":66.62,"endTime":70.38,"body":"please forgive us. We are recording at home. But let's jump"},{"startTime":70.38,"endTime":73.9,"body":"into today's devo. This is going to be"},{"startTime":74.3,"endTime":77.82,"body":"a really, really good one. Yesterday we talked about understanding"},{"startTime":78.14,"endTime":81.9,"body":"Mom. What are we hitting today? The letter B."},{"startTime":82.94,"endTime":86.69,"body":"B for believe. Believe that God will"},{"startTime":86.69,"endTime":90.29,"body":"keep his word and will keep his promises. Hebrews"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":90.29,"endTime":93.89,"body":"6 tells us, without faith, it is impossible to please God."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":94.21,"endTime":97.77,"body":"So if you are in a season that you're having to submit to God, a"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":97.77,"endTime":101.53,"body":"season of delay. That's what we're talking about all week. You've"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":101.53,"endTime":105.17,"body":"got to first establish that this season of delay is for a reason. Yes. You"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":105.17,"endTime":108.77,"body":"gotta trust the Lord. You have to believe that God will keep his"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":108.77,"endTime":112.34,"body":"word. Yes. Because when you get to be three"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":112.34,"endTime":115.58,"body":"letters in, you're going to get tired of waiting. And"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":116.06,"endTime":119.34,"body":"it's always good to have these scripture verses in your arsenal"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":119.66,"endTime":123.14,"body":"to say, okay, without faith, it's impossible to please God. I want to stay in"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":123.14,"endTime":126.18,"body":"a place where I know God's pleased with me. I got to have faith for"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":126.18,"endTime":129.1,"body":"one more day. I got to have faith again to believe that God's going to"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":129.1,"endTime":132.86,"body":"do it. And even when we're weary in our faith, Gabby, God"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":132.86,"endTime":136.46,"body":"knows that he knows everything about us. When"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":136.86,"endTime":140.07,"body":"we hit missed the mark, when we hit the mark, when"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":140.47,"endTime":144.27,"body":"you know he loves us more than we could even have"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":144.27,"endTime":147.35,"body":"Faith in him. It's so true. His love is greater for us."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":148.15,"endTime":151.83,"body":"We know that God's grace. He loves us, he covers us."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":151.99,"endTime":155.63,"body":"And all we have to do is just believe that God will keep"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":155.63,"endTime":159.35,"body":"his word. It's so true. He will. He's faithful."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":159.35,"endTime":162.87,"body":"He doesn't dangle a carrot, and right as you go to grab it,"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":163.11,"endTime":166.28,"body":"yank it back. He's not cruel, he's not unloving."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":166.6,"endTime":170.2,"body":"He's not playing games. And you know what? He's not even testing you. Yep."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":170.76,"endTime":174.2,"body":"He loves you. Yes. But he's allowing you to go through a season where your"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":174.2,"endTime":177.72,"body":"faith is tested, your faith is. And your faith is also stretched."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":177.72,"endTime":181.359,"body":"Yeah, that's it. That's absolutely right. He's with"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":181.359,"endTime":185.12,"body":"you in the most difficult days. Yes. The Bible says"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":185.12,"endTime":188.04,"body":"that he is closer to the brokenhearted than ever before."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":188.68,"endTime":192.49,"body":"So when you're really going through it and you think, how much"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":192.49,"endTime":196.29,"body":"longer, God? When am I gonna turn the corner? I've done it."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":196.29,"endTime":200.05,"body":"All right. You've gotta stay in there, keep"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":200.05,"endTime":203.77,"body":"the faith, keep believing, and know that God"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":203.77,"endTime":207.529,"body":"is a God of his words. Amen. That's the character of God that we"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":207.529,"endTime":211.09,"body":"learn by going through the season of submitting. You know, this reminds me of. Cause"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":211.09,"endTime":214.49,"body":"you said that phrase, God doesn't dangle a"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":214.49,"endTime":217.89,"body":"carrot. And I think people see and. And it reminds me of the story that"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":217.89,"endTime":221.37,"body":"we have friends of ours, that they were house searching, they were house"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":221.37,"endTime":225.09,"body":"hunting. And there was a moment where they kept looking for"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":225.09,"endTime":228.81,"body":"houses. Nothing was opening, nothing was working out. They didn't really like them. It"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":228.81,"endTime":232.53,"body":"was similar to what everybody experiences when you're house hunting, where you like the kitchen"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":232.53,"endTime":236.09,"body":"in one, you hate the bathrooms. It's terrible. So hard. It's so hard. You love"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":236.09,"endTime":239.05,"body":"the bedrooms, but you despise the kitchen. Well, they were in that moment."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":239.69,"endTime":242.89,"body":"Well, one time they found, or at this moment, they found a"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":243.33,"endTime":247.09,"body":"gorgeous house that was way out of their reach"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":247.09,"endTime":250.53,"body":"and out of their price range. But there was a moment where it looked like"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":250.53,"endTime":253.09,"body":"the house was going to be available to them. So they go the tour the"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":253.09,"endTime":256.73,"body":"house. It was stunning. They showed us videos and we were"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":256.73,"endTime":259.93,"body":"like, I think this is it. Oh, my gosh. And they had heard there was"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":259.93,"endTime":263.53,"body":"a situation where the. The owners might want to negotiate and the price. And so"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":263.53,"endTime":267.09,"body":"they, all of a sudden, you could see their faith was just building and building"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":267.09,"endTime":270.88,"body":"and building. And one day to the next, the owner was like, I'm sorry, we"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":270.88,"endTime":274.04,"body":"can't negotiate with you guys. We need this or we need that. And it didn't"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":274.04,"endTime":277.56,"body":"work out for them. And there was a moment there that they could have believed"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":277.56,"endTime":281.16,"body":"that God was dangling a carrot. Right. But they chose to believe"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":281.48,"endTime":285.0,"body":"that God was using that experience to stretch their faith"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":285.08,"endTime":288.04,"body":"to look for more. That's right. Because after that house,"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":288.76,"endTime":292.52,"body":"they set their sights on houses that looked like that. Even higher"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":292.52,"endTime":296.12,"body":"than what they'd been looking at. It's like God lifted the lid of faith. Yes."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":296.45,"endTime":300.09,"body":"And I think that's something as believers you can get caught in, especially"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":300.09,"endTime":303.09,"body":"if you tend to be a little bit more negative or"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":303.25,"endTime":307.09,"body":"frustrated easily. You think, well, why would God give me a"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":307.09,"endTime":310.89,"body":"good doctor's report if I found out the week after that"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":310.89,"endTime":314.49,"body":"wasn't the right report? Right. Well, I think we got to change our perspective and"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":314.49,"endTime":317.97,"body":"go, hold on. God's giving us an opportunity to believe"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":318.13,"endTime":321.65,"body":"his word. For our faith to be stretched. There is a house"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":321.97,"endTime":325.49,"body":"that can look like that in my price range. That's right. There is going to"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":325.49,"endTime":328.43,"body":"be a report that comes back from the doctors that's going to say, I am"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":328.43,"endTime":332.27,"body":"fully healed. I just gotta believe it. So change your perspective of"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":332.59,"endTime":336.07,"body":"God's dangling a carrot and he's cruel to. God's giving me a"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":336.07,"endTime":339.87,"body":"picture of what's going to happen and he needs me to stretch my"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":339.87,"endTime":343.35,"body":"faith to believe for it. And that's so awesome. And he's giving you another"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":343.35,"endTime":346.99,"body":"exchange here. What you believe about yourself, about your"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":346.99,"endTime":350.67,"body":"life, about where your ceiling is. Yes. And what God believes about"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":350.67,"endTime":354.24,"body":"you. Amen. You gotta. You have to exchange that. This is the trade"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":354.24,"endTime":357.92,"body":"off in this submitting season. And we"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":357.92,"endTime":361.48,"body":"believe in ourselves, but it keeps us limited. We believe in God"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":361.64,"endTime":365.16,"body":"and he can do anything and he can do all things. It's an unlimited resource"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":365.16,"endTime":368.36,"body":"and supply. And guess what happened with them? The house they"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":368.52,"endTime":371.56,"body":"eventually moved into was on a lake. Thank you."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":372.76,"endTime":376.4,"body":"On a lake in Miami. I mean, come on, you don't have that. There are"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":376.4,"endTime":380.08,"body":"no lake houses here. If you don't live in Florida or Miami, not even"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":380.08,"endTime":383.7,"body":"Florida, if you don't live in Miami, you don't understand. That does not happen. But"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":383.7,"endTime":387.42,"body":"God took them through a season where they had to trust in him."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":387.42,"endTime":391.02,"body":"They had to surrender. They had to seek his understanding and they had to"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":391.02,"endTime":394.82,"body":"believe. And God came through for them. And he's going to come through for"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":394.82,"endTime":398.58,"body":"every single one of us who will submit to a season of waiting"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":398.58,"endTime":402.26,"body":"on Him. Amen. Mom, Pray us out. Lord, I thank you for"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":402.82,"endTime":406.34,"body":"your knowledge and for your truth."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":406.66,"endTime":410.49,"body":"We thank you for who you are. You love us so much, so"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":410.49,"endTime":414.25,"body":"unconditionally, but you will allow us. You will take us through"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":414.25,"endTime":417.81,"body":"seasons of delay so that we can exchange our belief system"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":417.97,"endTime":421.49,"body":"for a godly belief system. It's happening right now in the"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":421.49,"endTime":424.65,"body":"hearts and in the minds of the listeners and we just thank you for it."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":424.65,"endTime":428.05,"body":"In your mighty name we pray Amen and Amen. Amen."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":428.69,"endTime":431.97,"body":"So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven."},{"speaker":"11","startTime":432.29,"endTime":435.74,"body":"Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":435.74,"endTime":439.54,"body":"empower you to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional,"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":439.62,"endTime":443.38,"body":"share it with a friend, leave a comment or review for us on the app"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":443.38,"endTime":447.14,"body":"you're using right now. Until tomorrow. We pray that your latte"},{"speaker":"11","startTime":447.14,"endTime":449.7,"body":"is strong, but your love for Jesus is stronger."}]}