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<v SPEAKER_00>When a season ends, a graduation, the end of a job, the kids moving out, and the house going quiet, it can leave you genuinely unsure of who you are without the same rhythms and responsibilities.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The ground you stood on for years suddenly isn't there anymore.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In Isaiah 43, 19, God speaks straight into that disorientation.

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<v SPEAKER_00>See, I am doing a new thing.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now it springs up.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Do you not perceive it?

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<v SPEAKER_00>I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

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<v SPEAKER_00>God first said this to people in exile, grieving the life they'd lost, stuck in their own wilderness, staring backward at what used to be, blind to anything ahead.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And he gently turns their head forward.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He doesn't promise the old back.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He promises a new way, springing up in the very place that looks like a wasteland.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Your deepest identity was never this season anyway.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's that you are his and he has fresh paths waiting for you.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let's begin by thanking God for his faithfulness through every season you've walked through, that his love for you never once wavered or ended.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Thank him that he is, even now, a God of new beginnings.

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<v SPEAKER_00>What fear about your identity or your future do you need to hand to the Lord right now?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Loosen your grip on the past and ask him to fill that empty space with his peace.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Ask him to guide your steps through this next chapter.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let your breathing settle.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Picture a dry, cracked wasteland, and then a stream beginning to cut through it.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Water where there wasn't any.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Tell him in the quiet, you are making a way.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Ask him to help you believe it and trust him for it.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Ask God to comfort them, quiet their anxieties, and anchor them in His purpose as they step into the unknown.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Forgive us for clinging to old seasons when you're inviting us into something new.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We give you our futures today, trusting that your plans are good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Amen.