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What's up? What's up? Incredible, loved and valued people. My name is Emma Maydenkens and I'm so stoked and so grateful that you have joined me on the Have You

have heard podcast. This is just I hope such an encouraging episode to you. This is just really, really exciting. We are talking about not growing weary today and that's actually one of the messages in my latest spring collection that dropped within the last month. And so in the details section going to put the link to all of the merch that is available. It's tees and sweatshirts. And I'm just so excited about this spring collection with clothing, love boutique. You will find it in the tab of

Emma May collection. And so I'm just so excited. I hope that it blesses you and it's also a really good gift idea too. So without further ado, let's get into the show.

So friends, today we're talking about just the encouragement. As I said, I want today's episode just to be an encouragement to you. It's the middle of the week or if you are tuning into this episode on the weekend, wherever you're at, like I think that this could

be an encouraging word to you in whatever season, whatever kind of day, whatever time of the day, whatever moment you're in. I am so

careful that this will be an encouragement to you. And something that I love is that the Lord, like over and over again, he talks about the encouragement of not growing weary. And one of the ways that I'm encouraged in this is that the Lord is so empathetic. He understands.

Like the way I think about it is God would not have specifically encouraged us to not grow weary. If he didn't know that we were going to step into circumstances that we were going to face seasons, that we were going to be approached with different scenarios that would

that had the potential to lead us to grow weary that in our own mind, we would grow weary that in our own

relationships, we would grow weary that in seeking the Lord first, we would grow weary, like we face the opportunity to walk in weariness so often in the Lord,

knew that because he's just all knowing and he's so kind and encouraging and personal. And so he's letting us know, hey, I know that it's easy to feel this way.

So I'm specifically specifically going to encourage you in this way, do not grow weary. So I want to just pull out scripture where the Lord encourages us in this just truly for verse four different passages of scripture.

The first is Galatians 6 9 through 10. It's Paul Paul writing and he says, and let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season, we will reap if we do not give up so then as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Second, Thessalonians 313, as for you, brothers, do not grow weary and doing good. Isaiah 40 28 through 31, lift up your eyes on high and see who created these as you look up as you look up, he's saying, like, and you see the sky, you see the clouds, you see the stars, you see the sun and the moon, like, you see all of creation as you look up.

This is who created these he who brings out their host by number, the stars, he means calling them my all by name by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one star is missing, like God calls each star by name, his, his understanding is great, his power and authority has no limit.

Why do you say, oh, Jacob and speak, oh, Israel, my way is hidden from the Lord and my right is disregarded by my God, have you not known, have you not heard the Lord is everlasting, God, the creator of the ends of the earth, he does not faint or grow weary.

So this is also really cool going to pause here in this passage, the Lord encourages us throughout his word to not grow weary and doing good and we are here reminded that God never grows weary and we as people we do that's why we need an encouragement because we are prone to growing weary we are prone to getting tired when we go on our own strength.

And so what i'm already seeing here in scripture is the means by which we can walk in a restored renewed strength and an energized state of spirit and heart and mine is through resting in the one who never grows weary and that is the Lord.

He does not faint or grow weary his understanding is unsurchable he gives power to the faint see it's in him we find our power and to him who has no might he increases strength it is in him we find increased strength he says even youths fall shall faint and be weary that as we just said like we are people we are human and we are going to grow weary we are going to be tired at times and young men shall fall exhausted.

But listen to this but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint so you see on our own strength no matter even if you're in your prime because you are human because you are not the Lord you are prone to grow weary and it is only by waiting in the Lord that our strength is renewed it is only by seeking the face of God that our strength is increased.

It is only by the power of the Lord that we are empowered by his spirit to do what he's called us to do and to live the abundant life that through him only we can live.

Here's another passage Hebrews 12 1 through 3 therefore this is after the this is after the author of Hebrews is going through so many people of the faith who have gone before us who put their trust in the Lord and walked by faith and not by sight and then he says after listing all these people

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