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Welcome back to Rooted&Real! We're keeping it real, huh?

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And we've been picking up things back.

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We picked up Peace.

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We picked up Your Voice.

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We picked up Small Joys.

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Today you know what we're picking up? Faith, because some of us, when we let go of people, we

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accidentally let go of God too.

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So today we pick up that faith.

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And I understand it because I've been there, you're mad, you're disappointed, you asked,

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but God was silent.

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So you put your Bible down, and then you haven't picked it up since.

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And I so get it.

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Faith gets bruised when life does.

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But please don't forget, bruised faith is still faith.

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Be honest with God, even say something like, "God, I don't trust you right now."

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You know, that is still a prayer.

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He can handle your doubt.

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Start with presence, not performance.

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You don't owe God a two hour devotion. Sit. Breathe.

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Just saying, "I'm here" counts.

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And remind yourself of an answered prayer at one time in your life.

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There's a time also in your life that God showed up, okay?

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Pick up that memory.

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When doubt gets loud, let it remind you that God is still with you and still got you.

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And faith isn't pretending that you're okay.

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It's staying, faith, it's staying when you're not okay.

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Pick up faith like a child picks up their parents hand in the dark, you know, the way

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you just grow up and leave, oh, you're not too far gone.

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God is still there. He's still here, and He's got you.

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So pick Him up.