Remember Where the Storm Is

Good morning, my friend. I hope you're doing well. It's all in August. We've been doing.

It. If we haven't heard from you yet, please let us hear from you. I'd love to hear what's

going on in your world. Speakpipe.com slash Dr. Lee Warren is the voicemail. Lee at DrLeeWarren.com

is the email. You can always get ahold of us. I don't think I slept five minutes last

night. It was a rough night. The dogs are whining. If I record very long here, you're

you're gonna hear the dogs. I gotta get them up in a second.

And so, rather than put you through an episode of hearing how sleepy I sound

and deal with the headache that I've got this morning, I'm gonna give you a quiet time.

I was thinking about this last night, like last year on August 20th,

I did a quiet time called Songs in the Night.

Then August 19th of last year, I couldn't sleep all night. There was a really bad storm out here on the river,

at least on Tataratatown.

It was just boom, lightning, thunder, terrible storm. And I did a quiet time the next morning

about what to do when you're in the storm.

And here we are again, I didn't sleep five minutes. I don't know why, I just couldn't get my brain

to stop thinking and to stop going down all these rabbit holes.

And it's funny because I've given you so many episodes about what to do when you're having trouble sleeping.

And none of those things worked for me last night.

So I'm gonna go get the dogs up because they're whining and barking and fussing.

I'm gonna give you a quiet time.

But I'm gonna give you something to hang on to when life throws you into a trajectory

that you weren't expecting, like it did for us a few years ago,

as I've told you many times.

Today I wanna give you this quiet time. I think it's important, just a nudge from the Holy Spirit

that somebody out there needs it.

And so let me hear from you. If this episode was what you needed today,

I'd love to hear from you.

Speakpipe.com slash Dr. Lee Warren or lee at drleewarren.com.

You can leave a voicemail or an email. Here's a quiet time around the idea

of what to do when you're in the storm.

And when you're in the storm, it doesn't have to be in you because He's in the storm with you and He can calm it.

Here's some information about that. And I just hope that it's helpful to you,

some good music for you to spend a little quiet time with some prayer.

And just, it's gonna be a good day out here on the river and I hope wherever you are,

that you can find some peace in the midst of whatever storm that you're going through or have gone through.

Don't forget that we love you, we're here for you. Love to hear from you.

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Good morning, my friend. The 20th of August, and I'm gonna do,

a little quiet time with you again this morning.

Wasn't planning on doing this today, but I had a rough night last night.

And during the midst of it, I remembered a psalm and a song that speak right to what happens

when you're in the storm, like what's happening when you're going through the storm.

And so I thought, when I get up in the morning, I'm gonna do my quiet time around that song and that psalm.

I've got a song from Matt Redman called Songs in the Night, Psalm 77 from Asaph about remembering your songs

in the night and what to do, and then a song from Highlands Worship,

called Jesus, You Alone.

I've already recorded that, because I did my quiet time before I did this podcast.

So just wanted to share that with you today, get your mind on it.

Be here early. If not, do it at some other morning when you're having a rough

night. Use this episode as a quiet time template for yourself. Just wanted to

bring this to you. It's what I'm doing this morning to get my mind right before

I try to write and get some work done. Get your mind on straight today and spend

some time understanding that even though you're in the storm, it's not in you if

you have the Holy Spirit and Jesus inside you. God bless you, friend. Start today.

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Psalm 77 I Cried out to God for help. I,

Cried out to God to hear me when I was in distress. I sought the Lord at night

I stretched out untiring hands and I would not be comforted. I remembered you God and I groaned I,

Meditated and my spirit grew faint you kept my eyes from closing. I was true troubled to speak,

I thought about the former days the years of long ago. I,

I remembered my songs in the night my heart meditated and my spirit asked will the Lord reject forever,

Will he never show his favor again has his unfailing love vanished forever has his promise failed for all time,

Has God forgotten to be merciful?

Has he in anger withheld his compassion? Then I thought to this I will appeal the years when the most high stretched out his right hand

I will remember the deeds of the Lord. Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago,

I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds,

Your ways God are holy what God is as great as our God You are the God who performs miracles you display your power among the people with your mighty arm

He redeemed your people the descendants of Jacob and Joseph Father God, when we're troubled in our spirit,

when we cry out to you, when we're so troubled that we don't have words, when we're in distress,

help us remember to seek you.

To bring you our songs in the night when we can't sleep, and we don't have words to just sing to you

and remind ourselves of all the times before when you've delivered us.

We stretch out untiring hands when we can't be comforted, when we're hurting.

And I've just been to the prayer wall, Father, and I see so many people hurting,

and there's so much going on in Afghanistan and the world, in the world and there's so much distress

and so many people in fear.

And just help us to remember that when we don't even have the words, that the Holy Spirit inside us

will bring us the words. He'll bring you the words to pray, to express our innermost longings.

When we're in distress, just help us to remember, even if it's just bringing a song in the night.

When we're in the storm, that you're with us in the storm. You're the one who says, be still.

And the storm doesn't have to be in us.

We can just ride through it with you because you've got us. You've got our back.

Just help us to remember, Father, that you will never reject us forever.

You promised to remove our sin as far as the east is from the west.

To wash us clean. Like even though we were red like crimson,

now we are white as snow. So let's settle that matter.

Let's know that the storm is not inside us because of the work that you did on the cross

and in rising from the grave.

And help us to remember to appeal to the years when you stretched out your hands.

So that means that we go back in time and we think about the other times when it felt hopeless

and the other times when it felt lost and you saved us then and you're still the same God,

you're still the same Jesus.

We will consider all your works and by meditating on all the things that you've done,

we'll remember that you'll get us through this night too.

Father, we're grateful. Help us today as we take this day to settle our spirits

and our minds and focus on going all in with you and bring you those burdens and those troubles

and those difficulties that we're having

so much trouble with and just remember that they're not inside of us because you are inside of us,

but they're just parts of life that you're helping us to navigate.

And you're gonna say, be still and know that I am God and help us to remember that today, Father.

In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.

Jesus is the only one and there are times at night when things are so hard and so stressful last night

There was a huge storm here and it kept me awake for hours There was so much lightning and so much thunder and the wind was blowing hard

We were under a tornado warning and Lisa's out of town and I kept being sure every time the thunder went off that the dogs were gonna wake up and I just prayed and,

Had all these like visions of a tornado hitting the house and it was just a crazy night,

really loud storm we live around the river so that the with the sound was just really loud.

And I just had to remember God's in control, been through lots of storms before,

metaphorical ones and real ones.

And he's always gotten me through, so I finally fell asleep.

And actually I got a text message from Tommy Walker at about 11 o'clock, and he shared some music with me.

And after that I prayed a little bit more, and it helped me go to sleep.

And I just remember this old Matt Redman song, Songs in the Night, where he says,

I am in the storm is not in me and the song is called songs in the night and

that reminded me of Psalm 77 which I'm actually writing about in the chapter

that I'm working on my book right now and it just all came together and I,

thought I need to spend my quiet time tomorrow talking about Psalm 77 and then

those song that song from Matt Redman but at the end of the day the storm doesn't have to be inside you it doesn't have to be inside me and that's what I

want to focus on today like no matter what I'm going through no matter what's

that's happening in the world around us.

God's already taken care of it. In his providence, he's already got it worked out.

I just have to trust him enough to know that the storm is not gonna overwhelm me.

And when I can't sleep, when I'm having trouble, just bring him the songs.

Remind myself, remind my spirit, remind your spirit, friend, to let God take control

and order your thoughts and order your steps and let him help you start today.

It's Jesus and Jesus alone that can do that for you. I'll close my quiet town this morning with a song from Highlands Worship called Jesus You Alone.

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I'll talk to you soon. God bless you, friend. Have a great day.