Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast. I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Trip

Ministries team. Join me each week as I read aloud Paul's popular Wednesday's Word devotional.

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Trip app. This week, Paul reminds us that no matter how deep our failures or how dark

our valleys, God's grace offers us fresh starts and new beginnings. Here's this week's Wednesday's

work. You are unlovingly critical of your spouse. You need a fresh start and a new

beginning. You are needlessly impatient with one of your children. You need a fresh start

and a new beginning. You allow yourself to fight with your neighbor. You need a fresh start and a new beginning. You allow yourself

to fight with your neighbor. You need a fresh start and a new beginning. You are wrongly dismissive

of your pastor. You need a fresh start and a new beginning. You get angry with a coworker. You need a fresh

start and a new beginning. You view internet material that you never should have seen. You need a fresh start and a new beginning. You view internet material that you never should have seen.

You need a fresh start and a new beginning.

Success has become your functional idol.

You need a fresh start and a new beginning.

You cheat on an exam or your taxes.

You need a fresh start and a new beginning.

We all have moments when we long for fresh starts and new

beginnings. Sometimes the damage seems too great. Sometimes the valley seems so long and so dark

that it seems it will never end. Discouragement and hopelessness come over us like a cloud. The enemy

whispers in our ears, where is your God now? And we're tempted to give up.

The gospel message of fresh starts and new beginnings

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