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Speaker 1: Nebeuchadnezzar dream dreams wherein his spirit was troubled and his

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Speaker 1: rest peacefully in the night. When I am tempted to

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Speaker 1: their fancy mansions, I am reminded how the weight of

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Speaker 1: their wealth and powerful position brings worries and robs them

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Speaker 1: of sleep. When I am not in alignment of your

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Speaker 1: will for my life, my spirit is troubled and it

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Speaker 1: is hard to find peace or rest. But when I

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Speaker 1: that assurance and find peace. Amen. Thank you for listening

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Speaker 1: to pray dot COM's nightly prayer. To experience a pocket

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Speaker 1: our free meditative prayer after this quick word from our sponsors.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to your meditative prayer on love and kindness. To

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Speaker 1: get the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray

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Speaker 1: your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is love

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Speaker 1: and kindness. Pause for just a second, put aside the

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Speaker 1: day's distractions, and prepare to spend a moment with God.

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Speaker 1: Close your eyes, yeh. Take a deep breath in, then

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Speaker 1: slowly breathe out. Now take captive every thought and shift

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Speaker 1: your focus to what God has for you. We will

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Speaker 1: be meditating on First John, chapter four, verse eighteen from

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Speaker 1: the King James version. There is no fear in love,

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Speaker 1: but perfect love casteth out fear. Because fear hath torment.

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Speaker 1: He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Take

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Speaker 1: a moment to pour out your adoration to God for

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Speaker 1: his great love. God, I give you praise for you.

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Speaker 1: Your love is perfect. I worship you for your love

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Speaker 1: has cast out all my fears. I praise you because

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Speaker 1: your love is pure and passionate, It is patient and personable.

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Speaker 1: I worship you for taking pleasure in me, for seeing

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Speaker 1: me as precious. I praise you for you are everlasting

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Speaker 1: and your love knows no end. True love is greater

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Speaker 1: than fear. But to experience this, you must completely embrace

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Speaker 1: God's love. And embracing God's love can be frightening and foreboding.

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Speaker 1: Doing so requires the absolute highest level of trust, and

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Speaker 1: trust is difficult to have, especially in the fear of

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Speaker 1: the unknown. Do not forget fear operates in falsehood and faithlessness.

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Speaker 1: It will try to manipulate and mislead you. Perhaps you

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Speaker 1: have been struggling with trusting God. Perhaps there have been

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Speaker 1: moments in your life where doubt was prevalent, situations where

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Speaker 1: fear disabled your ability to trust. This is your moment

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Speaker 1: to come before God and to cast your fears upon him,

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Speaker 1: to tell him what is hindering your heart and preventing

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Speaker 1: you from accepting his love. Now, take just a few

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Speaker 1: minutes to dwell on God's perfect love for you. Thank

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Speaker 1: Him because his love for you is greater than any fear.

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Speaker 1: Thank the Holy Spirit for empowering you to overcome all fear.

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Speaker 1: Think of past situations where your trust in God was

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Speaker 1: greater than your fears. Thank God for those past experiences

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Speaker 1: and future ones to come. Thank Him for his perfect

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Speaker 1: love and kindness in your life. Thank Him because his

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Speaker 1: love is greater than any and all fears. Thank God

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Speaker 1: that through his love, you will no longer be controlled

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Speaker 1: by fear. Instead, you will live in freedom and trust.

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Speaker 1: God is present and he is listening to you. Every day.

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Speaker 1: We have an opportunity to experience God's perfect love. Reach

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Speaker 1: out to him this moment and ask him to fill

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Speaker 1: you with his flawless love. Ask God to take away

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Speaker 1: what scares you, to cast out any and every fear.

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Speaker 1: Ask the Holy Spirit for assurance of Christ's love for you,

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Speaker 1: and him to bless you with boldness to live in

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Speaker 1: perfect love. God delights in loving you. He wants to

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Speaker 1: give you the desires of your heart. Remember, God's perfect

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Speaker 1: love casts out all fear. Trust in the truth of

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Speaker 1: his word that He cares for you. God's love is

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Speaker 1: perfect and perfectly able to remove all your fears. So

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Speaker 1: do not be afraid. God has already covered you with

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Speaker 1: his love. He loved you before you even knew him,

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Speaker 1: and his love never fails. So be courageous through trust,

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Speaker 1: step outside of fear and into the amazing love God

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Speaker 1: has for you. Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer

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