1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: abound to every good work. Second Corinthians nine eight. Dear 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, we praise you for your ever present grace 5 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: as we strive to walk in faith towards our callings. 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: Grant us the courage and strength to take each step forward. 7 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: Open our eyes to your direction, and give us the 8 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: wisdom to understand it. Your grace is sufficient for every 9 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: situation we face. Help us to remember that you are 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: our guide, and no matter how difficult the journey may be, 11 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: your grace carries us through. 12 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: With you at our side, we have nothing to fear 13 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: and all power to overcome. May we continue on this 14 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: path with confidence, relying on your strength each step of 15 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 2: the way. We thank you for your grace and the 16 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: courage it brings. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for 17 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 2: joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw close 19 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: to God and find strength in him. 20 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 3: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on grace and gratitude. 21 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 3: To get the most out of your spiritual journeys pray 22 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 3: dot Com every day and make prayer a priority in 23 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: your life. Again. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is 24 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 3: all about grace and gratitude. So let's take a minute 25 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 3: right now just to calm down. Maybe go to a 26 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 3: place where you can feel safe and relax. Arrange yourself 27 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 3: into a comfortable position, close your eyes and take a 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 3: couple of deep breaths and imagine the tension in your 29 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: body unwinding, and the anxiety and your head and heart disappearing. 30 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 3: Today we'll be meditating on tewod Corinthians nine to eight 31 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 3: from the King James version. It reads, and God is 32 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 3: able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye 33 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to 34 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: every good work. Let us now just take the time 35 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 3: to adore God for all that he gives. God, I 36 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 3: praise you, for you are good, and you are kind. 37 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: You are a good father, and you delight in blessing 38 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 3: your people. Jesus, I worship you, for you alone can 39 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: supply every need. And I magnify your name, for in 40 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 3: every season your grace sustains me, my friends. God's grace 41 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 3: is provision and power in this race called life. You 42 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: will encounter many hurdles and obstacles. Throughout your course. You 43 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 3: will face multiple seasons, some good and some bad. There 44 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 3: will be seasons of famine and fear, seasons of devastation 45 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: and disease. There will be situations where knowledge and strength 46 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 3: will fail you, circumstances where determination and perseverance will not 47 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 3: be enough to survive and overcome. You will need more. 48 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 3: You will need divine grace. God's grace has the provision 49 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 3: and the power you need to run your race to 50 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 3: endure through to the finish line when you feel or 51 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: think you are no longer able to, for God's grace 52 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 3: can simultaneously supply all your needs and enable you to 53 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 3: accomplish all manner of good deeds. God freely offers up 54 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: his grace to you, but you must reach out and 55 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 3: take it. You must acknowledge the truth of His word 56 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 3: and of his love for you. You must rely on God's 57 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 3: grace for what you lack is supplied by what ge 58 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: Jesus has. And Jesus gives not because you deserve it 59 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: or because you've somehow earned it. He gives because he 60 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: is gracious and because he is loving. Jesus gives because 61 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: that is who he is, and he gives of what 62 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: he already has. He gives his fullness for your emptiness, 63 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 3: his wealth for your poverty, his health for your sickness, 64 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 3: his hope for your despair, his righteousness for your sins. 65 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 3: God gives without measure because His well is bottomless. So 66 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 3: if you are going through a tough season of life 67 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 3: right now, my friends, don't give up. Don't lose your heart. 68 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 3: Lay it instead at the feet of Jesus. Take this 69 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: time as your opportunity to present yourself before him and 70 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 3: to tell him about your season of need and hardship. 71 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 3: Come before God and confess your sins to him right now. 72 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 3: And now, let's take a moment to dwell on the 73 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 3: provision and power of God in your life. Give thought 74 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 3: to past goals and tasks. God helped you achieve and 75 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 3: accomplish situations where grace has stained you and helped you overcome. 76 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,679 Speaker 3: The Bible says the Lord is good and his mercy 77 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 3: endures from generation to generation. Think now of the calling 78 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: God has placed over your life, of the good works 79 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: and tasks set before you. Envision God's grace and provision 80 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 3: over those circumstances and thank Him for it. My friends, 81 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 3: do not forget God is present and he is listening 82 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 3: to you. Once again, bring to mind the work set 83 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: before you. Ask God for the ability to pursue his 84 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 3: calling in your life. Ask God for you to not 85 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: only accomplish the goals before you, but for you to 86 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 3: thrive in doing so. Pray for God's grace to be 87 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: over all you do. Grace with your family and in 88 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 3: your friendships. Grace at work with your superiors and your colleagues. 89 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: Grace in every area, every aspect, in every relationship in 90 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 3: your life. Remember God is able to make every grace 91 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 3: overflow to you, so that in every way, always having 92 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 3: everything you need, you may excel in every good work. 93 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 3: Be confident in the knowledge that God wants to bless 94 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 3: your life. He will bless you above and exceedingly beyond 95 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 3: what you need. So take courage, never fear, for you 96 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 3: know your heavenly Father will always provide for you. So 97 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: choose this day to seek God's grace and choose his 98 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 3: power and his provision for your life today and every 99 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 3: day to come. My friends, thank you for completing today's 100 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 3: meditative prayer on pray dot com by incorporating this healthy 101 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 3: habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer a 102 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 3: priority and strengthening your walk with God. As always, my 103 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 3: name is Zach Clinton, Vice President of the American Association 104 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 3: of Christian Counselors, and we love being a part of 105 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 3: your life.