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Speaker 1: created us to work, be creative, and build cultures that

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Speaker 1: We are meant to enjoy the fruit of our labor

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Speaker 1: we never grow complacent in our enjoyment, rather always be

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Speaker 1: hungry to honor you even more through our diligence. In

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Speaker 1: Jesus's name. Amen, thank you for joining me in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with doctor

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Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and

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Speaker 1: find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on financial Peace. To get

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Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, uspray dot com

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Speaker 2: every day, make prayer priority.

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Speaker 1: In your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is on financial peace.

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Speaker 2: Hope you head to a safe corner, maybe a place

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Speaker 2: where you can shut it down, let your guard down,

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Speaker 2: tune out the noise of the day. Take a moment

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Speaker 2: to slow down, relax, Breathe deep in through your nose,

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Speaker 2: exhale through your mouth. Hey, let that stress quote and

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Speaker 2: your body go. Now, reach out toward God with a

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Speaker 2: mind that's ready and expectant. Let the Holy Spirit minister

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Speaker 2: to your soul. We'll be meditating today on Ecclesiastes three,

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Speaker 2: verse thirteen from the King James version. And also that

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Speaker 2: every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good

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Speaker 2: of all of his labor, for it is a gift

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Speaker 2: of God. Hope you take a moment right now to

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Speaker 2: for the gift of daily life and eternal life given

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Speaker 2: through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. You give us

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Speaker 2: good gifts. I worship you for the opportunities you give

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Speaker 2: me on earth, for you have called me to greater

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Speaker 2: things and for a higher purpose. Hope that you'll recognize

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Speaker 2: that your ability to work is a gift from God.

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Speaker 2: You may not feel like it when you wake up

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Speaker 2: a part of God's plan for mankind. When Adam was

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Speaker 2: placed in the garden of Eden, it was to care

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Speaker 2: for the animals and tend the garden. When you arrive

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Speaker 2: at the New Heaven and New Earth, you will also

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Speaker 2: have work to do. The Bible says that God has

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Speaker 2: prepared good works for you to do. A large part

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Speaker 2: of God's plan for you involves work. Be proactive, Be

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Speaker 2: glad of your opportunity to be productive. Feeling of accomplishment

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Speaker 2: and skill we gain as we set our hands. The

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Speaker 2: labor is part of the creative power God bestowed upon man.

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Speaker 2: Seeing the harvest that comes from the toil of our

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Speaker 2: hands is good. God worked for six days, and his

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Speaker 2: creations were all good. On the seventh he rested from

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Speaker 2: his work, and that too was good. The ebb and

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Speaker 2: also to rest. Hope you'll take a moment to rest

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Speaker 2: before God. Now lift up your sins to him. Confess

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Speaker 2: those areas that need to be dealt with, maybe areas

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Speaker 2: that you're struggling with. Now think with me for a

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Speaker 2: minute on all the time's work brought you joy. Thank

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Speaker 2: God that you are an agent of His creative power.

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Speaker 2: Thank him that you're able to work and enjoy the

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Speaker 2: to engage not only in work, but that we can

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Speaker 2: derive pleasure from it as God did. Help you. Know

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Speaker 2: that God's present, that He's listening to you. The Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: the first creative force in the universes, with you over

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Speaker 2: the waters in your life. Take advantage of this opportunity

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Speaker 2: joy in creation and in work. Ask him for acceptance

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Speaker 2: and understanding of God's word. Ask him to help you

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Speaker 2: to walk in the fullness of God's plan for your life.

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Speaker 2: And ask him to multiply your harvest and to make

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Speaker 2: Look forward to the harvest of your field and the

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Speaker 2: labor of your hands. Receive every gift that God has

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Speaker 2: for you, and leave nothing on the table. Thank you

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