1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Here o, Lord, and have mercy upon me. Lord, be 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my mourning 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,600 Speaker 1: into dancing. Thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: me with gladness Psalm thirty ten through eleven. Dear Lord, 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: you have brought me back from the depths of despair. 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: Your loving kindness has turned my mourning and sadness. I 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: give you thanks for restoring to me the joy of 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: salvation and granting me a spirit of gladness. Your goodness 9 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: is unending and washes over me in waves of mercy 10 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: and grace. My heart has been transformed by your love, 11 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: and I can no longer contain my joy. All my 12 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: sorrows have been turned to gladness. Lord, and you have 13 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: done all this for me through Christ Jesus. May your 14 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: name be praised forever more. In Jesus' name, Amen, Thank 15 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's 16 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can 17 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: draw close to God and find strength in him. 18 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 2: Noah didn't wait until it started reigning to build the ark. 19 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 2: He was prepared right. Hi. I'm Matthew Potter, founder of 20 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 2: pray dot com. 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Our goal for today's meditative prayer is healing 40 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 3: grief in this trying time, my friends, try to go 41 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 3: to your secret place, a place where you can relax 42 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 3: and let your guard down. Try to tune out everything else. 43 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: Breathing deep through your nose and excel out through your mouth, 44 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 3: and reach out towards God with your mind and your 45 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 3: broken heart. Today again we'll be meditating on Psalm chapter thirty, 46 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: verses ten through eleven. From the King James version, they read, hero, Lord, 47 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: and have mercy upon me. Lord be thou my helper. 48 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 3: Thou hast turned for me in my mourning into dancing. 49 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: Thou hast put off my sack cloth and girded me 50 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: with gladness. Take a moment to pour out your adoration 51 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: to God right now, Heavenly, Father Lord, I worship you, 52 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: for you are my help in times of need. Praise 53 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 3: you for your fierce love and for your mighty grace. Father, 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: you alone turn mourning into dancing. You remove the sting 55 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: of death and trade my sorrow for joy. You cast 56 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:42,559 Speaker 3: aside death, and in its place you create life. Father, 57 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 3: you are great and greatly to be praised. The ability 58 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 3: to dream is a god giving gift to have hope 59 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 3: for the future and to aspire. Goodness is a beautiful thing. However, 60 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 3: beautiful things can be fragile and vulnerable, like a stone 61 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: tossed upon a glass surface. Unexpected circumstances and unforeseen loss 62 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 3: can shatter your soul. Few things will cripple the human 63 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 3: spirit as grief does. But you must remember our God 64 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: is not a cruel god. He did not create you 65 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 3: with the capacity to dream, to have goals and desires, 66 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: to merely denied them to you. So this is your 67 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: moment to bring to mind all your shattered hopes, the 68 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 3: dreams long dead and buried maybe deep inside your heart. 69 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 3: Confess to God the hopelessness, the grief, and the loss 70 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 3: you've been carrying, and do not be afraid, be honest 71 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 3: and open with God right now through prayer. As heavy 72 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: a weight as grief can be, there's always a reason 73 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 3: for gratitude. So take a moment to set aside all 74 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 3: loss and instead focus on your existing blessings, those hopes 75 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 3: and desires you once believed impossible and unattainable. Nonetheless, God 76 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 3: manifested them in your life. Think of past situations of 77 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: sadness and sorrow, where God gave your heart a new 78 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 3: song to dance to. Moments you mourned the closing of 79 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 3: a door, only to see God open a better one. 80 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 3: The reality is God is good all the time. So 81 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 3: thank Him for all the past blessings he has bestowed 82 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 3: upon your life. Thank him for the promise of resurrection, 83 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 3: and for the fulfillment of all dreams to come. God 84 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 3: is present and he's listening to you. Be mindful of 85 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 3: his promises. Be bold and ask the Holy Spirit to 86 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 3: revive your dreams. Ask him for hope, anew, for the 87 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 3: ability to realize this is not the end. Ask him 88 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 3: for springs in the midst of the desert, and ask 89 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 3: him to help you acknowledge God's goodness every day and 90 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: in every way. Remember, God wants you to be happy 91 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 3: and to be whole. He can transform death into dreams 92 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 3: even in the midst of hardship. God is still good 93 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: and He's still in control. God promised he would always 94 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 3: care and provide for you. He promised his blessings will 95 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: overrun your life. So do not give today. Live in 96 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 3: gratitude to God and watch him exchange your grief for gladness. 97 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 3: My friends, thank you for completing Today's meditative Prayer on 98 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy habit as a 99 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: daily practice, you are making prayer a priority and strengthening 100 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,679 Speaker 3: your walk with God again. My name is Zach Clinton 101 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: from the American Association of Christian Counselors and we love 102 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: being a part of your life.