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Speaker 1: And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, where he

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Speaker 1: prayed for his friends. Also, the Lord gave Job twice

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Speaker 1: as much as he had before Job forty two ten.

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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, you are a God of restoration. In you

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Speaker 1: alone is the power to restore us from our brokenness

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Speaker 1: and heal us in every way. Your loving touch brings

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Speaker 1: rest to those who seek it. For no other name

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Speaker 1: gives life like yours. Your grace abounds and overflows ever,

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Speaker 1: ready to fill our hearts with peace and joy. You

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Speaker 1: do not withhold your blessings, but fulfill us with abundance.

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Speaker 1: Through your hands. We are two transformed into something new

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Speaker 1: and whole again. We thank you for all that you

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Speaker 1: have done to restore us from our sin, loss, and pain.

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Speaker 1: We glorifying you now and forever more in Jesus' name. Amen,

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Speaker 1: thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where

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Speaker 1: you can draw close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on rest and recovery. To

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Speaker 2: make the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot

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Speaker 2: com every day and make prayer priority in your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is on rest and recovery.

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Speaker 2: Hope you take a moment to hide away your secret place,

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Speaker 2: that place where you can and relax, dial it all down,

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Speaker 2: turn off the distractions as you take a couple of

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Speaker 2: calming breasts. I hope you'll reach out to God, invite

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Speaker 2: his spirit to come minister to you. Ask him to

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Speaker 2: prayer your heart to be filled with God's holy word.

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Speaker 2: We're going to be meditating on Job chapter forty two,

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Speaker 2: verse ten from the King James version the Bible says,

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Speaker 2: then the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he

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Speaker 2: prayed for his friends. Also, the Lord gave Job twice

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Speaker 2: as much as he had before. Take a moment and

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Speaker 2: join with me as we lift up and pour out

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Speaker 2: our adoration our love to God. I praise you for

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Speaker 2: your provision in my life. Jesus, I worship you, for

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Speaker 2: you are the God of all flesh. You know your

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Speaker 2: creation like none other, and in your infinite mercies you

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Speaker 2: minister to us Holy Spirit. I exalt you for your

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Speaker 2: progressive and continue work in my life. I bless your name, God,

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Speaker 2: for you are great and greatly.

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Speaker 1: To be praised.

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Speaker 2: Provision comes through prayer. Job story in the Bible is

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Speaker 2: extraordinary and exemplary for many reasons. One in particular is

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Speaker 2: how God ministered restoration to his life. Unbeknownst to him,

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Speaker 2: Job was the focal point in a matter between God

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Speaker 2: and the evil one, Satan. While God marveled at Job's

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Speaker 2: steadfast faithfulness, Satan accused Job's actions of being self serving.

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Speaker 2: So Satan set out to prove God wrong in his

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Speaker 2: evaluation of Job by attempting to break Job's faith in God.

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Speaker 2: In rapid succession, Job lost his finances, his children, and

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Speaker 2: his health. His wife instructed him to turn on God

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Speaker 2: and die. His friends came to mourn and then judge

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Speaker 2: his state of living death. As Job followed God's law

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Speaker 2: no understanding why things happened to him the way they did.

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Speaker 2: What was taking place wasmpletely contrary to what he knew

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Speaker 2: of God, and yet Job chose to remain faithful. Job

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Speaker 2: refused to turn on God and to blame God for

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Speaker 2: his predicament. In the midst of all of his pain

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Speaker 2: to speculate a circumstance and to judge him by doing so,

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Speaker 2: his friend's attributive motive and reason to God that were untrue.

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Speaker 2: Job could have agreed with his friends, but he could

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Speaker 2: have cursed God and died. But instead, Job chose to

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Speaker 2: remain faithful to God. Not only that, Job set aside

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Speaker 2: his own situation and frustration, and went on to pray

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Speaker 2: to God to have mercy on his friends for their

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Speaker 2: wrong behavior. In short, loved his neighbors as he loved himself,

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Speaker 2: and as Job prayed and interceded for others, God restored

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Speaker 2: his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions. Perhaps you find

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Speaker 2: yourself in a similar situation. Perhaps you're hurting alone, being judged,

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Speaker 2: with no knowledge as to why things are happening to

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Speaker 2: you the way they are. This is a moment and

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to cry out to God, to present yourself

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Speaker 2: before him, share with him your heart, confess your sin

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Speaker 2: as needed, lift up to Him in prayer. Those people

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Speaker 2: in your life. Now, think for a moment of all

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Speaker 2: the times God blessed you, all the provision prosperity God

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Speaker 2: has given simply because He loves you. Take a moment

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Speaker 2: and thank Jesus for his grace and his mercy over

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Speaker 2: your life. Thank the Holy Spirit for interceding for you

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Speaker 2: before God's throne. Thank him for constantly ministering to you,

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Speaker 2: and for lovingly caring for you. Hope you know the

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Speaker 2: God's present that He's listening to you. God has not

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Speaker 2: left you alone. You always have an audience of one.

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Speaker 2: He sent his spirit, his Holy Spirit to help you.

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Speaker 2: So ask the Holy Spirit to help you to be

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Speaker 2: faithful to God even when you don't understand your circumstances.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to have mercy

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Speaker 2: and compassion for the needs of others. Ask him to

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Speaker 2: teach you to be a blessing to others and yourself. Remember,

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Speaker 2: prayer has restorative power. As Job prayed for his friends,

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Speaker 2: God restored his life. Likewise, as you pray for others,

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Speaker 2: God will put sabine wounds and pour out his restoration

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Speaker 2: upon your life. So set aside your weariness, maybe that

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Speaker 2: worry you're carrying, and choose to be a vessel of blessing.

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Speaker 2: Allow God to bless others through you and watch the

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Speaker 2: restoration begin to be manifest in your life. This day

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Speaker 2: and always. Thank you for completing Today's meditative Prayer on

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Speaker 2: pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy habit as a

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Speaker 2: daily practice, I believe you're making prayer priority and strengthening

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Speaker 2: your walk with God. I'm doctor Tim Clinton, President of

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Speaker 2: the American Association of Christian Counselors. Would love being a

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Speaker 2: part of your life.