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Speaker 1: time to dance Ecclesiastes three one and four. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you have made everything beautiful in its time. Help us

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Speaker 1: to recognize the value of each moment that you grant

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Speaker 1: we may not understand why you ordain every season of

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Speaker 1: life for a purpose, with your guidance we can find

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Speaker 1: joy even in the hard times as well as the easy.

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Speaker 1: We know that if we wait patiently on you, you

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Speaker 1: will renew our strength and grant us hope. We give

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Speaker 1: ourselves to you, trusting that in due time you will

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Speaker 1: address all that concerns us. Thank you for the gift

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Speaker 1: of faith that enables us to look forward with trust

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Speaker 1: and hope. In Jesus' name. Amen, Thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative

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Speaker 1: Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you can draw close

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Speaker 1: to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting Go. To get

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

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

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Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Hope you'll

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Speaker 2: take a second to relax. Look for a quiet place,

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Speaker 2: a way welcoming place, the place where you can focus

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Speaker 2: and you can be present in this moment of reflection.

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Speaker 2: Hope you'll close your eyes now and take slow, deep

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Speaker 2: breaths and focus all your attention on God's word and

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Speaker 2: prepare to receive from this Holy Spirit. We're going to

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Speaker 2: be meditating on Ecclesiastes three, verses one and six from

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Speaker 2: the King James version. To everything, there is a season

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Speaker 2: and a time to every purpose under heaven. Time to get,

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Speaker 2: a time to lose, time to keep, and a time

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Speaker 2: to cast away. Now take a moment and pour out

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Speaker 2: your adoration to God for who he is. God, I

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Speaker 2: enter your gates with thanksgiving and your courts with praise.

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Speaker 2: I praise you for you are good and your love

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Speaker 2: endures forever. Your faithfulness continues through all time. I give

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Speaker 2: you glory for all your wonderful deeds. There is a

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Speaker 2: time for everything. Throughout your lifetime, you are going to

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Speaker 2: experience many seasons some of tremendous joy and great gladness,

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Speaker 2: others of immense sorrow and deep grief. Moments of victory

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Speaker 2: and defeat, small moments, big moments, moments in which you'll

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Speaker 2: have to press in, press on, persevere, and moments where

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Speaker 2: you will have to let go and accept that the

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Speaker 2: end has come. No matter what season you find yourself in,

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Speaker 2: one theme is present in all of them. Letting go

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Speaker 2: is never easy. Those experiencing hope and happiness will wish

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Speaker 2: for one thing more time, more time to live, more

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Speaker 2: time to laugh, more time to love, more time to

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Speaker 2: experience goodness. Those going through the process of saying goodbye

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Speaker 2: will always wish for one thing more time, more time,

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Speaker 2: more time to say thank you, more time to say

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Speaker 2: I love you, more time to make up for lost time,

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Speaker 2: more time to say goodbye. The common thread between good

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Speaker 2: and bad moments is that nothing lasts forever, neither sorrow

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Speaker 2: nor joy. So if you're experiencing a time of happ

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Speaker 2: enjoy every moment while it lasts. If you're struggling to

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Speaker 2: overcome sadness, know that this too shall pass. Whatever season

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Speaker 2: in your life that has reached its end, let it go.

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Speaker 2: Do not harm yourself worrying over what you cannot change

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Speaker 2: or control. Letting go is not easy, but it's necessary.

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Speaker 2: This is your opportunity to present yourself before the Lord.

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Speaker 2: When you come into his presence, confess your sins to God.

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Speaker 2: Tell him the areas that you're struggling in and struggling

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Speaker 2: those wounded and maybe weary pieces in your heart. Not

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Speaker 2: take a moment to thank God. Thank God for his

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Speaker 2: timing is perfect and that he is in control of

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Speaker 2: all things. Thank God for loving you, for having a

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Speaker 2: purpose and a plan for your life. Thank Him for

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Speaker 2: his kindness and his care for watching over you. And

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Speaker 2: give thanks for the moments He's spent ministering to you

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Speaker 2: and teaching you to let go. Thank God for past

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Speaker 2: seasons of personal growth, and, by the way, for those

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Speaker 2: give you strength as needed to let go and to grow.

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Speaker 2: So let him Pray for his Holy Spirit to fill

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Speaker 2: Pray for wisdom and every season and through every circumstance.

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Speaker 2: Ask him to fill your heart with patience and peace

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Speaker 2: beyond measure. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to

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Speaker 2: have confidence in God, to know he has a purpose

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Speaker 2: and a plan for your life, even if you can't

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Speaker 2: see it. Remember there's a time for everything. For everything

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Speaker 2: on earth has its season. Time to search and a

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Speaker 2: hurt to let go and it's hard, you must do so.

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Speaker 2: Letting go can be painful, but it can also bring

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Speaker 2: growth in new life. Trust that God is in control

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Speaker 2: and he has what's best for you. Choose this day

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Speaker 2: to let go of what's been holding you back. Choose

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Speaker 2: to experience God's goodness in your life. Trust the Lord,

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Speaker 2: and live each season of your life to its fullest.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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