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Speaker 1: for they saw that his grief was very great. Job

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Speaker 1: two thirteen. Dear Lord, we know that sorrow is inevitable

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Speaker 1: in this life. Trials come and tragedy strikes, leaving us

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Speaker 1: friendship is crucial. We pray that you would empower us

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Speaker 1: us wisdom to know when to speak, when to be silent,

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Speaker 1: and when to reach out. Help us to be selfless

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Speaker 1: during those times, and not look to please ourselves with

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Speaker 1: vain advice and ill time platitudes. We want to be

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Speaker 1: near as you are, near, comforting as you are comforting,

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Speaker 1: these things 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 Zach Clinton, where you can draw close to

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Speaker 1: God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on new friendships.

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Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray

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Speaker 2: your life. Again. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is

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Speaker 2: all about new friendships. So right now, go to a

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Speaker 2: place where you can relax and let your guard down.

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Speaker 2: Right now, tune out everything else. Take a deep breath,

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Speaker 2: exhil and repeat. Right now, let go of the tension

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Speaker 2: you may be carrying in your body, and in this

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to come and minister to you again. Today

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Speaker 2: will be meditating on Job chapter two, verses eleven to

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Speaker 2: thirteen from the King James version. Now, when Job's three

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Speaker 2: friends heard of all this evil that was to come

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Speaker 2: upon him, they came everyone from his own place, Eliphaz

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Speaker 2: the Temanite, and bill Dad the shoe height, and so

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Speaker 2: Far the Nyamathite. For they had made an appointment together

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Speaker 2: to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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Speaker 2: And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and

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Speaker 2: and they rent everyone his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon

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Speaker 2: their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him

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Speaker 2: upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none

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Speaker 2: spoke a word unto him, for they saw that his

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Speaker 2: grief was very great. Right now, my friends, let's just

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Speaker 2: take a moment just to simply pour out our adoration

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Speaker 2: to God. God, I praise you for your vast greatness

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Speaker 2: and your infinite wisdom. For who is like you. God?

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Speaker 2: By your voice, you created the heavens and set the

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Speaker 2: the very palm of your hand. None can compare to you. Remember,

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Speaker 2: this friendship is empathetic. Job's story in the Bible is

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Speaker 2: extraordinary and exemplary for many reasons. This particular part in

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Speaker 2: Job's story teaches an important lesson of friendship. Due to

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Speaker 2: a matter between God and Satan that was unbeknownst to

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Speaker 2: those present, Job found himself destitute, desolate, and diseased. Upon

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Speaker 2: his agonizing situation, Job's three friends got together and went

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Speaker 2: to commiserate and to empathize with him. In solidarity. Job's

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Speaker 2: friends not only cared for him, they felt his pain

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Speaker 2: showed steadfast love for him in his time of need.

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Speaker 2: You see, friends are there for one another, even if

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you're struggling in accepting empathy. Perhaps you're struggling and

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Speaker 2: showing empathy to others. Regardless of your situation, this is

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Speaker 2: your sins to the Holy Spirit and ask him to

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Speaker 2: and thank him for it. Thank God for his own

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Speaker 2: divine friendship and for his care over you. Thank God

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Speaker 2: for the steadfast and empathetic people he is placed in

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Speaker 2: your life. Thank God for friends who worry about you

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit who ministers to you and intercedes for

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Speaker 2: is listening to you. Being empathetic toward others can be hard,

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Speaker 2: Ask him for compassion and understanding within your friendships. Ask

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Speaker 2: enable you to comfort your friends in their time of need. Remember,

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Speaker 2: in what the other person is going through. To empathize

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Speaker 2: with your friend is not only to care for them,

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Speaker 2: but to feel their pain as your own. You see,

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Speaker 2: God created friendship to be a blessing both unto yourself

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Speaker 2: and unto others. So choose this day to embrace love

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Speaker 2: and choose to allow God to use you to minister

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Speaker 2: to others and to be a blessing unto them, not

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Speaker 2: only this day, but for all the days to come.

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