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Speaker 1: And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall

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Speaker 1: upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of

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Speaker 1: his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof Genesis

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Speaker 1: two twenty one. Lord, I thank you that you never

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Speaker 1: slumber or sleep, and you are always working on my behalf.

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Speaker 1: When Adam was asleep, you did a deep work in

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Speaker 1: him and brought forth his wife Eve. You did for

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Speaker 1: Adam what he could not do for himself. When my

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Speaker 1: natural body is quiet in rest, you are actively refreshing

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Speaker 1: my spirit and bringing forth solutions to the many challenges

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Speaker 1: that face me. You revitalize my mind and my body,

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Speaker 1: and I wake with renewed hope. When I tried to

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Speaker 1: make things happen in my strength, I usually screw things up.

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Speaker 1: When I rest and let you you provide, you do

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Speaker 1: exceedingly beyond my expectations, like you did for Adam. Amen,

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Speaker 1: thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer

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Speaker 1: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on deep forgiveness 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 a priority in your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is deep forgiveness. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment to hide away in your sea secret place,

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Speaker 2: a place where you can relax and be comfortable, a

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Speaker 2: place where you can turn off all distraction. Now close

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Speaker 2: your eyes, breathe in deep through your nose, and exhale

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Speaker 2: out through your mouth. As you feel the tension leave

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Speaker 2: your body. Allow your spirit to reach out to God

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Speaker 2: and let his words fill your heart. We will be

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Speaker 2: meditating on Proverbs chapter twenty five, verses twenty one through

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Speaker 2: twenty two, from the King James version. If thine enemy

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Speaker 2: be hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he

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Speaker 2: be thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt

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Speaker 2: heap coals of fire upon his head, then the Lord

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Speaker 2: shall reward thee. Take a moment to pour out your

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Speaker 2: adoration to God. Jesus, I praise you for loving me,

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Speaker 2: for dying in my place while I was still your enemy.

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Speaker 2: For choosing to pour out your grace and forgiveness over me,

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Speaker 2: for sacrificing yourself to restore my relationship with God, the

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Speaker 2: Father I worship you for your love demonstrated in salvation.

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Speaker 2: I praise you, for you alone are good. I extol

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Speaker 2: your name. God, You are worthy of all glory. Defeat

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Speaker 2: evil with God's goodness. The Bible teaches us that only

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Speaker 2: love can conquer hate, and only God's goodness can defeat evil.

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Speaker 2: As illogical and implausible as it may seem, repaying evil

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Speaker 2: for good will bring burning shame upon your foes and

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Speaker 2: heavenly blessings upon you, for when you show kindness to

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Speaker 2: your enemies, you overcome them. Because kindness does kill. It

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Speaker 2: kills toxic environments. It kills the hold of resentment, It

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Speaker 2: kills the root of bitterness, It kills the might of anger,

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Speaker 2: It kills the power of hate in your life. Jesus

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Speaker 2: demonstrated this when he died at the cross for our sins.

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Speaker 2: Christ died for us while we were yet his enemies,

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Speaker 2: and by doing so, he broke the curse of sin

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Speaker 2: and defeated the grave. His choice to repay evil with

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Speaker 2: goodness and grace resulted in restoration for all mankind and

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Speaker 2: victory over death. God knows repaying evil with goodness is

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Speaker 2: hard to do. Jesus went to the cross, but it

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Speaker 2: was not easy, nor was it pleasant for him to

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Speaker 2: succeed in this fight. You must be honest with God

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Speaker 2: in prayer. Take a moment to confess your sins to God. Now,

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Speaker 2: think for a minute on all the times God showed

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Speaker 2: you his kindness. Think of the challenges Jesus had to

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Speaker 2: overcome in showing you his love, all the pain he

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Speaker 2: pushed through and the scorn he suffered at the cross,

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Speaker 2: All of this out of compassion for you. Now think

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Speaker 2: of past situations when God demonstrated his goodness in your life.

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Speaker 2: All the miracles and mercies he has manifested over you.

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Speaker 2: Thank Jesus for his grace poured out to you, for

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Speaker 2: his provision and his care. Thank him for all your

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Speaker 2: current blessings and for those still to come. God is

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Speaker 2: present and he is listening to you. He never said

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Speaker 2: showing kindness to your enemies would be easy, but he

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Speaker 2: promised to help you every step of the way. God

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Speaker 2: sent his Holy Spirit to enable you to be compassionate,

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Speaker 2: to show grace unto those who would not do the

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Speaker 2: same for you. So ask the Holy Spirit to increase

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Speaker 2: your mercy for others. Ask him to make you more

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Speaker 2: like Jesus, to aid those who would harm you. Ask

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Speaker 2: him to empower you to love the way Jesus did

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Speaker 2: to give to those who do not deserve your charity.

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Speaker 2: Ask him to teach you to imitate God's love every

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Speaker 2: day and toward everyone. Remember God said you are to

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Speaker 2: repay evil with kindness. Helping your enemy out when they

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Speaker 2: are in need will be like pouring burning coals on

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Speaker 2: their head, and the Lord will reward you. Even though

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Speaker 2: loving those who caused you harm is difficult and requires

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Speaker 2: self denial, it can be done, and God promised to

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Speaker 2: reward your efforts. God expects you to love others in

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Speaker 2: the same manner you are loved by him. Do not

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Speaker 2: hold back. You can be merciful because Jesus has poured

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Speaker 2: out his mercies over you. Do this and you will

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Speaker 2: see the very best of God's goodness manifested in your life.

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