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Speaker 1: And he saw that rest was good and the land

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Speaker 1: that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear

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Speaker 1: and became a servant unto tribute Genesis forty nine fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, I am in this world, but not of

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Speaker 1: this world. I am only passing through on my way

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Speaker 1: to my heavenly home with you. While I am here,

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Speaker 1: I am to be a light to those living in

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Speaker 1: darkness and salt to preserve life. Help me realize my

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Speaker 1: real purpose here on earth is to reveal your truth

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Speaker 1: to those blinded from your light of love. Help me

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Speaker 1: know that my ultimate rest will be in heaven. And

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Speaker 1: I look forward to my heavenly rewards. As I focus

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Speaker 1: on you and the great glory I have to look

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Speaker 1: forward to for all eternity, it is easy to give

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Speaker 1: you honor and glory. Amen. Thank you for listening to

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Speaker 1: pray dot COM's nightly prayer. To experience a pocket of

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Speaker 1: peace before you go to sleep, Stay tuned for our

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Speaker 1: free meditative prayer after this quick word from our sponsors.

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

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

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Speaker 2: and recover. Pause for just a second, close your eyes,

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Speaker 2: take a deep breath in, then slowly breathe out. Put

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Speaker 2: aside all distractions, and take captive every thought. Now prepare

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Speaker 2: to spend a moment with God and to focus on

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Speaker 2: what He has for you. We will be meditating on

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Speaker 2: Psalm chapter one hundred, verse four from the King James version.

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Speaker 2: Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts

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Speaker 2: with praise. Be thankful unto him and bless his name.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment to pour out your adoration to God

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Speaker 2: for his goodness. Lord, I give you praise, for you

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Speaker 2: are God over all. Compared to you, what is mankind?

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Speaker 2: That you should be mindful of us and still in

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Speaker 2: loving kindness, you care for us and draw near to

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Speaker 2: our cry. I worship you because your love is pure

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Speaker 2: and passionate, and you are a patient and personable God.

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Speaker 2: I praise you, for there is none like you. Gratitude

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Speaker 2: opens heavenly doors. In moments of weariness and fatigue. The

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Speaker 2: first and best thing you can do is seek God.

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Speaker 2: God's presence grants rest and restoration, for in His presence

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Speaker 2: you are made whole. At times, hopelessness and exhaustion will

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Speaker 2: make access to heaven seem impossible. The devil will whisper

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Speaker 2: in your ear that you are forgotten and that God

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Speaker 2: no longer cares. This is a lie, and you must

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Speaker 2: not allow yourself to believe it, nor be discouraged by it.

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Speaker 2: Never forget the blood of Jesus Christ grants you access.

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Speaker 2: The secret to drawing God's attention quickly is simple. You

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Speaker 2: show him gratitude. When you acknowledge God's goodness in your

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Speaker 2: life and begin to audibly thank him for it, your

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Speaker 2: thankfulness will open up the heavens before you, like an

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Speaker 2: arrow being shot. Gratitude will break through all the demonic

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Speaker 2: resistance and spiritual warfare being waged against you. Gratitude will

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Speaker 2: pierce all spiritual opposition and will usher you into the

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Speaker 2: celestial courts. There you will find rest and renewal. There

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Speaker 2: you will find grace. So do not waste your time

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Speaker 2: murmuring or focusing on what you lack. Instead, fix your

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Speaker 2: eyes on God's grace and be grateful. Always bear in

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Speaker 2: mind that your gratitude is your spiritual key to unlocking

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Speaker 2: access to heavenly courts and to entering God's healing presence.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you are struggling with being grateful He ups your

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Speaker 2: situation is stifling all hope and gratitude in your heart.

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Speaker 2: This is your moment to reach out to God. Thank

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Speaker 2: Him for the opportunity to stand before him and confess

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Speaker 2: your sins to him. Now, take just a few minutes

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Speaker 2: to dwell on God's grace. Thank Him for his eternal

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Speaker 2: love and for his perfect kindness toward you. Thank Jesus

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Speaker 2: Christ for his sacrifice at the cross at Calvary, the

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Speaker 2: sacrifice that enables you to have a relationship with God

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Speaker 2: and to receive from Him. Thank the Holy Spirit for

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Speaker 2: manifesting heavenly goodness and grace in your life. Thank him

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Speaker 2: for continuously ministering God's rest and renewal over you. Thank

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Speaker 2: God for all past blessings He has bestowed to you,

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Speaker 2: and for all future blessings to come. God is present

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Speaker 2: and he is listening to you. You have an opportunity

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Speaker 2: right now to thank God and to enter his presence.

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Speaker 2: Reach out to Him through praise and ask God to

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Speaker 2: teach you to be thankful. Ask God to take away

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Speaker 2: your heart of stone and to give you a heart

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Speaker 2: of flesh. A heart that acknowledges his goodness and his grace.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to be humble,

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Speaker 2: to not murmur against God. Ask him to teach you

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Speaker 2: to praise through your breakthrough. Remember you enter God's gates

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Speaker 2: with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. If you need

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Speaker 2: rest and restoration, start thanking God for all his blessings.

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Speaker 2: Gratitude is to be the reciprocal of grace, So praise

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Speaker 2: God for everything he has done for you. Praise Him

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Speaker 2: for what he is doing and for what he will do.

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Speaker 2: By thanking God for his goodness, you invite his presence,

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Speaker 2: and where his presence is, there is fullness of joy,

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Speaker 2: there is recovery. Choose this day to give God honor

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Speaker 2: and glory. Choose to thank God and watch as his

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