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Speaker 1: By faith. Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to

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Speaker 1: come Hebrews eleven twenty. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for

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Speaker 1: being an attentive, loving, and protective father in my life.

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Speaker 1: You balance love, justice, truth, and grace perfectly. You have

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Speaker 1: blessed me abundantly, and I desire to walk in those

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Speaker 1: blessings humbly. I want to receive your blessings with gladness,

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Speaker 1: and then pass those blessings onto my own children. I

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Speaker 1: want them to grow up with confidence, knowing that I

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Speaker 1: have their backs and will never stop loving them. Lord,

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Speaker 1: fill me with wisdom, love, and patience so I can

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Speaker 1: display all of those qualities to my children. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: I pray Amen, Thank you for joining me in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor

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Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and

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Speaker 1: find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Great Parenting. 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 great Parenting. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment to relax, hope, you'll find a comfortable setting

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Speaker 2: away from maybe some of the disruption and distraction of

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Speaker 2: everyday life, a safe spot where you can completely focus

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Speaker 2: on this moment of self reflection. As you close your eyes,

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Speaker 2: take a deep breath, fill your lungs with air. As

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Speaker 2: you exhale, let go of the worries weighing heavy on

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Speaker 2: your mind. We will be meditating on Hebrews chapter eleven,

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Speaker 2: verse twenty from the King James version. The Bible says,

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Speaker 2: by faith, Isaac blessed, Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Now,

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll take a moment to pour out your

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Speaker 2: adoration to God for his daily blessings. God, I praise

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Speaker 2: you for your abundant blessings in all things and at

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Speaker 2: all times. I praise you for you supply seed to

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Speaker 2: the sower, and you enlarge the harvests of the righteous.

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Speaker 2: Got to worship you and long for you to bless

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Speaker 2: me in all matters. I praise you for calling me

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Speaker 2: your child. I praise you for your blessings not only

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Speaker 2: upon me, but upon my children and their children's children,

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Speaker 2: having faith in the goodness to come. As hard, especially

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Speaker 2: where children are concerned, life gets challenging and chaotic. Things

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Speaker 2: don't always go as you plan. A lot of issues. War, famine,

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Speaker 2: disease are common threat in a lot of different ways.

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Speaker 2: At times fear and frightened, we're forced to admit failure.

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Speaker 2: Even though you cannot control every aspect of every outcome,

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Speaker 2: by faith, you can speak goodness into your child's life.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment to think of those missed opportunities, moments

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Speaker 2: where fear was greater than faith, Moments where you did

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Speaker 2: not or you had a hard time to speak blessing

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Speaker 2: or blessings over your child's life. Take a moment to

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Speaker 2: tell God about the areas in which you struggle speaking

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Speaker 2: positively over your child and confess those hardships to the Lord.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment now to dwell on previous blessings spoken

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Speaker 2: over you, blessings from God's Word that He speaks over you,

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Speaker 2: blessings brought to you through the power of prayer, prayer

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Speaker 2: from parents, friends, other brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank

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Speaker 2: God for the people in your life who through faith

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Speaker 2: speak goodness over you. Thank Him for blessings spoken over

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Speaker 2: you and for the ability to speak blessings over others.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for his past goodness in your life and

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Speaker 2: for all that is yet to come. And do not forget.

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Speaker 2: God is present and he's listening to you once again,

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Speaker 2: bringing to mind those areas that you're struggling with. Ask

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Speaker 2: God for the ability to speak favorably over your child's life.

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Speaker 2: To speak goodness and protection for the seasons to come.

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Speaker 2: To sow blessings and grace into your child's future. Ask

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Speaker 2: God to increase your faith in his word. Ask him

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Speaker 2: to help you speak out in that faith faith to

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Speaker 2: pray peace over your child. To speak blessings in all

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Speaker 2: manner of life already promised in God's Word. In closing,

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Speaker 2: remember by faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau's future. The

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Speaker 2: Bible teaches that through faith in God's word and his promises,

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Speaker 2: you two can bless your children's future. You have a

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Speaker 2: God given ability and a right to speak goodness into

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Speaker 2: your child's life. To speak of prophesied victory and blessings

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Speaker 2: over the days to come. To speak life and not death,

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Speaker 2: blessings and not cursing, goodness over evil. Open your mouth

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Speaker 2: and speak God's word over your child's life. Your child

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Speaker 2: will be blessed. Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer.

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