1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: and having done all to stand Ephesians six thirteen. Dear Lord, 4 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: you are the source of our strength. You have given 5 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: us a spiritual armor that can stand up to any 6 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: attack from the evil one. Your truth is like a 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: shield around us, protecting us from lives and deception. Your 8 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: righteousness stands as a breastplate over our hearts, keeping them 9 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:51,920 Speaker 1: safe and secure in your love. Your word is our 10 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: belt of truth, keeping us from being fooled. Your gospel 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: of peace gives us a firm so that we can 12 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: stand unshaken in any situation. We thank you Lord for 13 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: the armor that you have provided us with and the 14 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: strength to endure any battle. May this spiritual armor keep 15 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: us safe as we fight against evil on this earth, 16 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: and may it remind us of your unfailing love and protection. 17 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: We pray in Jesus's name. Amen, Thank you for joining 18 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative 19 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw close to 20 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: God and find strength in him. 21 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on commitment and perseverance. 22 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey. Use 23 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 2: pray dot com every day and make prayer priority in 24 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: your life. Again, our goal for today's meditative prayer is 25 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: all about commitment and perseverance. So take a second now 26 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: just to slow down. Maybe sit on your favorite chair 27 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: or on your bed, or wherever you feel the most comfortable. 28 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: Grab a warm blanket or a soft pillow to hug 29 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: if you'd like, And once you find yourself able to relax, 30 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: turn your thoughts toward God and what God has prepared 31 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: for you today. Again. Today will be meditating on Ephesian 32 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: six eighteen from the King James version. It reads praying 33 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and 34 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: watching therein too with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. 35 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 2: Take a moment now just to pour out your adoration 36 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: to God. God, I worship your Holy Spirit. I praise 37 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 2: you that sin no longer has dominion over me, for 38 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 2: I am not under the law, but under grace, your 39 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 2: grace that was displayed and poured out at Calvary, Grace 40 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: that covers all my iniquity and transgressions, that provides me 41 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: access to the throne of the Father, your glorious grace 42 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 2: that gives of your holy spirit. Unto your children, my friends, 43 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 2: pray without ceasing. Prayer is a necessity. It nourishes the 44 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: soul like water does the body. To put it into perspective, 45 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: roughly up to sixty percent of the human body is water. 46 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: It permeates your whole being and greatly affects your survival. 47 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: In the same likeness, your spiritual life cannot survive without prayer. 48 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: Prayer is your lifeline with God. It's your spiritual gatorade, 49 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: and as God's athletes here on earth, you cannot run 50 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: your race without maintaining your prayer life. If you attempt to, 51 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 2: you will suffer spiritual dehydration. Your mental fatigue will overtake 52 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: your faith. Your spirit will grow dark and hopeless, and 53 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 2: you will experience spiritual light headedness, where your judgment and 54 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 2: discernment over right and wrong will become impaired. Your heart 55 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: will no longer find pleasure in the things of God, 56 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: your acts of service, until the Lord will start to 57 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: seize and stop. You will experience emotional constipation, and your 58 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: soul will become parched and bearn Within a short time, 59 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: you will experience spiritual death. This prognosis is fatal, but 60 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 2: thank God, it can be cured. The cure for this 61 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: ailment is to supply the spiritual demand, or simply put, 62 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: to pray. You cannot hope to persevere in this life 63 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 2: without prayer. Prayer is how you communicate with God, how 64 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: you receive from Him and also talk with him. Where 65 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 2: is how you receive salvation, transformation and the impartation from 66 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. It is a tool of defend and attack. So, 67 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: my friends, take a moment to reflect on your current 68 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: prayer life. Examine the areas that are sick and in 69 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 2: need of care, and confess your sins to God. Ask 70 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to regenerate and refresh your soul. Ask 71 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to regenerate and refresh your soul. Now 72 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,239 Speaker 2: consider for a moment God's Holy Spirit in your life 73 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: and thank Him for it. Thank Jesus for coming and 74 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 2: conquering his race, for sending you a helper so you 75 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 2: could run and conquer yours. Thank God that you have 76 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: access to His throne, room, to the mercy seat. Thank 77 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 2: God for his mercies. Thank God for his mercies which 78 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: allow and enable you to live each day as it comes. 79 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. Never forget. 80 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 2: God wants you to excel in the race of life, 81 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: and he wants you to cross the finish line. He 82 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 2: wants to see you endure and persevere in all areas 83 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 2: and under all circumstances. God wants to have a relationship 84 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 2: with you, to spend time with you through prayer. So 85 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: this is your moment to reach out to Him. To 86 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 2: ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to worship in 87 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: spirit and in truth, to impart of himself to you, 88 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,679 Speaker 2: to fill you with His holy presence. Ask the Holy 89 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: Spirit to usher you into the secret Place, a place 90 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 2: where no evil can enter or dwell, a place where 91 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 2: evil cannot touch you, a place of complete and utter 92 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 2: intimacy with God. Remember you are pray at all times 93 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: in the spirit, with every prayer and request, and stay 94 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: alert in this, and stay alert in this with all 95 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 2: perseverance and intercession for all the saints be encouraged. You 96 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 2: are not alone. You can live your life and run 97 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: your race with confidence. You have God's Holy Spirit to 98 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: help you and to guide you, for He will never 99 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 2: leave you nor abandon you. He will to the end 100 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: of the ages and beyond My friends, thank you again 101 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By 102 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you are 103 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God. 104 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: As always, my name is Zach Clinton, Vice President of 105 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 2: the American Association of Christian Counselors, and we love being 106 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: a part of your life.