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Speaker 1: Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold

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Speaker 1: me with thy free spirit Psalm fifty one twelve. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: I delight in the joy of the Lord, for it

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Speaker 1: is my strength. Without joy, I am weakened in my

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Speaker 1: ability to do your will. My light grows dim and

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Speaker 1: it is difficult to reflect your love. Lord. Please restore

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Speaker 1: the joy of thy salvation unto me. If I'm harboring

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Speaker 1: onforgiveness in my heart, show me who I need to forgive.

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Speaker 1: I want a clean spirit and not be bogged down

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Speaker 1: with residual resentment toward anyone in my life. I know

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Speaker 1: unforgiveness clogs up my soul and makes a place for

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Speaker 1: the enemy to slip in with his livees. Help me

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Speaker 1: focus on your word and your loving truth that washes

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Speaker 1: me clean. Amen. Thank you. 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 better marriage. To get

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Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot

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Speaker 2: com every day and make prayer a priority. In your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better marriage. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment to slow down, find a place where you

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Speaker 2: can escape from disruption and distraction, where your focus can

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Speaker 2: be entirely on what God has for you. Close your eyes,

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

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Speaker 2: As you exhale, let go of what weighs heavy on

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Speaker 2: your mind. Let the Holy Spirit lead you. We will

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Speaker 2: be meditating on Genesis chapter two, verse twenty four from

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Speaker 2: the King James version. Therefore shall a man leave his

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Speaker 2: father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

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Speaker 2: and they shall be one flesh. Now take a moment

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Speaker 2: to pour out your adoration to God. God. I praise you,

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Speaker 2: for you are a covenant keeping God. What you speak

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Speaker 2: you will fulfill. None of your words fall to the

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Speaker 2: ground in vain. I praise you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: for you are one. I praise you for calling me

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Speaker 2: into perfect unity with you. I worship you, the One

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Speaker 2: True God. You alone are worthy of all my praise.

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Speaker 2: Marriage is a covenant. Marriage is first and foremost a covenant.

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Speaker 2: When a man and a woman commit to spending their

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Speaker 2: lives together before God, their souls are knit together with

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Speaker 2: an eternal bond, they become two halves of one whole,

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Speaker 2: each part giving to the other in a beautiful symbiotic

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Speaker 2: relationship based on service rather than selfishness. For marriage is

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Speaker 2: a covenant of love, and when you love, you give

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Speaker 2: the best of yourself. When you commit to marriage, you

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Speaker 2: are not only serving your spouse, you are serving God.

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Speaker 2: And God wishes the well being of your spouse even

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Speaker 2: more than you do. So when you listen to the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit and do His will within your marriage, you

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Speaker 2: will serve and honor your spouse as you are to

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Speaker 2: serve and honor Christ. This lifelong give and take is

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Speaker 2: what will sustain your marriage. Do not forget. A covenant

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Speaker 2: is the most powerful and profound promise in existence. Thus

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Speaker 2: it must be built on the most powerful and profound

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Speaker 2: power in existence. When you build on your personal relationships

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Speaker 2: with God the Rock, the covenant, keeping God, the eternal One,

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Speaker 2: you will be able to keep your promises through God's faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Take this moment to come before God and ask for

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Speaker 2: his strength. Confess your sins before Him and receive his forgiveness.

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Speaker 2: Allow the Holy Spirit to minister in your life. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment now to dwell on God's sustaining war. Thank

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Speaker 2: Jesus for his faithfulness that endures forever. Thank Him that

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Speaker 2: he made a way for us to have a relationship

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Speaker 2: with the Father. Thank Jesus that he lived as an

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Speaker 2: example for us to follow. Thank Him that his covenant

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Speaker 2: with us is not changed by our imperfections. Thank Jesus

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Speaker 2: that his strength is made perfect in your weakness. Thank

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Speaker 2: Him that through His strength and grace you are sustained.

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Speaker 2: Do not forget God is present and he is listening

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Speaker 2: to you. Once again, consider the covenant you have entered into.

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Speaker 2: Ask God for the ability to keep your word, to

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Speaker 2: know His grace is enough and that He will sustain you.

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Speaker 2: Ask God to help you so and set aside your

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Speaker 2: own desires. Ask for faith to pray for His power

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Speaker 2: to be upon you, and for the ability to honor him.

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Speaker 2: Ask for faith to prophesy God's strength over your life today,

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Speaker 2: and always remember, when a man and a woman marry,

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Speaker 2: they leave their own families and become one together. They

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Speaker 2: enter into a covenant which is sustained through service through

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit, by the grace given by Christ's sacrifice.

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Speaker 2: You can fulfill the promise you made. You can honor

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Speaker 2: your spouse as you would honor God. Choose this day

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Speaker 2: to trust God with your marriage and follow his word.

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Speaker 2: Christ's power will give you the ability to choose love, grace,

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Speaker 2: and forgiveness. Be blessed in His power and the might

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