1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Six days, shalt thou work. But on the seventh day 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: thou shalt rest. In airing time, and in harvest, thou 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: shalt rest. Exodus thirty four twenty one. 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: Okay, Lord, I get it. Rest and trust in you. 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: You are my provider. I need to learn how to 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: rest and enjoy the work of my hands and be satisfied. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: I think the most important lesson your teaching me is 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: to trust you. I am your child, and you are 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: responsible for my needs. You open doors of opportunities and 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: give me favor. You bring forth the rain to water 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: the ground, and you cause the seeds to sprout. Sometimes 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: your ways seem opposite to mine, and that is when 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 1: I need greater trust when I don't understand. Thank you 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: that your ways are higher than mine. 15 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: And so much better. 16 00:00:59,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: Amen. 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer 18 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 19 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors. 21 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on new friendships. To get 22 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 23 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 3: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 24 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is new friendships. Cultivating 25 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: friendships can be tough. Take a minute to unwind in 26 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 3: a calm place where you can relax, close your eyes 27 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: and take a couple of slow, deep breaths. Now, reach 28 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 3: out to God and prepare your heart to receive his 29 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 3: holy word. We will be meditating on Proverbs, chapter seventeen, 30 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 3: verse seventeen from the King James version. A friend loveth 31 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 3: at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 32 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: Let your worship rise up to God. God. I praise 33 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 3: you for your word that is true and efficient. Jesus, 34 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 3: I exalt you for your grace and forgiveness poured out 35 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 3: at Calvary, for your love that enables me to live 36 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: out your commandments. Holy Spirit, I worship you for helping 37 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: me to understand the wisdom found in Scripture and for 38 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: empower me to apply it daily to my life. Friendship 39 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 3: is a constant blessing. Even though nowadays the term friend 40 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 3: is commonly used and applied in a variety of different ways. 41 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 3: The Word of God teaches that friendship is something sacred 42 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 3: in Scripture. There are no good friends and bad friends, 43 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: for friendship by its very nature and definition is something good, 44 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: and the Bible teaches that a friend loves at all times. 45 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: Friendship is a facet of love. It is not selfish 46 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 3: nor self serving. Friendship is a covenant. It is a 47 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 3: pledge to honor and to cherish. Friendship does not seek 48 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: to gain, but to give. It thrives in the service 49 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: and joy of others. This is why friendship is a 50 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 3: constant blessing for friends. Love in and out of season, 51 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: not just when it's convenient. In the much and in 52 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 3: the little, in the mountaintops and in the valleys, in 53 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 3: the good times and in the bad. A friend loves 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 3: at all times. Perhaps you have yet to experience friendship. 55 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: Perhaps you yourself have not been a friend to others. 56 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 3: Perhaps the Holy Spirit is convicting your heart of not 57 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 3: loving the way friendship demands you should. This is your 58 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 3: opportunity to present yourself before the Lord. Confess your sins 59 00:04:52,800 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 3: to God, ask him to minister to your heart. Consider 60 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: the friends in your life, and thank the Lord for them. 61 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: Thank God for the ability to cherish others and to 62 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: be cherished through friendship. Thank Jesus for the people he 63 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 3: is placed in your life, For those friends who stick 64 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 3: by you in the good and the bad times. Thank 65 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit for teaching you to love others as 66 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 3: you love yourself, and for teaching you to persevere in 67 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 3: that love. Never forget God is present and he is 68 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 3: listening to you. Come before Christ and ask Him for 69 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: the blessing of God given friendships. Ask the Holy Spirit 70 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 3: to help you cultivate healthy relationships. Ask him for divine 71 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: discernment and how you relate to others. Ask the Holy 72 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 3: Spirit to place the right people in your life, people 73 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: who will help you grow in your walk with God 74 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: and who will help in turn. Ask him to teach 75 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: you to be a friend to others through the good 76 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: and the bad times. To love others as you love yourself. 77 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 3: Remember the Bible defines friendship as a constant blessing. A 78 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 3: friend loves all the time and is always there to help. 79 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: God wants to bless your life with friends and to 80 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 3: teach you to be a friend to others. Keep in 81 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 3: mind that iron sharpens iron. God will use you to 82 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 3: encourage others during difficult times to help them grow, and 83 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 3: as you do so, you will experience encouragement and growth 84 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 3: in your own life. Choose this day to love your 85 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: friend through the good and the bad times. Choose to 86 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 3: be a blessing and watch as you, in turn are blessed. 87 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 3: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. 88 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you 89 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 3: are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.