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Speaker 1: And at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises

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Speaker 1: unto God, and the prisoners heard them. Acts sixteen twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, thank you for your word that teaches me

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Speaker 1: how to praise you even in the darkest hour of

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Speaker 1: my life. If Paul and Silas could praise you when

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Speaker 1: they were in prison, I can undoubtedly praise you when

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Speaker 1: my problems seemed to overwhelm me. Their praise is brought

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Speaker 1: forth their deliverance, and they were set free. Your presence

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Speaker 1: inhabits the praises of your people, and praise is the

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Speaker 1: atmosphere that brings forth your miracle working power. Help me

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Speaker 1: sing during my troubles, and trust in your ability to

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Speaker 1: deliver me from any oppression that's trying to come against me.

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Speaker 1: Your love for me is bigger than any problem that

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Speaker 1: I confront. Amen. Thank you for listening to pray dot

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Speaker 1: COM's nightly prayer to experience a pocket of peace before

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Speaker 1: you go to sleep. Stay tuned for our free meditative

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Speaker 1: prayer after this quick word from our sponsors. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: your meditative prayer on love and kindness. To get the

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Speaker 1: most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot com

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Speaker 1: every day and to make prayer a priority in your life.

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Speaker 1: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is love and kindness.

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Speaker 1: Take a second to relax. Head to a warm and

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Speaker 1: welcoming place, a place where you can examine your heart,

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Speaker 1: close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths.

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Speaker 1: Gain control over your thoughts, and prepare to shift your

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Speaker 1: focus to Christ. We will be meditating on First Corinthians,

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Speaker 1: chapter thirteen, verses one through three from the King James version.

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Speaker 1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,

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Speaker 1: and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass

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Speaker 1: or a tinkling symbol. And though I have the gift

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Speaker 1: of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and

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Speaker 1: though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains,

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Speaker 1: and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I

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Speaker 1: bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though

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Speaker 1: I give my body to be burned and have not charity,

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Speaker 1: it profiteth me nothing. Now take a moment to pour

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Speaker 1: out your adoration to God. For he is Love. God,

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Speaker 1: I praise you, for you do not have love, you

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Speaker 1: are love. I worship you, for love is the very

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Speaker 1: essence of your being. I praise you for you give

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Speaker 1: of your love in an unmeasured and uncontrolled way. I

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Speaker 1: praise you for you. Your love reaches every heart, and

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Speaker 1: you long to save every soul. Love gives meaning to all.

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Speaker 1: You can be everything, know everything, and do everything. But

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Speaker 1: if you do not have love, you have nothing. Love

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Speaker 1: determines and defines every aspect of life. Outcomes of great

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Speaker 1: joy and happiness are not possible without love. That is

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Speaker 1: not to say love is easily had. Some days love

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Speaker 1: will feel attainable and accessible. Other days it will seem

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Speaker 1: to be far and foreign to your heart. Brief looked

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Speaker 1: for a moment on the times you were devoid of love,

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Speaker 1: times war, hate, and hardship got the best of you.

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Speaker 1: Gather all your loveless thoughts, actions, and emotions. Now place

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Speaker 1: them in the hands of Jesus. Let the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 1: minister to the areas of your heart where love does

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Speaker 1: not yet reign. Take a moment now to dwell on

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Speaker 1: previous days filled with love and kindness. Remember how it

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Speaker 1: felt to allow love to prevail overall, How wonderful it

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Speaker 1: was to go about your day with kindness in your heart.

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Speaker 1: Thank how liberating love can be. Recollect past situations where

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Speaker 1: you chose to start your day with loving kindness. Thank

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Speaker 1: God for the ability to feel love and to express it.

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Speaker 1: Give thanks for the moments where kindness was greater than cruelty.

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Speaker 1: Thank God for the blessings of past seasons of charity

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Speaker 1: and compassion, and for those yet to come. Thank Him

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Speaker 1: for the strength to choose love and to keep choosing it.

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Speaker 1: Do not forget. God is present and he is listening

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Speaker 1: to you. He desires for you to live a life

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Speaker 1: filled with love and kindness. Jesus is willing and wants

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Speaker 1: to transform your heart. So ask the Holy Spirit to

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Speaker 1: turn your indifference into sensitivity. Ask him to exchange your

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Speaker 1: heart of stone for one of flesh. Remember God has

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Speaker 1: called us to live in love. Even in the midst

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Speaker 1: of hardship, love and kindness can still exist. Do not

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Speaker 1: be discouraged by past setbacks. You must remember there is

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Speaker 1: always a choice, and there is power in choosing. Choose

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Speaker 1: love for today and for every day to come, be

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Speaker 1: filled with the love of Christ and watch as that

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Speaker 1: love transforms your life. Thank you for completing today's meditative

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