1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Nebekindnezzar dreamed dreams wherein his spirit was troubled and his 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: sleep break from him. Daniel two one, thank. 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 2: You Lord that you give your beloved sweet sleep and 4 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: I can rest peacefully in the night. When I am 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 2: tempted to envy the rich and think they have no 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: troubles in their fancy mansions, I am reminded how the 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: weight of their wealth and powerful position brings worries and 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: robs them of sleep. When I am not in alignment 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: with your will for my life, my spirit is troubled 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: and it is hard to find peace or rest. But 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: when I turn my cares over to you, I know 12 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 2: you are working on my behalf to affect change. I 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: rest in that assurance and find peace. 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: Amen. Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer. 15 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: To experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 16 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 17 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: word from our sponsors. 18 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on deep forgiveness. To get 19 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com 20 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 3: every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 21 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is deep forgiveness. Take 22 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: a minute to gather your thoughts and quiet your spirit. 23 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: Accommodate yourself into a comfortable position. Close your eyes, breathe easy. Now, 24 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: fix your attention on God and turn your heart towards 25 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: what the Holy Spirit wants to impart to you. This 26 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 3: day we will be meditating on Romans, chapter twelve, verse 27 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 3: twenty one from the King James version. Be not overcome 28 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: of evil, but overcome evil with good. Take some time 29 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: to adore God for his goodness. God, I look to 30 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 3: the cross and praise you, for your love is great. 31 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: I praise you for sending your son to sacrifice himself 32 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: for me. By your goodness and the strength of your power, 33 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: you have redeemed me. You do not hide yourself from me, 34 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 3: and you give your goodness without measure. I sing your 35 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 3: praises for you overcame evil and defeated the grave. I 36 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: worship you for your loving kindness has restored my soul. 37 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 3: Do not let evil win. Evil has many faces and 38 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:27,399 Speaker 3: wears many guises, but none more prevalent than hurt and hate. 39 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 3: Evil feeds and thrives off of discord and anger, bitterness 40 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 3: and unwillingness to forgive. Fighting against evil will be hard, 41 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: but it must be done. It is true that human 42 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 3: nature predisposes us to demand recompense for an offense, to 43 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 3: pay back hurt and the wrong done against us in 44 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 3: an even greater measure. However, this mentality is self destruct 45 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: and utterly contradictive to what God teaches. When someone wrongs 46 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: you and you respond in kind, you are not getting 47 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 3: vengeance or getting even You are merely giving into evil itself. 48 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: For you cannot defeat evil with evil. So do not 49 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: let the evil that was done to you control you 50 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: into doing evil yourself. Instead, stand your ground in the 51 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 3: truth of God's goodness and fight the real enemy. At times, 52 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: this will seem impossible, as evil can be tempting. You 53 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: will war with yourself and struggle with your flesh to 54 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 3: submit to God's law. But you must not give in. 55 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 3: You must persevere in mercy and grace. The battle against evil, 56 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: both in internal and external, will be fierce and brutal, 57 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: but you must stand your ground, for victory is attainable. 58 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: The secret to success is simple, overcome evil with good. 59 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 3: Do not allow the actions and words of others to 60 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 3: dictate your own to coerci you into embracing evil. Do 61 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 3: not let the monstrosity of others turn you into a 62 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: monster yourself. This is your chance to come before God 63 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: and to confess your failures and mistakes. To tell the 64 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit of the areas you are struggling with in 65 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: your fight against evil. Take a moment to dwell on 66 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 3: the goodness of God. Think of how Jesus chose to 67 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 3: oppose evil with goodness, how he poured out unrelenting mercy, 68 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 3: unconditional grace and forgiveness at the cross. Thank him for 69 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 3: his opposition toward evil, demonstrated in his compassion for you, 70 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 3: for sacrificing who he was to restore you to whom 71 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 3: you were called to be. Thank Jesus for loving you 72 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 3: unconditionally in the past, and thank him that his love 73 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 3: will never change. Give thanks to God for his victory 74 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 3: over evil that enables your own. God is present and 75 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 3: he is listening to you. Jesus is intimately acquainted with 76 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: the war being waged against evil. He is aware of 77 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 3: the struggle and difficulty associated with fighting the good fight. However, 78 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: he overcame the world as Jesus overdis came, you will too. 79 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 3: You are not alone. Ask the Holy Spirit to help 80 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: you submit your whole heart to obeying Christ. Ask him 81 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 3: to empower you with conviction and determination to live as 82 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: Christ lived, To love as Christ loved, to forgive as 83 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: he does, to destroy evil with goodness as he did. Remember, 84 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 3: you have a choice in how you react to evil. 85 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: Do not let evil defeat you. Instead, defeat evil by 86 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: doing good. God has called you to a victorious life 87 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 3: filled with his love, his grace, and his goodness. Never 88 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 3: forget the intensity and the depth in which you were 89 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 3: loved by the Father. God's love is strength, and with 90 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: it you can overcome any manner of evil. So be 91 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 3: encouraged by this truth. Choose this day to overcome all 92 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 3: evil before you with a goodness found in God's grace. 93 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: Thank you for completing to day's meditative prayer on pray 94 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 3: dot com. By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, 95 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: you are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk 96 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 3: with God.