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Speaker 1: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be

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Speaker 1: spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans eight six. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you have called us to be like minded and focus

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Speaker 1: on the things above. Help us to set our minds

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Speaker 1: on the things that are good and pleasing in your sight.

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Speaker 1: Let not our thoughts dwell upon carnal or foolish matters,

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Speaker 1: but direct us always towards righteousness and truth. Help us

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Speaker 1: to keep our eyes fixed upon You that we may

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Speaker 1: avoid the snares of sin and not be led astray

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Speaker 1: by our own selfish desires. Guide us in your ways

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Speaker 1: and fill our hearts with love for you, so that

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Speaker 1: we may live in holiness, being trans formed into your likeness.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus's name, we pray Amen. Thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative

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Speaker 1: Prayers with doctor Tim Clinton, where you can draw close

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Speaker 1: to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on having a positive mindset.

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Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray

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Speaker 2: dot com every day and make prayer priority in your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is having a positive mindset.

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll take a moment to unwind. Look for

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Speaker 2: an enjoyable place, a position that allow you to relax

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Speaker 2: and now focus your time with God. Allow your mind

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Speaker 2: to drift towards the throne of the Lord and to

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Speaker 2: be filled with his word.

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Speaker 3: We'll be meditating on Romans, chapter eight.

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Speaker 2: Verse six from the King James version. For to be

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Speaker 2: carnally minded as death, but to be spiritually minded is

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Speaker 2: life and peace.

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Speaker 3: Hope you'll let your worship rise up to the Lord God.

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Speaker 3: I praise you because.

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Speaker 2: Your word is life and your spirit gives peace. I

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Speaker 2: adore you because you are good, you are kind, and

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Speaker 2: your mercies endure forever. I praise you for your endless grace.

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Speaker 2: I worship you because you're great and there is no

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Speaker 2: one else like you. The only positive mindset is a

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Speaker 2: godly mindset. Thoughts in themselves are not harmless, they're powerful.

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Speaker 2: This world, too, is not just to physical, and it's

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Speaker 2: a spiritual world as well. And in the spiritual realms,

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Speaker 2: forces of evil and good battle for control over your mind.

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Speaker 2: The choice of which influence you will live under is yours.

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Speaker 2: God has literally given you the power to control life

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Speaker 2: and death in your own body and to affect the

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Speaker 2: physical world around you. You exercise this power through the mindset.

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Speaker 2: You choose to dictate your thoughts. For whatever your mind

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Speaker 2: ruminates on is manifested in your life through your actions.

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Speaker 2: If your thoughts dwell on pleasures and desires of the flesh.

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Speaker 3: Your acts will follow.

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Speaker 2: If your thoughts dwell on holy things and on godly desires, your.

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Speaker 3: Acts will follow suit.

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Speaker 2: If your thoughts are controlled by your sinful self, then

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Speaker 2: your actions will produce death, both spiritually and physically. However,

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Speaker 2: if your thoughts are led by God's spirit, your actions

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Speaker 2: will produce good fruit both in your spiritual and physical life.

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Speaker 2: I know it sounds easy in theory and seems hard

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Speaker 2: to do, but as with all things, again, practice makes perfect, perfect,

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Speaker 2: practice makes perfect. The more you put this principle into practice,

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Speaker 2: the easier it will become to continue doing so. Perhaps

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Speaker 2: you're currently struggling with this area of your life. Perhaps

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Speaker 2: you find yourself surrounded by a lot.

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Speaker 3: Of darkness and searching for light.

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Speaker 2: This is your opportunity to present yourself before the Lord,

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Speaker 2: confess your sins to God, ask him to minister to

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Speaker 2: your mind, body, and soul. Now take a moment to

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Speaker 2: thank God for his Holy spirit. Thank God for his word.

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Speaker 2: Thank God that his word is truth, that it is

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Speaker 2: a constant and does not change. Thank God that he

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Speaker 2: is who he says he is. Thank you for sending.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for sending you his own Holy Spirit, through

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Speaker 2: whom he grants power, you the power to change how

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Speaker 2: you think. Thank the Holy Spirit for having loved you

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Speaker 2: in spite of all the times that you win against him,

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Speaker 2: that you quench the Spirit of Christ, that you quenched

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Speaker 2: His spirit, and for continuously working God's transformative grace into

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Speaker 2: your life. Hope you'll never forget the God's present and

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Speaker 2: that he's listening to you. Come before him, Ask him

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Speaker 2: for a godly mindset. Ask the Holy Spirit to kill

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Speaker 2: the carnality, to kill your carnal mentality. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to renew your mind and ask you to read

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Speaker 2: his word.

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Speaker 3: Ask the Holy Spirit for you.

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Speaker 2: To know him. Ask to be overwhelmed by him, and

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Speaker 2: for his presence.

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Speaker 3: To overtake your heart.

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Speaker 2: Remember, if a person's thinking is controlled by the sinful self,

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Speaker 3: Leads to darkness and death. But if you're thinking it's.

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Speaker 2: Controlled by the Spirit of God, it brings life and peace.

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Speaker 2: So do not fear God has already given you the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to transform you through the renewing of your mind.

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Speaker 2: So choose to yield to God. Choose to yield to

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Speaker 2: God and to change the way you think. Choose life.

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Speaker 2: Choose peace for this day and for the ones to come.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on prayer dot com.

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Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you're making.

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Speaker 3: Prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God.

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Speaker 2: I'm doctor Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of

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Speaker 2: Christian Counselors.

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