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Speaker 1: And I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove,

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Speaker 1: for then would I fly away and be at rest?

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Speaker 1: Psalm fifty five six. Oh Lord, the pressures of life

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Speaker 1: that cause me to want to fly away into your

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Speaker 1: secret sanctuary. It is in your presence that I find

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Speaker 1: rest and release from all the many demands that life presents.

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Speaker 1: Lift me above the problems I am facing today, so

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Speaker 1: I can see your divine purpose in the midst of them.

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Speaker 1: Don't let them bury me and weigh me down. I

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Speaker 1: know that as I face the challenges, you will strengthen

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Speaker 1: me and make a way of escape for me. You

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Speaker 1: will give me the wisdom I need to resolve the issues.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord for being my resting place in times

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Speaker 1: of trouble. 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.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on better Marriage. To get

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Speaker 2: 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 second to unwind. Situate yourself in a place and

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Speaker 2: position that will allow you to relax. Take a couple

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Speaker 2: of calming, deep breaths. Now, elevate your thoughts towards the

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Speaker 2: Lord's throne room. Prepare your heart to receive God's word.

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Speaker 2: Meditate on the words of the Holy Spirit. We will

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Speaker 2: be meditating on Amos three, verse three from the King

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Speaker 2: James version. Can two walk together except they be agreed?

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Speaker 2: Let your worship rise up to God.

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Speaker 1: God.

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Speaker 2: I praise you, for you are good and all your

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Speaker 2: ways are peace. I adore you, for you designed all

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Speaker 2: things to work together for the good of those who

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Speaker 2: love you. You delight immunity, and you are one. I

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Speaker 2: praise you, for you are ever present and omnipotent. I

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Speaker 2: worship you because there has never been a God like

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Speaker 2: you. You never leave us or forsake us. For all eternity,

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Speaker 2: you are with me. Covenance require agreement. Marriage requires unity.

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Speaker 2: Once the paths of two people intertwine in a lifelong union,

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Speaker 2: they must come into agreement. God himself is three and one, father, son,

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Speaker 2: and Spirit. He is a God of order, not of chaos.

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Speaker 2: Each member of the Trinity gives for the others honors

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Speaker 2: the others. God's word repeats over and over again that

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Speaker 2: he is one. When God is first mentioned in Genesis,

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Speaker 2: it is in the plural form. He says, let us

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Speaker 2: make man in our image. He says that He created

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Speaker 2: man in his image, male and female. He created them,

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Speaker 2: and he blessed them. Even in creating two parts of

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Speaker 2: one whole, God created us in his image. Marriage is

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Speaker 2: one of the ways we emulate the likeness of God.

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Speaker 2: We walk together, We consider our path together and make

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Speaker 2: concessions for one another. We determine the road to our

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Speaker 2: best life together and persevere towards it. God desires for

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Speaker 2: your marriage to thrive. He wants you to prosper in

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Speaker 2: your marriage. The path you and your spouse take together

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Speaker 2: will be one of fulfillment and joy when you walk

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Speaker 2: in unity and agreement with God and with each other.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you've been struggling with walking in unity with God.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you've been struggling with walking in unity with your spouse.

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Speaker 2: Regardless of your circumstance, this is your chance to change

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Speaker 2: and improve your situation. Take this moment to come before

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Speaker 2: the Triune. Thank God, in whose image you and your

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Speaker 2: marriage are made. Confess your sins before him. Allow his

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Speaker 2: Spirit to minister harmony and solidarity in your relationship with

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Speaker 2: God and with your spouse. Consider now God's all encompassing unity.

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Speaker 2: Thank the Lord for creating you in his likeness. Thank

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Speaker 2: him for creating your spouse to stand by you. Thank

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Speaker 2: God for his Holy Spirit, who is with you at

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Speaker 2: all times.

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Speaker 1: Thank Him for knitting you together with your spouse.

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Speaker 2: Thank the Holy Spirit for constantly reaffirming this truth upon

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Speaker 2: your heart. Never forget God is present and he is

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Speaker 2: listening to you. Before Christ, and ask for his power

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Speaker 2: to be upon you. For his strength to cover every

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Speaker 2: point of weakness you may have. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to help you be submissive to God's word. To trust

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Speaker 2: that God knows all things and that He sees everything.

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Speaker 2: Ask for the ability to rely on God's promise that

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Speaker 2: he will sustain you. Remember, when two people walk together

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Speaker 2: as one, they should do so in unity. Our marriages

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Speaker 2: are models of God as we are. It is He

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Speaker 2: who empowers us to walk together with our spouses. God

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Speaker 2: has prosperity in store for us when we concede to

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Speaker 2: one another in love. So choose this day to walk

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Speaker 2: together and be blessed on your way. Thank you for

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