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Speaker 1: For now. Should I have lain still and been quiet,

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Speaker 1: I should have slept then, had I been at rest

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Speaker 1: Job three thirteen. Lord, Sometimes I get so frustrated. I

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Speaker 1: think I would be better off dead. I wouldn't have

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Speaker 3: Realize how weak my flesh is and how little I

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Speaker 3: am trusting in you. Forgive me, Lord, for thinking about

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Speaker 3: the easy way out instead of the courageous way through

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Speaker 3: this life with you. When I depend on myself to

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Speaker 3: manage my problems, I am overcome with weariness because I

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Speaker 3: do not trust you. Help me, Lord, to believe that

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Speaker 3: you can do for me what I cannot do for myself.

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Speaker 3: Help me rest in You instead of obsessing about every

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Speaker 3: detail of my problems.

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Speaker 4: Revive me. Oh Lord, Amen. Thank you for listening to.

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Speaker 1: Pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience a pocket of.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on becoming present. To get

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is to become present.

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Speaker 2: Go to your place of peace and comfort. Relax and

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Speaker 2: let your guard down. Tune out everything and seek God.

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Speaker 2: Focus on this moment of reflection with the Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 2: Breathe in deep through your nose and exhale out through

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Speaker 2: your mouth. Prepare your mind and heart to receive from God.

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Speaker 2: We will be meditating on First Chronicles, chapter sixteen, verse eleven,

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Speaker 2: from the King James version. Seek the Lord and his strength.

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Speaker 2: Seek his face. Continually. Take a moment to pour out

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Speaker 2: your adoration to God, Heavenly Father. I worship you, for

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Speaker 2: you are the God of Gods and the Lord of Lords,

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Speaker 2: the Great, the Mighty, and the awesome God. There is

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Speaker 2: nowhere on earth I can flee from your presence. I

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Speaker 2: praise you, for you will never leave me nor forsake me.

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Speaker 2: You Jesus died in my place so that I may

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Speaker 2: always have the Holy Spirit at my side. Seek God continuously.

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Speaker 2: We spend our lives chasing things that don't matter. In

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Speaker 2: the moment, the things we are running after seems so important,

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Speaker 2: But soon those moments slip away and we are left

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Speaker 2: feeling empty. That's not what God has for you. God

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Speaker 2: has a life of fullness and joy for you. God's

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Speaker 2: manifest presence here on earth is the only place you

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Speaker 2: will feel fulfilled, and you receive life and this joy

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Speaker 2: through God's Holy Spirit. You cannot live the life God

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Speaker 2: has called you to live without the Holy Spirit, as

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Speaker 2: there is no way to experience a reciprocal relationship with

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Speaker 2: God without him. That is why you must constantly be

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Speaker 2: seeking Him. Through the Holy Spirit. You enjoy the fullness

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Speaker 2: of what God has for you, So you must seek

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit his presence continually. For in his presence

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Speaker 2: you will find his love, his grace, his correction, his forgiveness,

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Speaker 2: and his goodness. Whatever you are in need of today,

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Speaker 2: you will find it in His way presence. For God

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Speaker 2: alone can sustain you. You will anchor your soul. He

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Speaker 2: will resolve your past, and He will plan your future

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Speaker 2: and enable you to live in the present. Perhaps you

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Speaker 2: have been struggling in your relationship with the Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: perhaps you have been ignoring him. Regardless of your circumstance,

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Speaker 2: this is your chance to fix your situation. Take this

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Speaker 2: opportunity to present yourself before God. Approach boldly and confident

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Speaker 2: in the knowledge that the way has already been made.

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Speaker 2: Confess your sins to God. Run to the shelter of

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Speaker 2: his wings and trust that there you will find everything

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Speaker 2: you need. Think for a minute on all the times

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Speaker 2: God poured out his.

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Speaker 1: Mercy over you.

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Speaker 2: Think of past undeserved blessings God gave you simply because

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Speaker 2: He loves you. Moments of difficulty and despair, that He

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Speaker 2: delivered you from situations and circumstances, that God worked to

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Speaker 2: your advantage to bless your life. The reality is God

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Speaker 2: is good all the time. So thank Him for his

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Speaker 2: unfailing compassion over you, for his loving kindness. Thank God

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Speaker 2: for all the past goodness and favor He has bestowed

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Speaker 2: upon your life, and for what is still to come.

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Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. God

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Speaker 2: never said life would be easy, but He promised to

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Speaker 2: be there every step of the way. He sent the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to be your helper. He wants you to succeed.

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Speaker 2: So ask the Holy Spirit to help you overcome stress.

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Speaker 2: Ask him for willingness to press on even when life

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Speaker 2: gets rough. Ask him to teach you to recognize God's

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Speaker 2: mercy in every season of your life. Ask him to

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Speaker 2: help you acknowledge God's goodness every day and in every way.

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Speaker 2: Remember The Lord's love never ends and his mercies never stop.

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Speaker 2: They are new every morning. For the Lord's loyalty is rate.

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Speaker 2: You have the Lord, so no matter what you lose,

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Speaker 2: you still have hope, for even in the midst of hardship,

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Speaker 2: God is still good and he is still in control.

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Speaker 2: God promised he would always care and provide for you.

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Speaker 2: He promised his blessings will overrun you, So do not

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Speaker 2: be afraid. Live with confidence in God's word and watch

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Speaker 2: his blessings manifest in your life. Thank you for completing

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