1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: it not Genesis twenty eight sixteen. Lord, I thank you 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: that you can invade my dreams with visions, warnings, and 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: insights when I am sometimes too busy to notice your 6 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: voice during the day. Help me be sensitive to the 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: things you want to share with me in the night season. 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: Your spirit lives within me and is always processing your 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: plans and purposes for my life. Don't let me take 10 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: those things lightly. I don't want to miss your instructions. 11 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: I believe a dream left uninterrupted is like a letter 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: from God left unopened. Help me open your divine communications 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: and receive all that you have for me. 14 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 2: Amen. Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly 15 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 2: prayer to experience a pocket of peace before you go 16 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 2: to sleep. Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after 17 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 2: this quick word from our sponsors. 18 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on deep Forgiveness. To get 19 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com 20 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 3: every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 21 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is deep Forgiveness. Take 22 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: a second to slow down, Head to a quiet and 23 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 3: relaxed spot, a place where you can be alone with 24 00:01:55,240 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 3: your thoughts, and examine your heart. As you close your eyes, 25 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 3: breathe deeply in and out. Shift your attention to the 26 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: Word of God. Open your heart and mind to receive 27 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: what the Holy Spirit has for you. We will be 28 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 3: meditating on Romans, chapter twelve, verse nineteen from the King 29 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 3: James version. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give 30 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: place unto wrath. For it is written vengeance is mine. 31 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 3: I will repay saith the Lord. Now take a moment 32 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 3: to pour out your adoration to God. I extol your name, O, 33 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 3: God most High. Where there is no one wholly like you, 34 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 3: there is no one beside you. Righteousness and justice are 35 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 3: found in your hands. God. You judge the nations and 36 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 3: give to each person according to their deeds. So I 37 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: will praise you as long as I live, and in 38 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 3: your name I will lift my hands. Vengeance belongs to God. 39 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: Sometimes the hardest part of forgiveness is accepting the truth 40 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: that you were not entitled to take retaliation into your 41 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 3: own hands. It is not your responsibility nor your right 42 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 3: to settle any score or to attempt to right the 43 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 3: wrongs done against you. Only God can give retributive justice, 44 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 3: for he alone is omnipotent, omniscient, an omnipresent. Never forget, 45 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 3: God holds the title of supreme judge and none but 46 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 3: He can pass sentence and execute punishment. So do not 47 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: waste your precious time here on earth with wrath, and 48 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 3: do not allow bitterness to consume you. Do not worry 49 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 3: or concern yourself with retribution, for it is futile to 50 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: obsess over what you cannot control. No matter how unlikely 51 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: it may seem. Vengeance will be had, and God will 52 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: settle every score. You must trust him. This truth can 53 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: be hard to process and to accept, as we feel 54 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: we are owed justice, but humanity in God's concept of 55 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 3: understanding of justice, are not the same. God does not 56 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: equate your justice and your righteousness to someone else's punishment. 57 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 3: God would never belittle you in such a way. Someone 58 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 3: else's punishment is just that their punishment. Your righteousness is 59 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 3: the manifestation of God's goodness over you. Your justice is 60 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 3: the fulfillment of the dreams God placed in your heart 61 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: in spite of what was done to you. Your righteousness 62 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 3: and your justice are the fruition of God's blessings in 63 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 3: your life here in the land of the Living, for 64 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: God will restore to you the years the locusts devoured. 65 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: Take this time to reflect on any feelings of frustration 66 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 3: and helplessness. Share with Jesus your struggles with unforgiveness. Tell 67 00:05:52,839 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 3: him of your pain. Confess your sins to God. Take 68 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,799 Speaker 3: a moment now to dwell on God's justice. Thank God 69 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,159 Speaker 3: that his word is truth, that he cannot and does 70 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 3: not lie. Thank Him that his integrity cannot be bought, 71 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 3: It cannot be swayed, nor will it ever be corrupted. 72 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 3: Thank God that he is the fair judge that he 73 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:33,039 Speaker 3: gives to each according to their deeds. Thank God for 74 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 3: the blessings of his righteousness and his goodness over your life. 75 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 3: For his faithfulness and his recompense. To day and always, 76 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 3: do not forget. God is present and he is listening 77 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: to you. He desires for you to live a life 78 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: filled with His justness and his truth. He wants you 79 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 3: to know you can trust him. So ask the Holy 80 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: Spirit to transform your mind to teach you how to forgive. 81 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: Ask him to remove all bitterness and grudges from your heart. 82 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: Ask the Holy Spirit. For confidence in the truth that 83 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 3: God is fair and just. Ask for reassurance that holy 84 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 3: and righteous vindication cannot be thwarted. Remember, vengeance does not 85 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 3: belong to you, It belongs to God. For God alone 86 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: is judge, and he will pass sentence upon all. He 87 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: alone is righteous, and he will give to each person 88 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 3: what they deserve. You were not made to carry hate, 89 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 3: to judge others, and to pass sentence. God created you 90 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 3: for himself for love. Choose freedom from the weight of revenge. 91 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 3: For today and for every day to come, be filled 92 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 3: with the confidence of Christ and his righteousness. Thank you 93 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By 94 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 3: incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you are 95 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 3: making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.