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Speaker 1: So to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy, break up

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Speaker 1: your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the

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Speaker 1: Lord till he come and reign righteousness upon you. Hoseiah

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Speaker 1: ten twelve. Dear Heavenly Father, I know that a person

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Speaker 1: reaps what they sow. I know what I put into

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Speaker 1: my faith I will receive back. I want to sow righteousness, obedience,

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Speaker 1: and devotion to you. Yet sometimes my heart is too

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Speaker 1: distant and my mind is too chaotic. Would you bring

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Speaker 1: my heart close to you and rein in my wandering mind.

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Speaker 1: I know my effectiveness as a Christian is dependent on

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Speaker 1: my closeness to You in Jesus's name, Amen, thank you

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

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Speaker 1: podcast Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw

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Speaker 1: close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on deep Forgiveness.

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

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Speaker 2: pray dot com every day and make prayer a priority

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Speaker 2: in your life. Again, our goal for today's meditative prayer

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Speaker 2: is all about deep forgiveness. So right now, let's just

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Speaker 2: pause for just a second. Maybe put aside the day's

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Speaker 2: distractions and prepare to spend a moment with God. Close

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Speaker 2: your eyes, take a deep breath in, and then slowly

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Speaker 2: breathe out. And now take every thought captive and shift

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Speaker 2: your focus to what God has prepared for you. Again.

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Speaker 2: Today we'll be meditating on Hoseiah chapter ten, verse twelve

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Speaker 2: from the King James version. So to yourselves in righteousness,

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Speaker 2: reap in mercy, break up your fallow ground, for it

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Speaker 2: is time to seek the Lord, till he come and

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Speaker 2: reign righteousness upon you. Right now, my friends, take a

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Speaker 2: moment just to pour out your adoration to God. God.

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Speaker 2: I give you praise, for your justice is perfect. I

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Speaker 2: worship you for your righteousness is true and will not

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Speaker 2: be withheld from your people. You pour out your mercy,

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Speaker 2: and with loving kindness you attract my heart. I praise you,

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Speaker 2: for you are the everlasting God, your goodness and your faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: Know no end forgiveness is for your benefit. As counterintuitive

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Speaker 2: as this may sound, it is absolutely true. There is

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Speaker 2: a Biblical principle called the Law of the Harvest, and

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Speaker 2: forgiveness falls under its jurisdiction. Know that your choices and

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Speaker 2: your actions dictate what you receive from God. No exceptions.

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Speaker 2: This is why forgiveness is sewed not for the benefit

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Speaker 2: of others, but your own. Part of the reason why

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Speaker 2: forgiveness can be so hard to give is because we

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Speaker 2: feel that by forgiving, we accept defeat. But the reality

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Speaker 2: is nothing could be further from the truth. When you

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Speaker 2: plant mercy and grace into those who wronged you, you

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Speaker 2: are not accepting defeat. On the contrary, you are ensuring

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Speaker 2: your victory. When you forgive those who sin against you,

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Speaker 2: you are activating a spiritual principle that cannot be broken.

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Speaker 2: You are triggering God's legal, spiritual authority to bless you,

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Speaker 2: to be merciful and gracious to you. So do not

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Speaker 2: give into the temptation of unforgiveness and retribution. Do not

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Speaker 2: sow for yourself venom, vengeance, and violence. For God does

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Speaker 2: not excuse evil behavior by reason of retaliation or provocation. Instead,

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Speaker 2: break up all on plowed ground in your life. Seek

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Speaker 2: to cultivate a harvest of God's goodness and his faithful love,

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Speaker 2: of his blessings and his divine favor. Strive to do

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Speaker 2: what is required of you for God to rein his

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Speaker 2: righteousness over you. So right now, my friends, take this

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Speaker 2: time as your opportunity to remove all impediments to your harvest.

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Speaker 2: Lay your seeds, bear before the Lord and tell him

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Speaker 2: what is hindering your heart and preventing you from sowing forgiveness.

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Speaker 2: Right now, come before God and confess those sins to him. Now,

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Speaker 2: my friends, as we transition, let's just take a few

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Speaker 2: minutes to dwell on God's grace for you. Thank Him

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Speaker 2: because his love for you is greater than any and

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Speaker 2: all hurt. Thank the Holy Spirit for empowering you to

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Speaker 2: overcome all bitterness. Think of past situations where God's grace

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Speaker 2: transformed your heart. Thank God for those past experiences and

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Speaker 2: future wants to come. Thank Him for his mercy and

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Speaker 2: his faithfulness in your life. Thank God that through his

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Speaker 2: righteousness you will no longer be controlled by unforgiveness, but

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Speaker 2: instead you will live in freedom and enjoy God is

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Speaker 2: present and he is listening to you. So right now,

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Speaker 2: this is your opportunity to ask for aid in planting

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Speaker 2: your harvest. Reach out to God this moment and ask

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Speaker 2: him to fill you with his powerful love. Ask the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to transform your heart and to fill you

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Speaker 2: with his grace. Ask him to empower you to let

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Speaker 2: go of grudges of hate and of bitterness. Ask the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to fill you with determination to sow forgiveness,

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Speaker 2: to prepare for a harvest of love and of righteousness. Remember,

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Speaker 2: God tells you to plant a harvest of love and

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Speaker 2: righteousness for yourself. Forgiveness is not for the benefit of others,

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Speaker 2: It's for your own. When you plant forgiveness and grace

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Speaker 2: into those who wronged you, you are preparing yourself a

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Speaker 2: harvest of justice and goodness. So do not be afraid

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Speaker 2: and break up the idle ground in your life. Seek

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Speaker 2: to do what is good and just in the eyes

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Speaker 2: of the Lord, and prepare for him to reign righteousness

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Speaker 2: over your life. Choose this day to cultivate justice and joy,

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Speaker 2: renewal and righteousness, and step outside of unforgiveness and into

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Speaker 2: the amazing future that God has waiting for you. My friends,

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

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Speaker 2: strengthening your walk with God. My name is Zach Clinton.

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