1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: And why dost thou now pardon my transgression and take 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: shall not be Job seven twenty one. Lord, there are 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: times when the weight of my circumstances makes me feel 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: like I am being punished for displeasing you. Help me 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: understand that correction is not punishment, and you are not 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: a punitive God. I am your child and you love 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: me unconditionally. You are teaching me the ways of your 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: kingdom and restoring me to right relationship with you. Correction 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: only seems heavy for a moment, but it will release 12 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: new freedom and joy to me as I continue to 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: learn the power of your truth. You desire to bless me, 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: not harm me. I trust you for your best when 15 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: I don't always understand. Amen. 16 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 18 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors. 20 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting go. To get 21 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 22 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 3: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 23 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Take 24 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 3: a minute to calm down. Go to a place where 25 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: you can feel relaxed and at ease. Accommodate yourself into 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 3: a comfortable opposition. Close your eyes, take a couple of 27 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 3: calming deep breaths. Imagine the tension unwinding and leaving your body. Now, 28 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: direct your focus to the Word of God and prepare 29 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 3: yourself to receive from him. We will be meditating on 30 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 3: Ephesians chapter four, verse twenty two, from the King James 31 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 3: version that ye put off concerning the former conversation the 32 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts. 33 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 3: Let us take time to adore God. God, I praise 34 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 3: you for the grace you give me and truth you 35 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 3: speak over me. I worship you for the identity you 36 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 3: have given me in Jesus Christ, for the victory guaranteed 37 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 3: by his blood. I praise you for your Holy Spirit 38 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 3: that testifies this truth within my heart. For I am 39 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: who you say I am. Identity is a powerful thing. 40 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 3: The identity you embrace will determine how you see yourself. 41 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 3: How you see yourself will dictate the limitations you accept. 42 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: The limitations you accept will influence what you pursue. What 43 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 3: you pursue will impact what you achieve. What you achieve 44 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 3: will alter your perception of the world and how you 45 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: interact with it. Your perceptions, in turn, will shape your decisions, 46 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: and your decisions will prompt your actions. This is crucial 47 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 3: because every action you take has a direct correlation to 48 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 3: your spiritual and therefore physical well being. In short, your 49 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: identity affects and controls how you live. This is why 50 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 3: Jesus calls you to let go of your old identity, 51 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: to let go of pride and vanity, to let go 52 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 3: of the desires of the flesh, to let go of 53 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 3: sinful habits, and to stop living in ungodly lifestyle. You 54 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 3: must let go because you are created for more. You 55 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: are created to live in freedom, and God wants you 56 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 3: to experience freedom. Freedom from the lies spoken over you, 57 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: freedom from the limitations imposed by the shackles of corruption, 58 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 3: freedom from guilt and shame, from living with the weight 59 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: of sin, freedom that is found only in your true 60 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: identity in Jesus Christ. Remember, you have a choice, whether 61 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 3: you base your identity sin or in Christ. Choose wisely. 62 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 3: Now take this time to tell God of the areas 63 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 3: you are struggling with. Tell him the sinful habits and 64 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 3: the ungodly choices that are keeping you trapped. Confess your 65 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 3: sins to the Holy Spirit and ask him to cleanse you. 66 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 3: Now take a moment to dwell on the goodness of 67 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 3: God for your life. Give thanks to God for his 68 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: word that contains life changing power. Give thanks because, regardless 69 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 3: of what your emotions may tell you, in Jesus you 70 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 3: are a new creation, set free from the bondage of sin. 71 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 3: Thank the Holy Spirit for his eternal love, for his 72 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 3: continuous work in your heart and in your mind. God 73 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: is present and he is listening to you. When letting 74 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: go of your past identity seems impossible, do not give up. 75 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 3: Lean on God during the hard times, during your moments 76 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 3: of discourage. Ask the Holy Spirit to minister to your 77 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 3: heart to assure you of God's love for you. Ask 78 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 3: him to fill you with confidence that God is for you, 79 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: He is not against you. Ask the Holy Spirit to 80 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: solidify within your soul the identity Jesus has given you. 81 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: Ask him to protect your mind from the accusations the 82 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: devil will throw at you. To empower you to stand 83 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 3: firm upon the truth of the Cross and the grace 84 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 3: found in Jesus. Ask for mercy in the struggle, for 85 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 3: the ability to let go of the past and embrace 86 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 3: your true God given identity. Remember, you are called to 87 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 3: leave your old, sin full self in the past, to 88 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 3: stop living in the evil way you lived before, for 89 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: the old self only becomes worse and worse as people 90 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: are fooled by the evil things they want to do. 91 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 3: So let go of your old identity today. Embrace your 92 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 3: true identity in Jesus Christ and know that you are 93 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 3: who He says you are. Live boldly in the freedom 94 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 3: God grants you this day and all others to come. 95 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 3: Be blessed. Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on 96 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 3: pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy habit as a 97 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:54,559 Speaker 3: daily practice, you are making prayer a priority and strengthening 98 00:08:54,600 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: your walk with God.