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Speaker 1: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,

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Speaker 1: and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be

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Speaker 1: one flesh Genesis two twenty four. Dear heavenly Father, you

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Speaker 1: have created marriage to be a beautiful reflection of your love.

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Speaker 1: The one this between husband and wife is sacred, mysterious,

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Speaker 1: and precious in your sight. We pray for all marriages

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Speaker 1: in need of your unifying spirit. For those couples feeling

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Speaker 1: disjointed and distant, remind them of the magnificent union marriage

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Speaker 1: is meant to be. Unify them under your love and

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Speaker 1: galvanize them through your word in Jesus's name. Amen, Thank

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on creating a

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Speaker 2: better marriage. To get the most out of your spiritual journey,

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

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Speaker 2: in your life. Our goal again for today's meditative prayer

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Speaker 2: is all about creating a better marriage. So right now,

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Speaker 2: let's just take a moment just to slow down. Maybe

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Speaker 2: find a place where you can escape from disruption and distraction,

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Speaker 2: where your focus can be entirely on what God has

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Speaker 2: for you. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and

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Speaker 2: fill your lungs with air. And as you exhale, let

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Speaker 2: go of what weighs heavy on your mind. And right

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Speaker 2: now let the Holy Spirit lead you. Today we'll be

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Speaker 2: meting on Genesis chapter two, verse twenty four from the

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Speaker 2: King James version. Therefore shall a man leave his father

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Speaker 2: and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and

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Speaker 2: they shall become one flesh. Now take a moment just

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Speaker 2: to pour out your adoration to God.

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Speaker 1: God.

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Speaker 2: I praise you, for you are a covenant keeping God.

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Speaker 2: What you speak, you will fulfill. None of your words

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Speaker 2: fall to the ground in vain. I praise you, Father, Son,

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Speaker 2: and Holy Spirit, for you are one. I praise you

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Speaker 2: for calling me into perfect unity with you. I worship you,

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Speaker 2: the One True God. You alone are worthy of all

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Speaker 2: my praise. Marriage is a covenant. Marriage is first and

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Speaker 2: foremost a covenant. When a man and woman commit to

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Speaker 2: spending their lives together before God, their souls are knit

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Speaker 2: together with an eternal bond. They become two halves of

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Speaker 2: one whole, each part giving to the other in a beautiful,

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Speaker 2: symbiotic relationship based on service rather than selfishness. For marriage

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Speaker 2: is a covenant of love, and when you love, you

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Speaker 2: give the best of yourself. When you commit to marriage,

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Speaker 2: you are not only serving your spouse, but you are

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Speaker 2: also serving God. And God wishes the well being of

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Speaker 2: your spouse even more than you do. So when you

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Speaker 2: listen to the Holy Spirit and do His will within

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Speaker 2: your marriage, you will serve and honor your spouse as

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Speaker 2: you are to serve and honor Christ. This lifelong give

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Speaker 2: and take is what will sustain your marriage. Do not forget.

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Speaker 2: A covenant is the most powerful and profound promise in existence.

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Speaker 2: Thus it must be built on the most powerful and

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Speaker 2: profound power in existence. When you build on your personal

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Speaker 2: relationships with God, the Rock, the covenant, keeping God, the

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Speaker 2: eternal One, you will be able to keep your promises

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Speaker 2: through God's faithfulness. So right now, take this moment and

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Speaker 2: come before God and ask for his strength. Maybe confess

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Speaker 2: your sins before him and receive his forgiveness and allow

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to minister into your life. Now as

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Speaker 2: we transition, let's take a moment just to dwell on

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Speaker 2: God's sustaining word. Thank Jesus for his faithfulness that endures forever.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him that he made a way for us to

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Speaker 2: have a relationship with the Father. Thank Jesus that he

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Speaker 2: lived as an example for us to follow. Thank him

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Speaker 2: that his covenant with us is not changed by our imperfections.

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Speaker 2: Thank Jesus that his strength is made perfect in your weakness.

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Speaker 2: And thank Him that through His strength and grace you

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Speaker 2: are sustained. My friends, do not forget. God is present

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Speaker 2: and he is listening to you. Once again, consider the

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Speaker 2: covenant you have entered into. Ask God for the ability

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Speaker 2: to keep your word, to know his grace is enough

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Speaker 2: and that He will sustain you. Ask God to help

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Speaker 2: you serve and set aside your own desires. Ask for

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Speaker 2: faith to pray for His power to be upon you,

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Speaker 2: and for the ability to honor him. And ask for

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Speaker 2: faith to prophesy God's strength over your life today. And

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Speaker 2: always remember, when a man and a woman marry, they

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Speaker 2: leave their own families and become one together. They enter

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Speaker 2: into a covenant which is sustained through service through the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, by the grace given by Christ's sacrifice. You

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Speaker 2: can fulfill the promise that you made. You can honor

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Speaker 2: your spouse as you would honor God. So choose this

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Speaker 2: day to trust God with your marriage and to follow

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Speaker 2: his word. Because Christ's power will give you the ability

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Speaker 2: to choose love, grace, and forgiveness. So be blessed in

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Speaker 2: His power in the might of His glory. Today, 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: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you

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Speaker 2: are making prayer priority and I believe you're also strengthening

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Speaker 2: your walk with God. As always, my name is Zach Clinton,

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