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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: on Genesis chapter two, verse twenty four from the King

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: pour out your adoration to God. God. I praise you,

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Speaker 2: for you are a covenant keeping God. What you speak,

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Speaker 2: you will fulfill. None of your words fall to the

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Speaker 2: ground in vain. I praise you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: for you are one. I praise you for calling me

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Speaker 2: into perfect unity with you. I worship you, the One

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Speaker 2: True God. You alone are worthy of all my praise.

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Speaker 2: Marriage is a covenant. Marriage is first and foremost a covenant.

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Speaker 2: When a man and woman commit to spending their lives

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Speaker 2: together before God, their souls are knit together with an

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Speaker 2: eternal bond. They become two halves of one whole, each

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Speaker 2: part giving to the other in a beautiful symbiotic relationship

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Speaker 2: based on service rather than selfishness. For marriage is a

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Speaker 2: covenant of love, and when you love, you give the

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

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

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Speaker 2: And God wishes the well being of your spouse even

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Speaker 2: more than you do. So when you listen to the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit and do His will within your marriage, you

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Speaker 2: will serve and honor your spouse as you are to

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Speaker 2: serve and honor Christ. This lifelong give and take is

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Speaker 2: what will sustain your marriage. Do not forget. A covenant

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: with God, the Rock, the covenant keeping God, the eternal One,

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Speaker 2: you will be able to keep your promises through God's faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: So right now, take this moment and come before God

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Speaker 2: and ask for his strength. Maybe confess your sins before

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Speaker 2: him and receive his forgiveness and allow the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to minister into your life. Now as we transition, let's

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Speaker 2: take a moment just to dwell on God's sustaining word.

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Speaker 2: Thank Jesus. For his faithfulness that endures forever. Thank Him

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Speaker 2: that he made a way for us to have a

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Speaker 2: relationship with the Father. Thank Jesus that he lived as

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Speaker 2: an example for us to follow. Thank him that his

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

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

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