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Speaker 1: Lay not wait o wicked man against the dwelling of

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Speaker 1: the righteous, spoil not his resting place. Proverbs twenty four fifteen.

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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, your wisdom is sweet and comforts my soul.

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Speaker 1: When I understand your word, this world starts to make

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Speaker 1: more sense. I realize that I am not fighting against

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Speaker 1: flesh and blood, but powers and principalities in high places.

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Speaker 1: Your word gives me hope that will never be cut off,

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Speaker 1: and I know you will protect me from the wicked one.

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Speaker 1: Even if I fall, You will recover me and make

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Speaker 1: me stronger than before. Greater are you, Lord, who lives

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Speaker 1: in my heart than the one fighting against me in

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Speaker 1: this world. Thank you that your angels go before me

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Speaker 1: and are my rear guard. You keep the wicked from

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Speaker 2: Amen.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on better marriage. To get

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Speaker 2: every day and make prayer a priority in your life.

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better marriage. Take

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Speaker 2: a moment to wind down, go to a place where

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Speaker 2: you can repose and relax. Close your eyes and steady

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Speaker 2: your breathing. Allow the realization that God is waiting to

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Speaker 2: speak with you to fill your thoughts. Open your heart

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Speaker 2: and invite the Holy Spirit to come and refresh your

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Speaker 2: soul with God's word. We will be meditating on Proverbs

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Speaker 2: chapter twelve, verse four from the King James version. A

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Speaker 2: virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. But she

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Speaker 2: that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Let

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Speaker 2: us take time to adore God Father. I praise you

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Speaker 2: for the wisdom found in your word. You reveal to

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Speaker 2: us your mysteries and make known to us your ways.

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Speaker 2: I worship you, Jesus, You are crowned with many crowns.

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Speaker 2: You have taken me from the dust and seated me

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Speaker 2: with kings and princes. There is none like you. I

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Speaker 2: praise you for you are good. You can be a crown,

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Speaker 2: or you can be wrought. Marriage is a living representation

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Speaker 2: of the covenant between the Church and God, and the

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Speaker 2: church is to treat Christ with honor, to be the

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Speaker 2: physical representation of Christ. On the earth. The church is

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Speaker 2: to bring glory to Christ, to be a beacon of

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Speaker 2: his love and grace. When people look at the church,

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Speaker 2: they are to see Christ's wishes in action, his will

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Speaker 2: being done with reverence and humility. Whether husband or wife,

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Speaker 2: each spouse has a responsibility to bear. As a wife,

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Speaker 2: your behavior can either attract blessings to your home or

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Speaker 2: deter them. Man is the head of the woman, as

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Speaker 2: Christ is the head of the Church. The Word of

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Speaker 2: God's says that man is the crown of creation, so

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Speaker 2: is the wife the crown of her husband. God has

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Speaker 2: given the woman an important and crucial role in marriage,

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Speaker 2: to be the herald of honor and authority. A king

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Speaker 2: is not a king without a crown, and the wife

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Speaker 2: decides through her actions whether she brings honor to her

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Speaker 2: husband or rot to his bones. The wife decides if

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Speaker 2: she builds a beautiful kingdom to live in, or if

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Speaker 2: she hollows out a grave for herself and her family.

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Speaker 2: For God has not made women powerless, quite the opposite.

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Speaker 2: Her actions can invite respect and prosperity or shame and decay.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you have not been respectful and diligent in your

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Speaker 2: relationship to your spouse. Perhaps you've been creating a kingdom

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Speaker 2: of rot for yourself and your family. Regardless your situation,

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Speaker 2: this is your chance for change and improvement. Take this

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Speaker 2: opportunity to start building a kingdom of prosperity and righteousness

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Speaker 2: for your family. So come before God and confess your sins.

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Speaker 2: Ask for his forgiveness, receive the spirit of submission, and

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Speaker 2: humble yourself before him. Now take a moment to dwell

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Speaker 2: on the blessings of God in marriage. Think of how

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Speaker 2: God created man and woman to walk in His infinity.

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Speaker 2: Think of how they exhort and build each other up.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for his Holy Spirit who imbuse your marriage

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Speaker 2: with love and respect. Thank God for the treasure He

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Speaker 2: has given you in your husband or wife. God is

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Speaker 2: present and he is listening to you. This is your

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Speaker 2: chance to come before the Lord and to make your

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Speaker 2: needs known to him. Ask God to help you build

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Speaker 2: up your marriage and to bring honor to your spouse,

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Speaker 2: the one who God asks you to serve. Ask for

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Speaker 2: Christ's love to fill you and empower you to be selfless.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you appreciate this relationship.

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Speaker 2: Ask him to teach you to be a sign of honor.

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Speaker 2: And not of disgrace. Remember, a good wife is like

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Speaker 2: a crown for her husband, but a shameful wife is

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Speaker 2: like a disease in his bones. Wives have the power

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Speaker 2: to bring blessing and favor to her husband and her home.

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Speaker 2: Allow the Holy Spirit to fortify your inner man and

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Speaker 2: draw you with love. Choose this day to open your

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Speaker 2: heart to the wisdom God has spoken over marriage. To

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Speaker 2: have your character molded to look more like Christ's. Be

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Speaker 2: confident in God's Holy Spirit, watch as He blesses you

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