1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth. My 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: flesh also shall rest in hope Psalm sixteen nine. Thank 3 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: you Lord, that you will not abandon me or forsake me. 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: I will keep you ever before me and not be shaken. 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: My heart will be glad and rejoice, for you are 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: with me, and my flesh will rest in that hope. 7 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for every promise and provision you have given me. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: I will fill my mouth with words of praise and 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: adoration as I call to remembrance all you have done 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: for me. As I look into your glorious face, I 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: am filled with joy and delight. How wondrous is your 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: love for me. You will never fail me and will 13 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: see me through. Amen. Thank you for listening to pray 14 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: dot com nightly prayer to experience a pocket of peace 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: before you go to sleep. Stay tuned for our free 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: meditative prayer after this quick word from our sponsors. Welcome 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: to your meditative prayer on commitment and perseverance. To get 18 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 20 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is commitment. And perseverance. 21 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: Take a second to slow down, Sit on your favorite chair, 22 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: on your bed, or where you feel most comfortable. Grab 23 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: a warm blanket or a soft pillow to hug if 24 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: you like. Once you find yourself able to relax, turn 25 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: your thoughts towards what God has for you. Today we 26 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: will be meditating on Ephesians chapter six, verse eighteen from 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: the King James version. Praying always with all prayer and 28 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: supplication in the spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 29 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: and supplication for all saints. Take a moment to pour 30 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: out your adoration to God. God, I worship your Holy Spirit. 31 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: I praise you that sin no longer has dominion over me, 32 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: for I am not under the law, but under grace, 33 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: your grace that was displayed and poured out at Calvary, 34 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: Grace that covers all my iniquity and transgressions that provides 35 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: me access to the throne of the Father, Your glorious 36 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: grace that gives of your Holy Spirit unto your children. 37 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: Pray without ceasing. Prayer is a necessity. It nourishes the 38 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: soul like water does the body. To put it into perspective, 39 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: roughly up to sixty percent of the human body is water. 40 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: It permeates your whole being and greatly affects your survival. 41 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: In the same likeness, your spiritual life cannot survive without prayer. 42 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: Prayer is your life line with God. It is your 43 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: spiritual gait arraide, and as God's athlete here on earth, 44 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,239 Speaker 1: you cannot run your race without maintaining your prayer life. 45 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 1: If you attempt to, you will suffer spiritual dehydration. Your 46 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: mental fatigue will overtake your faith. Your spirit will grow 47 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: dark and hopeless. You will experience spiritual lightheadedness, where your 48 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: judgment and discernment over right and wrong will become impaired. 49 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: Your heart will no longer find pleasure in the things 50 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: of God. Your acts of service unto the Lord will 51 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: start to seize and stop. You will experience emotional constipation, 52 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: and your soul will become parched and barren. Within a 53 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: short time, you will experience spiritual death. This prognosis is fatal, 54 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: but thank God, it can be cured. The cure for 55 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: this ailment is to supply the spiritual demand, or simply put, 56 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,799 Speaker 1: to pray. You cannot hope to persevere in this life 57 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: without prayer. Prayer is how you communicate with God, how 58 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: you receive from him and talk with him. Prayer is 59 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: how you receive salvation, transformation, and the impartation from the 60 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. It is a tool of defend and attack. 61 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 1: Take a moment to reflect on your current prayer life. 62 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: Examine the areas that are sick and in need of care. 63 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: Confess your sins to God. Ask the Holy Spirit to 64 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: regenerate and refresh your soul. Now consider for a moment 65 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: God's Holy Spirit in your life and thank Him for it. 66 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: Thank Jesus for coming and conquering his race, for sending 67 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: you a helper so you could run and conquer yours. 68 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: Thank God that you have access to His throne, room 69 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: to the mercy seat. Thank God for his mercies will 70 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: allow and enable you to live each day as it comes. 71 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 1: God is present and he is listening to you. Never forget. 72 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: God wants you to excel in the race of life 73 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: and cross the finish line. He wants to see you 74 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: endure and persevere in all areas and under all circumstances. 75 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: God wants to have a relationship with you, to spend 76 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: time with you through prayer. This is your moment to 77 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: reach out to Him to ask the Holy Spirit to 78 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: teach you to worship in spirit and in truth, to 79 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: impart of himself to you, to fill you with His 80 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: holy presence. Ask the Holy Spirit to usher you into 81 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: the Secret Place, a place where no evil can enter 82 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: or dwell, a place where evil cannot touch you, a 83 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: place of complete and utter intimacy with God. Remember you 84 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: are to pray at all times in the spirit, with 85 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with 86 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. Be encouraged. 87 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: You are not alone. You can live your life and 88 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: run your race with confidence. You have God's Holy Spirit 89 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: to help you and to guide you. He will never 90 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: leave you nor abandon you. He will to the end 91 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: of the ages and beyond. Thank you for completing today's 92 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy 93 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer a 94 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: priority and strengthening your walk with God.