1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: mine enemies. Thou annointest my head with oil. My cup 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: runneth over Psalm twenty three five. Lord, how can I 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: thank you? What a joy it is to know you 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: will prepare a feast of blessings for me in the 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: presence of my enemies. What a happy, joyous time that 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: will be. When my adversaries are powerless against me, they 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: will have to look on with envy and annoyance at 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: my prosperity as they see my table spread with abundant delights. 10 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: Thank you that you fill my life with lavish blessings. 11 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: My cup is not only filled to the brim, but 12 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: also overflowing with blessings. What bliss you have in store 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: for me unlike anything I have ever known. Thank you, 14 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: Jesus Amen. 15 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer 16 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 17 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 18 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors. 19 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on grace and gratitude. To 20 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: get the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray 21 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 3: dot com every day and make prayer a priority in 22 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 3: your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is grace 23 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: and gratitude. Take a minute to calm down, Go to 24 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 3: a place where you can feel safe and relax. Arrange 25 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 3: yourself into a comfortable position, close your eyes and take 26 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 3: a couple of deep breaths. Imagine the tension in your 27 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 3: body unwinding, and the anxiety in your head and heart disappearing. 28 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: We will be meditating on Second Corinthians, chapter nine, verse 29 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 3: eight from the King James version. And God is able 30 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 3: to make all grace abound toward you, that ye always 31 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every 32 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: good work. Let us take time to adore God for 33 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 3: all he gives. God, I praise you, for you are 34 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 3: good and kind. You are a good, good father, and 35 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: you delight in blessing your people. Jesus, I worship you, 36 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 3: for you alone can supply every need. I magnify your name, 37 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: for in every season your grace sustains me. God's grace 38 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 3: is provision and power. In this race called life, you 39 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 3: will encounter many hurdles and obstacles. Throughout your course, you 40 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 3: will face multiple seasons, some good, some bad. There will 41 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: be seasons of famine and fear, seasons of devastation and disease. 42 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 3: There will be situations where knowledge and strength will fail you. 43 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 3: Circumstances where determination and person will not be enough to 44 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 3: survive and overcome. You will need more. You will need 45 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: divine grace. God's grace has the provision and the power 46 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: you need to run your race, to endure through to 47 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 3: the finish line when you feel or think you are 48 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 3: no longer able to, for God's grace can simultaneously supply 49 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: all your needs and enable you to accomplish all manner 50 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 3: of good deeds. God freely offers up his grace to you, 51 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 3: but you must reach out and take it. You must 52 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 3: acknowledge the truth of His word and of his love 53 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: for you. You must rely on God's grace for what 54 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 3: you lack is supplied by what Jesus has. And Jesus 55 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 3: gives not because you deserve it or because you've somehow 56 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 3: earned it. He gives because he is gracious and loving. 57 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: Jesus gives because that is who he is, and he 58 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 3: gives of what he has. He gives his fullness for 59 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 3: your emptiness, his wealth for your poverty, his health for 60 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 3: your sickness, his hope for your despair, his righteousness for 61 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 3: your sins. God gives without measure because His will is bottomless. 62 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: So if you are going through a tough season of life, 63 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 3: don't give up. Don't lose your heart. Lay it instead 64 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 3: at the feet of Jesus. Take this time as your 65 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 3: opportunity to present yourself before Him, to tell him about 66 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 3: your season of need and hardship. Come before God and 67 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: confess your sins to him. Now take a moment to 68 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: dwell on the provision and power of God in your life. 69 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: Give thought to past goals and tasks. God helped you 70 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: achieve and accomplish situations where grace sustained you and helped 71 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: you overcome. The Bible says the Lord is good and 72 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 3: his mercy endures from generation to generation. Think now of 73 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: the calling God has placed over your life, of the 74 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 3: good works and tasks set before you. Envision God's grace 75 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 3: and provision over those circumstances, and thank Him for it. 76 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 3: Do not forget God is present and he is listening 77 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 3: to you. Once again, bring to mind the work set 78 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 3: before you. Ask God for the ability to pursue his 79 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: calling in your life. Ask God for you to not 80 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: only accomplish the goals before you, but for you to 81 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 3: thrive in doing so. Pray for God's grace to be 82 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 3: over all you do. Grace with your family and your friendships. 83 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 3: Grace at work with your superiors and your colleagues. Grace 84 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 3: in every area, every aspect, and every relationship in your life. 85 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: Remember God is able to make every grace overflow to you, 86 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 3: so that in every way, always having everything you need, 87 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 3: you may excel in every good work. Be confident in 88 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 3: the knowledge that God wants to bless your life. He 89 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 3: will bless you above and exceedingly beyond what you need. 90 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 3: Take courage, never fear, for you know your heavenly Father 91 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 3: will always provide for you. Choose this day to seek 92 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: God's grace, Choose his paswerur and his provision for your 93 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: life today and every day to come. Thank you for 94 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating 95 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 3: this healthy habit as a daily practice, you are making 96 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.