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Speaker 1: Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for

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Speaker 1: I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall

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Speaker 1: find rest unto your souls. Matthew eleven twenty nine. Lord,

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Speaker 1: teach me your ways as I come under your authority today.

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Speaker 1: Your influence is easy to respond to since you are

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Speaker 1: gentle and humble. You are not an oppressive taskmaster who

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Speaker 1: drives me into obedience or punishes me when I spill

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Speaker 1: the milk. You understand that I am trying, and smile

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Speaker 1: at my willingness to learn. Lord, your yoke is not

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Speaker 1: heavy because you carry most of the weight as you

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Speaker 1: continue to strengthen me in your ways. I find comfort

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Speaker 1: in walking in harmony with you, and have no fear

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Speaker 1: of hearing the crack of a whip. If I stumble

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Speaker 1: along the way, you pick me up and encourage me.

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Speaker 2: Amen.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer

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Speaker 3: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Stoic Leadership. To get

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Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is stoic leadership. Pause

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Speaker 2: for just a second, put aside the day's distractions, and

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Speaker 2: prepare to spend a moment with God. Close your eyes,

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Speaker 2: take a deep breath in, then slowly breathe doubt. Now

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Speaker 2: take captive every thought and focus your attention on what

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Speaker 2: God has for you. We will be meditating on Proverbs,

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Speaker 2: chapter sixteen, verse twelve from the King James version. It

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Speaker 2: is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the

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Speaker 2: throne is established by righteousness. Take a moment to pour

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Speaker 2: out your adoration to God for his unfailing righteousness. God,

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Speaker 2: I give you praise, for you are just and perfect

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Speaker 2: in all your ways. I worship you for your unwavering truth,

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Speaker 2: your impartial fairness. I adore you for you are who

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Speaker 2: you say you are. You do not change like shifting shadows.

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Speaker 2: I praise you for your eternal kingdom, your reign, which

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Speaker 2: will know no end. Leaders act with integrity. If you

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Speaker 2: wish for your leadership to stand the test of time,

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Speaker 2: you must lead with honesty and humility. You must not

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Speaker 2: give into the temptation of corruption, nor compromise on truth,

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Speaker 2: for there is no middle ground between right and wrong.

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Speaker 2: Ced shortcuts can seem worthwhile in a moment of need,

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Speaker 2: but in the long run will only yield qualms, quarrels,

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Speaker 2: and will disqualify you from leadership. To go the distance,

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Speaker 2: you cannot be divided within. Steadfast and stoic leaders are

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Speaker 2: grounded in their identity in God. You must stand firm

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Speaker 2: on righteousness, speak truth in love, and serve justice with mercy.

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Speaker 2: There must be no room for inequity, bribes, nor favoritism,

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Speaker 2: for justice cannot be swayed, honor cannot be bought, and

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Speaker 2: truth is impartial. Perhaps you have been struggling in your

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Speaker 2: integrity with God. Perhaps there have been moments in your

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Speaker 2: life where corruption was prevalent. This is your moment to

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Speaker 2: come before God and confess your sins to him, To

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Speaker 2: tell him what is hindering honesty in your heart and

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Speaker 2: preventing you from walking in truth. Now take just a

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Speaker 2: few minutes to dwell on the integrity of God's word.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him because his word is truth and it will

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Speaker 2: endure forever. Thank the Holy Spirit for honoring God's promise

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Speaker 2: to help you think of past situations where God's integrity

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Speaker 2: was manifested in your life. How is righteousness protected and

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Speaker 2: blessed you. Thank God for those past experiences and future

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Speaker 2: ones to come. Thank Him for his word that does

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Speaker 2: not return void, but accomplishes that which it was sent for.

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Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. Every

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Speaker 2: day we have an opportunity to act with Godly integrity.

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Speaker 2: Reach out to Him this moment and ask Him to

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Speaker 2: make you into a great leader. Ask God to take

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Speaker 2: away the inequity in your heart, to cast out all

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Speaker 2: evil thoughts, and to give you a desire for honesty.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to enable you to lead as

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Speaker 2: Christ led to use you to minister to others through

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Speaker 2: justice and love. Remember, lasting leadership requires righteousness. If you

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Speaker 2: want your work to stand the test of time, and

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Speaker 2: if you wish to establish a legacy, then you must

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Speaker 2: lead with righteousness. Trust in the truth of God's word

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Speaker 2: and in the grace of His wisdom. Lean on the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to guide you to lead with godly justice,

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Speaker 2: and watch God establish the work of your hands. Be blessed.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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