1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: who loves me, and he who loves me will be 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: loved by my father, and I will love him and 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 1: manifest myself to him. John fourteen twenty one. Dear Lord, 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: we thank you that, in your great love for us, 6 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: you have promised to give us peace as we seek 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: to abide in you through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: We are comforted and strengthened by your never failing promises. 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: Your word tells us that if we follow your commands, 10 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 1: you will give us a rich welcome and presence in 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: our lives. Grant us the grace to walk faithfully in 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: obedience to your will so that we may experience the 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: peace that surpasses all understanding. Strengthen our hearts and minds 14 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: to be ever mindful of your love for us and 15 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: your provision for our every need. In Jesus' name, Amen, 16 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for 17 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where 18 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: you can draw close to God and find strength in him. 19 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on having a sustained faith 20 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: to get the most out of your spiritual journey help 21 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: you'll use pray dot Com every day and make prayer 22 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: a priority. 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: In your life. 24 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is on having a 25 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: sustained faith. Hope you'll take a second to slow down, 26 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 2: maybe a few seconds, get into a quiet place where 27 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: you can begin to relax, remove the distractions, a place 28 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: where you can be alone in your thoughts and examine 29 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: your heart. As you your eyes deep, breathe in deeply, 30 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: and out again. Shift your focus to the Word of God. 31 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: Open your heart and mind to receive for what the 32 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,399 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit has for you. We're going to be meditating 33 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: on John chapter fourteen, verse twenty one, from the King 34 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: James version. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he 35 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: it is who loves me. And he who loves me 36 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: will be loved by the Father, and I will love 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: him and manifest myself to him as we get started. 38 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: As we get started, take a moment with me to 39 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: pour out your adoration your love to God. I love 40 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 2: to begin this way, God, I extol your name. God, 41 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 2: you are the most high. There is no one like you, 42 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: no one beside you. And you know me, and you 43 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: love me in spite of. 44 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: Who I am. 45 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: Jesus, you humbled yourself so that I might have salvation. 46 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: You were obedient to the point of death, even the 47 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: death on the cross. I praise you that you allow 48 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: me to draw near to your presence, Holy Spirit. I 49 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: worship for you alone will never leave me nor forsake me. 50 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: Obedience to God's word increases our faith. The subject of 51 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 2: our faith is God himself. If you wish to persevere 52 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: in faith to know God, then you must acknowledge that 53 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: He is and that you love him. You show God 54 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: God love by spending time with him, knowing his word 55 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: and being obedient to it. By doing so, you invite 56 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: his presence, his personhood into your everyday life. With God 57 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: present in your life, you will experience the manifestation of 58 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 2: the source of your faith, and in turn, God's presence 59 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 2: and your life will increase your faith. You will then 60 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: find yourself in a perpetual cycle of faith designed by God. 61 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 2: Guess why to bless your life? So take this information 62 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 2: and keep it in your heart. For the moments of 63 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 2: uncertainty and the moments of fear and doubt, remember who 64 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: you are or whose you are in Christ. Remember that 65 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: you're already loved and that You're already chosen. 66 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: That is enough. 67 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: He loves you. Take time to reflect on any feelings 68 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 2: of frustration, maybe helplessness, and share those with God and 69 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: ask him for help and sustaining your faith and persevering 70 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: in His calling in your life. Does needy? Confess your 71 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 2: sins to God, ask him for forgiveness and his help, 72 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 2: his grace and mercy. Hope you'll take a moment with 73 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: me too to dwell on God's faithfulness. Thank God that 74 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 2: his word is true, that he cannot and does not lie. 75 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: Thank Him that his integrity cannot be bought, it cannot 76 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: be swayed, nor will it ever be corrupted. Thank God 77 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: for the blessings of his righteousness and his goodness over 78 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: your life. For his faithfulness and his recompense Today and always. 79 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: I hope you never forget that God's present, that He's 80 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 2: listening to you. He desires for you to live a 81 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 2: victorious life, for we are more than conquerors through Him 82 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: that loved us. So you can persevere in your faith. 83 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 2: Jesus wants you to know you can trust Him, So 84 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 2: ask the Holy Spirit to transform your mind, to teach 85 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 2: you how to be obedient, And ask the Holy Spirit 86 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 2: for confidence in the truth that God again is who 87 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: he says he is, and ask him for reassurance that 88 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: He will sustain you and maintain you in the palms 89 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: of his hands. Remember, if you love Jesus, you will 90 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: obey his commandments. And if you love Jesus, the Bible says, 91 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: you're loved by the Father, and those who are loved 92 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:23,119 Speaker 2: by the Father are loved by Jesus. Never forget God 93 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 2: created you for himself for love. You experience God's goodness 94 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: and his love through faith in him. Hope you'll choose 95 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: faith today, faith over fear. For every day to come, 96 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: be filled with the confidence of Christ and his right 97 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: and his righteousness in your everyday life. Thank you for 98 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 2: complaining today's meditative prayer and pray dot com. By incorporating 99 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: this healthy habit as a daily practice, I believe you're 100 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 2: making prayer priority and strengthening your walk with Thank God. 101 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 2: I'm doctor Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of 102 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 2: Christian Counselors. We love being a part of your life. 103 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 2: Please visit our website at AACC dot net or Tim 104 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: Clinton dot com. That's a ACC dot net or Tim 105 00:08:18,320 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: Clinton dot com.