1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Let a little water. I pray you be fetched and 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree Genesis 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: eighteen four. Lord, I thank you for this ancient custom 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: of hospitality. But today I use the water of your 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: word to wash the road dust of life from my 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: feet so I can rest in your love. You are 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: the tree of life I rest under, and your word 8 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: cleanses me from all the pollution I encountered as I 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: moved through my day. If I don't wash my spirit 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: with your word, the pollution builds up and starts to 11 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,519 Speaker 1: constrict my spirit and strangle the life out of me. 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: Your word brings new life and restores me. With your 13 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: priorities and values. I am a citizen of your kingdom 14 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: and continue to grow in your love. 15 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: Amen. 16 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer. 17 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: To experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: word from our sponsors. 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on relieve stress. 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We will be meditating on John 29 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: chapter sixteen, verse thirty three from the King James version. 30 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: These things I have spoken unto you that in me 31 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:34,359 Speaker 2: ye might have peace. In the world, ye shall have tribulation, 32 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 2: but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. 33 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: Now take a moment to pour out your adoration to 34 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: God for who he is, Jesus, I praise you, for 35 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: you overcame the world and its tribulations. You lived a 36 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: righteous life and conquered the grave. I worship you for 37 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: your complete victory that enables my own. I give you 38 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: all glory and honor, Jesus, for you are the King 39 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 2: of Peace, your peace that surpasses all understanding, which you 40 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: have poured out over me. May the name of the 41 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: Lord be praised. Triumph was guaranteed at the Cross. Whatever 42 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 2: lies ahead of you, you can face it with peace 43 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: and assurance, for no matter what it may be, you 44 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 2: have already been awarded the victory. No sin and no 45 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 2: shame will have power over you. No power or principality 46 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 2: of darkness shall have dominion over you. No darkness and 47 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 2: no force of hell will withstand against you. No height, 48 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,839 Speaker 2: nor depth, nor anything else in all of creation will 49 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: be able to separate you from the love of God 50 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: in Christ Jesus, and in that love you have access 51 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 2: to everything, including God's victory. The struggles of this world 52 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: will try to deceive you, and daily strife will attempt 53 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 2: to suffocate you with stress, but you must not yield. 54 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 2: Press on and persevere. One thing you must always hold 55 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 2: present is this. The victory has already been won and 56 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: it's yours. Your night will break and your oppression will 57 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 2: yield to the power in the name of Jesus Christ. 58 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 2: Satan will have to bow and concede defeat, press on 59 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 2: and persevere. Even if if you feel unworthy and incapable, 60 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 2: press on and persevere. The power that matters isn't your own, 61 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: It's God's. Jesus will give you his strength, He will 62 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: sharpen your focus, and he will give you a breakthrough. 63 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: This is your opportunity to present yourself before God's throne 64 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: of grace. Let go of the identity you find in 65 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: stress and anxiety. Confess your sins to God and receive 66 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: His identity for you. Take a moment now to dwell 67 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: on previous days filled with the assurance of God. Remember 68 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: how it felt to be confident in the revelation of 69 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 2: Christ's victory. How amazing it was to go about your 70 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 2: day with God's peace in your heart. Thank God for 71 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: the ability to have fellowship with him. Give thanks for 72 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 2: the moments when the Holy Spirit ministered into your life. 73 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: Thank God for blessings of past seasons of goodness and victories, 74 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 2: and for those yet to come. Do not forget. God 75 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 2: is present and he is listening to you. He desires 76 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: for you to live a life of righteousness and victory 77 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 2: in Him. Jesus wants to empower you to live your 78 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: days confidant of His provision, secure in the knowledge that 79 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: God cares for you and that He watches over you. 80 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 2: So let him Pray to God and ask for his 81 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 2: zeal to be upon your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit 82 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: to increase your faith in God's promises for your life. 83 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 2: Ask him to increase your trust in God's ability to 84 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 2: come through for you. Ask the Holy Spirit to assure 85 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 2: you of the truth that God goes before you and 86 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: has already made a way. Remember, God gave you his 87 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: teachings so that you can have peace in Him. Jesus 88 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: said that in this world you will have trouble, but 89 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: you are to be brave, for Jesus defeated the world, 90 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 2: and through his grace and in his strength, you will too. 91 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 2: So in every season of your life you can be 92 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: confident that God's got you. Decide today to experience a 93 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: life free of stress and anxiety, to live in a 94 00:07:52,720 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 2: peaceful and satisfying way, confident of God's goodness. Choose this 95 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 2: day to live your life with Christ. Thank you for 96 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating 97 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: this healthy habit as a daily practice, you are making 98 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.