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Speaker 1: A friend, loveth at all times, and a brother is

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Speaker 1: born for adversity Proverbs seventeen seventeen. Dear Lord, you have

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Speaker 1: put us on this earth to love and help one another.

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Speaker 1: We are all part of your family and we must

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Speaker 1: look out for each other in times of need. Grant

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Speaker 1: us the strength that we may be a community and

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Speaker 1: support each other through thick and thin. Help us to

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Speaker 1: understand the value of friendship, that we may be there

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Speaker 1: for someone when they are struggling. For it is in

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Speaker 1: the tough moments where real connection and growth can take place.

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Speaker 1: Give us the courage to reach out and offer a

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Speaker 1: helping hand or a listening ear, so that we may

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Speaker 1: truly understand and your love and our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you

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Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on new Friendships. To get

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

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Speaker 2: com every day and make prayer a priority in your

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Speaker 2: life again. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is all

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Speaker 2: about new friendships, because let's be honest. Cultivating friendships can

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Speaker 2: be tough. Take a minute right now, my friend, just

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Speaker 2: to unwind, maybe in a calm place where you can relax,

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Speaker 2: close your eyes and take a couple of slow and

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Speaker 2: deep breaths. Now, reach out to God and prepare your

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Speaker 2: heart to receive from His Holy word. Today will be

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Speaker 2: meditating on Proverbs seventeen seventeen from the King James version.

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Speaker 2: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is

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Speaker 2: born for adversity. My friend, right now, just let your

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Speaker 2: worship rise up to God. God, I praise you for

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Speaker 2: your word that is true and efficient. Jesus, I exalt

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Speaker 2: you for your grace and forgiveness poured out at Calvary,

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Speaker 2: for your love that enables me to live out your commandments.

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, I worship you for helping me to understand

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Speaker 2: the wisdom found in Scripture and for empowering me to

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Speaker 2: apply it daily to my life. Friendship is a constant blessing.

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Speaker 2: Even though nowadays the term friend is commonly used and

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Speaker 2: applied in a variety of different ways. The Word of

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Speaker 2: God teaches that friendship is something sacred in Scripture. There

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Speaker 2: are no good friends and bad friends. For friendship by

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Speaker 2: its very nature and definition is something good, and the

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Speaker 2: Bible teaches that a friend loves at all times. You see,

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Speaker 2: friendship is a facet of love. It is not selfish

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Speaker 2: nor self serving. Friendship is a covenant. It is a

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Speaker 2: pledge to honor and to cherish. Friendship does not seek

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Speaker 2: to gain, but to give. It thrives in the service

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Speaker 2: and joy of others. This is why friendship is a

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Speaker 2: constant blessing. For friends love in and out of season,

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Speaker 2: not just when it's convenient. In the much and in

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Speaker 2: the little, in the mountaintops and in the valleys, in

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Speaker 2: the good times and in the bad times. A friend

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Speaker 2: loves at all times. Perhaps you've yet to experience friendship

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Speaker 2: like this. Perhaps you yourself have not been a friend

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Speaker 2: to others. Perhaps the Holy Spirit is convicting your heart

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Speaker 2: of not loving the way friendship demands. You should. Right now,

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Speaker 2: my friends, this is your opportunity to present your for

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Speaker 2: the Lord. Confess your sins to God, and ask Him

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Speaker 2: in this moment to simply minister to your heart. And

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Speaker 2: right now consider the friends in your life and thank

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Speaker 2: the Lord for them. Thank God for the ability to

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Speaker 2: cherish others and to be cherished through leadership Thank God

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Speaker 2: for the ability to cherish others and to be cherished

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Speaker 2: through friendship. Thank Jesus for the people he has placed

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Speaker 2: in your life, for those friends who stick by you

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Speaker 2: in the good and the bad times. Thank the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit for teaching you to love others as you love yourself,

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Speaker 2: and for teaching you to persevere in that love. Never

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

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Speaker 2: Come before Christ and ask Him for the blessing of

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Speaker 2: God given friendships. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you

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Speaker 2: cultivate healthy relationships. Ask him for divine discernment and how

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Speaker 2: you relate to others. Ask the Holy Spirit to place

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Speaker 2: the right people in your life, people who will help

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Speaker 2: you grow in your walk with God and who will

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Speaker 2: help in turn. Ask the Holy Spirit to place the

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Speaker 2: right people in your life, people who will help you

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Speaker 2: grow in your walk with God and who you will

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Speaker 2: help in turn. Ask God to teach you to be

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Speaker 2: a friend to others through the good and the bad times.

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Speaker 2: To love others as you love yourself. Remember the Bible

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Speaker 2: defines friendship as a constant blessing. A friend loves all

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Speaker 2: the time and is always there to help. God wants

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Speaker 2: to bless your life with friends and to teach you

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Speaker 2: to be a friend to others. Keep in mind that

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Speaker 2: iron sharpens iron. God will use you to encourage others

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Speaker 2: during difficult times to help them grow, and as you

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Speaker 2: do so, you will experience encouragement and growth in your

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Speaker 2: own life. Choose this day to love your friend through

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Speaker 2: the good and the bad times, and choose to be

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Speaker 2: a blessing and watch as you, in turn will be blessed.

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