1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts Ephesians four 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: twenty two. Dear Lord Almighty, we come to you in 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: prayer as we strive to grow into the people you 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: have called us to be. Help us to let go 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: of the former versions of ourselves that are steeped in 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: sin and error, so that we may be transformed from 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: within according to your will. Grant us peace of mind 9 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: and a gentle spirit as we learn to embrace the 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: new selves you are creating within us. May our hearts 11 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: be filled with joy as we become vessels of your 12 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: grace and mercy. Let us then step out in faith 13 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: and trust that you will equip us for whatever line ahead. 14 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: We give you thanks and prays, Lord God, for the 15 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: transformation you are working in us. In Jesus' name. Amen, 16 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for 17 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: you can draw close to God and find strength in him. 19 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting go. To get 20 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com 21 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: every day and make prayer priority in your life. Our 22 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Hope you're 23 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: taking a moment to calm down. Maybe go to a 24 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: place where you can feel relaxed and at ease. Get 25 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: yourself into a comfortable position. Close your eyes. Imagine the 26 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: tension on winding and leaving your body. 27 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: Now take. 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: Your mind and focus in on God and his word. 29 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: Prepare yourself to receive from him. We will be meditating 30 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: on Evisians four, verse twenty two, from the King James 31 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: version that you put off concerning the former conversation the 32 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful LUs. 33 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 2: Hope you'll join with me to take a few moments 34 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 2: to let God know how much you love him. 35 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: Let's praise him. 36 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 2: God, I praise you for the grace you give me 37 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: and the truth you speak over me. I worship you 38 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 2: for the identity you have given to me in Jesus Christ, 39 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: for the victory guaranteed by his blood. I praise you 40 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: for your Holy Spirit testifies this truth within my heart. 41 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: For I am who you say I am. You know 42 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: we've learned that identity is a powerful thing. The identity 43 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: you embrace will determine how you see yourself, and how 44 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 2: you see yourself will dictate the limitations you accept. The 45 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: limitations you accept will influence what you pursue, and what 46 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 2: you pursue will impact what you achieve. 47 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 3: Think about that what you achieve. 48 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: Will alter your perception of the world and how you 49 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: interact with it. So your perceptions, in turn, will shape 50 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: your decisions, and your decisions will prompt your actions. This 51 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: is crucial because every action you take has a direct 52 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: correlation to your spiritual and therefore physical wellbeing. In short, 53 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: your identity affects and controls how you live. This is 54 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: why Jesus calls you to let go of your old identity, 55 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 2: to let go of pride and vanity, let go of 56 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: the desires of the flesh, let go of sinful habits, 57 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: and stop living and ungodly lifestyle. You must let it 58 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: go because you were created for more. You were created 59 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 2: to live in freedom. God wants you to experience freedom. 60 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 2: Freedom from the lies spoken over you, freedom from the 61 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 2: limitations imposed by the shackles of corruption, freedom from guilt 62 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 2: and shame, from living with every weight of sin, freedom 63 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 2: that is found only. 64 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 3: In your true identity in Jesus, Christ. 65 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 2: Remember, you have a choice, whether you base your eye 66 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 2: identity and sin your past lifestyle, or in Christ, choose wisely. 67 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 2: Hope you're joined with me now to tell God of 68 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: the areas that you're struggling with. Tell him the sinful 69 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: habits or maybe the ungodly choices. 70 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 3: That have been keeping you trapped. 71 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: Confess your sins to the Holy Spirit and ask him. 72 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 3: To cleanse you. 73 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 2: He says that if we confess our sins, He's faithful 74 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: in just to forgive us of our sins and to 75 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Now take a moment you 76 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 2: dwell on the goodness of God in your life. Give 77 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: thanks to God for his word that contains life changing power. 78 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: Give thanks because, regardless of what your emotions may tell you, 79 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 2: in Jesus you are a new creation, set free from 80 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 2: the bondage of sin. Thank the Holy Spirit for his 81 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 2: eternal love, for his continuous work in your heart and 82 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 2: in your mind. 83 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 3: I hope you know that. 84 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 2: God is present, that He's listening to you. When letting 85 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 2: go of your past identity seems impossible, don't give up. 86 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 2: Lean on God during the hard times, during the moments 87 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 2: of discouragement, Ask the Holy Spirit to minister to your 88 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 2: heart to assure you of God's love for you. Ask 89 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 2: him to fill you with confidence that God is for you, he. 90 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 3: Is not against you. 91 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to solidify within your soul the 92 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: identity Jesus as for you. Ask him to protect your 93 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: mind from the accusations of the devil. 94 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: That the devil will throw at you. 95 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 2: To empower you to stand upon the truth of the 96 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: Cross and the grace found in Jesus. Ask him for 97 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 2: mercy in the struggle, for the ability to let go 98 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: of the past and to embrace your true given identity 99 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: in Christ. Remember, you are called to leave your old, 100 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: sinful self in the past, to stop living in the 101 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: evil way you lived before, for the old self only 102 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 2: becomes worse and worse as people are fooled by the 103 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 2: evil things. 104 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 3: They want to do. 105 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 2: So let go of your old identity today, reckon and 106 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 2: yield to Christ every day. 107 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 3: Embrace your embrace your true. 108 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 2: Identity in Jesus and know that you are who He 109 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: says you are, and live boldly in the freedom God 110 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: grant you this day and all others to come. 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