1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: Here o, Lord, and have mercy upon me. Lord, be 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my mourning 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: into dancing. Thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded 4 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: me with gladness Psalm thirty ten through eleven. Dear Lord, 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: you have brought me back from the depths of despair. 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: Your loving kindness has turned my mourning and sadness. I 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: give you thanks for restoring to me the joy of 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: salvation and granting me a spirit of gladness. Your goodness 9 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: is unending and washes over me in waves of mercy 10 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: and grace. My heart has been transformed by your love, 11 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: and I can no longer contain my joy. All my 12 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: sorrows have been turned to gladness. Lord, and you have 13 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: done all this for me through Christ Jesus. May your 14 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: name be praised forevermore. In Jesus' name, Amen, Thank you 15 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free 16 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: podcast Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw 17 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: close to God and find strength in him. 18 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Healing grief. To get 19 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot com. 20 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 2: Every day and make prayer a priority in your life. Again, 21 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: our goal for today's meditative prayer is healing grief in 22 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 2: this trying time, my friends, try to go to your 23 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: secret place, a place where you can relax and let 24 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: your guard down. Try to tune out everything else, breathing 25 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: deep through your nose and excel out through your mouth, 26 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: and reach out towards God with your mind and your 27 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: broken heart. Today again we'll be meditating on Psalm chapter thirty, 28 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: verses ten through eleven from the King James version, they read, Hero, Lord, 29 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: and have mercy upon me. Lord, be thou my helper. 30 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 2: Thou hast turned for me in my mourning into dancing. 31 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: Thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. 32 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: Take a moment to pour out your adoration to God 33 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 2: right now, Heavenly Father Lord, I worship you, for you 34 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: are my help in times of need. Praise you for 35 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: your fierce love and for your mighty grace. Father, you 36 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: alone turn mourning into dancing. You remove the sting of 37 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: death and trade my sorrow for joy. You cast aside death, 38 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: and in its place you create life. Father, you are 39 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: great and greatly to be praised. The ability to dream 40 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: is a god giving gift. To have hope for the 41 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: future and to aspire goodness is a beautiful thing. However, 42 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: beautiful things can be fragile and vulnerable, like a stone 43 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: tossed upon a glass surface. Unexpected circumstances and unforeseen loss 44 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: can shatter your soul. Few things will cripple the human 45 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: spirit as grief does. But you must remember our God 46 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: is not a cruel god. He did not create you 47 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: with the capacity to dream, to have goals and desires, 48 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 2: to merely denied them to you. So this is your 49 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: moment to bring to mind all your shattered hopes, the 50 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 2: dreams long dead and buried maybe deep inside your heart. 51 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: Confess to God the hopelessness, the grief, and the loss 52 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 2: you've been carrying, and do not be afraid, be honest 53 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 2: and open with God right now through prayer. As heavy 54 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: a weight as grief can be, there's always a reason 55 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 2: for gratitude. Take a moment to set aside all loss 56 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 2: and instead focus on your existing blessings, those hopes and 57 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 2: desires you once believed impossible and unattainable. Nonetheless, God manifested 58 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: them in your life. Think of past situations, of sadness 59 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 2: and sorrow, where God gave your heart a new song 60 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: to dance to. Moments you mourned the closing of a door, 61 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 2: only to see God open a better one. The reality 62 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 2: is God is good all the time. So thank Him 63 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 2: for all the past blessings he has bestowed upon your life. 64 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 2: Thank him for the promise of resurrection, and for the 65 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 2: fulfillment of all dreams to come. God is present and 66 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: he's listening to you. Be mindful of his promises. Be 67 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 2: bold and ask the Holy spirits to revive your dreams. 68 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 2: Ask him for hope, anew for the ability to realize 69 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 2: this is not the end. Ask him for springs in 70 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: the midst of the desert, and ask him to help 71 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: you acknowledge God's goodness every day and in every way. Remember, 72 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 2: God wants you to be happy and to be whole. 73 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 2: He can transform death into dreams even in the midst 74 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 2: of hardship. God is still good and He's still in control. 75 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 2: God promised he would always care and provide for you. 76 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: He promised his blessings will overrun your life. So do 77 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 2: not give today. Live in gratitude to God and watch 78 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: him exchange your grief for gladness. My friends, thank you 79 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 2: for completing today's meditative prayer on pray. By incorporating this 80 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: healthy habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer 81 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 2: a priority and strengthening your walk with God again. My 82 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: name is Zach Clinton from the American Association of Christian Counselors, 83 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: and we love being a part of your life.