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Speaker 1: Consider the ravens. They don't sow or reap, they don't

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Speaker 1: have a storeroom or a barn, yet God feeds them.

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Speaker 1: Aren't you worth much more than the birds? Can any

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Speaker 1: of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?

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Speaker 1: If then you're not able to do even a little thing,

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Speaker 1: why worry about the rest? Luke twelve twenty four through

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Speaker 1: twenty six. Dear Heavenly Father, you are the creator of

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Speaker 1: all things. Your magnificence is beyond our comprehension, and yet

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Speaker 1: you still love us with an unwavering, perfect love. We

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Speaker 1: delight in knowing that nothing can ever separate us from

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Speaker 1: your love embrace. We thank you for the gifts you

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Speaker 1: have given us. Food to nourish us, shelter to protect us,

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Speaker 1: and joy that warms our hearts. You have given us

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Speaker 1: to fill our minds with wonder. Help us not to

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Speaker 1: worry about earthly treasures, but rather give thanks for all

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Speaker 1: the blessing you have bestowed upon us. Give us faith

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Speaker 1: that you will provide for us no matter what the

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Speaker 1: circumstances may be. We praise you forever and ever 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 3: My friends, Welcome to your meditative prayer on fighting anxiety.

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Speaker 3: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, use

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Speaker 3: pray dot com every day and make prayer a priority

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Speaker 3: in your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer again

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Speaker 3: is to fight anxiety. So take a minute to just

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Speaker 3: try to calm down a little bit. Go to the

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Speaker 3: place where you feel most at ease and relaxed. Accommodate

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Speaker 3: yourself into a comfortable position. Close your eyes, Breathe easy.

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Speaker 3: Imagine the tension in your body unwinding, and the anxiety

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Speaker 3: in your head and heart slowly decreasing. Today will be

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Speaker 3: meditating on Luke chapter twelve, verses twenty two to twenty

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Speaker 3: six from the King James version they read. Then he

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Speaker 3: said to his disciples, therefore, I tell you, don't worry

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Speaker 3: about your life what you will eater about the body,

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Speaker 3: what you will wear for life is more than food,

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Speaker 3: and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens. They

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Speaker 3: don't sow or reap. They don't have a storeroom or

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Speaker 3: a barn yet God feeds them. Aren't you worth much

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Speaker 3: more than the birds? Can any of you add a

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Speaker 3: cuba to his height by worrying? If then you're not

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Speaker 3: able to do even a little thing, why worry about

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Speaker 3: the rest. Let us take time to adore God for

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Speaker 3: his power over us. God, I praise you because you

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Speaker 3: supply all my needs. I worship you for your promise

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Speaker 3: of provision over my life. I sing praises to your name,

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Speaker 3: for you hold the universe in the palm of your hand,

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Speaker 3: and I worship you in the knowledge that you work

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Speaker 3: out all things for the good of your creation. There

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Speaker 3: is more to life than being concerned with meeting your

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Speaker 3: own needs. God made it clear that he loves and

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Speaker 3: he cares for you. He mentions nature and its carelessness

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Speaker 3: for themorrow, yet he provides you are infinitely more precious

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Speaker 3: and valuable to God than nature. You are the crowning

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Speaker 3: glory of his creative masterpiece. Sometimes the pressure of daily

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Speaker 3: life will distort your values, but don't lose heart. Lay

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Speaker 3: it instead at the feet of Jesus. Tell him of

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Speaker 3: the areas you are worrying over and having a hard

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Speaker 3: time with. Confess and cast your concerns on God. Because

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Speaker 3: He cares for you. I'll take a moment just to

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Speaker 3: dwell on the provision of God for your life. Give

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Speaker 3: thought to the seasons of anxiety and restlessness. God guided

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Speaker 3: you through the Bible says God is good and his

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Speaker 3: mercy endures from generation to generation. Thank God for sustaining

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Speaker 3: you and for supplying all your needs. Thank Him for

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Speaker 3: taking care of yourself and your family. Thank Him that

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Speaker 3: his love promises to provide for all your needs. Each

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Speaker 3: and every day, my friends, let me remind you God

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Speaker 3: is present and He is listening to you, even when

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Speaker 3: life seems overwhelming. Do not give up. Lean on God's

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Speaker 3: word during the hard times and the trials. Push past

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Speaker 3: the mundane and unending demands of life, and ask God

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Speaker 3: to give you faith to trust in his care for you,

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Speaker 3: to believe in His provision with the same conviction as

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Speaker 3: nature does. Remember, God has called you to trust in

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Speaker 3: his love, to trust in the knowledge that He will

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Speaker 3: provide for you. Worry is futile and changes nothing, so

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Speaker 3: don't waste your time on it. Be confident in God.

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Speaker 3: He lovingly cares for the lilies of the valley and

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Speaker 3: the sparrows of the skies. But more so and with

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Speaker 3: greater fever. He will care for you. My friends, thank

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Speaker 3: you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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Speaker 3: As always, my name is Zach Clinton from the American

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Speaker 3: Association of Christian Counselors, and we love being a part

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