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Speaker 1: He hath made everything beautiful in his time. Also, he

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Speaker 1: hath set the world in their heart, so that no

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Speaker 1: man can find out the work that God maketh from

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Speaker 1: the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastes three eleven. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you have set eternity in the hearts of all mankind.

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Speaker 1: We are but a mist that appears for a little

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Speaker 1: time and then disappears. Yet you remain ever faithful in

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Speaker 1: this fleeting life. You provide us with moments of joy

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Speaker 1: and sorrow, as well as laughter and sighing. We bear

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Speaker 1: the burden of mortality with grace and understanding, for you

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Speaker 1: have promised a hope that will never fade. May we

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Speaker 1: look to you in this life, trusting in your unfailing

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Speaker 1: love and tender mercy. On the days we feel weak

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Speaker 1: and faithless, remind us of your good works and compassionate deeds.

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Speaker 1: Help us to remember that even though our life is brief,

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Speaker 1: it has worth and meaning, and that you have given

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Speaker 1: us a purpose to fulfill in Jesus's name. Amen, Thank

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Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's

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Speaker 3: My friends, Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing grief.

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

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

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Speaker 3: is healing grief. Loss is a heavy emotion to bear.

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Speaker 3: Let's take a moment right now to simply center ourselves.

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Speaker 3: So as you breathe in and breathe out, focus on

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Speaker 3: relaxing your body and on quieting your mind. Now turn

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Speaker 3: your thoughts towards the healing God has prepared for you

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Speaker 3: this day. Today again we'll be meditating on Ecclesiastes, chapter three,

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Speaker 3: verse eleven, from the King James version, it reads, he

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Speaker 3: has made everything beautiful in his Also, he has set

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Speaker 3: the world in their heart so that no man can

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Speaker 3: find out the work that God maketh from the beginning

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Speaker 3: to the end. My friends, take a moment just to

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Speaker 3: pour out your adoration to God. God, I praise you

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Speaker 3: for your word that never fails. All your work is

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Speaker 3: done in faithfulness. Father, I worship you for setting eternity

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Speaker 3: in my heart. I give you praise for the beauty

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Speaker 3: you have in store for my life. I exalt you,

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Speaker 3: Lord for the wonderful things to come, and Father, I

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Speaker 3: praise you for the plans you have conceived for my

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Speaker 3: life are good. God creates beauty from the ashes. But

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Speaker 3: let's be honest, it's hard to believe this truth when

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Speaker 3: you're living in the midst of the ysh when your

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Speaker 3: world is crumbling in and around you and you feel

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Speaker 3: powerless to stop it. Sometimes, as if going through fire,

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Speaker 3: you find yourself choking on despair and burn it by loss.

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Speaker 3: And it's in these times fear threatens to become greater

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Speaker 3: than faith. But do not give up. Even if you

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Speaker 3: do not understand what's happening. You can trust that God

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Speaker 3: has a purpose and a plan. You cannot have beauty

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Speaker 3: if you hold on to the ashes. My friends, confess

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Speaker 3: your losses to God and hand over your ashes to him.

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Speaker 3: Now consider for a moment God's work in your life

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Speaker 3: and thank him for it. Thank God that even through

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Speaker 3: your doubt and fear, he remains faithful. Thank the Lord

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Speaker 3: that when you go through the fire, the flames will

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Speaker 3: not destroy you. Thank Him because he is in control

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Speaker 3: Him for continuously working in your life. And thank Him

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Speaker 3: because at the right time He makes all things as

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Speaker 3: they should be. God is present and he's listening to you.

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Speaker 3: God promised that he is working on a celestial masterpiece,

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Speaker 3: and my friends, you're a part of it. You must

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Speaker 3: hold on to faith. This is your moment to reach

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Speaker 3: out to God to ask him to fill your canvas

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Speaker 3: with wondrous and beautiful colors. Ask God to fill you

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Speaker 3: with the hope of his purpose and his plan. Ask

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Speaker 3: him to give you the courage and the perseverance to

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Speaker 3: hold on. Ask the Holy Spirit to minister the truth

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Speaker 3: of God's word and his promise in your heart. Ask

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Speaker 3: God to exchange your ashes for beauty. Remember, although God

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Speaker 3: has given us a desire for the future, we can

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Speaker 3: never completely understand what He is doing. We must have

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Speaker 3: faith in His word, faith that God knows what he

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Speaker 1: At the perfect time.

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Speaker 3: Be encouraged. God has pleasant and amazing plans in store

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Speaker 3: for your life. So seize this day to call on

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Speaker 3: Jesus and do so, expecting him to not only answer you,

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Speaker 3: but to bless you beyond measure. My friends, thank you

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