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Speaker 1: Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever Hebrews

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Speaker 1: thirteen eight. Dear Lord Jesus, we come to you with

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Speaker 1: hearts full of gratitude and trust. Your love for us

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Speaker 1: is unending and unchanging. You stand as a rock and

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Speaker 1: a movable force that never fades or fails. We can

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Speaker 1: rely on you to be the same, yesterday, today, and forevermore.

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Speaker 1: Help us to keep our eyes fixed on you, trusting

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Speaker 1: in your faithfulness and steadfast love. May we never move

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Speaker 1: away from the everlasting hope that you have given us

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Speaker 1: through you, your son. May your unchanging truth be firmly

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Speaker 1: planted within our hearts and minds, that we may honor

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Speaker 1: and glorify your holy name as we journey on this life.

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Speaker 1: In your name, we pray, Amen. Thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative

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Speaker 1: Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw close to

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Speaker 1: God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on becoming present.

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Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray

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

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

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Speaker 2: all about becoming present. So right now, prepare yourself just

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Speaker 2: to enjoy a moment with God, and you go to

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Speaker 2: where you feel most comfortable and calm, close your eyes,

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Speaker 2: take a deep breath in.

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Speaker 3: And then slowly breathe out.

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Speaker 2: Now open your heart to hear God speak to you,

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Speaker 2: and allow the Holy Spirit to minister to your soul.

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Speaker 3: Again.

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Speaker 2: Today we'll be meditating on Hebrews chapter thirteen, verse eight

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Speaker 2: from the King James version, it says Jesus Christ is

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Speaker 2: the same yesterday, today and forever. Now take a moment

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Speaker 2: just to pour out your adoration to God for who

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Speaker 2: he is. Jesus, I praise you for you never change.

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Speaker 2: You were crucified before the foundations of the earth, and

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Speaker 2: you knew me before I was knit together in my

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Speaker 2: mother's womb. Your plans and purposes were formed before I was.

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Speaker 2: Your promises are yes and amen. I give you all

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Speaker 2: glory and honor, Jesus, for you are the author and

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Speaker 2: finisher of my faith. May the name of the Lord

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Speaker 2: be praised forevermore. You see, God never change. God is constant.

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Speaker 2: He is no respector of persons. He will not be

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Speaker 2: someone different for you than he is for everyone else.

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Speaker 2: He will not keep his promises for others and ignore you.

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Speaker 2: His word, whether spoken three thousand years ago today or

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Speaker 2: millennia in the future, are all true and will never fail.

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Speaker 2: So you can put your trust in God. You can

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Speaker 2: have assurance in him because He will never abandon you. You see,

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Speaker 2: God's word endures past the end of the ages. God

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Speaker 2: is your guarantee, so you can thrive in any season.

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Speaker 2: Joy is your portion forever because God will always be

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Speaker 2: by your side. So you can hold God's word to

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Speaker 2: your heart. You can keep them in mind and you

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Speaker 2: can treasure them, for God's words will not pass away

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Speaker 2: until they are fulfilled. You can hold God's words to

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Speaker 2: your heart. You can keep them in mind, and you

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Speaker 2: can treasure them, for God's words will not pass away

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Speaker 2: until they are fulfilled. Right now, this is your opportunity

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Speaker 2: to present yourself before God's throne of grace. Let go

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Speaker 2: of your fears and your failures and confess your sins

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Speaker 2: to God, receiving what He has for you. Right now, now,

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Speaker 2: let's just take a moment just to dwell on God's

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Speaker 2: unchanging nature. Remember how it felt to know that God

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Speaker 2: is always the same. How amazing it was to go

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Speaker 2: read God's promises and know they were for you. Thank

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Speaker 2: God for the ability to have fellowship with them. Give

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Speaker 2: thanks for the moments when the Holy Spirit ministered into

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Speaker 2: your life. And thank God for blessings of past seasons

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Speaker 2: of goodness and victories, and for those yet the code.

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Speaker 3: Do not forget.

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Speaker 2: God is present and He has listen listening to you.

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Speaker 2: He desires for you to live a life of trust

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Speaker 2: and faithfulness. Jesus wants to empower you to hope for

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Speaker 2: the future and live in the presence, secure in the

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Speaker 2: knowledge that God will always be there for you. So

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Speaker 2: let him pray to God and ask for his seal

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Speaker 2: to be upon your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to

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Speaker 2: increase your faith in God's promises for your life. Ask

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Speaker 2: him to increase your trust in God's ability to come

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Speaker 2: through for you. And ask the Holy Spirit to assure

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Speaker 2: you of the truth that God is by your side

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Speaker 2: now and forevermore. Remember Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday,

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Speaker 2: today and forever.

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Speaker 3: He never changes. Jesus is your portion in the land

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Speaker 3: of the living.

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Speaker 2: He is good, he is faithful, he is enough. So

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Speaker 2: in every season of your life, you can be confident

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Speaker 2: that God has you today to experience a life free

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Speaker 2: of stress and anxiety, to live in a peaceful and

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Speaker 2: satisfying way, confident of God's presence, and my friends, choose this.

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Speaker 3: Day to live your life with Christ.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you're

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Speaker 2: making prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God. My

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Speaker 2: name is Zach Clinton, Vice President of the American Association

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Speaker 2: of Christian Counselors, and we love being a part of

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