1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Nebekindnezzar dreamed dreams wherein his spirit was troubled and his 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: sleep break from him. Daniel two one, thank. 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: You Lord that you give your beloved sweet sleep and 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: I can rest peacefully in the night. When I am 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 2: tempted to envy the rich and think they have no 6 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: troubles in their fancy mansions, I am reminded how the 7 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: weight of their wealth and powerful position brings worries and 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 2: robs them of sleep. When I am not in alignment 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: with your will for my life, my spirit is troubled 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 2: and it is hard to find peace or rest. But 11 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 2: when I turn my cares over to you, I know 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: you are working on my behalf to affect change. I 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: rest in that assurance and find peace. 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: Amen. 15 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer. 16 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: To experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 17 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: word from our sponsors. 19 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on deep forgiveness. To get 20 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 22 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is deep forgiveness. Take 23 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: a minute to gather your thoughts and quiet your spirit. 24 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 3: Accommodate yourself into a comfortable position. Close your eyes, breathe easy. Now, 25 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 3: fix your attention on God and turn your heart towards 26 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 3: what the Holy Spirit wants to impart to you. This 27 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 3: day we will be meditating on Romans, chapter twelve, verse 28 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 3: twenty one from the King James version. Be not overcome 29 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: of evil, but overcome evil with good. Take some time 30 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: to adore God for his goodness. God, I look to 31 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 3: the cross and praise you, for your love is great. 32 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 3: I praise you for sending your son to sacrifice himself 33 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 3: for me. By your goodness and the strength of your power, 34 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: you have redeemed me. You do not hide yourself from me, 35 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 3: and you give your goodness without measure. I sing your 36 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 3: praises for you overcame evil and defeated the grave. I 37 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: worship you for your loving kindness has restored my soul. 38 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 3: Do not let evil win. Evil has many faces and 39 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 3: wears many guises, but none more prevalent than hurt and hate. 40 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 3: Evil feeds and thrives off of discord and anger, bitterness 41 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 3: and unwillingness to forgive. Fighting against evil will be hard, 42 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 3: but it must be done. It is true that human 43 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 3: nature predisposes us to demand recompense for an offense, to 44 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 3: pay back hurt and the wrong done against us in 45 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 3: an even greater measure. However, this mentality is self destructive 46 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 3: and utterly contradictive to what God teaches. When someone wrongs 47 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 3: you and you respond in kind, you are not getting 48 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: vengeance or getting even You are merely giving into evil itself. 49 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: For you cannot defeat evil with evil. So do not 50 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: let the evil that was done to you control you 51 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: into doing evil yourself. Instead, stand your ground in the 52 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 3: truth of God's goodness and fight the real enemy. At times, 53 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: this will seem impossible, as evil can be tempting. You 54 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: will war with yourself and struggle with your flesh to 55 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 3: submit to God's law. But you must not give in. 56 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 3: You must persevere in mercy and grace. The battle against evil, 57 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 3: both in eternal and external, will be fierce and brutal, 58 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: but you must stand your ground, for victory is attainable. 59 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: The secret to success is simple, overcome evil with good. 60 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 3: Do not allow the actions and words of others to 61 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: dictate your own to coerci you into embracing evil. Do 62 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 3: not let the monstrosity of others turn you into a 63 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: monster yourself. This is your chance to come before God 64 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 3: and to confess your failures and mistakes. To tell the 65 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit of the areas you are struggling with in 66 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 3: your fight against evil. Take a moment to dwell on 67 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: the goodness of God. Think of how Jesus chose to 68 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 3: oppose evil with goodness, how he poured out unrelenting mercy, 69 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 3: unconditional grace and forgiveness at the cross. Thank him for 70 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 3: his opposition toward evil, demonstrated in his compassion for you, 71 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 3: for sacrificing who he was to restore you to whom 72 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: you were called to be. Thank Jesus for loving you 73 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 3: unconditionally in the past, and thank him that his love 74 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: will never change. Give thanks to God for his victory 75 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 3: over evil that enables your own. God is present and 76 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: he is listening to you. Jesus is intimately acquainted with 77 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 3: the war being waged against evil. He is aware of 78 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 3: the struggle and difficulty associated with fighting the good fight. However, 79 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 3: he overcame the world as Jesus over heads you will too. 80 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: You are not alone. Ask the Holy Spirit to help 81 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: you submit your whole heart to obeying Christ. Ask him 82 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: to empower you with conviction and determination to live as 83 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: Christ lived, To love as Christ loved, to forgive as 84 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 3: he does, to destroy evil with goodness as he did. Remember, 85 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: you have a choice in how you react to evil. 86 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 3: Do not let evil defeat you. Instead, defeat evil by 87 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 3: doing good. God has called you to a victorious life 88 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 3: filled with his love, his grace, and his goodness. Never 89 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 3: forget the intensity and the depth in which you were 90 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: loved by the Father. God's love is strength, and with 91 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 3: it you can overcome any manner of evil. So be 92 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: encouraged by this truth. Choose this day to overcome all 93 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 3: evil before you with a goodness found in God's grace. 94 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 3: Thank you for completing to day's meditative prayer on pray 95 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 3: dot com. By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, 96 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: you are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk 97 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 3: with God.