1 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: are not under the law, but under grace Romans six fourteen. 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Dear Lord, I know there is no law that can 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: ever replace the power of grace. Grace frees me from 5 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: shame that hinders me from walking in my calling. Your 6 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: grace empowers me, like the prophets and disciples of old, 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: to move boldly in your direction. Grace gives me freedom, 8 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,560 Speaker 1: and I will not use that freedom to sin. Instead, 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: I ask that you would grant me the fortitude of 10 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: character to lead with courage and minister with love. May 11 00:00:53,720 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: Grace move me more than the law ever could. In Jesus' name, Amen, 12 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for 13 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you 14 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in him. 15 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: My friends, welcome to your meditative prayer on grace and Gratitude. 16 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, use 17 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: pray dot com every day and make prayer a priority 18 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 2: in your life. Again. Our goal for today's meditative prayer 19 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: is all about grace and gratitude, So head to a 20 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: location where you can let your guard down and relax. 21 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: Tune out everything else, and now take a moment just 22 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: to slow down and decompress. Breathe in through your nose 23 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 2: and excel out through your mouth, and let go of 24 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: the tension coiled in your body, and now reach out 25 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: towards God with a ready mind and an open heart. 26 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: Today we'll be meditating on Romans chapter six, verse fourteen, 27 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: the King James version. For sin shall not have dominion 28 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: over you, for ye are not under the law, but 29 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 2: under grace. Take a moment now just to pour out 30 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: your adoration to God. God, I praise you for your 31 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: grace given through Jesus Christ, your wondrous grace that gives 32 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: us all with freedom. God, I worship you for your 33 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: grace that delivers me from the clutches of sin. For 34 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: you have called me to greater things and for a 35 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: higher purpose. I thank you that through Christ, your grace 36 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: abounds in me. My friend's freedom is found in grace. 37 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: In this world. God created you to exist under one 38 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 2: of only two conditions. You are either under God's grace 39 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: or God's law. The law exists because of sin. Its 40 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: purpose is to expose sin and its price. Where grace 41 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 2: is limitless, the law has limited terms the law does 42 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: not provide restoration, quite the opposite. It throws into stark clarity, 43 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: the deficit between you and God created by your sins. 44 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: The law does not provide restoration, quite the opposite. It 45 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 2: throws into stark clarity, the deficit between you and God 46 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: created by your sins. It may be unpleasant and difficult 47 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 2: to acknowledge, but the truth is that sin is real, 48 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 2: and it demands recompence. It carries consequences, and it has 49 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: a price. And the price of sin cannot be ignored 50 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: nor denied. It cannot be cheated or parceled, nor can 51 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: it be somehow thwarted. It must be paid in full. 52 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: God's grace is the only thing that will afford you 53 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: the ability to live outside the punishment of the law 54 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: and the control of sin. For what you are indebted 55 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: to has legal power over you and will have its 56 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: yoke upon your life. Forget sin is an unforgiving and 57 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 2: cruel master. It will consume your heart, and debt your 58 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: soul and control your mind. Its damage is complete, and 59 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: it will never willingly release you. You struggle with the weight 60 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 2: of sin because you are relying on self merit when 61 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: you should be relying on God's grace. Sin will always 62 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 2: demand payment you cannot afford, but Jesus can, and he did. 63 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ settled the debt between humanity and sin once, 64 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: sin for all. The blood of Jesus paid it all. 65 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 2: And he offers you this gift not by your merit 66 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: or right, but simply because He loves you. So this 67 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 2: is your opportunity to be honest with God and to 68 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 2: seek his help. So right now, simply confess those sins 69 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 2: to him, and now think for a minute on all 70 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 2: the times God's grace provided you freedom. Thank Jesus that 71 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: sin is no longer your master. Thank Him that you 72 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 2: no longer live beholden to a cycle of wrongdoing and punishment. 73 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 2: Thank God for his grace that grants you constant and 74 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: eternal freedom, freedom to love and to be loved by God, 75 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: freedom to live out all the dreams and promises God 76 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 2: is placed within your heart. And just simply thank God 77 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 2: that his grace knows no bounds and is unending. My friends, 78 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. The 79 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit is on your side. He wants to help you. 80 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: So take advantage of this opportunity and ask him. Ask 81 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to open your heart to God's goodness, 82 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: ask him for acceptance and understanding of God's word. Ask 83 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: him to help you walk in the fullness of God's 84 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 2: mercy and love, and ask him to enable you to 85 00:05:54,960 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 2: receive God's grace to break away from the control of sin. Remember, 86 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: sin will not rule over you because you are not 87 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 2: under the law, but under grace. You do not have 88 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 2: to give into temptation nor be controlled by unrighteous impulses. 89 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: Christ died to give you freedom from the cycle of sin. 90 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: His grace upon your life breaks sin's power over you. 91 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: So seize this day and be free from the weight 92 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: of sin. Trust God, trust in the power and promise 93 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: of his word, and don't forget. God loves you and 94 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 2: he wants to bless you and to give you freedom everlasting. 95 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. 96 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you 97 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 2: are making prayer priority and strengthening your. 98 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: Walk with God. 99 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 2: As always. My name is Zach Clinton from the American 100 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: Association of Christian Counselors, and we love being a part 101 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 2: of your life.