1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Six days, shalt thou work. But on the seventh day 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: thou shalt rest. In airing time, and in harvest, thou 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: shalt rest. Exodus thirty four twenty one. Okay, Lord, I 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: get it. Rest and trust in you. You are my provider. 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: I need to learn how to rest and enjoy the 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: work of my hands and be satisfied. 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 2: I think the most important lesson your teaching me is 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: to trust you. I am your child, and you are 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: responsible for my needs. You open doors of opportunities and 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 2: give me favor. You bring forth the rain to water 11 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 2: the ground, and you cause the seeds to sprout. Sometimes 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: your ways seem opposite to mine, and that is when 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 2: I need greater trust when I don't understand. Thank you 14 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: that your ways are higher than mine and so much better. 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: Amen. 16 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 2: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 18 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,479 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 19 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors. 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on new friendships. To get 21 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 22 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 23 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is new friendships. Cultivating 24 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: friendships can be tough. Take a minute to unwind in 25 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: a calm place where you can relax, close your eyes 26 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: and take a couple of slow, deep breaths. Now, reach 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: out to God and prepare your heart to receive his 28 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 3: holy word. We will be meditating on Proverbs, chapter seventeen, 29 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 3: verse seventeen from the King James version. A friend loveth 30 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 3: at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 31 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: Let your worship rise up to God. 32 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: God. 33 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: I praise you for your word that is true and efficient. Jesus, 34 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: I exalt you for your grace and forgiveness poured out 35 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 3: at Calvary, for your love that enables me to live 36 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: out your commandments. Holy Spirit, I worship you for helping 37 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 3: me to understand the wisdom found in Scripture and for 38 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 3: empower me to apply it daily to my life. Friendship 39 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 3: is a constant blessing. Even though nowadays the term friend 40 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 3: is commonly used and applied in a variety of different ways. 41 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: The Word of God teaches that friendship is something sacred 42 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 3: in Scripture. There are no good friends and bad friends, 43 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 3: for friendship by its very nature and definition is something good, 44 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 3: and the Bible teaches that a friend loves at all times. 45 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: Friendship is a facet of love. It is not selfish 46 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 3: nor self serving. Friendship is a covenant. It is a 47 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: pledge to honor and to cherish. Friendship does not seek 48 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: to gain, but to give. It thrives in the service 49 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 3: and joy of others. This is why friendship is a 50 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 3: constant blessing for friends. Love in and out of season, 51 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 3: not just when it's convenient. In the much and in 52 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 3: the little, in the mountaintops and in the valleys, in 53 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 3: the good times and in the bad. A friend loves 54 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: at all times. Perhaps you have yet to experience friendship. 55 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: Perhaps you yourself have not been a friend to others. 56 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 3: Perhaps the Holy Spirit is convicting your heart of not 57 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 3: loving the way friendship demands you should. This is your 58 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 3: opportunity to present yourself before the Lord. Confess your sins 59 00:04:52,839 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 3: to God, ask him to minister to your heart. Consider 60 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 3: the friends in your life, and thank the Lord for them. 61 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 3: Thank God for the ability to cherish others and to 62 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 3: be cherished through friendship. Thank Jesus for the people he 63 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: is placed in your life, For those friends who stick 64 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 3: by you in the good and the bad times. Thank 65 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit for teaching you to love others as 66 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 3: you love yourself, and for teaching you to persevere in 67 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 3: that love. Never forget God is present and he is 68 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 3: listening to you. Come before Christ and ask Him for 69 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: the blessing of God given friendships. Ask the Holy Spirit 70 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 3: to help you cultivate healthy relationships. Ask him for divine 71 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: discernment in how you relate to others. Ask the Holy 72 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 3: Spirit to place the right people in your life, people 73 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 3: who will help you grow in your walk with God 74 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:10,239 Speaker 3: and who will help in turn. Ask him to teach 75 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 3: you to be a friend to others through the good 76 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 3: and the bad times. To love others as you love yourself. 77 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 3: Remember the Bible defines friendship as a constant blessing. A 78 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: friend loves all the time and is always there to help. 79 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 3: God wants to bless your life with friends and to 80 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 3: teach you to be a friend to others. Keep in 81 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 3: mind that iron sharpens iron. God will use you to 82 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 3: encourage others during difficult times to help them grow, and 83 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 3: as you do so, you will experience encouragement and growth 84 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 3: in your own life. Choose this day to love your 85 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: friend through the good and the bad times. Choose to 86 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 3: be a blessing and watch as you, in turn are blessed. 87 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. 88 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 3: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you 89 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.