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Speaker 1: And the Lord came down in a cloud and spake

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Speaker 1: unto him, and took the spirit that was upon him

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Speaker 1: and gave it unto the seventy elders. And it came

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Speaker 1: to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they

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Speaker 1: prophesied and did not cease. Numbers eleven twenty five. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: as you continue to form leadership qualities in my life,

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Speaker 1: I feel the weight of that responsibility. I take your

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Speaker 1: authority seriously. I'm humbled by the privilege of setting an

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Speaker 1: example for others to follow. Thank you for anointing me

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Speaker 1: to accomplish this assignment, and thank you that you will

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Speaker 1: bring like minded companions to share this responsibility with me.

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Speaker 1: You lighten the burden and responsibilities by joining me with

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Speaker 1: others who have the same vision and maturity in the

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Speaker 1: spirit as you are building in me. Together, we will

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Speaker 1: seek to speak your mind, your vision, and give sound

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Speaker 1: counsel to others. This makes our roles much easier. Amen.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening.

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Speaker 2: To pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience a pocket

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Speaker 2: of peace before you go to sleep. Stay tuned for

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Speaker 2: our free meditative prayer after this quick word from our sponsors.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on new friendships. To get

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Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot

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Speaker 3: Com every day and make prayer a priority in your life.

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is new friendships. Go

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Speaker 3: to a place where you can relax and let your

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Speaker 3: guard down. Now tune out everything else. Take a deep breath, exhale, repeat,

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Speaker 3: Let go of the tension you carry in your body.

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Speaker 3: Lift your heart up to heaven, and invite the Holy

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Speaker 3: Spirit to come minister to you. We will be meditating

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Speaker 3: on Job chapter two, verses eleven through thirteen from the

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Speaker 3: King James version. Now, when Job's three friends heard of

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Speaker 3: all this evil that was come upon him, they came

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Speaker 3: everyone from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad

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Speaker 3: the Shoeite, and so far the Naamathite. For they had

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Speaker 3: made an appointment together to come to mourn him and

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Speaker 3: to comfort him. And when they lifted up their eyes

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Speaker 3: afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their

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Speaker 3: voice and wept, and they rent every one his mantle,

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Speaker 3: and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they

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Speaker 3: sat down with him upon the ground. Seven days and

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Speaker 3: seven nights, and none spake a word unto him, for

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Speaker 3: they saw that his grief was very great. Take a

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

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Speaker 3: praise you for your vast greatness and your infinite wisdom.

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Speaker 3: For who is like you. God? By your voice, you

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Speaker 3: created the heavens and set the foundations of the earth.

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Speaker 3: Life and death are held in the very palm of

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Speaker 3: your hand. None can compare to you. Friendship is empathetic.

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Speaker 3: Job's story in the Bible is extraordinary and exemplary for

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Speaker 3: many reasons. This particular part in Job's story teaches an

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Speaker 3: important lesson of friendship. Due to a matter between God

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Speaker 3: and Satan that was unbeknownst to those present, Job found

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Speaker 3: himself destitute, desolate, and diseased. Upon hearing what had befallen

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Speaker 3: Job and learning of his agonizing situation, Job's three friends

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Speaker 3: got together and went to commiserate and to empathize with him.

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Speaker 3: In solidarity. Job's friends not only cared for him, they

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Speaker 3: felt his pain as their own and shared in his sorrow.

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Speaker 3: Job's friends showed steadfast love for him in his time

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Speaker 3: of need. Friends are there for one another even if

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Speaker 3: you don't help in a perfect way, you still try.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps you are struggling in accepting empathy. Perhaps you are

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Speaker 3: struggling and showing empathy to others. Regardless of your situation,

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Speaker 3: this is your opportunity to present yourself before the Lord.

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Speaker 3: Be honest with yourself and with God in prayer. Confess

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Speaker 3: your sins to the Holy Spirit and ask him to

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Speaker 3: minister to your heart. Now consider for a moment God's

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Speaker 3: gift of friendship and thank him for it. Thank God

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Speaker 3: for his own divine friendship and for his care over you.

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Speaker 3: Thank God for the steadfast and empathetic people he is

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Speaker 3: placed in your life. Thank God for friends who worry

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Speaker 3: about you and to help you in time of need.

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Speaker 3: Thank the Holy Spirit who ministers to you and intercedes

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Speaker 3: for you. Before God.

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Speaker 1: God is present and he.

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Speaker 3: Is listening to you. Being empathetic toward others can be hard,

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Speaker 3: so ask God for his help. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 3: to enable you to love others as you love yourself.

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Speaker 3: Ask him for compassion and understanding within your friendships. Ask

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit to help you put others first, to

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Speaker 3: enable you to comfort your friends in their time of need. Remember,

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Speaker 3: friendship is empathetic. Friendship seeks to understand and to share

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Speaker 3: in what the other person is going through. To empathize

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Speaker 3: with your friend is not only to care for them,

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Speaker 3: but to feel their pain as your own. God created

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Speaker 3: friendship to be a blessing both unto yourself and to others.

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Speaker 3: So choose this day to embrace love and to share

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Speaker 3: in bearing the burdens of your friends. Choose to allow

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Speaker 3: God to use you to minister to others and to

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Speaker 3: be a blessing unto them, not only this day, but

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Speaker 3: for all days to come. Thank you for completing today's

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Speaker 3: meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy

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Speaker 3: habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer a

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