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Speaker 1: With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering for bearing

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Speaker 1: one another in love. Ephesians four two. Dear Lord, you

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Speaker 1: are powerful, courageous, and worthy to be feared by all.

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Speaker 1: Yet for all your power and splendor, you do not

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Speaker 1: harm us or put us to shame. You use your

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Speaker 1: power to move hearts and redeem souls. This is the

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Speaker 1: essence of meekness, strength under control. When I am in

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Speaker 1: conflict or find myself in tension with others, I pray

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Speaker 1: you would direct my strength towards building instead of breaking,

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Speaker 1: and defending instead of harming. Make me a powerful force

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Speaker 1: for good in people's life lives in Jesus's name. Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: today's free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where

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Speaker 1: you can draw close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing relationships. 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. Make prayer priority in your life. Our

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Speaker 3: goal for today's meditative prayer is healing relationships. Hope you'll

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Speaker 3: take a second to slow down, Sit in your favorite chair,

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Speaker 3: your bed, or wherever you feel most comfortable. Maybe grab

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Speaker 3: a warm blanket, soft pillow if you'd like, And once

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Speaker 3: you're able to relax, turn your thoughts toward what God

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Speaker 3: has for you. Today we will be meditating on Evisians four,

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Speaker 3: verse two from the King James version, with all lowliness

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Speaker 3: and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.

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Speaker 3: Take a moment and pour out your adoration, your love

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Speaker 3: to God, who in humility bears us in love. God,

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Speaker 3: I worship you for who you are. I love you

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Speaker 3: with all my heart, with all my soul, with all

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Speaker 3: my might. For you, who knew no sin, became sin

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Speaker 3: so that we might become the righteousness of God. Your

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Speaker 3: power is infinite. Yet you oppose the and give grace

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Speaker 3: to the humble. Before the foundations of the earth were established,

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Speaker 3: you called me by my name. You alone are worthy

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Speaker 3: to be praised. You know, loving others in meekness and

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Speaker 3: through long suffering is a high goal to achieve. To accomplish,

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Speaker 3: people can have pretty high expectations and can be tough

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Speaker 3: to deal with. Relationships you thought were sturdy and secure

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Speaker 3: can quickly become minefields. Don't we know that? So how

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Speaker 3: do we navigate these situations without everything blowing up? On us.

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Speaker 3: You must rely on help from the Holy Spirit. Think

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Speaker 3: on recent situations where your actions were void of humility, patience,

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Speaker 3: and love. When you failed because you were trying to

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Speaker 3: do something alone, To do something alone you were never

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Speaker 3: meant to do. The Holy Spirit was designed by God

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Speaker 3: and sent to us to help us become more like Jesus,

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Speaker 3: to help us to be humble and gentle, to help

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Speaker 3: us put up with each other in patience and love.

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Speaker 3: Think of those situations and relationships you are not doing well,

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Speaker 3: then now confess them to God so that you can

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Speaker 3: receive wisdom and favor and restoration. Now consider for a

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Speaker 3: moment the love of God for your life and thank

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Speaker 3: Him for it. God's love for you has never and

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Speaker 3: will never fail. His patience is eternal. Thank God that

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Speaker 3: neither hype, nor death, nor any other created thing will

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Speaker 3: ever be able to separate you from His love in

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Speaker 3: Christ Jesus. Think for a minute on past relationships where

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Speaker 3: God used others to show you love in patience and gentleness,

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Speaker 3: who gave you grace. Think of circumstances where you allowed

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Speaker 3: God to use you to love others and how amazing

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Speaker 3: it felt. I know that God is present and that

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Speaker 3: He is listening to your prayer. Never forget God wants

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Speaker 3: you not just to succeed, but to thrive to have

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Speaker 3: happy and healthy relationships. He died to give you the

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Speaker 3: power over sin and the ability to live out his word.

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Speaker 3: Reach out to God for guidance so that whatever you do,

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Speaker 3: you do it from a place of love. Ask the

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Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to help you bear the people around you

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Speaker 3: in love. Ask him to help you be patient and

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Speaker 3: gentle when interacting with others. Remember God instructs us to

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Speaker 3: bear one another in love. We are to accomplish this

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Speaker 3: through humility, gentleness, patience, with the aim to sustain unity

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Speaker 3: and peace. Be encouraged. You are not alone on this mission.

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Speaker 3: You have God's Holy Spirit to help and to guide you.

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Speaker 3: Anchored in his word. He will never leave you nor

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Speaker 3: abandon you. Yes, you can. You can do this. Thank

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