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Speaker 1: Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the

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Speaker 1: daytime and in the night. His song shall be with

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Speaker 1: me and my prayer unto the God of my life,

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Speaker 1: Psalm forty two eight. Dear Lord, thank you for your

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Speaker 1: loving kindness throughout my day. Even when I confront challenges

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Speaker 1: and people test my nerves, you are with me. Even

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Speaker 1: when I don't respond the way I want to, You

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Speaker 1: correct me with your gentle spirit. You sing tender songs

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Speaker 1: of love over me in the night seasons and lull

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Speaker 1: me to sleep with your love. I am forever grateful

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Speaker 1: for the way you love me. You are the God

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Speaker 1: of my life and will never leave me or forsake me.

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Speaker 1: When I am disappointed with myself, your love sweeps over me,

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Speaker 1: and you reassure me that I can learn from today

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Speaker 1: and do better tomorrow. Thank you Lord, Amen. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience

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Speaker 1: a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. Stay

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Speaker 1: tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick word

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Speaker 1: from our sponsors. Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing relationships.

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Speaker 1: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, use

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Speaker 1: pray dot com every day and make prayer a priority

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Speaker 1: in your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is

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Speaker 1: healing relationships. Hit pause for a second. Find a safe

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Speaker 1: and secluded spot where you can comfortably settle down, close

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Speaker 1: your eyes. Breathe in. Now, breathe out as you exhale.

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Speaker 1: Imagine the tension leaving your body along with that breath.

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Speaker 1: Now take every thought captive and bring your focus to

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Speaker 1: the Word of God. We will be meditating on Philippians,

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Speaker 1: chapter two, verse three from the King James version. Let

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Speaker 1: nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in loneliness

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Speaker 1: of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves. Take

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Speaker 1: a moment to pour out your adoration to God, who

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Speaker 1: is the perfect example. Jesus, I thank you for even

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Speaker 1: though you are God, you did not think of equality

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Speaker 1: with God as something to cling to. Instead, in humility,

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Speaker 1: you chose the cross and died on our behalf. You

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Speaker 1: are the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega,

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Speaker 1: the first and the last, the author and finisher of

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Speaker 1: our faith. To think of others as better than yourself

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Speaker 1: can at times seem arduous and annoying. You are, after all,

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Speaker 1: only human, susceptible to acting out in anger, to being

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Speaker 1: belligerent when felt backed into a corner. Nevertheless, you are

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Speaker 1: called to be the better person. The standard set before

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Speaker 1: you is high, but you must rise to the occasion.

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Speaker 1: Although failure is to be expected, it is not to

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Speaker 1: be embraced. Stop for a second and allow God to

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Speaker 1: speak to you concerning those failures. Confess to Jesus those

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Speaker 1: times you missed the mark, those times where the pain

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Speaker 1: was too much and the hurt was too great. Hand

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Speaker 1: those failures over to Jesus. Cast your cares upon him.

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Speaker 1: Take just a few minutes to dwell on the goodness

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Speaker 1: of God towards your life. Thank Him because he is

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Speaker 1: faithful even when you are not. Thank the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 1: for helping and enabling you to accomplish this herculean task.

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Speaker 1: Think of past relationships you manage to save and salvage

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Speaker 1: by giving others the benefit of the doubt. Thank God

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Speaker 1: for those past reconciliations and future ones to come. Thank

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Speaker 1: God that in his strength you will no longer react

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Speaker 1: in anger or pride. You will instead be the better person.

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Speaker 1: You will consider others above yourself. Thank God because in

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Speaker 1: His love and through his grace, you can do all things.

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Speaker 1: God is present, and he is listening to you. The

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Speaker 1: Bible says, ask and it shall be given unto you.

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Speaker 1: So ask the Holy Spirit to help you be humble,

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Speaker 1: to treat others with the utmost respect and kindness, to

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Speaker 1: put others first, even when it is not merited. Even

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Speaker 1: when things are done to hurt and hinder you, you

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Speaker 1: can still choose to be the better person. As challenging

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Speaker 1: as this may seem, God has provided away. Remember. God

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Speaker 1: has called you to treat others with level headed, calmness

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Speaker 1: and humility, to not do things out of anger or pride,

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Speaker 1: to think better of others, and to be better yourself.

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Speaker 1: You must be vigilant to not allow personal achievements and

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Speaker 1: accomplishments to inflate your sense of self superiority. Instead, allow

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Speaker 1: God to use you to be the good you want

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Speaker 1: to see in the world. Thank you for completing today's

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Speaker 1: meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this healthy

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Speaker 1: habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer a

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Speaker 1: priority and strengthening your walk with God. Wa