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Speaker 1: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding

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Speaker 1: of the hands to sleep Proverbs twenty four thirty three. Lord,

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Speaker 1: there are times when I am too good at doing nothing.

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Speaker 1: I waste my time by being unfocused and distracted. Before

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Speaker 1: I know it, time has gone and I have nothing

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Speaker 1: to show for the day. Help me, Lord, to be

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Speaker 1: more motivated and productive with my time. I only have

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Speaker 1: so many days here on earth, and each one is precious.

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Speaker 1: Don't let me waste them and take them for granted.

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Speaker 1: I want to use them to share your love with

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Speaker 1: others and help them know you. Energize me, Lord, and

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Speaker 1: teach me to be a good steward of time management.

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Speaker 1: I pray you bless me and the work of my hands. Amen.

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: morning gratitude. To get the most out of your spiritual journey,

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

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

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Speaker 1: is morning gratitude. Take a second to relax. Look for

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Speaker 1: a comfortable and quiet place, a place where your focus

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Speaker 1: this morning can be. On this moment of reflection, close

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Speaker 1: your eyes and take a dray. As you exhale, release

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Speaker 1: the thoughts shifting around in your head. We will be

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Speaker 1: meditating on Psalm chapter verse four from the King James version.

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Speaker 1: This is the day which the Lord hath made. We

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Speaker 1: will rejoice and be glad in it. Now take a

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Speaker 1: moment to pour out your adoration to God for blessing

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Speaker 1: you with this day. God, I praise you for this

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Speaker 1: day and its possibilities, for this opportunity. I praise you,

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Speaker 1: the maker of this day and all others to come. God,

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Speaker 1: I worship you for giving me the ability to be

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Speaker 1: glad and to rejoice in this day. I pray. Is You,

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Speaker 1: the creator of the heavens and the earth and everything

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Speaker 1: in between. I know that you have created this day

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Speaker 1: for me and given me a purpose within it. Each

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Speaker 1: day is a new beginning. Sometimes that is seen as

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Speaker 1: an opportunity, sometimes as a burden. Your perspective will affect

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Speaker 1: your outcome. Outcomes of great joy and happiness are within

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Speaker 1: your grasp. That is not to say there are no

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Speaker 1: difficult days. Some days will be stifling and stressful, filled

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Speaker 1: with shortcomings and setbacks. Let us now reflect for a

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Speaker 1: moment on the times your choices were less than optimistic.

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Speaker 1: Think on those situations where hardship got the best of you,

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Speaker 1: recent moments and circumstances in life that have been robbing

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Speaker 1: you of your daily joy. Gather all those choices, decisions,

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Speaker 1: and thoughts and place them in the hands of Jesus.

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Speaker 1: Confess to the Lord your feelings of apathy, sadness, and discouragement.

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Speaker 1: Let the Holy Spirit minister to the areas of your

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Speaker 1: heart where joy does not yet reign. Take a moment

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Speaker 1: now to dwell on previous mornings filled with joy and gladness.

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Speaker 1: Remember how it felt to allow cheerfulness to prevail over sadness.

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Speaker 1: How wonderful it was to go about your day with

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Speaker 1: a smile in your heart. Think how infectious happiness can be.

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Speaker 1: Recollect past situations where you chose to start your day

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Speaker 1: on a positive note. Thank God for the ability to

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Speaker 1: feel gladness and to rejoice. Give thanks for the moments

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Speaker 1: when happiness was greater than hopelessness. Thank God for the

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Speaker 1: blessings of past seasons of cheerfulness and contentment, and for

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Speaker 1: those yet to come. Thank Him for the strength to

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Speaker 1: choose joy and to keep choosing it. Do not forget

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

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Speaker 1: desires for you to live a life filled with joy

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Speaker 1: and gladness. Jesus wants to turn your sorrow into joy

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Speaker 1: and your mourning into dancing. So let him pray for

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Speaker 1: joy overwhelming, a joy that renews each day. Ask the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to teach you to find joy even in

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Speaker 1: the midst of sorrow. Ask him to fill your heart

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Speaker 1: with gladness beyond measure. Remember God has called us to

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Speaker 1: a life filled with joy and gladness. Even in the

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Speaker 1: midst of hardship, Happiness can be had. Do not be

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Speaker 1: discouraged by past setbacks. You must remember there is always

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Speaker 1: a choice, and there is power in choosing. Your choice

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Speaker 1: can and does affect your outcome. Choose joy for today

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Speaker 1: and for every day to come. Choose the joy of

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Speaker 1: the Lord and watch as that joy transforms your life.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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